Neighbour starts petrol strimmer when in the back garden
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Hi Guys,
All summer long i have a neighbour who when the adjoining neighbours try and use their back garden, kids go out to play or a BBQ whatever, he starts hid petrol strimmer and leaves it idling in his garden, I am next but one but its a noisy thing.
I even hear the idle go up when it runs out of fuel, he even re fuels it and repeats. My neighbour just ignores him, hes a horrible old git (late sixties i guess) and loves doing letters about parking etc to the road, the road is only 12 houses in total.
What can be done?
All summer long i have a neighbour who when the adjoining neighbours try and use their back garden, kids go out to play or a BBQ whatever, he starts hid petrol strimmer and leaves it idling in his garden, I am next but one but its a noisy thing.
I even hear the idle go up when it runs out of fuel, he even re fuels it and repeats. My neighbour just ignores him, hes a horrible old git (late sixties i guess) and loves doing letters about parking etc to the road, the road is only 12 houses in total.
What can be done?
The Mad Monk said:
Had you tried having a quiet, polite, friendly word?
He's a weirdo, no eye contact, walks straight past you without speaking, he phoned the police because of leaves blown under the fence by a leaf blower, tried to get the police involved when the other neighbour had a skip on their own drive, a few times in fact, the police tried to encourage a counter complaint for harassment, but they declined. Brummmie said:
Hi Guys,
All summer long i have a neighbour who when the adjoining neighbours try and use their back garden, kids go out to play or a BBQ whatever, he starts hid petrol strimmer and leaves it idling in his garden, I am next but one but its a noisy thing.
I even hear the idle go up when it runs out of fuel, he even re fuels it and repeats. My neighbour just ignores him, hes a horrible old git (late sixties i guess) and loves doing letters about parking etc to the road, the road is only 12 houses in total.
What can be done?
Is that a bit like those people who sit in their car (or sometimes leave it) with the engine idling?All summer long i have a neighbour who when the adjoining neighbours try and use their back garden, kids go out to play or a BBQ whatever, he starts hid petrol strimmer and leaves it idling in his garden, I am next but one but its a noisy thing.
I even hear the idle go up when it runs out of fuel, he even re fuels it and repeats. My neighbour just ignores him, hes a horrible old git (late sixties i guess) and loves doing letters about parking etc to the road, the road is only 12 houses in total.
What can be done?
You could say to him 'I see it takes all day to strip your garden, ever thought of hiring a gardener?'
Chainsaw Rebuild said:
Knock on his door and ask what the problem is and why he does it.
If that fails call the non emergency police and complain.
Or you could drown it with the hose - just don't get caught ;-)
Complain to the police about what? If that fails call the non emergency police and complain.
Or you could drown it with the hose - just don't get caught ;-)
The people you actually need to speak to are the environmental health department at your local council. Have a look on their website and it should explain how they can deal with nuisance noise.
What happens here is they will take the details and send the 'offender' a letter explaining that a complaint has been made, you will get some diary sheets to log any further noise as evidence. If it continues the council can issue him a noise abatement notice.
Just evidence everything so date, time, duration, type of noise etc.
Good luck, I've been through similar.
garyhun said:
TooMany2cvs said:
Petrol strimmers are usually fairly quiet when they're idling. It's when they're revved to working speed that the volume goes up dramatically.
Can't imagine it's much fun having it idle for an extended time whilst in the garden though.Gassing Station | Speed, Plod & the Law | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff