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AIBU?

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to stick anonymous note through neighbours door about BBQ?

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1dilemma · 02/07/2009 21:25

Ok I'm feeling cranky but fragile don't usually post here since I'm not brave enough!

Neighbours are on their 3rd BBQ of the week, it is about 3 feet from our back door, it smells like they are using petrol (whole house smells like a car is on fire), dcs rooms at back of house so windows are shut, back door is shut, washing is not out, dc sitting in chair crying because it is too hot to sleep.

Am I being unreasonable to stick polite but anonymous note through door asking them to burn sausages on grill in kitchen and eat in garden.

Living in London we are not partic. neighbourly, we rent and are looking to move ASAP, I could knock and ask but maybe the guy is prone to violence who knows, I don't want a dispute with the neighbours I just want to coexist happily, I figure you have to be a bit dumb not to think 3 bbqs in this weather in such a tiny space is out of line (or even wonder why it is so quiet in your garden and noone has door/window open or washing out because they do in the rest of the street)

SO AIBU?

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MaryMotherOfCheeses · 03/07/2009 22:19

Novelty will surely wear off soon.

If I had an anonymous note through the door, it would just piss me off tbh. I'd rather someone came and said if it was really that bad.

1dilemma · 04/07/2009 21:08

Eldon my washing lives outside I've had a serious sheet thing this week, now half of them stink of BBQ and the wm is blocked

(dh has just been trying to unblock it )

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monkeyfacegrace · 04/07/2009 21:16

Could you get a cheap air con unit for childs room? Im in a ground floor maisonette so dont leave window open, and bought a good unit from Homebase.

startingagain · 05/07/2009 22:50

This post got me thinking abit. I have never really had to worry about it as i live in a semi-detatched but we all have quite big gardens so the smell/smoke doesn't really affect us. But....my friend lives on an estate and in the summer, every summer she doesn't cook indoors at all. Her bbq is at the end of the garden under an awning (lots of houses behind) She cooks the evening meal every night out there (along with music) and at weekends/days off she even cooks breakfast out there. I had never thought about the affect on her neighbours!

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