Evil Neighbours Thread

[Richey Edwards]

Just now, BTFD said:

By "on here", you mean...?

On P&B.

[BFTD]

14 minutes ago, Richey Edwards said:

On P&B.

[eez-eh]

Not exactly “evil” but I would like the good people of P&B’s opinions on what I think is my neighbour being a self-absorbed arsehole.

When we moved into our house not too long ago we got fences put up along the sides of the back garden (the property developers only left it with a pishy wooden barrier on either side of the garden). No one was living in the next door houses on either side at this point, so this was organised and paid for by ourselves. Wasn’t particularly cheap either.

Fast forward to just now and the neighbours on one side are getting their garden done up. Without saying to us they have completely boarded up “their side” of our fence. There are no longer any gaps for wind to pass through so I’m starting to worry that it’s going to cause some damage when the stormier weather arrives in autumn or winter.

The absolutely cowboys who were doing it also used screws that were so long that they penetrated all the way through the fence and are sticking out into our garden. So I’ve got jaggy metal screw tips sticking out my fence that could easily injure the wean or dog.

Cowboys have twice came to “fix” the screws. Despite me repeatedly telling them to take them out altogether they’ve completely ignored this and either cut them or hammered them back through - leaving huge dents on the fence in the process. There are still loads of screws sticking out that they either missed or only partially cut off, and the bits that they cut off they just left lying all along my garden, so I had to go scouring through the grass picking up dozens of screws before wean or dog stood on them.

Cowboys haven’t been seen since yesterday morning and the fence is still a state. The neighbour initially showed a wee bit of concern over the screws but is now avoiding us. After being too soft at the beginning I asked them to take the boards down and they’ve refused.

I was really trying not to get into a neighbour feud but I’ve lost any goodwill I had for them. Was initially giving them the benefit of the doubt that they maybe thought it was shared but after showing them proof of us paying for the fence they still aren’t backing down.

If they’d done the courteous thing and let us know before it happened I could have made sure they knew it was our fence and we probably could have worked something out, but they just went ahead and did it without any warning.

To top it off, they’ve painted it a disgusting bright blue colour which has came over to my side. And one of the cowboy builders squared up to me yesterday after I very strongly told him I wasn’t happy with the fucking mess they’d made of my fence, after he was being a rude b*****d.

Have any P&Bers ever had a notable fence dispute with a neighbour?

[Brother Blades]

45 minutes ago, eez-eh said:

Not exactly “evil” but I would like the good people of P&B’s opinions on what I think is my neighbour being a self-absorbed arsehole.

When we moved into our house not too long ago we got fences put up along the sides of the back garden (the property developers only left it with a pishy wooden barrier on either side of the garden). No one was living in the next door houses on either side at this point, so this was organised and paid for by ourselves. Wasn’t particularly cheap either.

Fast forward to just now and the neighbours on one side are getting their garden done up. Without saying to us they have completely boarded up “their side” of our fence. There are no longer any gaps for wind to pass through so I’m starting to worry that it’s going to cause some damage when the stormier weather arrives in autumn or winter.

The absolutely cowboys who were doing it also used screws that were so long that they penetrated all the way through the fence and are sticking out into our garden. So I’ve got jaggy metal screw tips sticking out my fence that could easily injure the wean or dog.

Cowboys have twice came to “fix” the screws. Despite me repeatedly telling them to take them out altogether they’ve completely ignored this and either cut them or hammered them back through - leaving huge dents on the fence in the process. There are still loads of screws sticking out that they either missed or only partially cut off, and the bits that they cut off they just left lying all along my garden, so I had to go scouring through the grass picking up dozens of screws before wean or dog stood on them.

Cowboys haven’t been seen since yesterday morning and the fence is still a state. The neighbour initially showed a wee bit of concern over the screws but is now avoiding us. After being too soft at the beginning I asked them to take the boards down and they’ve refused.

I was really trying not to get into a neighbour feud but I’ve lost any goodwill I had for them. Was initially giving them the benefit of the doubt that they maybe thought it was shared but after showing them proof of us paying for the fence they still aren’t backing down.

If they’d done the courteous thing and let us know before it happened I could have made sure they knew it was our fence and we probably could have worked something out, but they just went ahead and did it without any warning.

To top it off, they’ve painted it a disgusting bright blue colour which has came over to my side. And one of the cowboy builders squared up to me yesterday after I very strongly told him I wasn’t happy with the fucking mess they’d made of my fence, after he was being a rude b*****d.

Have any P&Bers ever had a notable fence dispute with a neighbour?

It’s your fence, just take it down. 

[tinkerbelle]

6 minutes ago, Brother Blades said:

It’s your fence, just take it down. 

This.

Tell them to remove the stuff on their side as you are taking YOUR fence down. If they put up another fence afterwards, just tack onto it.

Edited July 16 by tinkerbelle

['WellDel]

So long as the cowboy builders don't appear to be the travelling type who make threats of violence or shallow graves to anyone who dares to question their shoddy efforts, a heavy telt is required here.

Couple this with either leathering the offending neighbour or pumping his wife to prove you are the alpha male, and the situation should be easily resolved.

[eez-eh]

33 minutes ago, Brother Blades said:

It’s your fence, just take it down. 

 

30 minutes ago, tinkerbelle said:

This.

Tell them to remove the stuff on their side as you are taking YOUR fence down. If they put up another fence afterwards, just tack onto it.

It might come to that but it just doesn’t sit right that I need to go to the effort of taking the full thing down because they’re a pair of inconsiderate arseholes.

[eez-eh]

30 minutes ago, 'WellDel said:

So long as the cowboy builders don't appear to be the travelling type who make threats of violence or shallow graves to anyone who dares to question their shoddy efforts, a heavy telt is required here.

Couple this with either leathering the offending neighbour or pumping his wife to prove you are the alpha male, and the situation should be easily resolved.

There are certain characteristics I noticed made this thought cross my mind tbh.

On the neighbours - he was actually a bit better to deal with than her. She was trying to gaslight me yesterday with “this has saved you money from doing it yourself” and “the builders aren’t supposed to still be here today” - i.e. “you complaining about this is costing me money”. Arsehole.

[Mark Connolly]

10 minutes ago, eez-eh said:

She was trying to gaslight me yesterday with “this has saved you money from doing it yourself”

Get solar panels installed on their roof and use the same line. I'd be interested to hear the result

['WellDel]

4 minutes ago, eez-eh said:

There are certain characteristics I noticed made this thought cross my mind tbh.

On the neighbours - he was actually a bit better to deal with than her. She was trying to gaslight me yesterday with “this has saved you money from doing it yourself” and “the builders aren’t supposed to still be here today” - i.e. “you complaining about this is costing me money”. Arsehole.

Definitely seems like a job that might be carried out by these types, cheapest and shoddiest option whilst still charging the neighbours a fair whack, no doubt. Double slatting would have been a more sensible (but probably more costly) option if they wanted more privacy but would still have allowed for some wind to pass through and wouldn't have fvcked up the aesthetics on your side. Simply tacking sheets of wood onto it is basically just asking to find it lying as a pile of firewood one morning around, say October in this wet and windswept land that we inhabit.

[HeartsOfficialMoaner]

38 minutes ago, eez-eh said:

There are certain characteristics I noticed made this thought cross my mind tbh.

On the neighbours - he was actually a bit better to deal with than her. She was trying to gaslight me yesterday with “this has saved you money from doing it yourself” and “the builders aren’t supposed to still be here today” - i.e. “you complaining about this is costing me money”. Arsehole.

Would they be wiling to pay 50% towards the cost of the fence?

[eez-eh]

54 minutes ago, HeartsOfficialMoaner said:

Would they be wiling to pay 50% towards the cost of the fence?

With the way they’ve gone about until now I doubt it. Even if they did, I’d rather own 100% of a fence that’s going to last than 50% of one that I’ll need to replace the first time there’s a big gust of wind.

[scottsdad]

My first thought was that they didn't realise the fence was paid for by you. They moved in and it was just there. So they felt at liberty to do what they liked.

If you have explained this, then game on. They are defacing your property.

My neighbour put up a fence between our gardens. I wouldn't attach shit to it or paint it badly.

Oh, and just fling every screw you picked up into their garden.

[scottsdad]

2 hours ago, 'WellDel said:

Definitely seems like a job that might be carried out by these types, cheapest and shoddiest option whilst still charging the neighbours a fair whack, no doubt. Double slatting would have been a more sensible (but probably more costly) option if they wanted more privacy but would still have allowed for some wind to pass through and wouldn't have fvcked up the aesthetics on your side. Simply tacking sheets of wood onto it is basically just asking to find it lying as a pile of firewood one morning around, say October in this wet and windswept land that we inhabit.

At my mum's a few weeks ago, a couple of guys came to the door offering to power wash the drive.

I told them thanks but no thanks; I did it in April. They moved on.

I have since found out that the cut mum's neighbour's grass. This is a couple in their 90s. They charged them £850, didn't even do the edges.

[Boghead ranter]

12 minutes ago, scottsdad said:

have since found out that the cut mum's neighbour's grass. This is a couple in their 90s. They charged them £850, didn't even do the edges.

['WellDel]

40 minutes ago, scottsdad said:

At my mum's a few weeks ago, a couple of guys came to the door offering to power wash the drive.

 

I told them thanks but no thanks; I did it in April. They moved on.

I have since found out that the cut mum's neighbour's grass. This is a couple in their 90s. They charged them £850, didn't even do the edges.

You see some folk getting fleeced by these obvious chancers and it's hard to feel sympathy for their stupidity. Absolutely boils your piss though to see them taking advantage of the old and  vulnerable. No conscience whatsoever, the dirty bassas.

[BigBo10]

I was cutting the outlaws grass and the door chappers appeared. Went to the gran in law across the road and I politely told him she wasn’t interested. What’s its effin to do you was my response.  That’s my gran’s house suitably answered that and the older man then came to speak to me. I explained that the next five houses were all old people who didn’t need any help and they buggered off. I dread to think what they could have “earned”.

[BigBo10]

But on your fence, take the slats off you side. Whack their bit with a big hammer for ventilation holes and then explain as it’s your fence you do do whatever the hell you want to it. 

[Bert Raccoon]

Torch the fence and if need be their house. Yes the fire may spread to your own property but it's a risk you just have to take. 

[scottsdad]

1 hour ago, Boghead ranter said:

Pretty much my reaction when mum told me.

Their line included "we've done your neighbour's garden",pointing at my mum's. They believed them. Twenty years ago auld Peter would have told then to f**k off. Now the guy can't even put his bins out.