Neighbours bbq smoke going in garden?

[amiamona]

So my neighbour has been having food cooked on one of those portable plate/stove things.

The smoke literally goes straight into my back garden leaning me unable to open my windows or sit in the garden.

She also has her music on quite loud (someone else complained about her in our street).

She has it right next to our shared fence.
Her end terrace is the last house before it is split by an alleyway so she could have it on that side but I guess it would be tricky as her garden gate is on that side.

Idk if I'm moaning because I am hot and have 2 young kids screaming or if this would genuinely bother others?

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Or direct a fan on full speed towards the smoke and hopefully it will go back in to theirs.

So during the legal noise hours, and not after.... what's the problem?

Id rather smell bbq than cigarette smoke, which is usually what we get, every day multiple times a day

I think you jumped the shark there🙄

Not sure how she can control the smoke, just do it further away from the houses? This reminds me of when I mowed my shared front garden and despite the lawnmower having a collection box some wayward cuttings blew onto neighbour's path. She kicked off. I asked her if she wanted me to call the Met office and ask if we could have the wind set to.blow the other way!

@myThank you, I cannot wait to move.

She is also very nosey and will no doubt be asking why we are leaving when she see's us going.

She has no consideration for others, another neighbour who lives 2 doors down was also not happy with the noise when her kids are trying sleep and have school the next day.

What a horrible bitchy thing to do,

@Blades2- which part?

She does sound like a bit of a bad neighbour - but my ndn had a problem with my bbq smoke and sent me what I considered quite a curt text. It did get my back up and wish she'd just mentioned it nicely in passing. As it was I took a major dislike to her request (although on thinking about it I did decide to move the bbq to the end of my garden as it worked out better for me as it's shaded) and have stopped doing little jobs for her like watering plants when she's away etc because of this. So basically, yes mention it to her but be careful how you word it x

I can’t be the only one thinking you re being petty. Want no noise or bbqs fo as I did and move rurally ! Other way learn to live with small things that bother you . Why spoil her bbq , it will be put out soon .

We have lovely neighbours. We do little things for each other and having had bad neighbours, I’m so thankful to have them. If there will be loud music (and it’s never that loud), we’re always warned before hand that one of their young adult kids are having a party and they hope they won’t disturb us (they don’t apart from a bit of drunken noise as party goers are leaving in the early hours). They do like a BBQ sometimes throughout the summer months. I have asthma and the smoke irritates my lungs. I just move to another part of the house until it settles. Equally, they always tell me that my gorgeous, loveable, but barky large dog is fine. The neighbour over the other fence hates her and I hate him and his fucking angle grinder! If you have a decent neighbour, live and let live.

Part and parcel of living in terraced houses. The smoke going into your garden probably lasted 2 hours max. And you wouldn’t die if you opened your windows. Our neighbours will usually warn you to get your washing in before they light it and then offer you a burger!

She isn't a good neighbour.
She used to park on my drive as did her visitors.

She deliberately puts her bins in front of my drive to make it awkward for me driving out.

She has all the garden but chooses to put her bbq on my side of the fence rather than anywhere else ( she dosent have a neighbour the other side).

Op, she's cooking food on a hot plate, not even a barbecue. It's safe. She's playing music within allowable hours.

Unless the noise is so loud the ground is jumping, I don't think you have any reason to complain.

You could ask someone from the council to monitor sound levels. That's really the only way to get the council to act. Or you could just ignore the disruption. It's summer & warm, plenty of people are outside.

Oh how dare someone have a BBQ! Absolutely shocking behaviour, get a grip.

I feel really bad for your neighbour having to put up with your barky dog (no one else will care how lovable he is). You sound like the bad ndn here…

I get you.my garden used to be my haven,now I can’t sit peacefully in it as the new neighbour always has to play music the minute she goes out.absolutely no consideration for anyone else at all.

Yep! How does OP know what benefits her neighbour is on? Or if her neighbour has or has not declared her partner living with her?

OP listing all her moans about her neighbour. I bet her neighbour has plenty to complain about regarding OP.

I had a neighbour like this many years ago who used to regularly light bonfires and one baking hot day I called the fire brigade who came and they put it out. No more daytime bonfires after that. BBQ smoke is just as bad so politely ask them to move it. If they refuse seek advice from the fire brigade

I don't have any answers I'm afraid. Just what the hell is it with people and barbecues and loud music the minute the weather warms up? I remember when my late DM was still around her next door neighbours would be having a barbecue every single evening throughout the summer,as long as it wasn't raining. And every evening,it smelt like they were cooking the same thing. Mackerel,or some other strong smelling fish. 🤢

Not at all. His hobby was (for years before said dog was here) and remains doing weird shit with an angle grinder. His chosen spot was beside our fence, much nearer to our house than his. He has always preferred a sunny day, but it was a mostly daily activity for years. When he does it, he wears ear protectors. We have to go inside the house, closing windows and doors. I tried reasoning with him politely several times, to no avail, asking him to keep it to certain hours at least. Nothing changed. Now he’s welcome to wear his ear protectors when she barked. If it bothered our other neighbours (and I initially assumed it would, so was right on it), I would always nock it straight on the head at the first bark, but it only bothers him and he is a twat. An aggressive twat too (way before we got her).

I feel your pain, OP. We have the misfortune to live next to a couple whose hobby is barbecuing; they even built a special outdoor kitchen which abuts our shared fence. When they're cooking out there, which is often in summer, thick clouds of choking smoke drift over our garden; even the cat starts sneezing and we have to scurry indoors and shut all the windows. If it isn't particularly breezy the smoke tends to linger. They're good neighbours in other respects though - as in, away for half the time and generally quiet when home, mercifully they don't seem to be music lovers - and as there isn't really anything we or they can do about the smoke, we feel it would be mean-spirited to complain. The developers who built their house also chose to put the loo windows (upstairs and downstairs) facing into our garden, so our time in our lovely seating area is now punctuated by loud flushing, but again there's not much we can do about it...