Boundary Dispute

Shedder

Hello

i hope i am in the correct section. My Neighbour has tied a bright red washing line around the top of the concreat fence post, this is in clear view from my kitchen window and looks like a match in the garden.

what i would like to know is can i remove it from my side to remove the eye sore.

we dont get on with our neighbour and are putting a note through the door asking for it to be removed but i very much dought it will be.


thank you in advance for your advice the site is the best on the web

irenee

Whose fencepost is it?? - If your's, you can remove the line; if neighbour's, no you can't

In the great scheme of things this does not seem worth even noticing, never mind getting upset over

Two other things -
1 - The red plastic washing line will lose colour in the sunlight
2 - A loaded plastic washing lines will flex as the wind blows the clothes about, it will rub against the rough post edge and eventually break

Alternatively - you could just put a large plant in front of the post - no more 'match' to inflame you

martinthebandit

This is a wind up right?

But just in case its not

Oh dear :cool:

You are really happy to fall out with your neighbours over the colour of their washing line? - really?

Glad your not my neighbour.

Is it your fence or their fence.

If its your fence - then yes you can control what they fix to it.

If its theirs, then no you cannot control what they fix to it.

Either way you would be far better off ignoring it and getting on with life, but I suspect you wont take that advice.

fluffnutter

Shedder wrote: »

we dont get on with our neighbour and are putting a note through the door asking for it to be removed

This won't help

On a slightly more serious note, your problem smacks of 'we don't like our neighbour, we don't like anything they do, everything irritates us because of our dislike for them, hence we're going to make their life awkward if we can'.

Obviously we don't know the history of your neighbour dispute so can't possibly comment (perhaps you live next door to The Clampetts) but this kind of petty squabbling is the result of bad relations not the cause of it (although it will certainly exacerbate bad feeling).

If you were living next door to your best mate, would you mind if he or she tied a piece of washing line to a concrete post? Somehow I doubt it. Live with it - it's no big deal.

paidinchickens

I had a neighbour who knocked on our wall shouting and screaming telling us to shut up because DH f*rted too loud in bed and she could hear!!!!!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

pimento

Can you ask her while you're there where she got her red washing line? I quite fancy some myself.

shaun_from_Africa

A little bit of emulsion paint a similar colour to the concrete on the washing line where it is wrapped around the post and you will probably not even notice it.

On a slightly more serious note, your problem smacks of 'we don't like our neighbour, we don't like anything they do, everything irritates us because of our dislike for them, hence we're going to make their life awkward if we can'.

Reminds me of a saying I heard many years ago.

"If you love someone you won't mind if they pi** in your tea.
If you hate someone, even the way they stir their tea will pi** you off"

pinkshoes

If the neighbour was really nice and you got on well with them, would it bother you?

(I imagine not, as this seems to be more because you don't like the neighbour than an actual issue with a washing line).

If it's your fence, and it really bothers you, then go round and see them (don't post a petty note) and ASK them to remove it from your fence post.

If it's THEIR fence, and it really bothers you, then go buy a tall plant to grow against it.

peachyprice

Serioulsy? You're upset about a bit of washing line around the top of a fence post?

Oh how I wish I had so little to worry about in my life.

Oliver14

paidinchickens wrote: »

I had a neighbour who knocked on our wall shouting and screaming telling us to shut up because DH f*rted too loud in bed and she could hear!!!!!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

That must have been one hell of a fart. Did he blow the quilt off?

OP if you put a note through the door you'll probably escalate any situation. As others it sounds like a lot more is going on. Do you have any local mediation service that could help you at least get on OK terms with your neighbour. Neighbourhood disputes make both parties lives uncomfortable so no one wins.

nomoneytoday

Buy a plant and talk to it, there's less chance it'll annoy you

Life's too short to worry about a washing line