Neighbours eyesore SORN van hasn’t moved for over 3 years+
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Any views: neighbours van- very old unroadworthy VW camper, flats and green mould- is SORN but has not moved for over 3 years. Hedging has just been removed which means we now see even more of the van from our drive, and now our rear garden and now from inside our house.
Is it abandoned?? Can we ask the council to get it removed. They have no intention to make it roadworthy
Is it abandoned?? Can we ask the council to get it removed. They have no intention to make it roadworthy
Car Stuff said:
Any views: neighbours van- very old unroadworthy VW camper, flats and green mould- is SORN but has not moved for over 3 years. Hedging has just been removed which means we now see even more of the van from our drive, and now our rear garden and now from inside our house.
Is it abandoned?? Can we ask the council to get it removed. They have no intention to make it roadworthy
Is this parked on their front driveway? If it is, I don't think there is much you can do.Is it abandoned?? Can we ask the council to get it removed. They have no intention to make it roadworthy
There was a mouldy green caravan on our old road and always thought the neighbour next door must get pissed off with it as it looked awful - small houses so very close to their lounge.
When their house went up for sale the caravan suddenly looked brand new, after 7 years of not moving. I think they must have offered to clean it for them to make it look more presentable.
Could be a friendly way to resolve . I do get it, your neighbours property has a reflection on yours / the area and despite the mind your own business comments if it bothers you it will bother prospective buyers when you sell.
When their house went up for sale the caravan suddenly looked brand new, after 7 years of not moving. I think they must have offered to clean it for them to make it look more presentable.
Could be a friendly way to resolve . I do get it, your neighbours property has a reflection on yours / the area and despite the mind your own business comments if it bothers you it will bother prospective buyers when you sell.
A photo would help ...
Whilst I'm sure it would annoy me too. If the tables were turning and it was legally parked on my land, I'd take the view that it's none of your business!
There's a few houses my way with old and knackered speedboats in the front garden. As they have not moved in years and we live as far from the sea as you can in this country, I can only presume the owners went on 80s TV gameshows!!
Whilst I'm sure it would annoy me too. If the tables were turning and it was legally parked on my land, I'd take the view that it's none of your business!
There's a few houses my way with old and knackered speedboats in the front garden. As they have not moved in years and we live as far from the sea as you can in this country, I can only presume the owners went on 80s TV gameshows!!
OP, I think you are just going to have to suck it up. Everyone has something that their neighbours don't like looking at... It doesn't matter how house proud you are, I guarantee you have something your neighbours find aesthetically unpleasant. They just don't mention it because it's impolite and pointless.
Unless you want to go round and make a cheeky offer for it "as a project"; they might be just as happy to sell it as you are to scrap it.
Unless you want to go round and make a cheeky offer for it "as a project"; they might be just as happy to sell it as you are to scrap it.
Offer to power wash it if you can, if its on his drive there is little you can do but complain to council or homeowners if its that type of a place,
Sidestory:
I know someone who employed a gardener to pop in and trim his ivy for him, was perfectly happy and wondered why he never had a bill yet, one day his fence had collapsed in, it turned out the neighbor had got fed up, and began reaching over and trimming it to stop it growing onto his wall again, and gardener had been popping round and finding it already done and was feeling like his time was being wasted but didn't bill him as had done nothing lol
Sidestory:
I know someone who employed a gardener to pop in and trim his ivy for him, was perfectly happy and wondered why he never had a bill yet, one day his fence had collapsed in, it turned out the neighbor had got fed up, and began reaching over and trimming it to stop it growing onto his wall again, and gardener had been popping round and finding it already done and was feeling like his time was being wasted but didn't bill him as had done nothing lol
k his wife and film it, then send it to him, they will get divorced and he will end up living in it, hopefully somewhere not on the drivewayHan Solo said:
Is it on their drive? Where is it parked?
I’d suggest mind your own business, perhaps it’s there so they don’t have to look at you / your house.
If it’s regularly SORN’d it’s not abandoned …
You don't have to renew SORN if it's permanently off the road as per the vehicle aboveI’d suggest mind your own business, perhaps it’s there so they don’t have to look at you / your house.
If it’s regularly SORN’d it’s not abandoned …
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