Odd things your neighbours do?
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alfie2244 said:
littlebasher said:
Tenuous use of the word 'neighbour', but there is a student type in the flat opposite my office window who likes to stand in her patio window 'Au Naturel' when she gets up in the morning.
The odd part being that surely she must realise there's a 12 storey building directly opposite!
I would look away The odd part being that surely she must realise there's a 12 storey building directly opposite!
littlebasher said:
Tenuous use of the word 'neighbour', but there is a student type in the flat opposite my office window who likes to stand in her patio window 'Au Naturel' when she gets up in the morning.
The odd part being that surely she must realise there's a 12 storey building directly opposite!
People would pay good money for that!The odd part being that surely she must realise there's a 12 storey building directly opposite!
SlimRick said:
rehab71 said:
Parking, again!
We live in a terrace of 5 cottages, we have a gentlemans agreement that we only park outside our own houses in 'our' own spaces, sometimes guests come over and park over a neighbours space, not an issue as ultimately it's a public highway.....However the women in number 2 is f
king odd. She firmly believes the space outside her house is 'hers'. Bear in mind she spends 1 or 2 nights in the house a month (gods knows where she goes the rest of time). Anyway last week the below appeared (and the oven, guess she'll shift that soon as it looks bloody awful)
Rocks in the road which mark the edge of 'her' space, it also worth knowing that the house which the rocks are next too is currently not occupied so parking is hardly an issue. She is also happy for her car to overlap the neighbours boarder so she's got double standards. I've moved the rocks on to her lawn a couple of times to wind her up although not going to confront because, a, I can't be arsed and b, I'm moving in a week or so. My mum is going to chuck them in the back of her car for her rockery the next time she comes past.
My neighbour does similar, she has a rock which she positions to mark the edge of her property. For some reason, it annoyed her when I parked my discovery with one wheel on top of the rock.We live in a terrace of 5 cottages, we have a gentlemans agreement that we only park outside our own houses in 'our' own spaces, sometimes guests come over and park over a neighbours space, not an issue as ultimately it's a public highway.....However the women in number 2 is f
king odd. She firmly believes the space outside her house is 'hers'. Bear in mind she spends 1 or 2 nights in the house a month (gods knows where she goes the rest of time). Anyway last week the below appeared (and the oven, guess she'll shift that soon as it looks bloody awful)Rocks in the road which mark the edge of 'her' space, it also worth knowing that the house which the rocks are next too is currently not occupied so parking is hardly an issue. She is also happy for her car to overlap the neighbours boarder so she's got double standards. I've moved the rocks on to her lawn a couple of times to wind her up although not going to confront because, a, I can't be arsed and b, I'm moving in a week or so. My mum is going to chuck them in the back of her car for her rockery the next time she comes past.
Used to live in an area of on street parking only. The two old bids who lived opposite each other used to monitor each others self proclaimed spaces making sure that "their spaces" were not taken by anyone else.
Got home following a long day and long drive to find that the only free space was outside one of the old bids. As I was reversing into the space she was banging the drivers window and practically foaming at the mouth with rage. I got out and walked in the house completely ignoring her protests which unfortunately made it worse. Odd days I get up to leave for work and find with their bottle green Fabia and Fiesta (yep they had the same colour) so close to my car I couldn't get out and would refuse to move their cars in protest. I'd find stuff stuck to the car, bin bags emptied on the bonnet they really were a vindictive pair of witches.
A few weeks later I opened the curtains one Sunday to see old bid opposite had sent her husband out into the street...tin of dulux gloss white paint, on his hands and knees painting a "DISABLED" space with dotted lines outside their house...only he painted it too small and had to later extend it.
To some, some things are just so important in their life its the only thing that matters.
littlebasher said:
Tenuous use of the word 'neighbour', but there is a student type in the flat opposite my office window who likes to stand in her patio window 'Au Naturel' when she gets up in the morning.
The odd part being that surely she must realise there's a 12 storey building directly opposite!
Of course she realises. Gotta love an exhibitionist!The odd part being that surely she must realise there's a 12 storey building directly opposite!
BristolRich said:
SlimRick said:
rehab71 said:
Parking, again!
We live in a terrace of 5 cottages, we have a gentlemans agreement that we only park outside our own houses in 'our' own spaces, sometimes guests come over and park over a neighbours space, not an issue as ultimately it's a public highway.....However the women in number 2 is fking odd. She firmly believes the space outside her house is 'hers'. Bear in mind she spends 1 or 2 nights in the house a month (gods knows where she goes the rest of time). Anyway last week the below appeared (and the oven, guess she'll shift that soon as it looks bloody awful)
Rocks in the road which mark the edge of 'her' space, it also worth knowing that the house which the rocks are next too is currently not occupied so parking is hardly an issue. She is also happy for her car to overlap the neighbours boarder so she's got double standards. I've moved the rocks on to her lawn a couple of times to wind her up although not going to confront because, a, I can't be arsed and b, I'm moving in a week or so. My mum is going to chuck them in the back of her car for her rockery the next time she comes past.
My neighbour does similar, she has a rock which she positions to mark the edge of her property. For some reason, it annoyed her when I parked my discovery with one wheel on top of the rock.We live in a terrace of 5 cottages, we have a gentlemans agreement that we only park outside our own houses in 'our' own spaces, sometimes guests come over and park over a neighbours space, not an issue as ultimately it's a public highway.....However the women in number 2 is f
king odd. She firmly believes the space outside her house is 'hers'. Bear in mind she spends 1 or 2 nights in the house a month (gods knows where she goes the rest of time). Anyway last week the below appeared (and the oven, guess she'll shift that soon as it looks bloody awful)Rocks in the road which mark the edge of 'her' space, it also worth knowing that the house which the rocks are next too is currently not occupied so parking is hardly an issue. She is also happy for her car to overlap the neighbours boarder so she's got double standards. I've moved the rocks on to her lawn a couple of times to wind her up although not going to confront because, a, I can't be arsed and b, I'm moving in a week or so. My mum is going to chuck them in the back of her car for her rockery the next time she comes past.
Used to live in an area of on street parking only. The two old bids who lived opposite each other used to monitor each others self proclaimed spaces making sure that "their spaces" were not taken by anyone else.
Got home following a long day and long drive to find that the only free space was outside one of the old bids. As I was reversing into the space she was banging the drivers window and practically foaming at the mouth with rage. I got out and walked in the house completely ignoring her protests which unfortunately made it worse. Odd days I get up to leave for work and find with their bottle green Fabia and Fiesta (yep they had the same colour) so close to my car I couldn't get out and would refuse to move their cars in protest. I'd find stuff stuck to the car, bin bags emptied on the bonnet they really were a vindictive pair of witches.
A few weeks later I opened the curtains one Sunday to see old bid opposite had sent her husband out into the street...tin of dulux gloss white paint, on his hands and knees painting a "DISABLED" space with dotted lines outside their house...only he painted it too small and had to later extend it.
To some, some things are just so important in their life its the only thing that matters.
s!next door but one are currently looking after their son's dog, which looks like a gigantic brown mastiff. I was putting my bins out and the fking thing was barking angrily at me and trying to clamber over next door's quite low fence. There was definitely no friendliness in it at all, and whilst i am not normally scared of dogs, I did st myself. The fence was only just high enough to stop the dog getting over. I mentioned it to our mutual immediate neighbour, as I felt sure she would be concerned as not only is she closer, quite elderly and has a tiny jack russell which this thing would bite in two quite easily, she was surprised and told me the thing was a big softy....
king thing was barking angrily at me and trying to clamber over next door's quite low fence. There was definitely no friendliness in it at all, and whilst i am not normally scared of dogs, I did st myself. The fence was only just high enough to stop the dog getting over. I mentioned it to our mutual immediate neighbour, as I felt sure she would be concerned as not only is she closer, quite elderly and has a tiny jack russell which this thing would bite in two quite easily, she was surprised and told me the thing was a big softy.... alfie2244 said:
Is there anybody else that would look away when spotting their neighbour, with rising sun illuminating her like a spotlight, sitting naked and moving about for at least 30 mins every day doing her hair etc being lower than us also gives a perfect view which she is clearly oblivious of.
Should just add she is in her 70's, about 20 stone at a guess and can often be found passed out drunk in all sorts of places.
I spent my teenage years living next door to a hot twenty-something who liked to do that. Best years of my life Should just add she is in her 70's, about 20 stone at a guess and can often be found passed out drunk in all sorts of places.
BristolRich said:
Been there, done that, moved on.
Used to live in an area of on street parking only. The two old bids who lived opposite each other used to monitor each others self proclaimed spaces making sure that "their spaces" were not taken by anyone else.
Got home following a long day and long drive to find that the only free space was outside one of the old bids. As I was reversing into the space she was banging the drivers window and practically foaming at the mouth with rage. I got out and walked in the house completely ignoring her protests which unfortunately made it worse. Odd days I get up to leave for work and find with their bottle green Fabia and Fiesta (yep they had the same colour) so close to my car I couldn't get out and would refuse to move their cars in protest. I'd find stuff stuck to the car, bin bags emptied on the bonnet they really were a vindictive pair of witches.
A few weeks later I opened the curtains one Sunday to see old bid opposite had sent her husband out into the street...tin of dulux gloss white paint, on his hands and knees painting a "DISABLED" space with dotted lines outside their house...only he painted it too small and had to later extend it.
To some, some things are just so important in their life its the only thing that matters.
I've never understood this...Used to live in an area of on street parking only. The two old bids who lived opposite each other used to monitor each others self proclaimed spaces making sure that "their spaces" were not taken by anyone else.
Got home following a long day and long drive to find that the only free space was outside one of the old bids. As I was reversing into the space she was banging the drivers window and practically foaming at the mouth with rage. I got out and walked in the house completely ignoring her protests which unfortunately made it worse. Odd days I get up to leave for work and find with their bottle green Fabia and Fiesta (yep they had the same colour) so close to my car I couldn't get out and would refuse to move their cars in protest. I'd find stuff stuck to the car, bin bags emptied on the bonnet they really were a vindictive pair of witches.
A few weeks later I opened the curtains one Sunday to see old bid opposite had sent her husband out into the street...tin of dulux gloss white paint, on his hands and knees painting a "DISABLED" space with dotted lines outside their house...only he painted it too small and had to later extend it.
To some, some things are just so important in their life its the only thing that matters.
I grew up with a driveway and then after leaving home had various allocated parking slots or driveways until moving to St Albans where we just had on street parking.
No problem, sometimes couldn't even park on the street - had to park a few streets away...no big deal.
But, I've got a mate in London who, whilst otherwise sane, would move his car late at night if he saw a gap was open in front of their flat.
Same with my dad when he and mum came to stay with us in St Albans - if we came back from town and saw a gap was open directly in front of the house he would move his car (sometime less than 5m).
I think we had a few people on the road similar on mindset as they would be juggling cars around late in the evening: after people are home from work.
I just don't understand the urge to have a car directly outside.....unless maybe if you have kids? Funnily enough my insurance quotes were always lower 'on road' than 'on drive' maybe as burglars know which house to find the car keys?
Anyone on here have a desperate urge to park outside their property?
My Dad lives on a private road of four detached houses, with everyone having drives big enough for four cars. Near the bottom of the road is a wider area perfect for turning around in whilst still having room to park two cars. One of my best friends lived in the house opposite this area, and the general consensus for everyone in the street was those two bays were for use by guests or if you don't have enough space on your drive. Unfortunately, there is five vehicles in our household, so sometimes one of those spaces would get used by us... Never any issues from the other neighbours.
About two years ago, my friend moved and a new family came, Mum, Dad and two teenage kids, all of whom seem nice enough. Eldest son reached 17 and inevitably bought a car. So now there is three cars in their household, which has a four car drive same as everyone else.
They've now decided because a patch of grass next to the area is theirs, that those spaces are theirs too, and will regularly park two of their three cars in them! Once when I managed to use one of the spaces, they blocked me in parking directly behind me, despite the second space being empty... They've not done that since though as unfortunately their grass was very wet that day, and unfortunately I just couldn't get traction whilst trying to carefully make my way back onto the tarmac. Lolz
Does that make me the nobhead neighbour?
About two years ago, my friend moved and a new family came, Mum, Dad and two teenage kids, all of whom seem nice enough. Eldest son reached 17 and inevitably bought a car. So now there is three cars in their household, which has a four car drive same as everyone else.
They've now decided because a patch of grass next to the area is theirs, that those spaces are theirs too, and will regularly park two of their three cars in them! Once when I managed to use one of the spaces, they blocked me in parking directly behind me, despite the second space being empty... They've not done that since though as unfortunately their grass was very wet that day, and unfortunately I just couldn't get traction whilst trying to carefully make my way back onto the tarmac. Lolz
Does that make me the nobhead neighbour?
Skyrat said:
alfie2244 said:
Is there anybody else that would look away when spotting their neighbour, with rising sun illuminating her like a spotlight, sitting naked and moving about for at least 30 mins every day doing her hair etc being lower than us also gives a perfect view which she is clearly oblivious of.
Should just add she is in her 70's, about 20 stone at a guess and can often be found passed out drunk in all sorts of places.
I spent my teenage years living next door to a hot twenty-something who liked to do that. Best years of my life Should just add she is in her 70's, about 20 stone at a guess and can often be found passed out drunk in all sorts of places.
thetapeworm said:
I may well have missed a memo on this but apparently there is a trend to install televisions in the garden now - two neighbours at the back of my rear garden have put up brackets in their gardens. One on their extension, the other right up the top of the garden on the fence. On a regular basis they run long cables out of their houses, mount the screens and sit watching TV in the garden. Often at volumes which mean I can't hear my TV inside the house if I have the patio doors open.
One of them also has a kids playhouse mounted on stilts next to our boundary fence, lots of wind chimes and garden lighting positioned so that it shines though gaps in the fence and into my living room.
Council amateurs, I used to borrow the projector from the lecture theatre at work, for those rare summer balmy evenings and projected on the wall of the house, for films, sports and gaming, but we wore headphones to avoid disturbing the neighbours.One of them also has a kids playhouse mounted on stilts next to our boundary fence, lots of wind chimes and garden lighting positioned so that it shines though gaps in the fence and into my living room.
Edited by thetapeworm on Monday 15th August 19:39
Although my mate did scream like a girl when confronted by a 7 foot tall berserker running at him
All that jazz said:
Skyrat said:
alfie2244 said:
Is there anybody else that would look away when spotting their neighbour, with rising sun illuminating her like a spotlight, sitting naked and moving about for at least 30 mins every day doing her hair etc being lower than us also gives a perfect view which she is clearly oblivious of.
Should just add she is in her 70's, about 20 stone at a guess and can often be found passed out drunk in all sorts of places.
I spent my teenage years living next door to a hot twenty-something who liked to do that. Best years of my life Should just add she is in her 70's, about 20 stone at a guess and can often be found passed out drunk in all sorts of places.
BristolRich said:
A few weeks later I opened the curtains one Sunday to see old bid opposite had sent her husband out into the street...tin of dulux gloss white paint, on his hands and knees painting a "DISABLED" space with dotted lines outside their house...only he painted it too small and had to later extend it.
Should have painted over it and changed the word to "s"Nothing too drastic for me thankfully, just got a couple two doors up who are funny about parking like many others on the thread.
The woman always parks directly outside of their house, evidently her husband isn't allowed to even if he's home first, so he seems to think that he owns the space outside the house between theirs/ours, as that neighbour doesn't have a car. As a friend was coming to my house, he the neighbour park up and tut and shake his head while looking at my car in "his space".
If me and my girlfriend have already taken the spaces outside our house and next door before he arrives home, he parks across the road and then if he spots that one of us have popped out, he moves his car back into "his" space.
The woman always parks directly outside of their house, evidently her husband isn't allowed to even if he's home first, so he seems to think that he owns the space outside the house between theirs/ours, as that neighbour doesn't have a car. As a friend was coming to my house, he the neighbour park up and tut and shake his head while looking at my car in "his space".
If me and my girlfriend have already taken the spaces outside our house and next door before he arrives home, he parks across the road and then if he spots that one of us have popped out, he moves his car back into "his" space.
DMN said:
BristolRich said:
A few weeks later I opened the curtains one Sunday to see old bid opposite had sent her husband out into the street...tin of dulux gloss white paint, on his hands and knees painting a "DISABLED" space with dotted lines outside their house...only he painted it too small and had to later extend it.
Should have painted over it and changed the word to "s"jdw100 said:
I've never understood this...
But, I've got a mate in London who, whilst otherwise sane, would move his car late at night if he saw a gap was open in front of their flat.
Anyone on here have a desperate urge to park outside their property?
i agree, but in your mates defence I had a mate who lived in London (years back it was a sierra) and his car was stolen. when asked by the BiB when it had gone, he said no idea, haven't driven it for over a week and it was parked 100 yards from the house.But, I've got a mate in London who, whilst otherwise sane, would move his car late at night if he saw a gap was open in front of their flat.
Anyone on here have a desperate urge to park outside their property?
To be honest i was never sure why he had a car?
yellowjack said:
Why wouldn't you? Folk need to realise that 'their property' ends where the deeds say it ends. That you do not 'own' the public highway beyond your bounds.
That would be like me moving a bicycle which is frequently "parked" in the street outside a chap's house. He puts it out there every day despite there being no resident's permit scheme, and him having a two-car driveway and a garage. He just likes to 'guard' the space outside his house. It's pathetic behaviour, and really ought to be challenged. It's an estate near a hospital where residents succesfully campaigned for parking restrictions. Only they didn't get their desired permit-only scheme, but lots of double yellow lines, some timed restriction single yellow lines, and then a number of unrestricted kerbside spots which they like to monopolise. Believe me, if an 'outsider' is seen parking in an 'unguarded' space, the curtain-twitching gets pretty frenzied.
Another approach to dealing with idiots who think they own a particular spot on the highway or a communal parking area is to properly take the.
Post them this -That would be like me moving a bicycle which is frequently "parked" in the street outside a chap's house. He puts it out there every day despite there being no resident's permit scheme, and him having a two-car driveway and a garage. He just likes to 'guard' the space outside his house. It's pathetic behaviour, and really ought to be challenged. It's an estate near a hospital where residents succesfully campaigned for parking restrictions. Only they didn't get their desired permit-only scheme, but lots of double yellow lines, some timed restriction single yellow lines, and then a number of unrestricted kerbside spots which they like to monopolise. Believe me, if an 'outsider' is seen parking in an 'unguarded' space, the curtain-twitching gets pretty frenzied.
Another approach to dealing with idiots who think they own a particular spot on the highway or a communal parking area is to properly take the.
Dear homeowner
It has been observed recently that the offence of obstructing a public highway has occurred on numerous occasions at your address.
Items such as Traffic Cones, Refuse Bins, Wood, ladders, Bricks, not authorised by the Local Authority are classed as unlawful.
Highways Act 1980 Section 148 ©
if without lawful authority or excuse—
© a person, deposits anything whatsoever on a highway to the interruption of any user of the highway he is guilty of an offence.
Highways Act 1980 Section 137
if without lawful authority or excuse—
a person, in any way wilfully obstructs the free passage along a highway he is guilty of an offence.
This matter has been reported to the local Police and Highways Agency for further investigation and prosecution.
MartG said:
DMN said:
BristolRich said:
A few weeks later I opened the curtains one Sunday to see old bid opposite had sent her husband out into the street...tin of dulux gloss white paint, on his hands and knees painting a "DISABLED" space with dotted lines outside their house...only he painted it too small and had to later extend it.
Should have painted over it and changed the word to "s"Edited by PAULJ5555 on Wednesday 17th August 14:14
PAULJ5555 said:
Post them this -
Dear homeowner
It has been observed recently that the offence of obstructing a public highway has occurred on numerous occasions at your address.
Items such as Traffic Cones, Refuse Bins, Wood, ladders, Bricks, not authorised by the Local Authority are classed as unlawful.
Highways Act 1980 Section 148 ©
if without lawful authority or excuse—
© a person, deposits anything whatsoever on a highway to the interruption of any user of the highway he is guilty of an offence.
Highways Act 1980 Section 137
if without lawful authority or excuse—
a person, in any way wilfully obstructs the free passage along a highway he is guilty of an offence.
This matter has been reported to the local Police and Highways Agency for further investigation and prosecution.
Yeah. Definately post them this letter. Won't make you the nutter of the street or anything!Dear homeowner
It has been observed recently that the offence of obstructing a public highway has occurred on numerous occasions at your address.
Items such as Traffic Cones, Refuse Bins, Wood, ladders, Bricks, not authorised by the Local Authority are classed as unlawful.
Highways Act 1980 Section 148 ©
if without lawful authority or excuse—
© a person, deposits anything whatsoever on a highway to the interruption of any user of the highway he is guilty of an offence.
Highways Act 1980 Section 137
if without lawful authority or excuse—
a person, in any way wilfully obstructs the free passage along a highway he is guilty of an offence.
This matter has been reported to the local Police and Highways Agency for further investigation and prosecution.
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