To think my neighbour can drill a whole in my house to permanently hang a 15ft tarpaulin?

[Euro21widow]

So, name changed as obviously outting as pretty sure this isn't a normal occurance!

My neighbour has drilled a hole in my (grade 2 listed) building so she can permanently hang a piece of tarpaulin about 15ft up (as high as my 1st floor roof) for "privacy". Surely she can't just do this? Where do I go from here? It blocks all the light out to my ground floor windows now. Have included (bad) diagram.

[JudgeJ]

[quote Euro21widow]@Slothmomma I can't rip it down without being on her property as it is very securely attached as she has drilled it into the wall.[/quote]
Use a Stanley knife where it's fixed to your house and cut the tarpaulin to remove it, you can then tackle her damage to a Grade II building later. Did she also trespass on your property to do the damage, or allow her employee to do it?

[twilightermummy]

You’ll have to act upon this because I dread to think what will happen next if you don’t!

[Helenluvsrob]

Can you not get shears on long handles for pruning trees ……

I know that’ll be criminal damage but well …. Take me to court …. I didn’t start it.

[ShirleyPhallus]

Wow!

[Mrgrinch]

I'd have taken it down. Wouldn't care if I had to go onto her property to do so.

[Cockadoodles]

She has no right to attach to your wall whether listed or not! She should have attached to the floor or a post

[Whitchurch]

Don't do anything until you've contacted planning. You want them to see exactly what she's done.

[LadyEuphemia]

Great diagram! As everyone else has said, report to conservation officer/planning and English Heritage.

For your amusement here’s a list of fines and costs to people who have done bad things to Grade II listed properties. ihbc.org.uk/prosecutionsDB/Prosecution%20Table%201%20Size%20of%20Fines.pdf

Take a ton of photos and videos to prove it’s nothing to do with you!

[HeronLanyon]

As well as this tarp trauma,
I’d be wondering about what she may have attached to the other side of your wall at ground level. When you know she’s out I’d pop your head over and take a look. Every now and then !

[Librariesmakeshhhhappen]

She must be totally mad. How can anyone think this is an OK thing to do?
It isnt her property AND it's listed.

I really hope your council don't take too long to get this taken down. You dont need this hanging over your head (quite literally in this case!).

[LadyEuphemia]

Just occurred to me, if she doesn’t thing twice about doing that outside, what’s she done to the inside? 😱 English Heritage might have a field day with her!

[RampantIvy]

I'm gobsmacked at her sense of self entitlement. I hope you can resolve this to your satisfaction.

[itsgettingwierd]

Nothing to add that hasn't already been said.

But I live a CF NDN and even more so when it's accompanied by an excellent diagram with various view points.

Hope council get back to you soon.

[Needmoresleep]

Speak to planning enforcement at the council, or to the conservation officer.

The former were first rate when our neighbours starting doing stuff to their listed house without planning permission which affected our party walls, and went round the next day.

[CovidCorvid]

What a fuckwit. Is it right up against your window?

[TokyoSushi]

Excellent diagram and updates OP, agree complete CF!

[MustardRose]

I'm glad you have already reported it, because otherwise in years to come when you want to sell, or she moves away, 'forgets', goes ga-ga or dies, you could be held responsible for the damage to the building that she has caused. At least the council knows now.

The absolute cheek of the woman.

[CovidCorvid]

Can you accidently spill a pot of paint out your window all over the tarp?

[ClutchesPearlsAndFaints]

Hope you get it sorted, that's mad

[ifIwerenotanandroid]

@Chapsview

Blocking light is also an issue. Contact planning officers immediately and consider a strongly worded letter from your solicitor. CF!!!!!

Yes. Isn't it the case that you don't have the right to a particular view, but you have the right to light? Is there something about how many years the house has benfitted from the light?

[babymidgetgem]

Oh my goodness! I work in a planning department, and started off as admin to the listed building team. Our officers would have been around there in a shot! Our enforcement team work very closely with the Conservation team, this is the kind of thing they would deal with swiftly.

[FeatheredHope]

I hope the planning team sort this quickly for you.
Massive CF territory.

[starryskylark]

Tell her to attach it to her own then

[ThinWomansBrain]

Nice diagram

[BruceAndNosh]

If you've got rain like we have today (I swear I just saw an ark full of paired animals floating by) unless the tarp is completely vertical, it will be puddling with HEAVY water....