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Obsessive neighbour losing the plot over leaves

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Sparkies2012 · 13/11/2023 20:40

Our neighbours are a relatively elderly couple and since they moved in have had a bee in their bonnet over leaves that blow onto their driveway. The gate to our driveway is opposite to their open driveway, separated by a narrow road. Our next door neighbour has a massive old tree in their garden that produces a lot of leaves, most of which fall into our driveway. We don’t really bother collecting the leaves, as it is an endless task at this time of the year, but the elderly couple is constantly on at us because the leaves blow across the road into their driveway and the odd one gets in their front door. Now we have told them we don’t produce the leaves, and they don’t bother us, so if they are bothered by the leaves either pick them up or take it up with our neighbour who owns the tree. But now they have even started collecting them in black bags and, under the cover of darkness, leaving them in front of our driveway gate, or throwing them over our fence. I’m tempted next time they do this to open the bag and dump it over their driveway again. AIBU by not picking up the leaves in our garden?

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ImustLearn2Cook · 19/11/2023 03:47

I like this comment from the DM:

Marie, Kent, United Kingdom, 1 day ago It always amazes me when people move into a tree-lined area then complain about the leaves - What did they think would happen? Some people are beyond stupid.

@Sparkies2012 Have a chat to your neighbours and kindly suggest that the only solution is for them to sell up and move to an area that doesn’t have trees. Hopefully, they’ll take your advice and move.

gooddayruby · 19/11/2023 04:11

KempstonHatter · 18/11/2023 22:02

So sorry to hear this!! Unfortunately, SOME Neighbours, just, want ALL their own way!! I know someone who went next door, to, complain about a microwave 'pinging'!! As someone else, rightly, said, IF you 'back down', it, really WON'T be, TOO long, before, they are 'on' at you, over something else!! Such a 'shame', you have 'landed up' with a Neighbour like this!! IF it were me, I would, have, some kind of security camera installed, get, hopefully, a CLEAR 'image', of, them 'dumping' the leaves, back, to you!! You could, then, perhaps, at 'threaten' them, with, some kind of civil?? action, or, calling the Police!! You, also, could, offer to show them the video 'evidence' of the above, BEFORE, you take it any further!!

Are you some sort of mad hatter?

LifeIsGreatForUnicorns · 20/11/2023 19:35

@Sparkies2012
as I was walking the dog and kicking all the leaves that fell this weekend in the gusty wind… I wondered how you were getting on? I wanted to say if you needed an Alibi for something as the neighbours have driven you batshit crazy then I’m here for you! 😊

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