I came across this forum and really would like some advice or suggestions. I have an airbnb in upstate NY on a lake. We purchased this home with the intention of using it as a vacation home when we can and an airbnb when we aren't using the home. We moved in, in January and met our neighbors. They were nice and we all even had a few beers with them from time to time. We were very honest with our intentions of the property and provided our direct neighbors with all of our contact information (including emails) in the event they had any issues, questions or concerns. We live full time roughly 1 hr away but also have close friends within 10minutes if any major issues arise and we can't get their quick enough. Ok so fast forward to May of this year, mind you we have lived here since January so that is roughly 5 months or so and we hadn't had any calls, emails or even personal approaches from our neighbors regarding any issues. I received a call from my landscaper whom we hired to mow our lawn while we are gone and he indicated that my neighbor screamed at him to get off her property. I was beyond embarrassed and apologized to my landscaper. I contacted my neighbor and apologized that we were not under the impression that, that was her property and by no means were trying to invade her space. If you saw the property you too would have assumed it was ours. The old codes allowed homes to be built on the property so I would assume that there would be an easement to allow for maintenance. So sometime in May close to mothers day we came up to the lake for the weekend (just our family) and found that a large fence had been placed on the side of our house with maybe 4-6" from the house itself. You can not fit through the opening and on the other side of the house there was a fence prior to us even purchasing the home. We called the town and let them know of the situation and they were fined. Now they are requesting an interpretation of the fence as they are calling it a "trellis". So now we are fighting this with the town and have attorneys involved as we speak. I understand that my neighbors don't want guests walking on that side of the lot and I am more than ok with that, I have even offered to put up gates with locks on our side to prevent our guests from accessing the side lots. What I am upset about is our neighbor is preventing us from being able to maintain our property in the future should an issue arise. We have even purchased noise detectors to notify us if our guests are being too loud outside and inside after our dedicated quiet hours, set up cameras in various spots to monitor the area (these are all out by the way) So what I am saying is there are good hosts and bad hosts. There are good guests and there are bad guests. I just wish people would communicate and talk things through because there are solutions to situations. I am even more upset that they are painting us as if we are degenerate neighbors who are throwing raggers every night when in fact they have actually waved and said hello to our guests.