The workmen next door...

victory

Do unto others others how you would like done to you there is another one:rotfl:
Smile and the whole world smiles with you another one:rotfl:

cheepskate_2

practice what you preach......

madrhino

I've not read the entire thread so I don't know if anyone's mentioned this, but do they have planning permission?

For a couple of years now, if you are building a drive you need planning permission unless you follow certain guidelines such as using permeable blocks.

A friend of mine had a similar problem, but her worry was that what her neighbour was doing would cause heavy rainwater to wash off their drive onto her front, causing a flood. After trying to speak to them and the workmen and getting nowhere she called the planning department and they came out and told them to stop work, as they had to do things differently otherwise they needed planning permission. So they still built the drive but had to do it so it wouldn't wash all the water back onto the pavement.

Also one time when she spoke to the workmen she turned to leave and they all started laughing at her and making comments, so she turned back and told them that if they laughed at her again she would take it further. They shut up then. This is a woman in her 60s.

So don't take any sh*t from him and the internet can be a good resource to find out your rights.

victory

Here is another one...

Look beyond your imperfections and those of others and not only can you forgive them but forgive yourself, that is the path to true happiness:D

dizziblonde

cheepskate wrote: »

i really think involving the police for a wee bit of dirt on plants is a bit excessive......and a total waste of tax payers money. Op had a go at them, as she states she was in a very heightened state, possibly hysteria by the sounds of it. Workmen have moved the items and not responded anymore. Story is finshed, no need to do anything else

Involving the police for tresspass onto their property, and for threatening behaviour - perfectly acceptable and our local lot would send someone out for a quiet word if someone was left feeling threatened in their own home by a yobbish builder like that. They wouldn't send a full uniformed bobby, but they'd send one of their community support bods that they have out and about to raise the profile and help make people feel safe... because it's threatening people, its anti-social behaviour and if they send the message out to this wazzock that he can't just do what he likes and terrorize the neighbourhood when he's working in the area once - it sorts the problem out for every other street that he ends up in.

LudaMusser

This is a common problem with builders, myself, my dad and a friend have all had issues when our neighbours were having work done. I had only just moved into my house in May, met the neighbours once and then they had builders doing some work on their extension.
They dropped a load of concrete over my side of the fence and into the flower beds, I went round and told the neighbour. He came round himself the next day to clear it up, obviously the builders themselves were too spineless for a confrontation.
My dad`s neighbour was also having work done and his builders dropped a load of stuff over my dad`s side of the fence. My dad went out and had a right go at them, when he got home from work it was all cleared up..

Speak to your neighbour as soon as they get back from work and show them the damage. I would take your husband round too and explain what you want to happen. Alot of builders are just plain stupid and don`t give a fcuk

balletshoes

dizziblonde wrote: »

Involving the police for tresspass onto their property, and for threatening behaviour - perfectly acceptable and our local lot would send someone out for a quiet word if someone was left feeling threatened in their own home by a yobbish builder like that. They wouldn't send a full uniformed bobby, but they'd send one of their community support bods that they have out and about to raise the profile and help make people feel safe... because it's threatening people, its anti-social behaviour and if they send the message out to this wazzock that he can't just do what he likes and terrorize the neighbourhood when he's working in the area once - it sorts the problem out for every other street that he ends up in.

but from what I've read, the workman didn't threaten victory? If the digger bucket was actually resting on victory's property, then yep, I can see thats trespass - but he moved it after she spoke to him about it? The cables have been moved too, so wheres the trespass and threatening behaviour? Terrorising the neighbourhood? Eh?

cheepskate_2

6 pages and its changed from a little bit of dirt over plants, to terrorizing the neighbourhood, involve the police and report neighbour to planning.......not including all the inbetween bits people have being telling the op to do. Certainly will escalate this to a neighbour dispute ............come back to us when your buyer wont buy due to this.

*max*

dizziblonde wrote: »

Involving the police for tresspass onto their property, and for threatening behaviour - perfectly acceptable and our local lot would send someone out for a quiet word if someone was left feeling threatened in their own home by a yobbish builder like that. They wouldn't send a full uniformed bobby, but they'd send one of their community support bods that they have out and about to raise the profile and help make people feel safe... because it's threatening people, its anti-social behaviour and if they send the message out to this wazzock that he can't just do what he likes and terrorize the neighbourhood when he's working in the area once - it sorts the problem out for every other street that he ends up in.

Wow...overreaction here! A cable over some shrubs, a bin of mud NEAR a car (no mud on the car itself, or any other damage you understand), a bent mini-tree, some dirt on a shrub. Ok, the workman was rude, but seriously..."anti-social behaviour"? "terrorize the neighbourhood"??? No damage was done, the dirt was cleared, no more interaction.

I'd say dust yourself off, realise you were just being overly emotional over some dry shrubs and a bit of mud, have a cuppa, and move on! No need to involve anyone else.

Marisco

dizziblonde wrote: »

Involving the police for tresspass onto their property, and for threatening behaviour - perfectly acceptable and our local lot would send someone out for a quiet word if someone was left feeling threatened in their own home by a yobbish builder like that. They wouldn't send a full uniformed bobby, but they'd send one of their community support bods that they have out and about to raise the profile and help make people feel safe... because it's threatening people, its anti-social behaviour and if they send the message out to this wazzock that he can't just do what he likes and terrorize the neighbourhood when he's working in the area once - it sorts the problem out for every other street that he ends up in.

Is this not a tad over exaggerated???:eek: Good god, how many people feel genuinely threatened being told to eff off?? I think a little backbone growing wouldn't go amiss here!! A lot would depend on how the builder was spoken to as well, I've had this sort of thing and what I said was " right lads this is a dammed mess, tell you what, you sort it out and I'll make you a cup of tea" job done! There are ways of saying things, and TBH if someone came at me with attitude, I'd probably say "do one" as well!!!