Neighbour starts petrol strimmer when in the back garden

[Zetec-S]

Brummmie said:

His property is surrounded by spikey metal railings and he even has massive rocks directly outside so no one can park outside.

Can't quite tell from the photo, but are they on private or public land? (They look like they're on the road)

[Riley Blue]

Fish said:

He probably needs planning for the wall as at the front it is over 1.8m to the road. He also may not have suitable 1.2m pedestrian viability splays on his drive if there is just a set of gates on the front...

Looking at the shadows on the road there doesn't seem to be a wall there.

[Oakey]

Johnnytheboy said:

I'm glad you posted a pic of the house as I thought this might be me.

I live in a dead end lane where you could hear a pin drop.

Except for every single bank holiday weekend, when the second-homers next door come down from London with their ~9 year old daughter and all her friends, who then spend the entire weekend shrieking in the garden.

Amazing how often it turns out I need do do something with a power tool.

I'm not being directly vindictive, I just figure if someone else has already ruined the peace and quiet, I may as well make a noise then rather than when it would be otherwise peaceful.

So for 360 days of the year you don't have any problem neighbours to deal with but when they pop along five times throughout the year you get all pissy about it?

[Johnnytheboy]

Oakey said:

So for 360 days of the year you don't have any problem neighbours to deal with but when they pop along five times throughout the year you get all pissy about it?

Weeeell, it's usually solid posh girl screaming from Friday PM until Monday PM (punctuated by 5 mins of crying when one of themselves injures themselves on the trampoline about once every hour), so probably about 12 days out of 365, but no I don't get pissy. I just do something like the mowing/strimming/hedge-trimming I'd have do do anyway at some point, as my garden needs something doing to it all the time.

As I said, in deference to my other neighbours, I'd rather make a noise when someone else is already doing so than be solely to blame for ruining the rural idyll.

[Brummmie]

Zetec-S said:

Brummmie said:

His property is surrounded by spikey metal railings and he even has massive rocks directly outside so no one can park outside.

Can't quite tell from the photo, but are they on private or public land? (They look like they're on the road)

They are on the road, in fact when he was bothering the Police/environmental about a skip parked on the neighbours own drive, it was pointed out by EH that HE was the only one creating any hazard , Leaving immovable objects (3 great rocks) in an unlit road is probably not the best idea, the road is owned and maintained by Network Rail. Like i say the authorities were trying to encourage a counter claim for harassment, because they were getting sick of him, but the neighbour didnt want to pursue.

[Hol]

Johnnytheboy said:

Oakey said:

So for 360 days of the year you don't have any problem neighbours to deal with but when they pop along five times throughout the year you get all pissy about it?

Weeeell, it's usually solid posh girl screaming from Friday PM until Monday PM (punctuated by 5 mins of crying when one of themselves injures themselves on the trampoline about once every hour), so probably about 12 days out of 365, but no I don't get pissy. I just do something like the mowing/strimming/hedge-trimming I'd have do do anyway at some point, as my garden needs something doing to it all the time.

As I said, in deference to my other neighbours, I'd rather make a noise when someone else is already doing so than be solely to blame for ruining the rural idyll.

Without sounding like someone with a pervy voice that sounds like Ray Whinstone (Sorry RW).

That's potentially only 108 days of sufferance before the trampoline is long forgotten and a bunch of 18yo girls start travelling down on their own to sunbathe in the garden next door.

Will you be buying a step ladder to 'assist' with the strimming?

[essayer]

In neighbour disputes like this the only choice is to escalate, and escalate well:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qM7ksfRVF70

Your move, strimmer man

[surveyor]

Brummmie said:

stuttgartmetal said:

Where's he keep it when it's off ?

It's in his garage, the drone recording it idling in the corner as he goes back in his house, is actually the best idea I think.

It would be if it were not illegal. If he is as you say he will be on the phone to the cop shop tout smart.

Drones in built up areas are a no no, unless you have CAA permissions. And even then they are very restricted.

[TooMany2cvs]

Hol said:

Without sounding like someone with a pervy voice that sounds like Ray Whinstone (Sorry RW).

That's potentially only 108 days of sufferance before the trampoline is long forgotten and a bunch of 18yo girls start travelling down on their own to sunbathe in the garden next door.

Will you be buying a step ladder to 'assist' with the strimming?

^ This man has a point...

[Johnnytheboy]

Hol said:

Without sounding like someone with a pervy voice that sounds like Ray Whinstone (Sorry RW).

That's potentially only 108 days of sufferance before the trampoline is long forgotten and a bunch of 18yo girls start travelling down on their own to sunbathe in the garden next door.

Will you be buying a step ladder to 'assist' with the strimming?

I'm hoping for the short-term solution of the silent teenage stage, when going near a trampoline would be desperately uncool.

Bear in mind the "bunch of 18yo girls start travelling down on their own to sunbathe" stage will be accompanied by the "didn't tell the parents we were having a party" stage...

Funny house: used to be owned by some kind of World War 1 nut, who actually built a miniature trench system in the garden, which true to Flanders form, is kneed deep in water the whole time, due to the local geology.

[Peanut Gallery]

Copy Colin Furze?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9PMD8fcvAk

(thats the vid on how to make the massive pulsejet, then house in a very PC housing, and aim it at France)

[Joeguard1990]

It's really petty, but if it were me I'd honestly just ignore it and let him get on with it.

He's wasting money unnecessarily on fuel so jokes on him.

He's probably just as annoyed at the noise your kids make in the garden when they play so it trying to get his own back.

Again, very petty but nothing wrong with what he is doing legally so I'd just let him get on with it and enjoy what is left of his exciting life in his garden.

[Leptons]

Make absolutely sure no one is around. Get a couple of the neighbors together and go and have a quiet word in his ear. Tell him exactly what Orrifice the strimmer will be inserted in if he persists.

"What strimmer officer?"

[poo at Paul's]

md4776 said:

Next time your gonna have a bbq or people over knock on his door in advance and ask politely if he wants to join you.

"Yeah, great, I'll be round in 5, I need to start the strimmer"

[bristolracer]

He must be buying petrol for his strimmer?
Tip off the managers of the local petrol stations that he has convictions for arson, and he shouldn't be encouraged to fill up his jerry cans.

[The Mad Monk]

Perhaps he is lonely?

Perhaps what he really wants is a hug?

[HTP99]

I do find the mindset of people like this quite odd, he doesn't like a bit of everyday noise coming from the neighbours garden so he sets his strimmer up to make a worse noise, very strange.

Edited by HTP99 on Tuesday 19th September 09:45

[boyse7en]

HTP99 said:

I do find the mindset of people like this quite odd, he doesn't like a bit of everyday noise coming from the neighbours garden so he sets his strummer up to make a worse noise, very strange.

I'm finding the mindset of most of the people on this thread odd - "Hey, that guy is being vindictive because he doesn't like noise. Let's make even more noise using a car/motorbike/speaker/incontinent cow. That'll show him, and won't in any way escalate the problem. Because a guy who has already proven he is willing to be total dick with his strimmer won't at all become an even bigger dick and do something even worse!"

[HTP99]

boyse7en said:

HTP99 said:

I do find the mindset of people like this quite odd, he doesn't like a bit of everyday noise coming from the neighbours garden so he sets his strummer up to make a worse noise, very strange.

I'm finding the mindset of most of the people on this thread odd - "Hey, that guy is being vindictive because he doesn't like noise. Let's make even more noise using a car/motorbike/speaker/incontinent cow. That'll show him, and won't in any way escalate the problem. Because a guy who has already proven he is willing to be total dick with his strimmer won't at all become an even bigger dick and do something even worse!"

A guy like that cannot be reasoned with, he's a prick with a massive chip on his shoulder, if you go for retaliation it will escalate and ultimately he will win.

Is the noise of an idling petrol strimmer really that bad a noise and anyway getting on with your own life will make him seeth inside, don't let him win, plus the strimmer noise will be worse for him.

[Cooperman]

Simply ignoring him and carrying on with doing whatever you wish in your own garden will probably annoy him more than 'having a go' at him in any way. Just ignore him and it may all just go away.
Remember, if you do make a big issue over it and then you want to sell your house you will have to declare the issue to any prospective buyers which will devalue your property. If it never becomes an issue to you then you won't have to declare it.