Our house is on 5 acres of what used to be a 10 acre parcel that was divided up into 2 1/2 acre pieces. There are two homes next to us and they were the original homes built about 20 years ago. Our house was built in 2007. Unbeknownst to us, the original homeowner ran the water lines to the other two houses across our back yard, about 30 feet in, which happens to be across our horse pasture (which has yet to be a problem) and across our arena. While grading for our arena, we "found" one end of the water line, buried only about 6 inches under the dirt. Fixed it and the neighbor said since we had built a second fence across the back about 10 feet in, he hadn't mentioned the waterline because he thought the fence was far enough in...... since then we have asked to move the water line and it has gotten broken several times accidentally or the pipes are so old and fragile they just break. The wife has gone off on the girls when she was upset about having to wait for the sealant to dry when I wasn't home but has always been pleasant to me. We dug trenches on both sides of the fence to find the pipes and to move it behind the back fence and told them we wanted to move it..... would they like to buy new pipe since it was pretty fragile? We haven't been able to turn the horses out in the arena because of the trench and exposed pipes. They sounded like they were onboard but then couldn't get hold of them since then...... have called, left message after message, went over to their house one day when their electric gate was open, both cars there but no one answered the door so left a note on his car, didn't hear anything from them so finally left a note taped to their gate saying we would be moving the pipes at 9 am unless we heard from them, gave 2 phone numbers..... Didn't hear anything so this morning we went to work. It took longer than we thought because of the pipe being fragile. The neighbor that lives on our property was the one working on the pipes and while I was gone with the kids this afternoon at lessons, she came over and was screaming at him and calling me all kinds of names and threatening to call the police, that it was an easement? Sigh...... Water has been back on since 2 but the husband called and left a message saying it should have only taken 1/2 hour and that he was kind of disappointed? I feel badly that she was so upset but really, legally, they cannot claim an easement 30 feet onto our property and we were nice to pay someone to dig the trenches and buy all the new pipes and such for the connections. Now I'm worried that since we used the old pipe for the line, they'll blame us when it starts to crack...... They never offered to buy new pipe, never offered to help move it....... She said we cannot use that piece of our property? We're talking 5 acres of distance, 30 feet from the back? Anyways, feeling conflicted because I'm sorry she was so upset, sorry my poor neighbor had to face her screaming at him and irritated because they don't seem to understand that it was a problem for us and that we were nice to move it so it wouldn't continue to be a problem. Am I crazy? Should I make nice and give her some flowers or chocolates stuffed with Prozac???