Odd things your neighbours do?
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robbocop33 said:
Odd things my neighbour does?Mmmm,beats his wife,throws thing at her and is mentally,verbally abusive to her shouting at the top of his voice,he drink drives all the time,deals drugs,leaves his dogs s
t in our garden on a daily basis,kills,skins and eats squirrels and rabbits at his front door,think that will do for now,oh,and police arent interested in any of it?
Welcome to 2015 Britain!!
tell them you seen him with what looks like a hand gun.t in our garden on a daily basis,kills,skins and eats squirrels and rabbits at his front door,think that will do for now,oh,and police arent interested in any of it?Welcome to 2015 Britain!!
J4CKO said:
Ours are generally great, but
Spend huge amounts of money on various things, then not want to contribute £150 to getting the hedge trimmed ?
Is it their hedge? Hedges usually belong to one neighbour or the other and are their responsibility alone, if it's not theirs, why should they pay?Spend huge amounts of money on various things, then not want to contribute £150 to getting the hedge trimmed ?
If it is theirs, then they have a responsibility to keep it down to 7ft (I think) which can be enforced - with difficulty and cost.
Shaolin said:
J4CKO said:
Ours are generally great, but
Spend huge amounts of money on various things, then not want to contribute £150 to getting the hedge trimmed ?
Is it their hedge? Hedges usually belong to one neighbour or the other and are their responsibility alone, if it's not theirs, why should they pay?Spend huge amounts of money on various things, then not want to contribute £150 to getting the hedge trimmed ?
If it is theirs, then they have a responsibility to keep it down to 7ft (I think) which can be enforced - with difficulty and cost.
My neighbours 20 something daughter rushed around shouting that their kitchen was on fire (parents were out). had called 999. I could see it was dishwasher, covered my face and went in & put it out with my powder fire extinguisher . Went outside. Her boyfriend then wandered out to check I was OK! Then the fire brigade turned up and gave me a rollicking for going in. I think the neighbour was upset I put it out as he missed out on a new kitchen on the insurance. He didn't replace my extinguisher...Shouldn't have bothered!!
St John Smythe said:
The hedge hate is strong with this one.
You are perceptive grasshopper.
My neighbour suggested I contribute to the cost of him cutting his f
king gigantic hedge down to normal size when I asked. It was only fking gigantic as he was an idle sod and never trimmed it. In the end he paid for the biggest trees (yes, trees, not hedging) to be cut down and I helped him to cut down and deal with the rest.Shaolin said:
If it is theirs, then they have a responsibility to keep it down to 7ft (I think) which can be enforced - with difficulty and cost.
Only if it's evergreen, and a hedge - not individual trees in a line, and the formula for calculating the permitted height is complicated and gives a much higher height than most people expect. You'd probably only get is as low as 7' if it was 18" south of your living room window!I think I might be the odd neighbour, last night I was caught hovering up the dandelions in the front garden.
I tried to explain that they are taking over the whole lawn and when I tried to dug some up at the weekend the seeds were going everywhere. Hopefully this action will help solve my constant battle!
I tried to explain that they are taking over the whole lawn and when I tried to dug some up at the weekend the seeds were going everywhere. Hopefully this action will help solve my constant battle!
Timmy40 said:
TTmonkey said:
Moonhawk said:
We had neighbours object to planning permission to extend our bungalow into the roof space on the basis that "there aren't enough affordable homes in the village".
Our house at the time was valued in excess of £500k and before the work is carried out has the floor area equivalent to a modern 4 or 5 bed new build - not a mansion by any stretch - but hardly what would be considered a typical "affordable home" either.
They have just had some work done to convert their integrated garage into at least one additional room - so it seems their concern over "affordable homes" in the village seems to have evaporated - funny that.
You are perhaps missing the obvious - the lack of affordable housing means that they are possibly being forced into converting the garage into more living space for the children that should have moved out to use....Our house at the time was valued in excess of £500k and before the work is carried out has the floor area equivalent to a modern 4 or 5 bed new build - not a mansion by any stretch - but hardly what would be considered a typical "affordable home" either.
They have just had some work done to convert their integrated garage into at least one additional room - so it seems their concern over "affordable homes" in the village seems to have evaporated - funny that.
Edited by Moonhawk on Monday 6th July 13:15
which is exactly what happened in the 4 bedroom house we've just bought - the previous owners put a 5th bedroom into the garage space for eldest daughter.
Converting a Bungalow into a proper house whilst adding rooms to it changes it substantially, and increase its value dramatically. Most conversions like this are designed to generate more value on a house than the cost of the conversion itself - thus lifting the value of the house into a higher price bracket.
However, I do sympathise with you - I personally think its high time all applications to convert bumgalows should be encouraged, thus adding much needed bedrooms to British homes and freeing up living space downstairs. OAP's don't need massive bungalows in this day an age. Pop them into converted garages if you cant afford a stairlift!!!!
Bungalows usually use 50% more land for 50% less people. Get rid of them I say....
TTmonkey said:
Bungalows usually use 50% more land for 50% less people. Get rid of them I say....
I agree but your 50% is far too low, locally to me on the south coast a 1930s house or bungalow often has a 100ft garden. These places are now being bought up, flattened and 3 houses being put in it's place. So you go from a 3 bedroom bungalow to 3 x 3 bedroom houses with postage stamp gardens and no parking provisions.
TTmonkey said:
You are perhaps missing the obvious - the lack of affordable housing means that they are possibly being forced into converting the garage into more living space for the children that should have moved out to use....
Perhaps - I don't know the reasons why they are doing this work and I have no issue with them converting their garage to make more space - it's their prerogative and I generally take a "live and let live" approach to life. But in doing this work to their property, they are likely increasing the value of it and therefore making it less affordable - which was the very reason they cited in their objection to our planning permission.
Just seems rather hypocritical - do as I say, not as I do.
Edited by Moonhawk on Tuesday 7th July 10:23
dtmpower said:
I agree but your 50% is far too low, locally to me on the south coast a 1930s house or bungalow often has a 100ft garden. These places are now being bought up, flattened and 3 houses being put in it's place.
So you go from a 3 bedroom bungalow to 3 x 3 bedroom houses with postage stamp gardens and no parking provisions.
It is happening all over the place. There was a plot of land near me with a large bungalow on it, nice sized garden, decent garage and external parking. A development firm bought it before anybody else could get a look in and flattened it. It now has 11 small two bed terraces on, no front gardens and rear gardens about the size of a large car, the car parking is provided in a communal parking area - enough space for 1 small car per household (and only just).So you go from a 3 bedroom bungalow to 3 x 3 bedroom houses with postage stamp gardens and no parking provisions.
PanzerCommander said:
dtmpower said:
I agree but your 50% is far too low, locally to me on the south coast a 1930s house or bungalow often has a 100ft garden. These places are now being bought up, flattened and 3 houses being put in it's place.
So you go from a 3 bedroom bungalow to 3 x 3 bedroom houses with postage stamp gardens and no parking provisions.
It is happening all over the place. There was a plot of land near me with a large bungalow on it, nice sized garden, decent garage and external parking. A development firm bought it before anybody else could get a look in and flattened it. It now has 11 small two bed terraces on, no front gardens and rear gardens about the size of a large car, the car parking is provided in a communal parking area - enough space for 1 small car per household (and only just).So you go from a 3 bedroom bungalow to 3 x 3 bedroom houses with postage stamp gardens and no parking provisions.
PanzerCommander said:
dtmpower said:
I agree but your 50% is far too low, locally to me on the south coast a 1930s house or bungalow often has a 100ft garden. These places are now being bought up, flattened and 3 houses being put in it's place.
So you go from a 3 bedroom bungalow to 3 x 3 bedroom houses with postage stamp gardens and no parking provisions.
It is happening all over the place. There was a plot of land near me with a large bungalow on it, nice sized garden, decent garage and external parking. A development firm bought it before anybody else could get a look in and flattened it. It now has 11 small two bed terraces on, no front gardens and rear gardens about the size of a large car, the car parking is provided in a communal parking area - enough space for 1 small car per household (and only just).So you go from a 3 bedroom bungalow to 3 x 3 bedroom houses with postage stamp gardens and no parking provisions.
Nearly happened to our place but the previous owner didn't want his mum's house knocking down so said no. Lucky for us as about six months after that we saw it & now have a 17th century cottage on an acre(ish) of land.
pembo said:
I think I might be the odd neighbour, last night I was caught hovering up the dandelions in the front garden.
I tried to explain that they are taking over the whole lawn and when I tried to dug some up at the weekend the seeds were going everywhere. Hopefully this action will help solve my constant battle!
quick tip- put a plastic freezer bag over the top of the head, then pull them out. stops the seed spreading. I tried to explain that they are taking over the whole lawn and when I tried to dug some up at the weekend the seeds were going everywhere. Hopefully this action will help solve my constant battle!
Hooli said:
PanzerCommander said:
dtmpower said:
I agree but your 50% is far too low, locally to me on the south coast a 1930s house or bungalow often has a 100ft garden. These places are now being bought up, flattened and 3 houses being put in it's place.
So you go from a 3 bedroom bungalow to 3 x 3 bedroom houses with postage stamp gardens and no parking provisions.
It is happening all over the place. There was a plot of land near me with a large bungalow on it, nice sized garden, decent garage and external parking. A development firm bought it before anybody else could get a look in and flattened it. It now has 11 small two bed terraces on, no front gardens and rear gardens about the size of a large car, the car parking is provided in a communal parking area - enough space for 1 small car per household (and only just).So you go from a 3 bedroom bungalow to 3 x 3 bedroom houses with postage stamp gardens and no parking provisions.
Nearly happened to our place but the previous owner didn't want his mum's house knocking down so said no. Lucky for us as about six months after that we saw it & now have a 17th century cottage on an acre(ish) of land.
I'd much rather that than the development that's just been given the green light (by central govt, overturning local 'no') on beautiful agricultural land outside of the town's development boundary.
thismonkeyhere said:
Hooli said:
PanzerCommander said:
dtmpower said:
I agree but your 50% is far too low, locally to me on the south coast a 1930s house or bungalow often has a 100ft garden. These places are now being bought up, flattened and 3 houses being put in it's place.
So you go from a 3 bedroom bungalow to 3 x 3 bedroom houses with postage stamp gardens and no parking provisions.
It is happening all over the place. There was a plot of land near me with a large bungalow on it, nice sized garden, decent garage and external parking. A development firm bought it before anybody else could get a look in and flattened it. It now has 11 small two bed terraces on, no front gardens and rear gardens about the size of a large car, the car parking is provided in a communal parking area - enough space for 1 small car per household (and only just).So you go from a 3 bedroom bungalow to 3 x 3 bedroom houses with postage stamp gardens and no parking provisions.
Nearly happened to our place but the previous owner didn't want his mum's house knocking down so said no. Lucky for us as about six months after that we saw it & now have a 17th century cottage on an acre(ish) of land.
I'd much rather that than the development that's just been given the green light (by central govt, overturning local 'no') on beautiful agricultural land outside of the town's development boundary.
Our's is a hamlet of 13 houses so three more would make a difference to how it feels.
I caught my neighbours son flinging poo into out garden once. Half of it was stuck on our tree. Happened on a second occasion and I was in the kitchen, rushed out and the neighbours son was other side lobbing it off a spade! He went bright red and hasnt done it since. He was late teens so guess it was a "laugh".
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