Posting on behalf of friend.
Friend lives on a well to do cul de sac. The cul de sac was built in the 70s. Most residents are people who bought back in the 70s with children that have grown up and left. The houses have large front and back gardens. Friend is among one of the only new, young families to have moved on to the close.
Pre -Covid friend and her husband were well off and had a relative who helped with the garden. But Covid left them in debt as they borrowed personal loans to keep business afloat: Friends’ mental health took a deep dive but they carried on looking after their young children and their various extra curricular stuff. Relative who helped with garden moved away.
Friend does not have the capacity to deal with gardens. Which has pissed some neighbours off. The street takes a lot of pride in the front gardens as most residents are retirees - often up at 7am mowing lawns at weekends. Friend swill spend one weekend doing a massive job in the garden (poor tools) but it’s not something they mainatain so within 2 months it can look shit again.
Friend’s next door neighbour has complained to them about a dripping noise that is leaking from friends’ pipe onto friends’ garage. It is literally one drip per second. Friends cannot afford plumber and pipe is in precarious position (garage roof is not strong enough to stand on). Neighbour says it annoys him when he is in his garden. His garden is his life must be outside and 10 hours a day.
Friends’ solution is to chuck towels underneath to stop noise but this only works for a day or two.
Friends can’t move due to mortgage set up. They would never be able to afford this size of house in probably one of the best cul de sacs in this commuter town.
Who is being unreasonable?