Don't know if this is better here or in Legal, but let's see!
Our neighbours moved in 3 years ago, and from day one they have been building/extending. It has now been going on for 3 years. As soon as one project has finished it seems that they start another one. At various points we have had skips outside for months at a time, huge builders' merchants bags of sand etc outside (often making it difficult to park as well) and, for almost a year, a huge lorry container parked in their garden (small, London front garden) where they were storing things.
They are pleasant and (usually) pretty considerate, and none of the jobs in themselves has inconvenienced us that much, but it's very wearing living next door to all this, and it really makes the front aspect of my house look untidy. We have to have our 2 dustbins in the front garden rather than in the alleyway between the two houses, so that they can have constant access to the back. It's a good job we haven't wanted to sell our house, as it wouldn't have helped anyone's first impressions!
DH is getting very short tempered about it all. The latest irritation was last week when my neighbour asked me if I would keep my cats in overnight as the previous night they had walked all over their fresh concrete. I couldn't help her as
a) I was literally just flying out of the door to go to work
b) we have no litter/litter tray
and in any case, the neighbourhood is full of cats, not just ours!
Anyway - long story short - is there anything we can do about this? Can the council do anything?
I haven't gone round to talk to them yet, although I suspect it will have to come to this, just to find out what their plans are. We really have been - and continue to try to be accommodating - but our patience is well and truly stretched too far at the moment!