New neighbours extension plans

[Greenfingeredsue]

Hi all

My current neighbour has died. Now probate is completed her house is being sold.

Her son has prospective buyers. He has mentioned in passing to me that they want to extend the property out the back. I am wondering wtf they can’t just buy a house that meets their needs?

The gardens are quite big so there’s plenty of room for them to do this. However, we don’t want them to.

We need a new shed, so my husband has suggested we build a new one with a greenhouse on their side right as near to the boundary as we can, next to the house.

We’ll do this once contracts have been exchanged so we don’’t scupper the sale, plus they would have to get planning permission.

My only concern is that the new neighbours could force us to dismantle them so the builders can work?

Sure. People/mumsnetters who build Extensions are selfish cunts who have No consideration for people living around them.

@Greenfingeredsue I never use the C-word, but I don't think the C**ts here are the prospective neighbours....

you don’t want them to (although I can’t work out why not?)

Oh, I understand why not. Building work next door is always annoying and often disruptive.

But what the OP fails to understand is that people are allowed to do things she doesn't want, and there's nothing she can do to prevent that.

@Greenfingeredsue what happens if you go to someone's house which has been extended? Do you resolutely refuse to enter the extended part? You do realise that most Edwardian terraced houses have been extended? They werent built with downstairs bathrooms. That is just an extension incorporating the outside privy.

Many terraced houses didnt originally have what we would now consider a kitchen, just a small area under the stairs (no need for space for a fridge or cooker).

@Greenfingeredsue What a piece of work you are! I don’t think I’ve ever seen anybody be so unreasonable and downright weird on MN.

Sorry if I’ve been slow here, but didn’t you open a reverse thread about this same thing , earlier that got deleted?

Anyone feel more and more sorry for the prospective buyers living next door to this absolute peach?

By the way, @Greenfingeredsue - regarding your most recent post - neither the word “extension” nor the word “no” is a proper noun. Ensure you remember that when you’re drafting your insane objections, just so you put your best foot forward to the council. And - forgive the mixing of metaphors - you still won’t have a leg to stand on.

Oh - and I don’t think “cunt” is a proper noun, just in case you were thinking of capitalising that, too - for emphasis.

Hope that helps.

@Kateguide

OP / Sue. Please, please, please could you put yourself forward to some kind of behavioural experiment where psychologists can study your inability to take on board literally hundreds of people's rational argument but will not flicker in your resolve that you are right and will be entrenched in your opinion.

We could call it the 'SUES' e.g. This patient has a really bad case of the SUES

My manager has a case of the “SUES” He thinks he’s always right. Wanker.

OP it is obvious from your posts that your are not a lady in the traditional meaning of the word. If you have to look it up, that proves my point. To use the word "c..t" proves it even more. You are an ignorant nasty person.

Are you possibly menopausal which might explain, but not forgive, your behaviour?

"People/mumsnetters who build Extensions are selfish cunts who have No consideration for people living around them."

Count me in! Our extension has really improved our home life!

"People/mumsnetters who build Extensions are selfish cunts who have No consideration for people living around them."

Count me in the cunt club too. Ours is in progress right now. In fact we have a bit of scaffold on our neighbours garden. Can anyone out cunt me?

You live in an end terrace, hardly a posh house in the country where you'd expect a bit of peace. You want to be thankful it's not Robbie Williams moving in, he's a horror for home improvements

Count me in the cunt club too. Ours is in progress right now. In fact we have a bit of scaffold on our neighbours garden. Can anyone out cunt me?

Ours too! I can't understand why building an extension is so bad - what about other noisy things like changing windows, moving a boiler, having a driveway done, building a house from scratch. Should all of those be avoided too in case they annoy previous neighbours?

@Greenfingeredsue

Sure. People/mumsnetters who build Extensions are selfish cunts who have No consideration for people living around them.

Pot.Kettle.Black

Probably been feeding the troll for long enough now, I imagine.

People/mumsnetters who build Extensions are selfish cunts who have No consideration for people living around them

From the voting on this thread it’s very clear that the selfish cunt ISNT the people who want to build the extension in this scenario.
It’s YOU op!
How embarrassing for you 😬

Can I join the selfish cunt club please? I shall relish being a cunt in my beautiful extension with its bifold doors that open up to the patio and my wonderful kitchen.

What else do we get for being in this exclusive club? Monthly newsletters? Shall we send one to the OP?

Yes, I am currently a fully paid up member of the C**t club. Currently going through building works right now. Bit of a strain for me with work from home and home schooling with the pandemic but we are all just getting on with it as it will be life changing when it's finished.

My neighbours have been lovely, offering encouragement and support. I think they appreciate a new family joining in the community, investing in a property (which looked a mess with an insane layout) and realise it will benefit the whole street. When it's all done we'll invite them round for a few drinks. I am very thankful for the people who live on my road. Thank goodness they are not like OP

@Kateguide I'm in the club too and have lovely neighbours like yours offering to let us park on their drives etc during current building work and I too will be inviting them round when finished! We are so lucky it seems.

Are you serious op, because of the noise you don't want them to have any works done to their property!! Are you sure your not my neighbour to the right! Honestly she's a cow, made a issue when we had our bathroom renovated, and is making a issue now that we are getting one of our lounge renovated. I couldn't care any less about her pathetic issues. I will do what works I want, and so will your neighbour.
It's ok for you to build in the boundary with noise but not ok for others to have anything built. You really are something

Building a shed and greenhouse doesn’t take as long as building an extension!

You can’t stop them building their extension. You will just have to put up with it or move to a detached house.

Why would you build a shed and/ or greenhouse that you don't want, when you could just say 'no'?

@ClaudiaWankleman

Why would you build a shed and/ or greenhouse that you don't want, when you could just say 'no'?

They can't "just say no" unless they have an actual valid reason for any planning to be rejected. "I don't want noise" isn't a valid objection .

Not that the OP actually cares about that small detail at all.