Neighbours fallen out with us

These don't make any noise. Send him a link 😊

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Scarers-Predator-Protection-Discouraging-Seagulls/dp/B0GVS21H88/ref=sr_1_15?sr=8-15

YANBU - for the council to issue a removal letter there are multiple hurdles to get through including demonstrating it's a statutory nuisance which is actually pretty hard to do. Most noise complaints don't end up with councils intervening.

It's not simply you wanting to enjoy your garden your neighbour was breaking the environmental protection act (DH is a EHO and deals with a lot hence knowing most never reach the threshold).

Just remind others of the facts above and give the neighbour a wide berth.

Yep! Me too. Granted it was my cat coming into their garden, so I do have a bit of sympathy but this alarm thing was horrific. High pitched sonar type sound that was set off by the slightest wind. The sort of noise that will drive you crazy.

I think they’ve got rid of it now though thank god. We asked them to move it away from our fence and they must have done.

Omg this reminds me of when my parents went to a crappy hotel in Magaluf and as they arrived, the man said “Welcome to Colditz, Stalag 17”
By all accounts, he wasn’t far off…

FFS. I had several disputes with my former neighbour about her large dog over 6 years but I didn't declare anything. [semi detached] and a distance from other households, with garages, large lawns and drive ways.
Her dog was howling it's head off when the buyers came round twice , they weren't bothered as they were both heavy metal fans and said they liked their music loud.

Don’t even question it, you absolutely did the right thing. I can’t imagine why a person would want to scare birds away, they’re lovely!

Your neighbour is an idiot. You didn’t have an easy going relationship - if you did, he’d have removed his stupid bird scarer when you told him it was making your life a misery. If you’re worried about repercussions now you could try extending an olive branch but he sounds like the sort to throw it back in your face.

If you were being unreasonable, the council would not have told him to remove it

If they are older they might simply not be able to hear it like you do and probably think you've made a fuss about nothing.

That’s because not everyone can hear them. We all have different hearing and the older you are the more likely you are to have lost the top frequencies. It may be the neighbours can’t hear it either.

Well yes, they do, unless they are totally oblivious to the consequences and think they are above the law. And they should. And if not live through the consequences and then exactly those people will complain to everyone how badly they have been treated.

Our former neighbour had one for foxes. Really bloody annoying. And goddam wind chimes but bamboo ones that were even more annoying than the tinkly ones. I asked him nicely to stop using them and he refused. Had to wait for both to just naturally break. It definitely spoilt any relationship we might have had.

Why are people still advising the OP on what to do about the scarer? She's said they've taken it down.

OP, I'd recommend cameras in case they do try anything on you/your property. And so what if he's chatting shit about you? He's obviously not a reasonable person. Who cares.

Someone had one up my road , not near to our garden but I am too old to hear it but my daughter could . If your neighbours are older they can’t hear it so it doesn’t bother them .

I feel your pain! I have neigjbours across the street playing shit music loudly in their garden in the summer while I am working from home and doing meetings. I don't know how they never seem to work and spend entire days smoking in their garden. Probably they are on benefits paid with my taxes.

My neighbour fell out with me after I protested when ber cowboy builder drilled right through to us - mid terraced house. Yes it must be my fault I was at home and your builder’s drill bit came through my wall. My bad

I had a similar situation and eventually one day they were muttering crap about me and I just snapped and told them straight I hadn't called the council, but EVERYONE hated the noise, we had all discussed it behind their backs and they were the only people who thought their behaviour was ok. They were open mouthed in shock and dropped it all and were meek for a while after that! Then they started being normal and friendly again.

5am Wagner from a speaker pointed at them right from your fence?
You find it invigorating to wake up to and they did people can use their own gardens however they like.
You’ve tried being reasonable, they clearly don’t respond to reasonable…

Of course you’re not unreasonable, but what did you expect once you escalated it to the council? Obviously the relationship will be permanently changed.

The way I would be putting birdseed all over his car….

I complained to the council a few years ago about a neighbour's house alarm that went off at ten to six every morning (for a few seconds, until they turned it off). I had a newborn and it drove me mad. I asked them about it and the response I got was 'the door is bust'...so I complained and they obviously knew it was me because (after they got a letter and fixed it) they stopped acknowledging me. I didn't really care by that point as they'd fixed the problem. It actually took about ten years to be on speaking terms again (and it was never mentioned!).

Get your Alexa/ sound system next to the fence ( waterproof the area)
Play Crazy frog and any other most annoying songs you and your family can come up with... and bugger off on holiday for 2 weeks!

@Ilovewatchingthedrama
We had in a way this problem too with our neighbour as her granddaughter was throwing broken bottles into our yard, digging under the fence thinking she could somehow tunnel into our backyard, throwing small stones at our front kitchen window whilst the grandmother claimed we did it all unto ourselves!
Yes, I really wanted to feed my labrador a diet of glass!!
There was loads of other stuff too and i got the housing association we are with involved
Then we put up cameras, kept records
The cameras thankfully caught her and we then even politely when we asked her/her grannie to stop she just kept going so we took all relevant proof to the police who the housing association had contacted themselves out of sheer frustration
Upshot is that now after about 25 years we don't speak at all to our neighbour whos accused me of hating african children and putting up the cameras to spy on her in her bedroom whilst generally badmouthing me to other neighbours
You did what you had to do so don't fret you deserve your sanity
If you want peace then sometimes you have to prepare first for war.....

and bird scarer😂

YANBU contact your local council. These devices are only intended for use in agricultural settings, certainly not residential settings.
About 15 years ago I had to report my neighbour for using one of these, even though I tried to reason with him beforehand and the council acted swiftly. He guessed the complaint had come from me and didn't speak to me for a while afterwards, not that I was bothered by that really, but it didn't happen again. Sometimes you have to make a stand.