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to stick anonymous note through neighbours door about BBQ?

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By Thu 02-Jul-09 21:25:02 Add message | Report | Contact poster

Ok I'm feeling cranky but fragile don't usually post here since I'm not brave enough!

Neighbours are on their 3rd BBQ of the week, it is about 3 feet from our back door, it smells like they are using petrol (whole house smells like a car is on fire), dcs rooms at back of house so windows are shut, back door is shut, washing is not out, dc sitting in chair crying because it is too hot to sleep.

Am I being unreasonable to stick polite but anonymous note through door asking them to burn sausages on grill in kitchen and eat in garden.

Living in London we are not partic. neighbourly, we rent and are looking to move ASAP, I could knock and ask but maybe the guy is prone to violence who knows, I don't want a dispute with the neighbours I just want to coexist happily, I figure you have to be a bit dumb not to think 3 bbqs in this weather in such a tiny space is out of line (or even wonder why it is so quiet in your garden and noone has door/window open or washing out because they do in the rest of the street)

SO AIBU?

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 05-Jul-09 22:50:27

This post got me thinking abit. I have never really had to worry about it as i live in a semi-detatched but we all have quite big gardens so the smell/smoke doesn't really affect us. But....my friend lives on an estate and in the summer, every summer she doesn't cook indoors at all. Her bbq is at the end of the garden under an awning (lots of houses behind) She cooks the evening meal every night out there (along with music) and at weekends/days off she even cooks breakfast out there. I had never thought about the affect on her neighbours!

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Jul-09 21:16:58

Could you get a cheap air con unit for childs room? Im in a ground floor maisonette so dont leave window open, and bought a good unit from Homebase.

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Jul-09 21:08:19

Eldon my washing lives outside grin

I've had a serious sheet thing this week, now half of them stink of BBQ and the wm is blocked

(dh has just been trying to unblock it grin

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Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 03-Jul-09 22:19:36

Novelty will surely wear off soon.

If I had an anonymous note through the door, it would just piss me off tbh. I'd rather someone came and said if it was really that bad.

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 03-Jul-09 22:17:46

Only summer for a few days..live and let live and all that

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 03-Jul-09 22:14:54

Hmmm. We have had 2 BQs this week and would have had another one tnight had we got back in time. I did warm my neighbours the first day as they had washing out.

I don't use petrol or anything though, just coals and matches, and a few herbs thrown in towards the end.

But TBH it is so rare we get decent enough weather -- this week I'd have been happy for our neighbours to have had one every night.

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 03-Jul-09 22:09:31

YABU, we used to be able to smell our neighbours curry cooking smells in our house, could you imagine their response if we asked them not to cook curry?!?!?!?!?

It would be ludicrous of us to do so and ludicrous of you to ask them not to BBQ.

If washing is a problem then you could ask them to give prior warning so you can bring it in.

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 03-Jul-09 21:44:48

why is your washing still out at 9.30?
DH would bbq everyday if he had his way

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 03-Jul-09 00:26:31

i think you are jealous because theyve not invited you grin

yabu if you stick a note through the door-bit bah humbug...this comes from a veggie who can smell dead animal most evenings atm.

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 03-Jul-09 00:20:48

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