Tacky Christmas lights been up for over 2 years!! -.-

[Silversmithster]

Hi all!
Just wanted to get some opinions/ advice on how to tackle this one because it’s been p*ssing me off for a while now and I feel like I need to say something.

My neighbours over the road have had their Christmas “lights” up for over 2 years now and have never taken them down. They added some new lights this Christmas just gone and when they switched them all on the ones that have been up years didn’t work but they didn’t bother take them down and they are still there now plus the new ones I’m so sick of looking at tacky faded snowmen and Santa’s swinging off moons and balloons all year round.

I saw them fitting an entire cctv system around the lights in summer although it was hilarious to watch I admit watching them lifting the lights to manoeuvre the cables round.. but now there’s wires everywhere it’s such a mess and the house front is complete eye sore everytime I look out my window.

They also leave kiddies toys all over the garden, they have 2/3 cars being dismantled on the drive at present and 6 bins all overflowing! Is it just me overreacting at their sheer laziness? Or would anyone else feel the same looking out at such a state everyday and if so how would you approach it in the nicest way possible

Speak to them? or an anonymous note through door. Failing that mind your own business

I wouldn’t like it, but if it’s their property they can do what they like, unless there’s any local covenants and restrictions.

Not any of your business really is it. Its their house, not yours.

One persons tacky is another persons thing of beauty.

I don't think that you can really say anything. It's not really your business.

I would mind my own business.

What? Why would you need to speak to them about it? How is it affecting you exactly? If they took the lights down your view would still be just a house.

I’m sure it looks a shitty mess but it’s nothing to do with you.

Nothing to do with you, they can have it how they like

Just wanted to get some opinions/ advice on how to tackle this one

You can't tackle it because it's none of your business.

Maybe they like it? It’s their property and they can have what they like there. So nothing you can really do.

I have to say I don’t really spend enough time looking at the house across the road for anything they have in their front garden to really bother me.

It's horrible but it's their garden. It's hard not to have overflowing bins when councils only collect every 3 weeks!

I've still got my lights up... no immediate plans to take them down so could still be up for another 2 years, who knows!

They aren't switched on though, and presumably your neighbours aren't either?
So it's just some shapes on a wall you're looking at? Or a few strings? Hardly an eyesore.

How to tackle it? You can't really. They know the lights are there, clearly they're happy with them. There's no law that says they can't have them up. Might not be great to look at but that's just unfortunate

‘..over the road...’

You are Mrs Mangel and I claim my £50 prize!

I wouldn’t even know what people over the road are doing to their house or garden as I’m not remotely interested.

Noise, is a different thing though. As long as they are going about their business quietly just leave them be.

Do the kiddies also listen to wap, op?

I wouldn’t like it.
But do think mentioning it to them will actually help? I doubt it

Unless there is a public health threat, as far as I'm concerned, it's their property and you are obliged to clutch your pearls, wring your hands, and weep. And do nowt.

We used to have a woman who lived opposite us who whenever we saw her would always be waving at us. We felt obliged to wave back and would sometimes be there five minutes or more waving back at her.

Until we discovered she was mad about keeping her windows clean.

If they xmas lights were flashing then I’d say something. But everything else no it’s not worth the hassle. If they manage to live with it then they not going clean it up to make you feel better. On nightmare neighbours score that’s pretty tame and you don’t need any hassle in your life.

Not sure what you need to tackle? We had neighbours that left the Xmas stuff up all year. Yard full of candy canes, lights everywhere. Wasn’t laziness as such as took them way more effort to mow the lawn having to do around everything constantly and with wires everywhere but supposedly it was a faff getting it out every Xmas. They had huge custom built painted sleigh and all. Tried to make the outside of their house into some sort of North Pole Santa’s Workshop. They got on in age and ended up selling and tried to make it all a selling point, and sold ‘as is’ ……… Not surprisingly, when the new owners moved in they had everything taken down and carted away.

At no point would I have ever considered saying anything to them as it was their property to do with what they wanted, none of my business. The only thing you could do if there truly is garbage all over the place is get onto council as it’s a sanitation issue, but not sure if it really is an issue or you are looking for stuff to be outraged at?

OP Try reading other threads of people with real problems, life changing ones! Sorry no sympathy and slightly irritated

Considering my house is higher on the hill I’m looking down onto it everyday, not intentionally it’s just there everytime I look out my window. I’m not one for complaining usually but it’s just a mess.
Noise is actually another thing. they always start working on the cars revving, knocking and banging at 7/8 at night with music booming from the shed when just as put my daughter to bed and the sound travels up. Which I’ve had to ask them to turn down before.

Don’t read my thread then 😂 move along

They aren’t christmas decorations any more. They’re just standard decor that stays up all year round for your neighbours.

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