Neighbour smoking on balcony

I think you all must know dickhead weed users because the weed users I know would not want children to breathe the smoke in.

One cigarette every couple of hours would fill your room with smoke. Really?

@PorridgeWobbler you could try asking him not to, but it would be a massive inconvenience to him, so I'd expect him to say 'sorry, but there's no where else' (at best).

I assume if is leasehold? is there anything in the contract forbidding it? If he rents can you contact the landlord & see if it's permitted in his lease. Environmental health?

@PorridgeWobbler I can't believe how many people equate your wish for cooler air in your home during a heatwave to someone's wish to smoke a ciggy! All this "its his balcony just dont open the window etc" but it's not is it because the smoke extends the limitations of his balcony and therefore is a nuisance.

@PorridgeWobbler apologies, I did mis-read the tube bit.
Living in london, I see very little difference in air quality despity what the 'figues' say
But no, nothing to do with topic, i was responding to something raised.

My previous response about the use oofcweed (indoors or outdoors)!stands. The hysteria here when it is mentioned verges on hysterical. Yet same people are prepared to regularly break the law to suit themselves

Air quality is significantly better? No it is not. I live near a major road

No; the black nasal residue is alive and well on the tube. You do realise that the particulates from cars above ground barely affect the air and shit on the tube?all the shit there is from engines, bits os train, bits of humans (skin, hair, droplets of stuff expelled byscratching, shedding, and coughing and sneezing)

He literally can smoke weed on his balcony. By suggesting the OP go and ask what is a really risky and to be honest risky, it could end in a dispute impacting a sale, is naive.

The reality is people can't dictate what others do in their property no matter what opinions are.

We can complain, we just shouldn't be surprised when we aren't taken that seriously.
People are allowed to smoke outside, sometimes we can smell the smoke. The fact that we don't like the smell doesn't mean we should feel entitled to stop those people smoking.
Life's annoying enough without fixating on things you can't change imo.

How do I expect what to go? My suggestion was to talk to the neighbours about the weed smoke coming into the house where there's children. That's what I did, and because my neighbours aren't complete dickheads, the problem got a lot better.

Obviously the police won't do anything. But the replies saying he can do what he wants on his balcony, like the OP is being precious for complaining are not correct. Whether it not the police will enforce the rule, it isn't the case that he "can" (as in, is "allowed to") smoke weed on his balcony.

Attend any London council meeting where they're discussing cladding issues and you'll hear about it.

It's made flats unsellable because the insurance is so high.

The only replies that are 'bananas' are from people who think the police will do anything at all, just because weed is illegal.

Just how many spare police do you think are knocking around, spinning on their chairs and waiting for a phone call about someone smoking a spliff?

The Met won't even turn up if your home is being burgled and the burglars are still on the premises!

Oh I wasn't asking you to, don't worry

It's just you said 'lots of London flats' and I can't find anything.

They all mention BBQs but not cigarettes.

It’s truly awful, and so selfish. I suffered this in a flat as well, but luckily it wasn’t my permanent home. In the summer, like you, I needed the windows open. The guy below would come out every two hours for a fag. Literally every two hours through the night like clockwork. 11pm….1am…..3am…..5am….. it was DISGUSTING and just gave me the rage. It would come straight in my bedroom window and fill the room with fetid smoke while I was trying to sleep.

I honestly could have happily thrown the ignorant prick off that balcony.

Exactly how on earth do you expect that to go? Police generally look the other way if personal use.

Post Grenfell and the cladding issues affecting many properties in London, Insurance prices have gone crazy.

The insurance on the flat I own has increased massively and all the Leaseholders had to agree that it was a smoking-free building, even on the roof terrace, otherwise the insurance would have been astronomical.

I'm not prepared to put my building's insurance documentation on this website, but I can assure you it's the case in my building currently and for the last 4 years.

Some of these replies are bananas. Weed is illegal, it's not within the realms of things he "can do on his balcony".

OP, you should just tell him. I had to his problem in a previous flat, it's awful. The neighbours in my case were more or less understanding - the only problem was they kept getting high and completely forgetting.

I know.
Not sure if egotistical or just dense.

That's really interesting because I used to work in property management and I have never in all my days heard of this?

Do you have a link please? I've Googled around but can't find anything?

Lots of London flats don't allow smoking in the property (whether that's indoors or on a balcony) because the insurance doesn't cover it.

I'd check with the building management and if smoking is not allowed they'll stop him or the insurance will shoot up by 10s of thousands (or be invalid if there is a fire).

But you expect him to leave his premises to smoke due to your pref of not closing windows? Rightio, good luck with that.

You live in London, as do I.

All our kids are regularly inhaling poisonous chemicals.

Especially if you let them out on the balcony or open your windows.

You could ask him whether he ever tried vaping. Who knows he might want to quit and it provided a motive. Or you could report the weed. If he is rented he may not be there forever.

I live in a South facing new build and bought a Meaco air con with window kit. It's brilliant for a smallish room when WFH. I also have an air purifier as I live near an airport and have lung disease. Don't use it all the time but do sleep better when I do. in my bedroom I have a blackout blind so window is always shut and blind down. Much cooler. On the balcony I bought a half moon parasol that doesn't really shade the balcony (I have a small clip on shade for sitting out) but it shades the front room and makes it cooler.

Totally sympathise, I can smell smoke from miles away.

Oh get real. He has better things to do than leave his house to smoke elsewhere.

Live with it.

If you talk to neighbour what are you expecting from him? To ask him to stop smoking on his own balcony is no more reasonable than asking you to close windows.

I appreciate it is not pleasant but i dont know what you want your neighbour to do. Ideally quit smoking but not realistic they will do that to help neighbour if they can't stop for the health and financial benefits.