Rental property a total disgrace

moonbeam2007

Or if you have children say 'the weather is starting to get better my children want to play outside but I worry it's not safe with the fence.

C_Mababejive

mlz1413 wrote: »

although I think I get your point, quite frankly if a neighbour TOLD me what I OUGHT to do I'd ensure I never did.

WILL YOU is entirely different to YOU WILL.

I know you get my point...though i am not in the habit of telling people what they ought to do except when they ask advice. I do sometimes tell people what they must do but thats another story.

dantheman2010

moonbeam2007 wrote: »

Or if you have children say 'the weather is starting to get better my children want to play outside but I worry it's not safe with the fence.

Thank you for the ideas and suggestions.

C_Mababejive

FTBFun wrote: »

Noise control at my local authority in London specifically request you don't confront the offender when this happens, rather you contact them and they send round the heavies (literally, I had to call a few months ago).

Although I have a feeling your little story here didn't actually happen.

I fully agree with your local authorities' advice though of course one has to assess the risk on a case by case basis.

Do you suffer in silence or man up and go round and speak to them diplomatically?

I can assure you the quoted incident did happen.

It happened in Manchester where buy to let lbight allows scrubbers to rent nice semis and where said scrubber may have a bad boi boyfriend/gangster who doesnt conform to the laws we all follow and does what he likes. He didnt like his biach being told what to do. The man eventually moved house presumably some time after his bruises had healed.

HappyMJ

moonbeam2007 wrote: »

Or if you have children say 'the weather is starting to get better my children want to play outside but I worry it's not safe with the fence.

The fence is not the tenants responsibility. It hasn't fallen down and if it did it's the landlords problem.

After reading this thread I feel like I must be the worst neighbour. My garden is overgrown. I've got dead whitegoods (washing machine and old fridge) out the back. A pile of carpet rotting away. No wooden fence on one side. It's my responsibility. It fell down it was removed and now a plastic temporary fence is there and has been for 9 years.

dantheman2010

HappyMJ wrote: »

reading this thread I feel like I must be the worst neighbour. My garden is overgrown. I've got dead whitegoods (washing machine and old fridge) out the back. A pile of carpet rotting away. No wooden fence on one side. It's my responsibility. It fell down it was removed and now a plastic temporary fence is there and has been for 9 years.

I am sure you are not, they are not the worst neighbours either, just dont fancy picking it up if it comes my way.

But out of interest, what would you think/say/do if your neighbour came round and spoke to you about it, as people suggest I should do?

Thanks

HappyMJ

dantheman2010 wrote: »

I am sure you are not, they are not the worst neighbours either, just dont fancy picking it up if it comes my way.

But out of interest, what would you think/say/do if your neighbour came round and spoke to you about it, as people suggest I should do?

Thanks

My neighbours on my left trim whatever they can reach from their side. My neighbours on my right mow my front lawn. They can chat about it with me and I'll say "yeah, got to get round to that" they did once I got a gardener mate to help for a day but it's deteriorated again. That cost me £40 a huge amount to me. I wouldn't probably do too much anyway. If the neighbours want a wooden fence then they can pay for it. It's a low rise block of flats so it wouldn't cost them as much as it would me. The freeholder can pay for it and split it amongst the 9 leaseholders. As it's a shared yard they almost never use it anyway except only for drying clothes. There is a fence already albeit a temporary one.

evoke

Personally, i'd build a really high fence to keep the lower orders next door out of sight and out of mind. The scourge of unlimited housing benefit and greedy landlords means that undesirable people often end up in nice neighbourhoods, reducing those neighbourhoods to their level.

dantheman2010

evoke wrote: »

Personally, i'd build a really high fence to keep the lower orders next door out of sight and out of mind. The scourge of unlimited housing benefit and greedy landlords means that undesirable people often end up in nice neighbourhoods, reducing those neighbourhoods to their level.

I would but I already have to pay to replace the fence I am responsible for on the other side which blew down at the weekend, so I dont fancy having to pay to replace the fence which is their landlords responsibility. But other than that it would be a good idea.

evoke

I'd just bite the bullet and do it. Otherwise you're going to be stressed out for a long time. The stress of living next door or near to the lower orders isn't worth it. Isolate them (by fencing them out) or move. Those are your only realistic options.