Neighbor Wants to Raise/Flatten Back Yard

RevRico said:

Seems like it would be a hell of a lot easier and cheaper to just move.

A comparably sized house to what he's got right now would be $700k or more. Which is about $100k more than he spent with a sub-3% interest rate.

So no, moving would not be cheaper. 

In reply to pheller :

Hahaha haha hahaha hahaha hahaha. $600k for a house and can still see your neighbors? Hahaha hahaha haha hahaha

Wow, I needed that. Thanks. 

In reply to pheller :

He'd recoup that $100K on the sale of his current house.  The $30K in site work won't add a penny to his home's value. 
 

But you're definitely right about the interest (assuming he has a big mortgage)

In reply to pheller :

What happened to your million acre post? It was a pretty good one…

My mantra for the last couple of days is "let that ship* go"

Are you sure he should raise the yard? Is it the best use of his land as far as the community is concerned? I wouldn't want him to misuse the land he owns, you know like let that yard sit vacant or anything.....

Personally I'd want the wall 100% on his property, that way it's his wall, his problem. If/when he sells, it's that guys wall, that guys problem. If he wants privacy, he can do a fence at the wall, on his side. At that point, take down your fence if it looks dumb with the gap. 

Yeah I want nothing to do with maintaining a retaining wall. Even less so for one that wasn't engineered or permitted/inspected.

I know they can be done, but most of the ones I see are falling down.