OT: Sketchy Neighbor

[Rufaninga]

The driveway runs parallel to my property line (and several of my immediate neighbors) about 50' beyond the line.

Got it, that seems less creepy then the layout I envisioned.

I would get video cameras that work at night for the back of your house with close up motion detector. I would keep them focused on your yard close to house and not the back border of yard.

 

[KevH]

So it’s worth a watch?

Highly recommended.

 

[Zak57]

Send a drone up.

 

[RU4Real]

Send a drone up.

Hmm.

Ya know, what with all the impending doom, I should probably have a drone. I just can't ever get past the massive wall of choices...

 

[WhiteBus]

What is sketchy is spying on your neighbor at "all hours" #stalker

 

[RU4Real]

What is sketchy is spying on your neighbor at "all hours" #stalker

What's not sketchy is I can see the driveway from my couch. It's 100' from where I'm sitting. So yeah, I can see a car go by. I'm not a moron, like you. Also, I'm sober. And have a job. See, you and I differ in many ways.

 

[WhiteBus]

What's not sketchy is I can see the driveway from my couch. It's 100' from where I'm sitting. So yeah, I can see a car go by. I'm not a moron, like you. Also, I'm sober. And have a job. See, you and I differ in many ways.

I have a job and sober. Was pointing out that the only way to see what is going on "at all hours" is to be watching at all hours. Agree we differ in many ways. I actually go to sleep.

 

[Plum Street]

What town ?

 

[RU1977]

Interesting thread.... I'd add the backyard camera that activates the floodlight upon motion detection... lol

 

[RU4Real]

Interesting thread.... I'd add the backyard camera that activates the floodlight upon motion detection... lol

I'm partial to the Ring flood / camera combo. $249 on Amazon.

 

[Knight Shift]

I'm partial to the Ring flood / camera combo. $249 on Amazon.

That's a good camera/light combination. Even though sensitivity can be adjusted, the one we have is often activated by small animals in our backyard.

 

[S_Janowski]

Hopefully said neighbor isn’t a Rutgers fan that frequents the board.

 

[mildone_rivals]

There used to be, yes. Twenty or thirty of them.

Nobody knew where they came from.

And nobody knows where they went...

Winner, winner, chicken dinner?

 

[mildone_rivals]

There's a parcel of wooded property directly behind my house, totaling about 15 acres. For years it was basically derelict, other than to serve as a dumping ground for random miscreants. It's changed hands a number of times as optimistic developers have looked to circumvent or obtain relief from the zoning restrictions that limit the entire parcel to a single structure due to various setbacks, wetlands, etc.

About a dozen years ago somebody bought it and decided to build a single house - a really big one, in the hopes that the resale value of a custom McMansion on a large wooded plot would fetch big bucks. This first dude started construction on the House in the Woods and then promptly ran out of money after it was framed and sheathed.

There is sat for ten years. Kids partied in it, chickens roosted in it. Finally, a little more than two years ago, somebody else picked the thing up. They finished the house and it sold quickly.

The occupants - a couple, as far as I can tell - have been there for two years. He comes and goes at all hours. She rarely leaves the house. They have very expensive cars - Mercs and Porsches. In two years they haven't stopped to speak to anyone in the neighborhood. Those of us along the property line just see the cars moving up and down the quarter mile-long driveway from the house to the street.

They do, however, have odd visitors. Odd as in guys who will pull into their driveway but stop about a third of the way up. After a couple of minutes we'll see one of Mr. Neighbor's cars come down the driveway. He'll pull up alongside the visitor's car, driver's window to driver's window.

Sometimes they just sit like that for a while, obviously talking, then everyone goes on their way.

Sometimes one of the guys will get out and get into the other guy's car for a bit.

Other times they'll open their trunks and exchange what appear to be gym bags.

So... yeah. Sketchy ****.

 

[newell138]

So it’s worth a watch?

yes and season 3 is coming in a couple weeks

 

[RUevolution36]

yes and season 3 is coming in a couple weeks

Now that I'm done with Narcos Mexico, desperately waiting for the next season of Ozark. It's definitely worth watching.

 

[Big boy stan]

I think you are well within your rights and non-creepyness to be sitting in your living room or on your deck and noticing such things. Even paying attention, being concerned, and installing cameras of your property seems OK to me.

Where I think you may be crossing the line to creepy-ness is coming on a RU sports board and looking for group approval to install surveillance equipment of someone else's property and going ons.

 

[RU4Real]

I think you are well within your rights and non-creepyness to be sitting in your living room or on your deck and noticing such things. Even paying attention, being concerned, and installing cameras of your property seems OK to me.

Where I think you may be crossing the line to creepy-ness is coming on a RU sports board and looking for group approval to install surveillance equipment of someone else's property and going ons.

Meh. Not looking for approval, per se. But the group is useful for other things, right? "What kind of cameras?" I said I'm partial to the Ring Flood Cam, for example. Others may have some input.

 

[Scarlet Haze]

I like the Arlo Pro 3. I have the Arlo Pro and it is very good and this is much better. There is also an Arlo Pro 2
https://www.arlo.com/en-us/products/arlo-pro-3/default.aspx

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Got it, that seems less creepy then the layout I envisioned.

I would get video cameras that work at night for the back of your house with close up motion detector. I would keep them focused on your yard close to house and not the back border of yard.

starlight cameras... REOlink has some interesting options. I'd make sure it is mostly pointing at your property.. in case you ever need to use the video.

 

[Jersey Boys]

I like the Arlo Pro 3. I have the Arlo Pro and it is very good and this is much better. There is also an Arlo Pro 2
https://www.arlo.com/en-us/products/arlo-pro-3/default.aspx

I have the Arlo Pro 2 for my back porch and front driveway. The main purpose of the back porch is due to the fact that I have a nice bar area that is stocked during the spring/summer so want to make sure no young neighbors hit my stash. The front is mainly in case somebody messes with my cars. I added the solar panel charger to front as the position of camera kicks in every time a car drives by killing my battery. Unfortunately, the charger doesn't work as well as I hoped as I still have to manually charge it once per week.

The version I purchased had a doorbell attachment which I was excited about until 1) it didn't work 2) realize it was only the doorbell and audio and not an actual camera.

 

[RU4Real]

I have the Arlo Pro 2 for my back porch and front driveway. The main purpose of the back porch is due to the fact that I have a nice bar area that is stocked during the spring/summer so want to make sure no young neighbors hit my stash. The front is mainly in case somebody messes with my cars. I added the solar panel charger to front as the position of camera kicks in every time a car drives by killing my battery. Unfortunately, the charger doesn't work as well as I hoped as I still have to manually charge it once per week.

The version I purchased had a doorbell attachment which I was excited about until 1) it didn't work 2) realize it was only the doorbell and audio and not an actual camer.

I'm still more inclined toward the Ring solutions. Two reasons, kinda related. First, I want to replace the existing flood units that are soffit-mounted. They're 20 years old and ripe for some LED upgrade, so why not make them "LED + camera". Second, since there's already power, I don't need to be concerned about batteries and charging and such. The Ring is basically a drop-in.

 

[yesrutgers01]

I'm still more inclined toward the Ring solutions. Two reasons, kinda related. First, I want to replace the existing flood units that are soffit-mounted. They're 20 years old and ripe for some LED upgrade, so why not make them "LED + camera". Second, since there's already power, I don't need to be concerned about batteries and charging and such. The Ring is basically a drop-in.

I had my house/property entirely monitored with ring doorbell and spotlight cameras. I biggest complaint is that no matter how good the network- it would take forever to connect through my app.

 

[yesrutgers01]

And anyone that thinks his concern is creepy, is kind of creepy in my book.
Not only because it is 4real- he isn’t a type of person that just freaks out at the site of something different but because anyone should have a concern.
Recommendation: reach out to our buddy @RutgersRaRa to see if he has their plates in his database to see if your neighbor is on this board...

 

[RU4Real]

And anyone that thinks his concern is creepy, is kind of creepy in my book.
Not only because it is 4real- he isn’t a type of person that just freaks out at the site of something different but because anyone should have a concern.
Recommendation: reach out to our buddy @RutgersRaRa to see if he has their plates in his database to see if your neighbor is on this board...

Yep, @RutgersRaRa got the 411.

I have no intention of spying on the dude. I just want to make sure there's no spillover with regard to the shenanigans. Not that I have anything against shenanigans, mind you. I just prefer that everyone keep their shenanigans to themselves.

 

[yesrutgers01]

Yep, @RutgersRaRa got the 411.

I have no intention of spying on the dude. I just want to make sure there's no spillover with regard to the shenanigans. Not that I have anything against shenanigans, mind you. I just prefer that everyone keep their shenanigans to themselves.

Hell, I lived in the “Fardale” area of Mahwah and a neighbor put up an above ground pool, has purple garage doors and front door, a Rabbit coop and a rear “screened” porch wrapped in plastic. Now, that is scetchy

 

[RU4Real]

Hell, I lived in the “Fardale” area of Mahwah and a neighbor put up an above ground pool, has purple garage doors and front door, a Rabbit coop and a rear “screened” porch wrapped in plastic. Now, that is scetchy

No car on blocks? It's not done properly unless you have a car on blocks.

 

[ArminRU]

What's not sketchy is I can see the driveway from my couch. It's 100' from where I'm sitting. So yeah, I can see a car go by. I'm not a moron, like you. Also, I'm sober. And have a job. See, you and I differ in many ways.

Who cares. Maybe the guy runs a business and that’s how the guy collects his payments and exchanges paperwork. It’s not hurting you in any way so just mind your own business.

 

[RU4Real]

Who cares. Maybe the guy runs a business and that’s how the guy collects his payments and exchanges paperwork. It’s not hurting you in any way so just mind your own business.

You clearly haven't read the entire thread. Or you prefer to form your own little flight of fancy. Either way... whatever.

Welcome to my Ignore List.

 

[Extra Point_rivals157299]

Get a good set of binoculars or a telescope. Maybe you will see some hot naked women. As for a drone, everything is so tiny they are worthless for spying, unless you fly it 20 feet over them.

 

[RUevolution36]

Yep, @RutgersRaRa got the 411.

I have no intention of spying on the dude. I just want to make sure there's no spillover with regard to the shenanigans. Not that I have anything against shenanigans, mind you. I just prefer that everyone keep their shenanigans to themselves.

In case you change your mind, Walmart has a ghillie suit on sale...

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Two-Piece-Ghillie-Parka-XL-XXL/37004115

 

[RU4Real]

In case you change your mind, Walmart has a ghillie suit on sale...

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Two-Piece-Ghillie-Parka-XL-XXL/37004115

Wait... that's kinda cool.

Do they come in scarlet?

 

[cohwx]

I guess I'm a creepy stalker as I like to know what is going on around me. I've even been knowb to break out the binoculars on occasion! The horror!

If it's within my line of sight, it's fair game. Though I don't peer into windows.

 

[RUchip]

Pretty sure I know that house and that is where Pat Hobbs lives.

 

[DJ Spanky]

I had my house/property entirely monitored with ring doorbell and spotlight cameras. I biggest complaint is that no matter how good the network- it would take forever to connect through my app.

Is it connected up to a neighborhood watch group?

No car on blocks? It's not done properly unless you have a car on blocks.

Eh, that was standard front yard decoration up there.

 

[angmo]

Pretty sure I know that house and that is where Pat Hobbs lives.

That's drop the mic in this crappy thread.

OP's been watching "The Outsider" on HBO.

 

[NewJerseyGuy]

Pretty sure I know that house and that is where Pat Hobbs lives.

It’s going down?

 

[footcavalry]

Maybe Weiner's laptop was in one of the duffle bags?

 

[knightfan7]

Yep, @RutgersRaRa got the 411.

I have no intention of spying on the dude. I just want to make sure there's no spillover with regard to the shenanigans. Not that I have anything against shenanigans, mind you. I just prefer that everyone keep their shenanigans to themselves.

What good is a shenanigan if it can't be shared?

 

[RU4Real]

What good is a shenanigan if it can't be shared?

Let's say, just for the sake of speculation, that you have your own shenanigans. Which you keep completely to yourself. Low-profile shenanigans. But now, all of a sudden, you're sharing a border with a guy who is engaged in very obvious shenanigans. Does that not introduce an element of risk?