Neighbour says we cannot replace our hedge...

MrsE_2

i1189 wrote: »

If you're stuck with a brown twiggy hedge, you could maybe plant some honeysuckle or a clematis to grow through it? That way you would have nice flowers too

Its amazing how hedges repair & grow back.

I would cut it back to the height & dept you want it & plant the flowers in it as suggested above.

Even IF it doesn't grow back that well it will still look pretty, but I think it might.

coco1980

i am in a ha flat and i know they always encourage us to have garden looking as good as poss so i would speak to them

blue_monkey_2

Hi again,

The back garden fence is my 'bargaining power' if he annoys the hell out of us really, if I mention it to the HA then they might take it upon themselves to get the garden back and this is why I do not want to ask them directly but it would be nice to throw it into the conversation if I have to. If he was to be an Rse then so can we.

Anyhow, we are going to cut it back so everyone is happy, he gets to keep his crappy hedge and we get some flowering hedges in it's place instead. Yes, it is privet with the tiny leaves, not the bigger ones, and not llandii (sp?) which is dreadful stuff. That is what we have coming over in the back garden.

No, we do not have to get premission to do anything such as the garden, only huge stuff such as changing the kitchen, bathroom, kocking down wals, extensions, etc.... They never say no as it puts value on their house. The permission is purely so you know that anything you do has to be left when you go - and you cannot really take the hedges with you (well, I guess some people might but this is what it is for) we do have permission for as we have to change our bathroom and once you get the permission the permission lasts for as long as you are there. They tell us that we have to keep it in good repair and neat and tidy anyway - which is what we are doing. We have removed the falling down and dangerous fence, sorted the 'drive' (lawn that is always 6 inches deep in water and mud when it rained) and fixed the path which was some paving slabs stuck in the mud.

But, we have decided that this way we get our nice looking hedge and by the time the summer comes it will be covered in a lovely flowering hedge for the butterflies and bees.

I have hated the damn thing since we moved in and I bought a great hedge trimmer on Bargain Crazy when we got here. The neighbour used to come around and trim it but it just looks awful and I would tell my husband 'we will trim the hedge today' but we would go out and it would be done, it is almost like he could read our minds. The thing is this, his side is flat and straight and lovely, and his other hedge (one 'his' side) is perfect, yet our side is cut wonky, it goes up and down and into a huge of bulge on the side all over that is all uneven. I wish I could post a picture so you can see how bad it really looks. It has irritated me since I got here, why he does his all neat yet comes in and cuts ours really badly? But because he has always done it I always have to thank him for it - alebit crap - because I've always wanted to ensure good relations. Our garden has been shaped now and the hedge is spoiling it.

Now to find something perfect to replace it with!

blue_monkey_2

Bermuda_John wrote: »

its bonfire night ............. set it on fire and then it will need to be replaced!

You have NO idea how tempting that sounds.....

blue_monkey_2

Just to add.... another neighbour got a kitten last year and it used to come into our house. I never minded, if he was being a pest I put him out and shut the door. ND neighbour used to invite it in and it used to sit on his office and sunbathe on his windowsill, so he told me anyway.

Last month I was chatting to another neighbour who came for a cuppa and she said 'it was a shame about [the cat]'. I said 'why, what happened to it?' and she told me that ND neighbour went to the other neighbour and told them that the cat kept on coming into their house and he wanted something done about it. They ended up rehoming their cat because of the grief he gave them.

You find out eventually the kind of people you are dealing with. He has been here the least time but has caused the most waves in the street with almost everyone. My neighbours the other side got rid of their dog because it was not trained and so was always going on about it not being sociallised. They rehomed their dog in then end.

NDN recently got a dog that I have caught terrorising my other neghbours rabbit in her garden (lucky I was hanging out the washing else it would have been a dead rabbit) and it has also tried to get her chickens because the dog has escaped. We have to listen to it barking day and night too as they live next to a busy walkway and it barks at everything and everone going up and down the walkway. Funny how it is always one rule for one and one for someone else...... and now you see why I need some bargaining power!! Just in case.