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To have been defensive when next doors holiday home dwellers came to my door to complain

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Remotew · 29/03/2008 00:51

Next door is a holiday home i.e let out week by week to holiday makers. We share a drive. Some friends of my DD were at the door earlier waiting for her. One was a boy kicking a football. Next thing an irrate women (holiday maker) was banging on my door complaining, who's children are they? they could have damaged my car etc (they hadnt). I just saw red and defended the kids and was less than sympathetic. It was a complete one off as we are mostly quiet, and its hardly and idlyllic rural location, more residential. She I have been more agreeable?

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justhavingamoan · 29/03/2008 00:53

i think she was being a dick. dont worry about it..........she will be gone soon enough!

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Remotew · 29/03/2008 01:06

Thanks, It just pissed me off as I've put up with different holidaymakers blocking my car in etc and being polite to them.

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readytoswiggin · 29/03/2008 01:08

So your life has to stop just cos she is on holiday? Yeah right. YANBU, she is.

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Remotew · 29/03/2008 01:25

The exact words she used was, we are on holiday and dont need this. I was furious as we are hardly hooligans. Had to stop myself commenting that if she had paid 2 grand for the week instead of £500 she may have got her ideal holiday retreat.

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readytoswiggin · 29/03/2008 01:36

Puh-leease. If she wanted somewhere exclusive away from kids/ general hoi-polloi she sgould have gone somewhere else then.

Could you not have a couple of friends visit, and block her car in [wicked]

Peachy · 29/03/2008 05:39

YANBU, she should have some consideration for residents.

Many, many eyars ago DH was in a group that used a farm to build carts on for a hobby- common where we come from. After many years a chap moved into a second home for weekends, didn't like them being there and got their permission to use overturned, and they were out on their ear. Seems very unfair when holiday home types want to rule a neighbourhood and change the communities that have been there for years.

kitbit · 29/03/2008 07:47

I'd have a word with the house owners next time you see them, ask them to put a note in their "information folder" thing that most places leave in such holiday homes (usually with maps, instructions, info etc)to ensure they are considerate to the residents. ffs you have children, you live there, you were going about your daily lives and were not causing a problem. grrr

justhavingamoan · 29/03/2008 09:53

fingers crossed it is changeover day and they are out your hair!

fireflytoo · 29/03/2008 10:02

Definitely go with kitbit's suggestion.

kiskideesameanoldmother · 29/03/2008 10:20

yanbu.

i want to know what her face was like hwen you lost it. [nosy]

waffletrees · 29/03/2008 17:01

YANBU - if it happens again tell her to piss off and book a hotel.

milliec · 29/03/2008 17:05

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AbbeyA · 29/03/2008 17:21

YANBU at least they are only there for a week.

JamSamBam · 29/03/2008 17:41

where i live is in the middle of a tourist area ( no rented accomodation as its all holiday homes, no way to get on the property ladder etc etc)and we get this al the time. I went to the rouble last week to inform the sister of a holiday home owner that thier trampoline had blown over and needed rescuing, i was told " go and do it then they are on holidya and wont be here untill the summer"..so i stupidly asked where they had gone..."to thier othere holiday home in spain..to have a proper holiday away from all the dogs and kids round here"...

They've bought a big family home, renovated it and then used it maybe 5 times in 5 years. They stopped coming when thier nanny decided it was to rural for her and she would stay at home!!

arthursmum · 29/03/2008 17:49

I'd pick up the trampoline and carry it in to my garden.

hercules1 · 29/03/2008 17:52

That would have peed me off too. How annoying for you.

JamSamBam · 29/03/2008 17:55

the worst part is that the dad rather drunkly declared to myself and my best friend ( both of us are struggling to work, pay the rent/mortgage and keep our village school open)that "I wish i could afford to live here, you have an idilic lifestyle"..i kicked him in the shin and stropped off with the remains of the jug of pimms while my best frind launched a tirade about second home owners ruining the community...classic!!

beautifuldays · 29/03/2008 17:58

at least she's only there for a week

milliec · 29/03/2008 23:48

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amytheearwaxbanisher · 29/03/2008 23:55

sounds like she was being a twat

Triathlete · 30/03/2008 22:08

Set fire to her car.

Nail the front door shut, and shoot her family one by one as they come out the back door.

Eviscerate her pets in front of her.

Then say "DO come back next year."

The Kaiser Sose way

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Remotew · 30/03/2008 22:15

Lol, The've gone now thank god. New ones arrived. Most people are very nice.

One couple invited me to have a drink with them in the garden last summer.

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