Neighbour bbq smoke

[Heathershimmerwinner]

Hi. My neighbour round the back has a raised bbq area. He has bbqs twice a day, not kidding. It’s getting a bit too much. The smell of the smoke is making me feel sick. We don’t get on with him as it is. So speaking to him is out the question. My washing constantly smells of smoke. I wouldn’t bother if he barbecued now and again. But it’s twice a day.

OP is almost certainly exaggerating

Bamboo roots are very invasive, my neighbours have lifted our large slab paving

But seeing the neighbours tighty whiteys could be enough to put you off your lunch, so would the bbq then trump the washing 😂

I would call having BBQs twice a day “massively OTT”.

Yuk! I hate barbecues - all that carcogenic burnt meat smell wafting over the fence - yuk glad I live in a flat!

You posted first at 4pm, where you said he BBQs twice a day. Now on this post 2.5 (ish) hours later you’re saying he’s been BBQing for 8 hours.

Strange you didn’t mention in your OP he’d been BBQing 5.5 hours today.

You may have got some different answers.

No, because they are antisocial. Why should somebody have to constantly be on the receiving end of BBQ smoke when there are alternatives? Only an utter selfish twat (which I’m presuming you are) will continually inflict BBQ smoke onto their neighbours (and probably bang on about how other peoples washing doesn’t trump their right to a BBQ. Trouble is other people washing doesn’t negatively affect other peoples enjoyment of their own home does it?).

Totally Incorrect - enjoyment isn’t a statutory measure that the LA enforces
There is not a national scale of enjoyment and if one’s enjoyment is breached the LA intervene

TooGoodToGoto · Today 21
What the F are you talking about?

It sounds really shit and inconsiderate.

I’m sat here now in a boiling house with all the windows closed because some silly arse has lit an evening fire nearby. It’s all terraced houses here.

Totally understandable that people sometimes have a barbecue. It’s annoying if your washing needs re-washing as a one-off, but everyone is just trying to live in a small space. Some utter twat deciding to light an evening stinky fire that smells of petrol is not a delightful woodsmoke smell and means windows have to be closed. So selfish. And it is constant here. Washing often ruined during day. Windows have to be closed in the evening after a hot day. So the bloody washing I have had to try and dry inside on a lovely sunny day can’t have fresh air circulating around it either.

Your situation also sounds like a neighbour is being utterly selfish.

Maybe smoke signals could work, but I doubt your neighbours would like two palls of smoke in the area 😄

The definition of 'legal nuisance' literally includes the word 'unreasonable'

@Heathershimmerwinnercan you hang out overnight if you feel unable to speak to him? I mean, I know all about the spiders’ willies and being darked on, and it’ll be a pita having to change your routine, but is a bit of invisible spider willy juice better than smoke? 😄 unfortunately won’t help with the open windows thing, but at least it’ll be a temp solution for now, and presumably not such a problem with bad weather days, or by later in the year.

Yes, but the legal definition of what's unreasonable is very different to someone just finding their neighbour irritating.

Unfortunately there isn’t much you can do, the HA and EH won’t do anything as he isn’t doing anything wrong.

unfortunately you will need to adjust what you to, stewing on it won’t help you.

We BBQ in our own garden with our own washing hanging out and it doesn't smell of BBQ.
It's sunny and people like to use their gardens but the country is full of people who think this should be banned
I love my garden and love having family round so the GC can play together in the garden

I’ve been wondering why you’re so intent on saying the OP should just suck it up. I see here you use a fire pit. Another extremely antisocial blight on neighbours. Hmm, I’ll bet you use it quite regularly too, right?

Not exactly on a par with hanging laundry out, is it? Thanks for this informative post.

I’m with you, OP. Your neighbour is being highly unreasonable. Barbecuing twice a day polluting the environment is antisocial.

There is (with only a few exceptions) no legal definition of 'unreasonable'
Laws are written by lawyers to make work for lawyers
Civil cases (which this would be) are decided on the balance of probabilities
However, the first step for OP is to contact the local council

You live in North Korea?

Nope. That is on our council web site.

Just wondering when they hang their washing out?

What if their washing disrupts my sunshine?

Oh do stop talking bollocks. That would have to be one fuck of a tall washing pole to lift the washing so high it would block your sun.

This is awful, it should be limited to once a week and communal gardens not allowed. I think you can report to environmental health

Good on your neighbour for making the most of this weather. Put your washing on at night then? How miserable are you op. Do you realise people live indoors most of the year and enjoying being out at home is such a treat. Funny how in some countries cooking outside is the norm.