Strange old retired neighbor
Discussion
sc0tt said:
XMT said:
I have to say I dont agree with others on here.
OK he might be a little annoying but he obviously cares about the street and how it looks and that is never a bad thing.
For the sake a bush your causing yourself pointless annoyance and stress.
Just call a gardner if you dont have time and get it trimmed. your happy, hes happy and the street looks even better.
People need to learn to compromise and get along. Time you have wasted on here making a thread and reading replies you could have called a garnder and had it dealt with.
I'm happy that he cares. I care too. But it isn't unsightly. Nor is it causing him any annoyance. OK he might be a little annoying but he obviously cares about the street and how it looks and that is never a bad thing.
For the sake a bush your causing yourself pointless annoyance and stress.
Just call a gardner if you dont have time and get it trimmed. your happy, hes happy and the street looks even better.
People need to learn to compromise and get along. Time you have wasted on here making a thread and reading replies you could have called a garnder and had it dealt with.
What I am annoyed about is the "letter of the law", throwing the two 6 inch branches in my garden. The absolute pettiness of it.
I'm happy to deal with it in a few weeks when I have time.
It could be simple as he has no room for it in his bin?
Greendubber said:
sc0tt said:
JamesRF said:
Presumably the estate car is a visitor and your parking area is the garage at the bottom of your garden accessed via the shared drive?
The combination of a badly parked car and overgrown bush probably makes his blood boil every time he looks out his window
What he should have done was introduce himself when you moved in and explained the bush annoys him offering to keep it trimmed for you, but he's gone about it the wrong way.
As others have said, for an easy life it would take 2 minutes of your time to pop over and say you've seen what he's done and that you plan on doing it yourself soon or you'd be happy for him to maintain it if it makes him happy.
The street view below was in 2014 and you say it's now bigger so I can understand why he probably wants to sort it.
The combination of a badly parked car and overgrown bush probably makes his blood boil every time he looks out his window
What he should have done was introduce himself when you moved in and explained the bush annoys him offering to keep it trimmed for you, but he's gone about it the wrong way.
As others have said, for an easy life it would take 2 minutes of your time to pop over and say you've seen what he's done and that you plan on doing it yourself soon or you'd be happy for him to maintain it if it makes him happy.
The street view below was in 2014 and you say it's now bigger so I can understand why he probably wants to sort it.
, That isn't my car, I've only been here 8 weeks. I don't park there either. I'm happy to trim it down. It's more the strangeness of the 2 branches that he has cut.JamesRF said:
The combination of a badly parked car and overgrown bush probably makes his blood boil every time he looks out his window
What he should have done was introduce himself when you moved in and explained the bush annoys him offering to keep it trimmed for you, but he's gone about it the wrong way.
Yep to both points is my guess.What he should have done was introduce himself when you moved in and explained the bush annoys him offering to keep it trimmed for you, but he's gone about it the wrong way.
JamesRF said:
Presumably the estate car is a visitor and your parking area is the garage at the bottom of your garden accessed via the shared drive?
The combination of a badly parked car and overgrown bush probably makes his blood boil every time he looks out his window
What he should have done was introduce himself when you moved in and explained the bush annoys him offering to keep it trimmed for you, but he's gone about it the wrong way.
As others have said, for an easy life it would take 2 minutes of your time to pop over and say you've seen what he's done and that you plan on doing it yourself soon or you'd be happy for him to maintain it if it makes him happy.
The street view below was in 2014 and you say it's now bigger so I can understand why he probably wants to sort it.
If he's worried about bushes vaguely/possibly brushing past his car as he wafts in and out of his driveway, why the **** has he planted a tree in the middle of the pavement? In a few years time that will cause way more hassle for everyone using the shared access.The combination of a badly parked car and overgrown bush probably makes his blood boil every time he looks out his window
What he should have done was introduce himself when you moved in and explained the bush annoys him offering to keep it trimmed for you, but he's gone about it the wrong way.
As others have said, for an easy life it would take 2 minutes of your time to pop over and say you've seen what he's done and that you plan on doing it yourself soon or you'd be happy for him to maintain it if it makes him happy.
The street view below was in 2014 and you say it's now bigger so I can understand why he probably wants to sort it.
Spumfry said:
JamesRF said:
Presumably the estate car is a visitor and your parking area is the garage at the bottom of your garden accessed via the shared drive?
The combination of a badly parked car and overgrown bush probably makes his blood boil every time he looks out his window
What he should have done was introduce himself when you moved in and explained the bush annoys him offering to keep it trimmed for you, but he's gone about it the wrong way.
As others have said, for an easy life it would take 2 minutes of your time to pop over and say you've seen what he's done and that you plan on doing it yourself soon or you'd be happy for him to maintain it if it makes him happy.
The street view below was in 2014 and you say it's now bigger so I can understand why he probably wants to sort it.
If he's worried about bushes vaguely/possibly brushing past his car as he wafts in and out of his driveway, why the **** has he planted a tree in the middle of the pavement? In a few years time that will cause way more hassle for everyone using the shared access.The combination of a badly parked car and overgrown bush probably makes his blood boil every time he looks out his window
What he should have done was introduce himself when you moved in and explained the bush annoys him offering to keep it trimmed for you, but he's gone about it the wrong way.
As others have said, for an easy life it would take 2 minutes of your time to pop over and say you've seen what he's done and that you plan on doing it yourself soon or you'd be happy for him to maintain it if it makes him happy.
The street view below was in 2014 and you say it's now bigger so I can understand why he probably wants to sort it.
Spumfry said:
JamesRF said:
Presumably the estate car is a visitor and your parking area is the garage at the bottom of your garden accessed via the shared drive?
The combination of a badly parked car and overgrown bush probably makes his blood boil every time he looks out his window
What he should have done was introduce himself when you moved in and explained the bush annoys him offering to keep it trimmed for you, but he's gone about it the wrong way.
As others have said, for an easy life it would take 2 minutes of your time to pop over and say you've seen what he's done and that you plan on doing it yourself soon or you'd be happy for him to maintain it if it makes him happy.
The street view below was in 2014 and you say it's now bigger so I can understand why he probably wants to sort it.
If he's worried about bushes vaguely/possibly brushing past his car as he wafts in and out of his driveway, why the **** has he planted a tree in the middle of the pavement? In a few years time that will cause way more hassle for everyone using the shared access.The combination of a badly parked car and overgrown bush probably makes his blood boil every time he looks out his window
What he should have done was introduce himself when you moved in and explained the bush annoys him offering to keep it trimmed for you, but he's gone about it the wrong way.
As others have said, for an easy life it would take 2 minutes of your time to pop over and say you've seen what he's done and that you plan on doing it yourself soon or you'd be happy for him to maintain it if it makes him happy.
The street view below was in 2014 and you say it's now bigger so I can understand why he probably wants to sort it.
Europa1 said:
OP, if that border is your property, take down the fence, and build a new one along the boundary (but check for any covenants preventing you from doing so first!). Your neighbour can then look at a boring fence all day instead of a nice border.
This seems a good plan if its possible, cant be too difficult to shift the fence out and make use of some extra space?Otherwise just plant some japanese knotweed in his technicolour rockery
shady lee said:
DonkeyApple said:
The other way to look at it is that for as long as the old boy is alive and kicking he’s going to maintaining your shrubbery and all you ever need to is dispose of the waste. That is a bit of a bargain.
This!It really isn't worth antagonising.
And this is worth a read too....
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/domesti...
shady lee said:
DonkeyApple said:
The other way to look at it is that for as long as the old boy is alive and kicking he’s going to maintaining your shrubbery and all you ever need to is dispose of the waste. That is a bit of a bargain.
This!hornmeister said:
I've first hand experience of old folks going a bit odd with silly little things like this. Can be a side affect of things like early parkinsons. Stuff that you would normally think nothing of, can suddenly be very important to them and they find it difficult to comprehend common sense. I've learned to cut them a little slack.
And of course, it can't possibly be the younger person that is acting in a somewhat irrational fashion.Can it?
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