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Neighbours wall
Hectors_House
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Not too sure which forum to put this in, so I hope someone can help.
I live in a Victorian mews, where the houses are at the end of a street facing side-on with their own gated walkway (the front gardens face each other with the path running between them).
My house is the second to the end, my neighbour having a wall that opens out onto the street providing access to his front garden that has been turned into hard standing for a car.
There is no gate.
The street itself terminates with parking bays for the mews houses and the bottom end was being used until recently by local kids to play football.
The elderly neighbour at that end has been in constant contact with the authorities about them and it would seem they have now decided to move down to our end - using my neighbours wall as their goalposts.
They have also been seen climbing on the wall and gradually bricks in the wall have been dislodged to the extent that this morning I noticed one of the heavy capitals is only being held in place by half a brick that itself has come loose.
Now apart from the football coming into my front garden on a regular basis my concern is that my neighbour's wall is going to collapse....onto the kids
And I'm not too sure how to approach the situation.
My neighbour is a nice young lad but he has (according to his own father) some mental health issues and keeps himself very much to himself. He also takes no interest in his garden and is very rarely seen.
I am going to try to speak to him about it but am not sure what else I can do.
I'm reluctant to try talking to the kids themselves as they are old enough to know they are causing damage and don't seem to care. Their mother doesn't look that approachable herself.
Any suggestions from you good MSE people would be appreciated.
I live in a Victorian mews, where the houses are at the end of a street facing side-on with their own gated walkway (the front gardens face each other with the path running between them).
My house is the second to the end, my neighbour having a wall that opens out onto the street providing access to his front garden that has been turned into hard standing for a car.
There is no gate.
The street itself terminates with parking bays for the mews houses and the bottom end was being used until recently by local kids to play football.
The elderly neighbour at that end has been in constant contact with the authorities about them and it would seem they have now decided to move down to our end - using my neighbours wall as their goalposts.
They have also been seen climbing on the wall and gradually bricks in the wall have been dislodged to the extent that this morning I noticed one of the heavy capitals is only being held in place by half a brick that itself has come loose.
Now apart from the football coming into my front garden on a regular basis my concern is that my neighbour's wall is going to collapse....onto the kids
And I'm not too sure how to approach the situation.
My neighbour is a nice young lad but he has (according to his own father) some mental health issues and keeps himself very much to himself. He also takes no interest in his garden and is very rarely seen.
I am going to try to speak to him about it but am not sure what else I can do.
I'm reluctant to try talking to the kids themselves as they are old enough to know they are causing damage and don't seem to care. Their mother doesn't look that approachable herself.
Any suggestions from you good MSE people would be appreciated.
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it wont help with the kids but i'd contact the council about the wall.. if it is on a public walkway and is liable to collapse they will probably want something done about it in case a passer by gets hurt...0
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it wont help with the kids but i'd contact the council about the wall.. if it is on a public walkway and is liable to collapse they will probably want something done about it in case a passer by gets hurt...
Hi Charilee
yes, that's my concern as the footpath runs along the wall.
I'm going to try having a word with my neighbour about it but I'm not sure he will do anything to get it fixed. I can see the poor s*d being sued by someone.
His father lives in South Africa and bought the house for him and takes care of everything but we have no contact details for him.
There is a large sign forbidding ball games at the end where the elderly neighbours were complaining but I'm not sure the council could enforce it if someone were to complain to them?
Roll on this long talked about £2,000 fine for parents who allow their kids to break this law!0 -
Look up the mobile number for your local PCSO. Tell him/her that the kids are causing damage and are a nuisance but that you don't want to kick up a big stink about it. Give them approximate times that the kids are there and ask if they will take a walk down there next time they are on shift and perhaps have a look/word.
It's worth a shot?"One day I realised that when you are lying in your grave, it's no good saying, "I was too shy, too frightened."
Because by then you've blown your chances. That's it."0 -
Put a sign up on the wall saying private property with a no liability disclaimer and hope the wall falls on one of the kids climbing it.0
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Thanks mrcow & mlz1413 for your suggestions - I particularly like the second one!
I've located my neighbourhood PCSO and will be giving them a call.0
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