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New neighbours are testing my patience

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NoEffingWay · 12/05/2022 20:25

New next door neighbours moved in a few weeks ago and have started to really annoy me.

So far:

Put a pile of old and broken furniture on the front of the house with no sign of it moving, the whole street looks a bit grubbier and untidy.

They have children who run up and down the stairs all day screaming, and if they aren't doing it there, they are doing it in the garden.

Blocked the shared access alleyway with bikes and toys-moved them into their garden and they haven't put those back.

Came downstairs today, and they have put the stairs from a slide over my fence, so that the metal poles are eye height with my DS. I removed them and put them back in their garden. I come out later and they have put them back! They are now back in their garden.

I have tried to knock to let them know, but no answer.

What would you do, and what, if any, rights do I have here? The slide steps have really pissed me off, the fence is new and I could really do without it or DS being damaged.

We live in a terrace house so it's not as if anyone has a huge garden so I want my space to stay nice.

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Morechocmorechoc · 12/05/2022 20:27

Rake the slide to your side next time and wait for them to cime and get it! Then you can have a wors. Good luck.

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NoEffingWay · 12/05/2022 20:27

This had paragraphs, I have no idea what the mumsnet formatting did to them. Sorry if it's hard to read now Confused

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DaffodillSky · 12/05/2022 20:30

We aren't allowed paragraphs anymore. What do you mean they put the steps of a metal slide over your fence? 🧐

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NoEffingWay · 12/05/2022 20:32

It's hard to explain, but it's like a step ladder with two curved metal poles about a metre long which they have hooked over the fence. I guess so the children can climb up? Alright if you have the steps, not so okay if you have giant metal poles hanging into your garden.

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VerifiedBot2351 · 12/05/2022 20:37

I can’t picture what you means by the ladder over your fence, but it sounds bloody annoying.

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NoEffingWay · 12/05/2022 20:39

It has really annoyed me. DH is less concerned but did accept that it's a liability in terms of if any of us falls on the poles it would be potentially dangerous. He doesn't wasn't to create animosity between the neighbours and us but I am not having it!

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LilacPoppy · 12/05/2022 20:41

Blocked the shared access alleyway with bikes and toys-moved them into their garden and they haven't put those back although shared this will either belong to you or them - check your deeds. If it’s there’s they can store what they want in there.

LilacPoppy · 12/05/2022 20:41

It’s just shared as in right if access.

mumberry84 · 12/05/2022 20:45

Any chance of a photo of this slide thing? I can't picture it

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NoEffingWay · 12/05/2022 20:46

The alley is shared by four houses, and is used by everyone. There is an agreement to keep them clear of all debris etc.

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BooseysMom · 12/05/2022 20:47

We aren't allowed paragraphs anymore

😂

DaffodillSky · 12/05/2022 20:47

That's bollocks Lilac.

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NoEffingWay · 12/05/2022 20:48

@mumberry84 I have tried to add a photo but can't attach it for some reason. Ever since the update MN is being a pain! Here's a link for the slide stairs, but imagine it without the slide being attached-they are very similar.

www.amazon.co.uk/Sport-One-Plastic-Children-Construction/dp/B0727KX47R

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DaffodillSky · 12/05/2022 20:50

FFS, this bloody website!

Anyway, I've had a shared access pathway on my deeds and all it means is that I was responsible for anything that went wrong with it! Like broken paving stones or brambles growing into it. It definitely doesn't mean you can store your stuff there. Quite the opposite. You have to make sure it's accessible. Your insurance can be invalid if your access is blocked for a start.

mumsiedarlingrevolta · 12/05/2022 20:50

@NoEffingWay Does the ladder have rungs just on the on one side and two legs to prop it up on the other? Like an upside down "V" shape?
And the propping up legs are hooked over on to your side of the fence hanging down?
Absolutely unacceptable and not safe for all that weight on the fence, the legs on your side and even for the NDN children using it.

Do you know whose fence it is?

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NoEffingWay · 12/05/2022 20:52

@mumsiedarlingrevolta that's exactly it. And it's 100% our fence, we had to replace it after the storms so it's about 2 months old. Their fence is buggered so I guess mine is a better proposition!

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HappyCup · 12/05/2022 20:56

So it’s basically a broken slide? But they’ve kept the step part for the children to play with? If they put it back over your fence pull the whole thing over to your garden but out of reach.

They’ll either have to come and get it, in which case you can talk to them about it. Or they won’t bother, in which case you can take it up the tip. (Annoying but better than a metal pole to your DS’ eye.)

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NoEffingWay · 12/05/2022 20:59

The irony being that the old fence wouldn't have taken the weight of a feather so the new fence is almost a victim of it's own success Grin.
I hate this kind of conflict, they probably think they are fine and I am being uptight. The old neighbours and I got on well, in fact I have never had a cross word with anyone since I moved here, and now I am living next door to these twerps.

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NoEffingWay · 12/05/2022 21:01

@HappyCup that, or I buy some trellis and then they won't be able to hang anything off of it. The new fence is a bit lower than I would have liked in an ideal world but my fencer was out of stock due to the storms keeping him in business for the next 6 months!

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MissConductUS · 12/05/2022 21:05

L'enfer, c'est les autres.

You are not being uptight. It's rude, entitled behavior.

chisanunian · 12/05/2022 21:19

The slide steps sound more like above-ground swimming pool steps to me.

And the neighbours sound like a right pain in the arse.

carefullycourageous · 12/05/2022 21:21

Theya re out of order, especially with the slide/steps thing.

Do they own their house? If not speak to either the council, the housing association or the landlord?

Leftbutcameback · 12/05/2022 21:31

They sound like a pain, but I wouldn't worry about speaking to them as this will inevitably end up in a newspaper sooner rather than later accompanied by the photo of the slide, then they'll know about it 🙄

(I'm being facetious obviously, I just find the really lazy journalism so annoying)

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NoEffingWay · 12/05/2022 21:34

Have paid to find out who the landlady is, and have now messaged her. I'm not after WW3 but I'm not living with this forever!

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TrashyPanda · 12/05/2022 21:51

LilacPoppy · 12/05/2022 20:41

Blocked the shared access alleyway with bikes and toys-moved them into their garden and they haven't put those back although shared this will either belong to you or them - check your deeds. If it’s there’s they can store what they want in there.

no, a shared access can be owned in pro indiviso shares by the parties who use it. Or it can be owned by one person, with the others having only a right of access. It depends on the original deeds.

but in all cases it should be kept clear so the fire brigade can use it if required.

OP - your neighbours sound like chancers. Fences are not meant to be used like that, so you are quite right.

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