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.

And yet, this kind of me, me, me attitude is exactly the problem, isn't it.

When people live together in close quarters, decent people don't only think of themselves and tell those they are creating problems for to f-off, do they.

Key word being excessive
as I said it needs to exceed nuisance threshold
domestic bbq won’t meet nuisance threshold

Why are they clowns? Because they don’t agree with you?

AIBU yes
OP you’re a clown

What are you intending to say to environmental health?

It is affecting others when you want them to stop using their own garden for normal summer activities.

Arguably, it's more " me me me" to tell people how they can and can't cook, in their own gardens, on the rare days we have enough weather.

It's not for you to decide that bbq-ing twice a day and smoking up the neighbors' laundry isn't an excessive nuisance. It seems to me it definitely is.

Unless they live their life in total silence, every single person on this thread will do something that pisses their neighbours off.

Getting yourself het up about it is a total waste of energy.

What a wanker. I assume people will start crapping in your BBQ to return your attitude.

Depends, our council is quite robust on a lot of things like this, especially noise.

ah yes. That’s good for the bank balance and environment.

it’s give and take for neighbourly relations

if this fella was just cooking his dinner. The op could get hers dried during the day. But twice a day means she can’t. So he’s taking but not giving.

Seems to you? You’re not the LA, you don’t determine the threshold for excessive. Your indignation doesn’t render the BBQ excessive

Lots of my neighbours have bbqs all summer long, there is a bit smoke but nothing excessive, basically the op doesn’t like this particular neighbour & wants to get one over on him by reporting him for something & is clutching at straws with the bbq. Making her sick fgs 🙄

You think BBQing makes someone a NEIGHBOUR FROM HELL?

I’m not sure you’ve got that right…

It wouldn't be MN without a good dose of hyperbole on a Sunday afternoon!

Noise, yes the LA has equipment to monitor and powers to intervene? However LA need evidence of the noise and that it persisted when asked to decrease

I’m sure the washing will dry between lunch and dinner….

Four hours?

Plenty of time on a sunny day.

Because it affects others. Stopping them out of consideration for others. No body is affected by laundry being hung outside.

Or with smoke signals. 😁

Yes, but not damaging to people’s health!!

Well, by OP's definition they are - because she doesn't want people to BBQ when she has her washing out.

Why should your desire to line-dry trump someone else's desire to cook on their BBQ?

Prove the damaging to health. How you going to substantiate that

Well, you're a considerate neighbour...

No, actually. Your rights end where mine begin. Get it now?

I believe there are more areas that ban washing outside than bbqs to be fair.

Look at those HOA in America and flats in the U.K. told they cannot dry on their balcony.

Anyway you either complain or you accept it. Complaining online but refusing to do anything in real will always make you unreasonable.

TooGoodToGoto · Today 16:58
good grief give me strength!!!