Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Virginia
Harassment from neighbor
I own an investment townhouse which I am renting to tenants for years. My new neighbor, a realtor, solicited a rental listing for my unit. I declined her services.
Later, she complained that my tenants used a slow cooker, and the prolonged odor from the cooking caused her migraine headaches. I said I couldn�t interfere, since they did not violate the homeowners assn rules. My neighbor wanted them to operate the cooker in the garage.
My tenants accomodated her, but she was still dissatisfied. She then asked me to make structural alterations to alleviate the problem. I said I would consider this if the assn approved it, but I would not be financially responsible for the alteration unless the association mandated it.
Next, she offered to buy my unit. I declined her offer.
My tenants with the cooking issue moved out eventually. She now complains that my new tenant's use of nail polish and perfume bothers her. To worsen matters, she has ingratiated herself with the homeowners assn and has even become a board member. She has already initiated frivolous violation complaints against me and my tenants unrelated to the cooking or nail polish issue.
I feel she is harassing me into selling my unit. What are my options?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Harassment from neighbor
As of now, your best option would appear to keep
careful and thorough documentation, chronologically ordered, of any and all of this person's complaints/actions, beginning with the cooker. If and when you yourself may have a viable cause of action against this person (for whatever)
or this person brings some kind of ill-advised action against you through the association or, perhaps, even the court, you will have at least some record of matters with which to defend yourself.
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