A Villager testified Monday in a deed compliance hearing that his nitpicking neighbor is making his life miserable.
Earl Bartell was called before a special master at the District Office at Brownwood in a deed compliance case involving his home at 2530 Hubbs St. in the Spartina Villas in the Village of Fenney.
A complaint had been received April 14 regarding weeds at Bartell’s villa touching his neighbor’s home.
“I have a neighbor that complains about everything. He’s not a nice neighbor,” Bartell told Special Master Terry Neal, a retired Lake County judge who hears numerous deed compliance cases in The Villages.
Bartell, who purchased the villa in 2022 for $310,000, said his neighbor had previously complained about a solar light and a car repair he had done at his home…