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Damage to lawn before completion

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  • When_is_the_reset?
    When_is_the_reset? Posts: 216 Forumite
    I would gather all the rubbish and junk from my house, load it in the back of my car and throw it in the skip.

    In the middle of the night, of course.

    That'll learn him.
  • Fire_Fox
    Fire_Fox Posts: 26,026 Forumite
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    fabs35 wrote: »
    What would you do?

    I am due to complete on my purchase on Friday 28th May. Yesterday I drove past the house I am due to buy - the vendor has got a skip sat on the front lawn!

    Now I'm not a gardening expert but sure that's going to kill the grass underneath?

    Should I ignore it and hope the grass grows back or should I contact the estate agent/solicitor and kick up a fuss?

    Your advice is appreciated!!

    Are you a first time buyer by any chance? Trust me a bit of yellow grass will pale into insignificance besides the problems homeownership can bring. :rotfl: If you think this is important I'd suggest you continue to rent and leave the stress of burst water tanks, central heating failure and neighbours from hell to your landlord.

    It will cost you more in solicitors fees raising a dispute than it will to get it returfed. That is assuming the grass dies, the skip would have to be in place a good while before the grass was killed completely. Your new next door neighbours may be friends of the vendors - do you really want to get their backs up?
    Declutterbug-in-progress.⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️
  • babyharry5
    babyharry5 Posts: 258 Forumite
    Please tell me your having a laugh!!

    If he'd dug up the garden and covered it in concrete, then sure make a deal out of it - but the guy has stuck a skip on the grass ( which will grow back - last time I checked anyhow) to get rid of all the cr*p , rather than leave it there.
    jeez - some people:rotfl:
  • keith969
    keith969 Posts: 1,575 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    He's probably put it there to flatten the bumps where he buried the bodies.










    only joking! :D
    For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple and wrong.
  • kprice580
    kprice580 Posts: 269 Forumite
    fabs35 wrote: »
    What would you do?


    Nothing,

    It'll grow back soon enough, if your really worried, throw some new seed on it when you've exchanged, but other than that it'll be fine.

    Katy x
    If you dont ask you dont get to know....
    Sealed pot no277
  • Wee_Willy_Harris
    Wee_Willy_Harris Posts: 7,512 Forumite
    When you leave YOUR house, paint the word C O C K in huge letters on your front lawn with weed killer. It won't really help, but you might feel better for passing it on.

    Seriously... DON'T.
  • Running_Horse
    Running_Horse Posts: 11,809 Forumite
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    Suscribes to thread. This should be good entertainment.
    Been away for a while.
  • babyharry5
    babyharry5 Posts: 258 Forumite
    Wee_Willy_Harris wrote: »
    When you leave YOUR house, paint the word C O C K in huge letters on your front lawn with weed killer. It won't really help, but you might feel better for passing it on.

    Seriously... DON'T.


    lmao:rotfl:
  • Doozergirl
    Doozergirl Posts: 34,078 Forumite
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    Wee_Willy_Harris wrote: »
    When you leave YOUR house, paint the word C O C K in huge letters on your front lawn with weed killer. It won't really help, but you might feel better for passing it on.

    Seriously... DON'T.

    Should I confess now to my best friend and I writing our names in bleach on the 'nasty' neighbours front lawn when we were small?

    I don't think they could read it but we were petrified when the grass started looking poorly in the affected areas :o
    Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
  • Fire_Fox
    Fire_Fox Posts: 26,026 Forumite
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    Doozergirl wrote: »
    Should I confess now to my best friend and I writing our names in bleach on the 'nasty' neighbours front lawn when we were small?

    I don't think they could read it but we were petrified when the grass started looking poorly in the affected areas :o

    Too honest that is your problem. You could have written the name of your worst enemy ... :rotfl:
    Declutterbug-in-progress.⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️
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