Odd things your neighbours do?

[djcube]

I lived on a road that was favoured parking for a nearby office. Never a problem except for one near neighbour. At 5.30 every morning, weekends included, he would move his trailer on to the road outside his house. Then, late evening move the trailer back on to his drive. When he was on holiday he would get someone to do this for him! Apparently blocked in every day by office workers was the reason.
All came to a head when the owner of the office wrote to everyone pointing out the law regarding parking. A group letter was sent back pointing out that there was only one person being fking awkard, apology by return of post. A few days later the trailor manouvering stopped. Idiot neigbour had been spoken to by the police. Neighbour then told anyone who would listen how badly he was let down by his neighbours.
Upshot of this was him being sent to Coventry. I almost felt sorry for him. The other neighbours were a very sociable bunch, BBQ's etc, he didn't get an invite.

[littleowl]

Bloke across the road is a bit of an arse & will leave his bins in the road, to reserve 'his space' for his wkpanzer when he goes out sometimes.

There was a music festival in a nearby park last month. Out came the wheelie-bins as he set off somewhere. Parking quickly became at a premium & a couple of lads pulled up, moved the bins back onto the pavement and pinched the space.

They were there all weekend. Mr wkpanzer wasn't happy.

Edited by littleowl on Wednesday 9th August 18:54

[FredericRobinson]

djcube said:

I lived on a road that was favoured parking for a nearby office. Never a problem except for one near neighbour. At 5.30 every morning, weekends included, he would move his trailer on to the road outside his house. Then, late evening move the trailer back on to his drive. When he was on holiday he would get someone to do this for him! Apparently blocked in every day by office workers was the reason.
All came to a head when the owner of the office wrote to everyone pointing out the law regarding parking. A group letter was sent back pointing out that there was only one person being fking awkard, apology by return of post. A few days later the trailor manouvering stopped. Idiot neigbour had been spoken to by the police. Neighbour then told anyone who would listen how badly he was let down by his neighbours.
Upshot of this was him being sent to Coventry. I almost felt sorry for him. The other neighbours were a very sociable bunch, BBQ's etc, he didn't get an invite.

I'm a bit confused by what law trailer man was breaking?

[EVOTECH3BELL]

littleowl said:

Bloke across the road is a bit of an arse & will leave his bins in the road, to reserve 'his space' for his wkpanzer when he goes out sometimes.

There was a music festival in a nearby park last month. Out came the wheelie-bins as he set off somewhere. Parking quickly became at a premium & a couple of lads pulled up, moved the bins back onto the pavement and pinched the space.

They were there all weekend. Mr wkpanzer wasn't happy.

Edited by littleowl on Wednesday 9th August 18:54

I've learnt a new work.
Had to look it up on Urban Dictionary

[r3g]

Seems like it will be an unpopular opinion judging from the posts above, but I've no objection to large rocks being placed along the verge to deter people from using the grass as additional road space. As mentioned by someone else, the churn you get from the weight of the vehicle makes a complete dogs dinner of the grass, creates mud and mess everywhere and looks just as bad in the summer when it dries into solid ruts. I think they look quite smart when driving through villages and see them painted white and the grass around them and verges all nicely maintained by the resident(s).

[Pit Pony]

r3g said:

Seems like it will be an unpopular opinion judging from the posts above, but I've no objection to large rocks being placed along the verge to deter people from using the grass as additional road space. As mentioned by someone else, the churn you get from the weight of the vehicle makes a complete dogs dinner of the grass, creates mud and mess everywhere and looks just as bad in the summer when it dries into solid ruts. I think they look quite smart when driving through villages and see them painted white and the grass around them and verges all nicely maintained by the resident(s).

And in the dark and rain, when someone removes the Sump from thier car, from the invisible rocks* placed on a verge you don't own, are you happy to accept liability ?

• invisible perhaps because the paint has faded and the grass grown around them.

I have a real bug bear, with rocks. I think they are lazy, and unfrindly Instead of rocks, plant some box hedge.

[Portofino]

r3g said:

Seems like it will be an unpopular opinion judging from the posts above, but I've no objection to large rocks being placed along the verge to deter people from using the grass as additional road space. As mentioned by someone else, the churn you get from the weight of the vehicle makes a complete dogs dinner of the grass, creates mud and mess everywhere and looks just as bad in the summer when it dries into solid ruts. I think they look quite smart when driving through villages and see them painted white and the grass around them and verges all nicely maintained by the resident(s).

I’m with you on that, proper council when people churn the grass up, there’s no need for it.

[Alex@POD]

Pit Pony said:

And in the dark and rain, when someone removes the Sump from thier car, from the invisible rocks* placed on a verge you don't own, are you happy to accept liability ?

• invisible perhaps because the paint has faded and the grass grown around them.

I have a real bug bear, with rocks. I think they are lazy, and unfrindly Instead of rocks, plant some box hedge.

Maybe don't park just anywhere if you can't see what the terrain is like? Might be just me but I won't be driving on a grass verge, particularly if it's dark and raining, if I don't know for sure the ground is flat and solid!

[Kowalski655]

r3g said:

Seems like it will be an unpopular opinion judging from the posts above, but I've no objection to large rocks being placed along the verge to deter people from using the grass as additional road space. As mentioned by someone else, the churn you get from the weight of the vehicle makes a complete dogs dinner of the grass, creates mud and mess everywhere and looks just as bad in the summer when it dries into solid ruts. I think they look quite smart when driving through villages and see them painted white and the grass around them and verges all nicely maintained by the resident(s).

There is a collection of houses (doesn't justify being called a village) near me, has white rocks on both sides of the road through it to stop cars on the verge. Problem is the road is so narrow you need to go on the grass to get past any oncoming cars, cue lots of reversing!

[r3g]

Kowalski655 said:

There is a collection of houses (doesn't justify being called a village) near me, has white rocks on both sides of the road through it to stop cars on the verge. Problem is the road is so narrow you need to go on the grass to get past any oncoming cars, cue lots of reversing!

That seems like the perfect place to have them then, to prevent people from using residents' gardens and verges to create additional road width and turning everything into a mud bath in the process. How do these drivers manage when there's a stone or cobble wall there?

[EVOTECH3BELL]

Walked the dog tonight and realised the cone I used to enjoy moving has gone...just a dead patch of grass where it once stood. There must be a fellow cone botherer in the street.
Just the other to get rid of now.

I also noticed the white stones have taken a battering. Council haven't cut the grass so you can't see them so some poor sod must have mullered their front bumper. They've been dragged/pushed a good 1m.

[Pit Pony]

EVOTECH3BELL said:

Walked the dog tonight and realised the cone I used to enjoy moving has gone...just a dead patch of grass where it once stood. There must be a fellow cone botherer in the street.
Just the other to get rid of now.

I also noticed the white stones have taken a battering. Council haven't cut the grass so you can't see them so some poor sod must have mullered their front bumper. They've been dragged/pushed a good 1m.

Given that the person that put them there may not own the land, who is liable for the damage ? The driver for leaving the tarmac? The council for not mowing or the person who had no right to create a hazard? I would suggest the council is in the clear, and the other 2 share joint liability.

[djcube]

FredericRobinson said:

djcube said:

I lived on a road that was favoured parking for a nearby office. Never a problem except for one near neighbour. At 5.30 every morning, weekends included, he would move his trailer on to the road outside his house. Then, late evening move the trailer back on to his drive. When he was on holiday he would get someone to do this for him! Apparently blocked in every day by office workers was the reason.
All came to a head when the owner of the office wrote to everyone pointing out the law regarding parking. A group letter was sent back pointing out that there was only one person being fking awkard, apology by return of post. A few days later the trailor manouvering stopped. Idiot neigbour had been spoken to by the police. Neighbour then told anyone who would listen how badly he was let down by his neighbours.
Upshot of this was him being sent to Coventry. I almost felt sorry for him. The other neighbours were a very sociable bunch, BBQ's etc, he didn't get an invite.

I'm a bit confused by what law trailer man was breaking?

It was at a time when the police had time to "have a quiet word". Trailer man could be quite shouty over parking, someone, never found out who, got upset.

[Unreal]

Pit Pony said:

EVOTECH3BELL said:

Walked the dog tonight and realised the cone I used to enjoy moving has gone...just a dead patch of grass where it once stood. There must be a fellow cone botherer in the street.
Just the other to get rid of now.

I also noticed the white stones have taken a battering. Council haven't cut the grass so you can't see them so some poor sod must have mullered their front bumper. They've been dragged/pushed a good 1m.

Given that the person that put them there may not own the land, who is liable for the damage ? The driver for leaving the tarmac? The council for not mowing or the person who had no right to create a hazard? I would suggest the council is in the clear, and the other 2 share joint liability.

There was another thread about this issue a while back. I think it was finally accepted that you can pretty much put what you like on land that you own and if someone drives into it, tough. However, many people don't own the piece of land outside their house (much discussion about the definition and ownership of verges) and should therefore leave well alone.

I think the argument that persuaded me you could put big chunky rocks or bollards on your land was that the council would not be liable if 'some poor sod' (or incompetent driver) couldn't keep their vehicle on the black stuff and clouted a lamp post.

[Antony Moxey]

All this liability over rocks - who’s to say it was you that put them there?

[Tango13]

vibushjuno said:

My neighbor's war on squirrels has reached new heights of absurdity. He's enlisted a squadron of rubber ducks as their frontline defense. Every morning, he strategically positions the ducks around their yard, convinced that the squirrels will mistake them for fearsome predators. The squirrels seem more puzzled than scared, but at least the neighborhood now has a new source of entertainment. The Duck Division.

Male ducks have been known to indulge in a bit of recreational gang rape so maybe your neighbour is trying to scare the squirrels off with the threat of being bummed half to death?

[GIYess]

Just in case there hasn't been enough said about the white stones, I'll add my support for them too. I added some at my parents house but they are maybe half a m back from the road edge. If they weren't there, tractors and lorries plough through the grass at full pelt.

Funny story though. I used to do inspections for work. A towney colleague and I were out one day in work pickup. His normal car was a clio so he was a terrifying driver in a pickup.
One day we stopped at a site on the side of the road and parked up close in front of a huge bolder. When we came out, we were stuck in the wet grass. So he put it into 4wd, promptly forgot about the boulder, and reversed quite rapidly. The entire rear of the pickup lifted off the ground and up onto the boulder. Must have looked comical from outside but was a bit of a shock.

[GliderRider]

geeks said:

Where I live there are three houses. One neighbour cones off their drive, they are also the farmer, further down the lane is a gate that prevents people from driving down the farm track which is all fair enough as its the farm and a private road. They cone this off as well, I just don't understand it.

Either of these are just asking for a steel stake to be driven into the ground when they are out and the cone to be replaced over it.

[Rich Boy Spanner]

On the subject of bins. I had some weirdos* living in the rented house next to me who would leave their wheelie bin outside my house instead of their own. I returned one evening feeling agitated and smashed into it and it ended up about 25 feet up the street. They were all as usual** stood outside the house and didn't say a word,

• As in really weird. For instance their kids would watch me cleaning my windows and run into their house and shout 'he is cleaning his windows' at the top of their voices. Also had to plant trees to stop the entire family staring over the fence at us with their blank, slack jawed expressions.

• They spent most of their time stood outside, even in the rain, especially when they had a bouncy castle in it (which required moving their 2 untaxed Transit vans onto the road). They were outside so much that they may as well have not bothered having a house. It all came to a head one day at 5am when the police turned up chasing the dad of the family for drink driving and assault, and found him half way up a ladder trying to get in through a window as the wife wouldn't let him in.

They left soon after, thank fk.

[8bit]

Rich Boy Spanner said:

On the subject of bins. I had some weirdos* living in the rented house next to me who would leave their wheelie bin outside my house instead of their own. I returned one evening feeling agitated and smashed into it and it ended up about 25 feet up the street. They were all as usual** stood outside the house and didn't say a word,

• As in really weird. For instance their kids would watch me cleaning my windows and run into their house and shout 'he is cleaning his windows' at the top of their voices. Also had to plant trees to stop the entire family staring over the fence at us with their blank, slack jawed expressions.

• They spent most of their time stood outside, even in the rain, especially when they had a bouncy castle in it (which required moving their 2 untaxed Transit vans onto the road). They were outside so much that they may as well have not bothered having a house. It all came to a head one day at 5am when the police turned up chasing the dad of the family for drink driving and assault, and found him half way up a ladder trying to get in through a window as the wife wouldn't let him in.

They left soon after, thank fk.

I think you win the thread!