House viewings - neighbour refuses to take down flag - Update

[KayleighhMum]

Hi all, as a follow up to the previously full thread.

DH spoke to our neighbour again this morning and explained the feedback we received from the first viewings yesterday and that the couple who liked it were put off bidding by the flag.

Our neighbour seemed to understand and said he’d be taking the flag down anyway as the weather is turning.

However, I’ve got home from work to find the flag is still up and he’s also erected a ‘Vote Reform’ banner with Nigel Farage doing a thumbs up pose. So he is clearly taking the piss at this point.

Our estate agent even said to us about having a word so I’ve no idea where we go from here.

The OP has been attention seeking on mumsnet (honestly…. Starting a second “update” thread 🙄). It’s backfired!!

Our council has exactly this plan. Just got a letter from them about it.

Personally my view is that only people with a full range of Miele appliances, access to a top private dentist and an IQ of over 132 should be able to vote.

Some people call this eugenics but that's just political correctness gone mad!

The OP doesn’t seem to have had though

what does the letter say?

Wow, you really are hilarious 🥴

No need to be so nasty

Oh yes, there is.

I imagine your long-suffering neighbour will be relieved to be shot of you.

Interestingly 58% of posters think you are being unreasonable.

Unless you have local elections, Report the Vote Reform sign to your local council. You are not normally allowed adverting on residential property. Obviously this is not the case if there is an election coming up.

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Picture or it didn’t happen!

(I really need to see this…)

Is age relevant?

We moved and haven’t sold the previous house yet.

The letter says, “We have loads of people to house. Wanna flog us your empty house?’

Sure it does
sure you received a letter from the council saying they wanted to buy properties
sure 😆

As an added incentive, if it’s empty too long, they up the council tax.

They do, although they tend to be Ex
council houses and normally in streets where they already have purchased a few back.

Our council have done a few but again it’s only if say empty and once belonged to them. Tends to hit with a low ball offer while also a threat of hiked up council tax for owning a second home. If you really piss them off by having it empty for years they start talking compulsory purchases.

Only if vacant for more than a year can they do this

Clearly you all think anyone is patriotic lives up to your stereotypes of being thick because he could see through that straight away by searching the councils planning applications.

Does that mean we can send all the HMO's to your areas and let them harass you and your children? I'm all in favour if that's the case!

Even if that does happen, it won't last forever. They will fuck things up even more and the pendulum will swing back in the other direction, as always

Is all of AIBU not looking for attention, is that not the point of it???

Sure

but when you have an Op starting a second “update” thread… it smacks of “keep giving meeeeeer attention”

well, this Op got it and now it looks like it might just backfire given it’s made the papers!

Yep this. As I said further back in the thread, I can't believe the OP started a second thread about this subject. You're right, at this point it is 100% attention-seeking.

Also, the press and media have got hold of the story now!! OMG! 😱

Well.....the OP has got the attention she wanted now!

If the Fail haven’t got it by now, they probably will at some point. That’ll be a straight to the comments article.