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At my part time neighbours thinking they own the show

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MickyLee · 27/07/2010 15:14

I live in a holiday resort in a small apartment block.

Everyone is really lovely and always sending food leftovers to each over and generally looking out for one another.

But we have one set of neighbours on the ground floor who just come for 2 months of the summer.

My neighbours use the garden to grow veg and share it out with one another.. great in my eyes but the holiday neighbours have just arrived and without consulting anyone dugs them all up because they think they look messy and planted new plants all downstairs!!!

Not only that only them and us own a car. There is space for 2 cars outside the apartment which is shaded from the sun and more space over the road. Anyway since they have come they have parked right in the middle of the spaces. The other day when they were out DH came home and parked up in front in a rush bringing DD back from school. While he was still parked the part time neighbour came and parked over the road. As he walked to the gate he was moaning about not being able to park in the space he seemed to have taken over. As soon as DH left again he went straight out to re-park his car in front of the apartment.

To make this anger me more, today some guests arrived to staywith him. They parked across the road and as this was happening he ran out and moved his car up telling his guest not to park over there as it makes the car too hot!!! I mean talk about rude!!

DH is such an easy going guy he just laughed at the situation but it is making me so mad how they think they own the show when they just come here for 2 months a year.

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scurryfunge · 27/07/2010 15:17

Can't see there is anything to worry about regarding the parking but destroying the vegetables would make me very angry. Have they compensated the neighbours for this?

laweaselmys · 27/07/2010 15:20

Do you all own or rent - if renting you could complain to the landlord.

If you own I reckon you need a residents meeting.

What arseholes though! I can't believe they'd rip up plants!

rainbowinthesky · 27/07/2010 15:23

Who owns the garden? I thought it was usually the ground floor flat.

ZZZenAgain · 27/07/2010 15:25

who owns the garden and is reponsible forthe maintenance of it?

MickyLee · 27/07/2010 15:28

We own the apartment.
They did leave a chillie plant though.. they must like Chillie.

I forgot to add regarding the parking thing. I have my leg in plaster at the moment and they see me stuggling with my crutches plus we have 2 small children i think they should at least park in one space not two.

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ZZZenAgain · 27/07/2010 15:31

you own the ground floor flat and they rent it from you for 2 months a year?

StayFrosty · 27/07/2010 15:34

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MickyLee · 27/07/2010 15:35

I was under the impression we all own it the garden as the stairs because we are all responsable for the costs of maintaining it

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MickyLee · 27/07/2010 15:37

Sorry Zzzen we all own our own apartments (apart from upstairs which DH owns and one of his staff has as part of her wage)

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sapphireblue · 27/07/2010 15:42

so the garden is communal and shared between all the flats?

ZZZenAgain · 27/07/2010 19:25

A quiet friendly word about the parking might suffice

The garden is more tricky but if the ground flat tenants are aware that it is communally owned and not theirs, they were being cheeky pulling out vegetables and planting shrubs of their own choice. I think it would require a tenants' meeting to sort out the garden issue if anyone felt up to doing that. (Probably not, eh?). It does sound irritating but perhaps they are being thoughtless through simply not thinking about it not deliberately offensive. HOpe so anyway. Good luck sorting it out!

RunawayWife · 27/07/2010 19:35

If I were you I would get all you neighbours to sign a letter pointing out that you (all) will not pit up with the rude, selfish behaviour any longer

fedupofnamechanging · 27/07/2010 20:32

Well, call me petty,but I would dig up their plants.

lalalonglegs · 27/07/2010 21:19

There must be some management company involved with the running of the block - read your lease (which should be identical for all the flats) and then write to the management company pointing out how the rogue neighbours have breached it - there is virtually always a clause about not causing a nuisance which would include digging up the communal plants without permission.

To be honest, I don't see why everyone is being so accommodating of them.

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