to wish bad medieval things about my neighbours?

[bobdog]

Facial warts, arse boils, you get the picture.

The early retired, too much time on his hands H&S expert has today blocked our shared drive for over an hour, torn down the boundary fence and put an extra gate in.

No warning, no discussion, nursery had to scrambled to look after the little one longer and now we have a monster test track turning circle next door to our listed , rural watermill. We also get a full view of his caravans, mobile home, and five cars.

We also now get to see the full glory of the three dogs:
one bites other dogs, one goes for people and the third fucks the cat whilst they watch.

So am I being unreasonable to wish a pox upon the Bloxhams, why don't they fuck off back to Birmingham and take their scaffolding with them?

Eh?

YANBU but you are YABU to mention their name

Note that is not their real name but already feel better for small rant, will attempt to relax whilst darkness hides their crimes against heritage.

Is it their boundary fence or yours?

If theirs, tough, put one in if you want one, and make it tall. If yours, it's criminal damage or something innit?

Their boundary fence but our hedge in front, he's old school "I HAVE EVERY RIGHT" but we know he's not popular locally and has lied to us in past about what the deeds say and 'right to roam' issoohs.

Could resort to law but surely the stocks would be better?

"Note that is not their real name"

Fairy Nuff

that is hideous.

Good neighbours are worth their weight in gold!

Outrageous to block a shared drive for over an hour without bothering to mention it to you - particularly as you had to go do a nursery pick up. What if you had had a doctor or hospital appointment that couldn't have been changed or needed to get to work and would have ended up in lots of trouble if you were late?

Does your nursery charge for late pick ups?

Might be worth 'having a friendly chat' with the neighbours to say that you were really inconvenienced today by their thoughtlessness being blocked in without warning and suffered financial penalty as a result of it (if this is the case - one nursery I used to use charged £10 for every 10 mins or part thereof that you were late, an hour late could cost you £70 if you were just 61 mins late) so that if they ever plan on doing something like this again, please would they let you know in advance so you can work around it.

Must admit I would have been furious if I got in the car to go to nursery and found this had happened - my neighbour sometimes blocks our shared drive but it's only while she unloads stuff and it's only for moments, and if I am late for nursery pickup in a tearing hurry she'll always move to let me around. Did they offer any apologies or explanations when you went out to try to get your dc?

Do you think they have done it because they want the view of your nice house? Some new houses were once built next door to my mum; somebody was planning on buying one and came round to check that mum was going to keep the hedge between them at waist height because they liked the view over her lawn She took no time at all in pointing out that she had planted it precisely because she didn't want anybody looking over her lawn, she was just waiting for it to grow higher faster and that a fence would also be going up that the developers were putting up and she'd got the local planning dept to specify it had to be a nice high one so she didn't lose her privacy - apparently the house viewers were very put out and didn't put an offer in

Could you put in a hedge or new fence next to where they have made changes so that you can't see anything?

Can you get hold of a copy of his deeds from the land registry just to check if you know he has been less than truthful in the past? Think it just costs a few pounds. And check your deeds in case your deeds also give you rights over the boundary!

good luck - sounds miserable.

COuld you report him to the local H&S executive for blocking your drive and thereby causing an unsafe situation (er stopping fire engine getting to you if needed, dangerous distracting view when trying to drive clutching at straws !!)

you live in a windmill???

Can I puhlease be your new best friend...?

I have Jonathan Creek fantasies that cannot be abated.....

But yes, go to land registry and do not let this wazzock spoil your beautiful home for you

Rofl at ZIGZAG trailing off with clutching at straws

Do you eat bananas OP - could you keep the skins - strategically place accidentally drop them outside his door - He'll soon be out to admire his handiwork again - cant resist for long usually them types.

Or a huge phallic mural on the side of your house - well he wanted something to look at ?

Actually that could work on the side of a windmill.

Thankyou everyone you have cheered me up. Please hug/smile at your nice neighbours.

He did n't apologise about blocking the whole drive just shrugged and said 'I did n't think it would take that long. (it was a major BFO truck) stuck down a steep slope on ancient stone bridge. Thankfully nursery is fantatsic and ran around finding lunch as a special treat for little one. (Not got the bill yet)

The mill has a 26ft wheel hanging off the side and sofas next to cogs, wheels and grain shoots. Father C delivers presents via the sack hoist hoisted from ground to top floor, beautiful, lots of hard work, love the rest of the town just hate the neighbours sooo much. We put in such a lot of work tring to keep the place like a watermill and not a modern house and the neighbours have taken a diferent approach all with the light of God shining in their eyes.

Yes, please be my friend, let's have a Mumsnet buyout of hostile vicious dog neighbours everywhere.

Don't buy a windmil they really are silly...

Sorry watermill.... My excitement was clearly getting the better of me!

It sounds beautiful bobdog you must be so proud. Especially at Christmas. Please put up pictures when you are all decorated!

So by buying out the hostile vicious dog owners everywhere do you not suppose we should create a 'Mumsnetville' where everybody is super-reasonable, has nice pets and lovely children, fabulous schools and beautiful interesting homes?

What a nice daydream considering next door to me has been hired out for the evening and currently has about 30 drunk football idiots banging on the walls.