Kids playing in our garden

Nicki

Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »

It was a joke! Jeez...

Then a smiley would have made that clear. Without one it was advice, which on its face looked reasonable but if followed could have cost OP dear.

Slinky

mishkanorman wrote: »

(should I really have to ask people to not let their dog crap on my lawn !?!)

My neighbour caught somebody letting their dog crap on his front lawn. The bloke said that as the front gardens are open plan (i.e. no fences or walls, plenty of borders and hedges though) they belong to the council therefore he could let his dog go where it liked. Neighbour soon put him right on that one - it's not even as if the houses are ex-council or could be confused as being so!

Dog walker got the message fortunately and doesn't walk his dogs in our street anymore.

mishkanorman

Slinky wrote: »

My neighbour caught somebody letting their dog crap on his front lawn. The bloke said that as the front gardens are open plan (i.e. no fences or walls, plenty of borders and hedges though) they belong to the council therefore he could let his dog go where it liked. Neighbour soon put him right on that one - it's not even as if the houses are ex-council or could be confused as being so!

Dog walker got the message fortunately and doesn't walk his dogs in our street anymore.

I had a woman tell me "its ok I always pick it up " :mad::mad:

To which i replied " I dont care if you LICK it up, my kids play there and its my property, keep your damn dog off my garden"

She wont even pass my house now and crosses the road, walks past and crosses back again !

FatVonD

I'm with Nicki and Mishkanorman, there's a lot to be said for letting your neighbours know at the outset you might be a bit more unhinged than they are

Re the back garden, could you tell the parents you've had a problem with rats and have put down poison and don't want their kids to come to any harm? As for the car port, some 'scene of crime' tape might to it

dizziblonde

Would something like bamboo screening along the side of the car port attached to a couple of wooden batons not work cheaply as a "not your playing field" indicator? B+M had it cheap last summer.

the_cat

You seem to be overthinking it to me. Tell the kids to their faces that the whole of your property is out of bounds and that you will speak to their parents if it happens again. Do it nicely obv and don't be aggressive or confrontational.

If they don't listen, then talk to their parents. If they are the nice crowd you seem to think they are, then there won't be a problem

heretolearn_2

yeah I suppose so, I just find this sort of thing hard. Going round in the middle of the night and yelling at anti-social behaviour, oh yeah I can do that no problem, but knocking on someone's door in the day to complain about their kids, that's harder to me. Get it wrong and you can really upset things. I was thinking of putting a note through door but that's just the cowards way out, isn't it, plus the kids would probably 'hide' it.

pulliptears

Slinky wrote: »

My neighbour caught somebody letting their dog crap on his front lawn. The bloke said that as the front gardens are open plan (i.e. no fences or walls, plenty of borders and hedges though) they belong to the council therefore he could let his dog go where it liked. Neighbour soon put him right on that one - it's not even as if the houses are ex-council or could be confused as being so!

Dog walker got the message fortunately and doesn't walk his dogs in our street anymore.

My pet hate (scuse pun!). 2 weeks ago there appeared a fresh pile at the end of my drive, last year I installed CCTV after our car was vandalised so, much to OH's amusement, I scoured the CCTV and found the culprit! The man was in his 50's and must have assumed that because it was 9pm and dark nobody would know.

Unfortunately for him both he and his dog were very recognisable so when I saw him walk up the street a few days later I collared him and made him pick it up

He crosses the road now when he gets to my house.