So I've posted before about my neighbours - nothing appalling, but lots of low level stuff ie they let their kids chuck rubbish, toys etc into my garden all the time, their refuse bin is constantly overflowing meaning that their rubbish, quite often soiled nappies, gets dragged by foxes and cats all over my garden, and my favourite, they cut down lots of the overhanging branches from my trees (yes I know they can do that) but then rather than doing the token 'offering' me back all the branches etc, wedged the lot on my side of the fence...you get the picture.
Anyway, at some point over the last 7 days or so, one of the panels in the fence between our houses came loose, it's not fallen down but has come out of it's post, and is leaning against their house. I can't say 100% when it was, it definitely wasn't any longer than that - it wasn't like it last Weds, and I first saw it on Sunday.
I can't remember if it's our fence or not (I do vaguely recollect that it's the fence on the other side which is mine, but I'd have to check the deeds to be sure). However I'd thought it they hadn't fixed it by this weekend, then with my bf, I'd do a makeshift repair (as longer term I'm intending to get someone in to put up a new, taller, fence the full length of the garden). I've never had to repair a fence at all before, and I'm not particularly practical, so I'd rather he was there to lend a hand. So far as I was concerned it wasn't a priority - I don't use the garden much mainly because next doors kids are always making a racket in theirs and not at all at this time of year. Also I work ft, leave the house at 7.30 and this week have been out every night til 7.30-8 due to work, driving lessons, shopping, etc.
Anyway so I've come home tonight (half an hour ago as I was working til 7pm) to a properly PA note sellotaped to my door asking could I fix the fence as 'it's a danger to our little children' . According to my DS, someone was banging at the door at 5pm (he doesn't normally answer the door when he's home on his own).
AIBU to think it's really not that dangerous (it's a fence panel ffs) and in the time it must have taken to walk round to my front door, knock, get no reply, go home, write note, come back and stick it on the door, he could probably have fixed the fence himself (he works in some form of construction). and be very tempted to send some similarly PA note back?!
Oh, for completeness - the fence on the other side of their garden blew down at the start of the year, and broke into pieces. It was like that for weeks before they chucked it in my skip disposed of it, and since then there's just been a gap between their house and their neighbour....