CF Neighbours threatening to complain to council over EV charger ‘hire’

Neither or which are applicable

Me either!!!! But I don't sit at my window all day :)

So long as you're paying business rates, declaring the income for tax, you have public liability insurance and this does not breach the terms of your EV contract, I say go for it.

I think you may have a different definition of “causing no harm” than other people.. I’d be hugely naffed off if someone was smoking close to my home and the smoke was coming in to my home through open windows. Nor would I want to hear someone with a very foul mouth yapping away loudly! You’re wrong and you know deep down you are, but you’re looking for validation on here and I’m afraid you’re not going to get it from everyone. Hope this helps.

Why would you be mental? Would you have the same reaction if op had 3 visitors per day?

Gosh - it is a different world on here to the one I know.

First a neighbour complains about 3 cars a day parking next door - obviously standing outside to neb at them, do they not have anything else to do. Then we have it confirmed the car parking people are not ‘riff faff’ from the estate - do you check their home address is up to scratch?

And then there are other people commenting who would be very upset at this happening on their road. I can’t imagine even noticing - how long do you stand there/look out of the window and do you write the reg down?

but I also can’t imagine where everyone lives without any ‘strangers’ ever appearing in their Road - I assume they are at the very end of a dead end street so no one would walk past going from A to B but there’s posties, deliveries, carers, friends/family, mobile hairdressers, podiatrists etc etc. And as people you don’t know are so upsetting and scary how do you navigate going out yourself?

Normally, you buy a house and it doesn’t include the street, or give you any rights over your neighbours - maybe we need some more gated communities for folk keep out the riff raff more easily!

I agree, ' Loads of cars and strangers been near my house' is nuts .
There is no way it would affect the nighbours negatively.
In fact it's more likely to put off anyone that's thinking of getting upto no good

Business rates replaces council tax and for most residential properties the equivalent rateable value gives a charge of zero so the OP could save herself a bit of money by applying to be a business premises, but I doubt she’d qualify.

A car is parked on your driveway for a few hours, i dont see how it affects them at all. They could have much worse problems with their neighbours. And aren't they at work themselves most of the time anyway?

Some people are just spiteful and nosey and think owning their house means they also get a say over what happens in their immediate vicinity too.

Wow, aren’t you a charmer. I imagine the people from the local estate are a lot more pleasant than you are. I hope your neighbour does report you to the council.

My view is that good relationships with your neighbours is more important than your side-hustle.

‘riff raff from the local estates’? You’ve just lost my sympathy.

To all the posters upset with OP for the riffraff comment and siding with the neighbour as a result - if they’re having a mare over someone having a cigarette on their street, can you imagine what they’re saying about the people from the estate 🤣

Yep! And to be honest its very similar to the driveway interms of disruption
Frustrating for neighbours but no worse than many other things

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

why is the make of the car now in the mix here bahahahaha

Isn’t that Carist? 🤣🤣

It may be legal but I would be mental if you were my neighbor.

If you are helping to enable people with SUVs or the usual BMW drivers then I would be unhappy, if normal sized cars I would not.

I cannot see the council acting on a complaint, though be prepared for the neighbours say to mention it to HMRC.

“Riff raff from the local estate”
How unpleasant of you

Why would you think she’s the neighbour? She’s right, that post was nasty. But that attitude is commonplace in classist Britain, so perhaps you just didn’t notice.

OP I’m wondering what the actual sexual comment was and why you gave us the cleaner version instead of just telling us what the woman said?

I didn’t know this was a thing you could legally do but having read the comments YANBU

Your neighbours are probably jealous!

Why would people on here get upset and comings and goings from a neighbours house? Or mention "running a business from a domestic property" as if it isn't allowed.

What if a childminder started on your street, or a beauty salon/hairdresser from a room in someone's house? Or a self employed accountant/book maker who had clients calling?

I called at a local seamstress today who has a stream of customers from her house

Loads and loads of people run small businesses from home, surely we should encourage entrepreneurs and how is three lots of people coming every day even noticeable.

Crack on OP and thanks for making me aware this is a thing! Am going to look into it

OMG you're running an EV charger brothel! 😁

Are you the neighbour?

I regret posting to support you now.