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AIBU?

To put something like this in my front garden

34 replies

MugglesandLuna · 02/09/2011 15:57

here

We have a quite wide front garden, but only a yard at the back (taken up by a trampoline).

Our neighbours house is at an angle to ours, round the corner a bit. It wont block out any light from them, but would you be annoyed if your neighbours did this??

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ShootinTheBreeze · 02/09/2011 15:59

Yeah, it's a bit of an eyesore.

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ViviPru · 02/09/2011 16:01

Nah. YANBU. If they're anything like my nieces & nephews, it'll be gathering dust & gracing the pages of ebay within a year anyway.

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RCToday · 02/09/2011 16:01

Yes I would hate my neighbours

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HeadfirstForHalos · 02/09/2011 16:01

No, it's your garden and you need to use it for your family. I've seen worse things in front gardens.

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2blessed2bstressed · 02/09/2011 16:02

Wouldn't bother me if I was your neighbour.....and I'm sure every kid in a 3 mile radius would love it - and be in your front garden all the time. So you might need to consider a fence or something too, if you don't already have one.

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VeraCanSignChocolateAndWine · 02/09/2011 16:04

I guess it would depend on the size of your front garden, whether it is inclosed, and the area you live in.

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izzywhizzyletsgetbusy · 02/09/2011 16:06

As it's Friday the only thing you are allowed to put in your front garden is Pampas Grass - it can grow to a fair height and you may be able to erect a timber tower behind it in a couple of years time.

Until then, in order not offend your neighbours, keep your trampolining and swinging confined to indoors.

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Mouseface · 02/09/2011 16:07

Nope, get it so I can come and play on it! Looks great! Grin

You don't live next to me though, do you? Wink

You might get all the local children playing on it when you're out or yoofs trashing it if it's in the front.

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Mouseface · 02/09/2011 16:08

Grin at izzy

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ViviPru · 02/09/2011 16:08

Our new next door neighbours just chopped down their pampas grass. AIBU to feel a bit rejected?

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candr · 02/09/2011 16:46

I heard that papmas grass was the new 'key in a bowl' to show you were into swingingGrin

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garlicnutter · 02/09/2011 16:49

Go for it. Everybody uses their front garden as living space these days. I think it looks great fun!

Paint it greeen or blue or summat.

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izzywhizzyletsgetbusy · 02/09/2011 16:53

Precisely, candr. It's a discreet invitation to those who like to play away from home in someone else's home Wink

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BluddyMoFo · 02/09/2011 16:57

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thisisyesterday · 02/09/2011 17:03

looks fine to me. we have a playhouse etc in our front garden because it's much bigger than the back.

it's not like you've chosen some massive brightly coloured plastic monstrosity... go for it!

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pictish · 02/09/2011 17:06

I wouldn't mind it at all. Looks fine.

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AMumInScotland · 02/09/2011 17:07

Perhaps my DS has spent too long building Games Workshop models, but it looks to me just like a Siege Tower - I'd be expecting th eneighbouring children to start storming the battlemeents with it Grin

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JenaiMarrHePlaysGuitar · 02/09/2011 17:11

Your garden would be full of kids.

Would it compromise your neighbours privacy at all? Otherwise it's bugger all to do with them. I wouldn't mind at all - as long as your children didn't start peering into my bedroom from it.

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TheMonster · 02/09/2011 17:13

If your garden is fanced off and no-one can see it (other than in a normal over-the-fence type way) then I don't see a problem.

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Jins · 02/09/2011 17:21

Check with the planning dept before you buy. You may laugh but it may need planning permission if it's forward of a wall forming the principal elevation.

Our neighbours have just had to remove a 'play structure' about the same height as the one you've linked

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ViviPru · 02/09/2011 17:23

Serious? Yet people get away with building entire settlements without planning. Its an outrage.

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Jins · 02/09/2011 17:25

Yep - serious!

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lifechanger · 02/09/2011 17:33

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garlicnutter · 02/09/2011 17:33

Grin izzy! Great idea if you've got a tent out there ...

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BobLoblaw · 02/09/2011 17:35

We aren't allowed play equipment toys in the front garden according to the estate covenant, I would have a climbing frame of some sort if we were allowed.

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