A few months ago we moved into a new rental home. It's packed in tight with neighbors in small homes on both sides, one of them quiet as a church mouse and we never see them, the other a grumpy old Thai man. I believe he is in his 70s.
We have a couple ongoing issues with the old timer:
1) He feeds the birds everyday. Not a big deal usually, but he does so in front of our house, not his. Birds are smart, they know where to get food and they return day in and day out, usually sitting on our gate, fence and rooftop waiting for their food. We have bird crap EVERYWHERE because of this. My GF has asked him, I have asked him, and again, and again, but he just refuses to feed them in front of his house. This problem leads to problem #2.
2) Our house is slightly higher than those around us, so when we have to wash the crap off of everything in our short driveway, it runs down, into the street, and directly... in front of his house. :-) The guy goes bananas when this happens, screaming and carrying on about everyone who drives by will dirty their cars and bikes. Nothing about a problem with his house. He cares for everyone else who may get a splash during the 20 minutes it is wet. We live at the end of the street so it's not a high traffic area. At best we see 4 or 5 vehicles a day when people return home from work. We've explained to him multiple times that we have to wash our property because he feeds the birds. In one ear and out the other.
3) We have since caught him putting dog poo in front of our gate more than once. We have a clear view of the surrounding street and have caught him picking up doo elsewhere and dropping it in front of our house. Not a big deal, but it is annoying and adds to the frustration, knowing he is doing all of this to spite us.
He is an old man. It's not like I'm going to thump him one or anything, but he is getting out of hand and I do need to deal with him somehow. My GF is also fed up. She says she has tried various Thai ways of dealing with him. Nothing works.
Anyone have any clever ways to deal with such a situation? I'm open to outside the box ideas. He's a real stinker, grumpy and hateful to the core.