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Neighbour has spray painted my garden!

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  • Sambucus_Nigra
    Sambucus_Nigra Posts: 8,669 Forumite
    go_cat wrote: »
    Thanks for all the replies to my vent :)

    I spoke to them this morning and they were very apologetic and finishing the job with a paint brush !!!


    Now have the job of trying to pressure wash the paint off,. The concrete bases are ruined tho.

    Surely they have the job of pressure washing it off?
    If you haven't got it - please don't flaunt it. TIA.
  • go_cat
    go_cat Posts: 2,509 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »
    Surely they have the job of pressure washing it off?

    Judging by their painting skills maybe letting them loose with a pressure washer is not the best thing :)
  • marisco_2
    marisco_2 Posts: 4,261 Forumite
    Would this damage be covered on your insurance? Could you get a company to come in and clean it all up if it isn't an easy job?
    The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own, no apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on or blame. The gift is yours - it is an amazing journey - and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins.
  • caeler
    caeler Posts: 2,638 Forumite
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    I'm glad they were apologetic. At least you don't have to fall out with them and hopefully they'll think twice in future!
  • Sambucus_Nigra
    Sambucus_Nigra Posts: 8,669 Forumite
    go_cat wrote: »
    Judging by their painting skills maybe letting them loose with a pressure washer is not the best thing :)

    Why is that then?
    If you haven't got it - please don't flaunt it. TIA.
  • Mojisola
    Mojisola Posts: 35,572 Forumite
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    Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »
    Why is that then?

    I've seen someone strip the paint off a car and a front door by being too enthusiastic with a pressure washer.

    If it hadn't occurred to the neighbours that spray paint - fine droplets in the air - might travel into next door's garden, I wouldn't trust them with a pressure washer, either.
  • Sambucus_Nigra
    Sambucus_Nigra Posts: 8,669 Forumite
    Mojisola wrote: »
    I've seen someone strip the paint off a car and a front door by being too enthusiastic with a pressure washer.

    If it hadn't occurred to the neighbours that spray paint - fine droplets in the air - might travel into next door's garden, I wouldn't trust them with a pressure washer, either.

    But if the OP is there and watching....oh it doesn't matter. The OP is doing it themselves anyway so what's the point?
    If you haven't got it - please don't flaunt it. TIA.
  • rpc
    rpc Posts: 2,353 Forumite
    patman99 wrote: »
    They probably had no idea that their spray went through the gaps in the fence and covered your stuff.

    Spray paint going through gaps? Who would have thought.

    This is the main reason that I have only rarely used sprays for fences - I reckon it actually works out as less effort to use a paintbrush than to go round with covers to make sure the spray doesn't cause any damage.
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