To be furious that my neighbour ‘borrowed’ my garden furniture for her BBQ?

Bullshit!

I don’t get the “wouldn’t have known if you hadn’t looked over the fence” comment.

How could you not notice just by looking at your own garden (and seeing what was missing).

Not expecting a rational answer, given there are no replies so far!

This. First post nails it!

Wow - I thought my story of a CF neighbour was bad enough but I think that this beats mine!

What a cheeky cow!

Wow. My neighbour, who I get on very well with, has a big rosemary bush out front. I asked her one Easter if I could cut a few sprigs. She was totally happy and said ‘any time’. Well I still felt I had to ask her next time but she again insisted that I was welcome.
But not in a million years would I borrow her furniture! What absolute bizarre behaviour. And worse, to not bother returning it before you came back or after you did?! Beyond rude.

I had a lodger for a while who joined the friendship group. When she moved out she would call me up for a chat; very nice, you might think. She would ask my plans for the weekend - I often went away as I was in a long distance relationship. I kept saying we must meet up etc, but it never happened. One Sunday I came back and was really puzzled. On my counter top in the kitchen was one of those washing balls that you put liquid in. I always used powder. It suddenly dawned on me that she had a spare key, and was letting herself in each week to use my washing machine as she didn't have one in her new place. That is why she rang up each week, to see if she was around. Now, if she had asked to use the machine, it would have been no problem; we could have had a natter and a catch up. The next time she rang, I told her I was going away for the weekend, and I locked the front door from the inside so she couldn't get in. Lo and behold, she turned up. I wish I had been able to confront her, but I was too much of a coward. Instead, next time she rang I asked for the key back.

there is no way on this planet I would have not got 45 quid out of the cheeky fucker
in fact I would have told them it was 80 so look sharp and pay up

absolutely Shameless a 5 note voucher - fuck dat !!

That's not what they're saying...

Anyone asked why the OP minds as they clearly weren't using it at that moment yet?

---> They were just making a point about the ridiculous replies these posts can attract

Yes we have had a similar experience with a very good gazebo - and when DH insisted it was replaced like for like it was very very awkward at the time.

now when lending things - power tools / jet washes/ camping gear/ kitchen kit and appliances such as my freestanding outdoor gas paella dish and long plancha - I actually send a link to the item online for sale somewhere and state you can borrow by all means but if it gets broken this is where you need to go replace it.

I recently leant a nearly new hard suitcase to a friend who cracked it
they wanted to send the cash but I was clear I wanted the actual item without the hassle of reordering it myself so told them to crack on on Amazon with next day delivery ( to their address not mine ) a d then bring me back my identical case lol

I also think if someone is borrowing a jet wash once a week to clean their car they actually need to buy one for themself and would say that probably on the 4/5 occasion.

Same as luggage for every single holiday/weekend away - don’t be a tight arse get out and buy it yourself x

So why is it ok to use OP's garden furniture? And what do you mean saying I must be new here? I'm not but that's completely irrelevant. You are not making any sense.

WTAF! I can’t deal with people.

Yes I mean it’s Tuesday now ?? You would surely go knock straight away and get it carried back around no???

It’s Tuesday today , surely you went to speak to them and have their lummocks teens bring it back around ??

It wouldn't bother me in the slightest. You're really getting worked up over absolutely nothing 😄

I would be annoyed if she even entered the garden without asking or invitation let alone remove something from it.

Are you friendly with her? Have you ever borrowed garden accessories from each other before? I can't imagine what the thought process of people like this.

I would leave her in no doubt that you are very unhappy about what she did.

😲

I used to have a neighbour who had a spare key for my house. She was having her daughter over for lunch and knowing that I was working for a wine company and had a pretty good collection of wines, she decided to come in to my home whilst I was on holiday and help herself to a bottle of wine!

She bypassed the cheaper stuff and went straight for the harder to find bottles that were in a wine rack tucked into a fireplace behind a table - and waltzed out with a bottle of white Burgundy worth £45 (and this was in the 1990s).

My compensation was a bottle from M&S for £5.

She got told to never, ever do it again.

A good neighbour or friend would still message and ask though, that's nuts. I wouldn't even take my sisters garden furniture without asking if it was OK nevermind a neighbours.

Take some photo's OP of your property in her garden.
I honestly would be tempted to report it.
Complete CF behaviour.
Good to have proof of their form for future reference.
Decent people do not do that.
Yanbu to be very annoyed.

Of course not. You must be new here.

That is not acceptable. My gates got a bolt, so hard for anyone to get in. Suggest you do the same. But I would be livid. Invading my personal space, in my garden, peering in my windows? I am very security concious so I would freak out. Apart from the nerve of it. If you left your back door open by accident would they help themselves to your cutlery, plates, pots and pans?

Hardly. They broke into the ops garden and took their property without permission = theft. The fact that they hoped not to be caught is neither here nor there.

Wouldn't have put it past them!

that is disproportionate and vaguely insane