to just remove the bloody bolt?

[Stinkle]

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 ?

Gategate

I can't believe how much of an arse your neighbour sounds. Some people really can make a problem out of absolutely nothing.

That would make me rage, but I would go with what you have done! Was the Landlord understanding and on your side?

Heehee! Gategate!

I'm back and just caught up.

I love the idea of bolting and padlocking his front door shut....

oh yes, this definitely has the same potential as the penguin bollards thread.

What a horrible little man. I'd be worried about having a loon like that near me.

LMAO @ gategate, also marking my place! poor you OP, NN sounds like a right Nob!!

Shameless place mark. What an arse the neighbour is!

Marking my place also for a gategate update. I love threads like this

BoltTwat is also a BoltBully so you are right to stand up to him. No self respecting bolt wants to be used in an offensive way.

If it wasn't for the fact that we all use the gate several times a day, so it would be an utter pain in the arse, I'd be tempted to stick something like this on there just to piss him off

Nothing more has happened tonight, he hasn't been round to ask for his bolt back at any rate.

TBH, I don't think he'd actually be brave enough to ask the LL for his bolt back. He complains and moans and does sneaky stuff like run over bikes when he thinks no one is looking, but I don't think he'd draw attention to gate-gate by approaching the LL about it.

Hopefully, once the letting agent has charged him for the bolt removal and making good of the gate every time he puts one on there he'll pack it in (or move preferably).

On the plus side, I now have a nice new sturdy bolt and padlock which I think I might put on my shed

Actually, that's a stupid idea, I don't have the bloody key - d'ur

On the plus side, I now have a nice new sturdy bolt and padlock which I think I might put on my shed

Not much use without the key, unless you're trying to avoid cutting the grass!

Marking for gategate

I bet he doesn't come found but you find another bolt there tomorrow...

You have a bolt, just buy another padlock... Then cut keys for all your neighbours bar NN and presto - pissed-off NN.

Can you play silly buggerys with his garden furniture in the dead of night? I think you have considerable mileage for winding him up right back

Oooh I want to see a photo of Gategate!

I love gate-gate and I need to know how this pans out - you must keep us posted, Stinkle.

He doesn't like children making daisy-chains? Would he prefer mud pies perhaps? What about barbecues to which he isn't invited maybe?

It would be fun to have a regular Village Walk which includes passing through the Gategate Gate

He is a jobsworthy twat.

Ooooooooooooooh! Make daisy chains and wear them on a bear Hunt:

We're all going on a Bear Hunt
Through the Gategate gate
On a beautiful day
We're not scared
Oh no!
BoltBully!
Ass!
We can go through it
We can go under it
We can go over it
And the landlord
He told us so!

He just doesn't like the kids playing out the front at all Witch

The patch of grass down by the gate is always a carpet of daisies as we're all a bit lax when it comes to our turn to cut it so it's the Daisy Chain Making Capital of the United Kingdom.

He's a right miserable grouch and shouts at them all to go away. However, if one of us adults go down to speak to him about it he's full of bluster and claims they've misunderstood. I've heard him shouting myself, when I was outside gassing to another neighbour

The beauty of living here is that we can let the kids out to play together safely, we're all considerate, we don't let the kids out at the crack of dawn shouting and shreiking, they don't go onto his garden, they play nicely and at the first sign of trouble, they're all back indoors.

The neighbour sounds an arse. There are only 8 families, so it's not like hundreds of people are trampling backwards and forwards all the time.

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