Sorry, this is petty and quite long, but the situation has descended into war over a bloody gate and I'm bloody fed up with it
I live in a little housing estate which is situated on the edge of a village, to one side of us is another housing estate, the other open fields. All bar 2 houses are owned by our landlord, he also owns the road, our access track, etc, etc.
In the corner of our house is a gate which leads into the housing estate behind us along a footpath. It's got one of those Chubb locks on it but we are all allowed to use it and have all been given keys
This gate is the only access we have by foot into the village. The track out of our estate when you're driving is about 4 miles round along narrow, windy, country lanes to the village, school, shop, etc. all has been fine and we've all been living here, sharing the gate and going about our business happily for years
About 2 months ago a new neighbour moved in and has complained endlessly about the gate and there have been a few disputes about it.
About a month ago the new neighbour added a slidey bolt to the gate and every time someone went out through the gate, he'd slide across the bolt, meaning you couldn't get back in. This wasn't terrible if someone was around to come and open the bolt, but several times we've all been stuck the other side of the gate.
More disputes about this bloody gate ensued and the Landlord got involved. Landlord removed the bolt and warned the neighbour.
So, this morning I go to use the gate to take DD to school, to find the bloody bolt is back and neighbour has now added a padlock
WIBU/illegal to remove the bolt and shove it up the neighbour's arse ?