Looks to me like you have some decisions to make. My observations are as follows: If you want to declare war as many have suggested you had better make sure you have an army so you had better start saving. By that I mean that escalating the cop calling, name calling, and general mud slinging will eventually result in someone having to deal the final blow (legal or illegal). How far are you prepared to go to return all his "favors" and can you withstand what his next move will do to you. Don't think retribution, thats generally very expensive and invites further retalliation. Think about how many hours you want to spend dealing with this problem, how many times you want to speak to the cops etc. Be prepared to incur some collateral damage as well (lost sense of security, worrying about if he will attack the wife or kids, etc). You might win the battle but loose the war (if your wife feels too threatened at the end of all this you may have to sell the place at her demand / request anyway). A lot of posts above mine speak glibly about property rights and "heck just get your attorney to do xyz". It's trivial stuff at present but it could get nasty. Murf had a great post about a golf course tyrant and how they turfed him out. That case was golf course / business vs. individual and that's a totally different dynamic than what you are dealing with. Golf courses dont have feelings or a personality, they just hire lawyers and people like Murf and presto stuff happens, the law is observed and there is noone to retaliate against. They don't care one way or the other and generally dont loose sleep over these sorts of matters. Your problem here is that he is a neighbour, you have to live with him and it sounds like you have more to lose than he does (you after all care about improving your property). I tend to think the quickest, cheapest and most expedient way to resolve this would be to see him in person and carry an olive branch. Chances are he doesn't like dealing with the cops and all this other stuff either. Know one thing for certain: getting lawyers and the courts involved will cost YOU (and him) time and money and chances are good that when they decide that they have made enough money from both of you they will draw up a truce that both of you will have to stomach. You could draw up that same truce right now and all it would cost you would be a couple of six packs and a few doses of humble pie. Plus you would probably get a good night's sleep. Make an earnest attempt at diplomacy first, understand his problem with all this, there may be a simple solution. Of course if you do decide to go to war, know that its going to cost in more ways than one, and winning it may not be worth the effort. Good luck.

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