Thread: My neighbor painted his house

...which, by itself, is not so unusual. After all, people paint houses all the time. I, myself, once painted a house. Well, which is to say, I have paid someone else to paint a house while I sat and sipped lemonade.

But I digress.

What is not so remarkable as the fact of the painting per se, or even the manner in which it was accomplished, but rather the end result. Now, houses are generally painted in a variety of colors. Browns are quite popular, generally. Earth tones. The occaisonal burnt orange... sienna... a lovely shade of blue every now and again. Generally agreeable colors, all.

My neighbor's house looks like a banana lost a fight with a clown.

This paint job is truly inescapable. No matter where you are on the street, or what you may be looking at, your attention is inevitably drawn back to this gut-churning monstrosity. We have no homeowner's association, so there's really nobody to complain to. I don't think there's actually any law that says you're not allowed to paint your suburban tract home like a Vietnamese whorehouse... it's a big problem, though. You want to see people really, truly angry? Mess with their property values. It's not even the glare of a thousand burning lollipops emanating from the house - it's what a color schema like that says about the owner. Would you want to live next to a whack-job like that? Neither would anybody who would ever consider buying a house in our nieghborhood, ever again.

What the hell can be done, short of a molotov cocktail? Is there any remediation for something like this? Does anyone have experience with a neighbor like this?

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Maybe there was a good deal on that color? We have a house in the neighborhood that is BRIGHT blue with purple shutters.

Pic?

As much as I Mitch and moan about my HOA, this is one instance where I am thankful that they are such pains, they make everyone stick to certain colors.

the house down the street from my sis's in LB is neon bright lime green. window frames and doors and garage too. with the right lighting angle from a full moon, it glows in the dark.

DRGinLBC, you should see that one since you're probably a stone's throw away from it.

Originally Posted by 16scores

As much as I Mitch and moan about my HOA, this is one instance where I am thankful that they are such pains, they make everyone stick to certain colors.

How old are the members of the HOA board? Hopefully they are all of sound mind; if they go deranged, your house color selection may end up being chartreuse, vermilion or lilac...

Originally Posted by Yog S'loth

...which, by itself, is not so unusual. After all, people paint houses all the time. I, myself, once painted a house. Well, which is to say, I have paid someone else to paint a house while I sat and sipped lemonaide.

But I digress.

What is not so remarkable as the fact of the painting per se, or even the manner in which it was accomplished, but rather the end result. Now, houses are generally painted in a variety of colors. Browns are quite popular, generally. Earth tones. The occaisonal burnt orange... sienna... a lovely shade of blue every now and again. Generally agreeable colors, all.

My neighbor's house looks like a banana lost a fight with a clown.

This paint job is truly inescapable. No matter where you are on the street, or what you may be looking at, your attention is inevitably drawn back to this gut-churning monstrosity. We have no homeowner's association, so there's really nobody to complain to. I don't think there's actually any law that says you're not allowed to paint your suburban tract home like a Vietnamese whorehouse... it's a big problem, though. You want to see people really, truly angry? Mess with their property values. It's not even the glare of a thousand burning lollipops emanating from the house - it's what a color schema like that says about the owner. Would you want to live next to a whack-job like that? Neither would anybody who would ever consider buying a house in our nieghborhood, ever again.

What the hell can be done, short of a molotov cocktail? Is there any remediation for something like this? Does anyone have experience with a neighbor like this?

Originally Posted by BeerMan

the house down the street from my sis's in LB is neon bright lime green. window frames and doors and garage too. with the right lighting angle from a full moon, it glows in the dark.

DRGinLBC, you should see that one since you're probably a stone's throw away from it.

Pictures or it never happened. bottom line.

Take a **** on their front lawn.

Eh if you know your neighbors it all tends to work out. Myself I much prefer a block with no HOA and the simple common courtesy to tell my neighbor I think their house color is ugly and that's pretty much the end of it.

Originally Posted by jammer06

Eh if you know your neighbors it all tends to work out. Myself I much prefer a block with no HOA and the simple common courtesy to tell my neighbor I think their house color is ugly and that's pretty much the end of it.

Not nearly childish enough. Smear pigs blood all over the front of the house.