Graffiti outbreak in area

moneyistooshorttomention

As I am going to be putting my house officially on the market shortly, I am more concerned than normal about a current outbreak of graffiti going on in my area.

I can ensure that graffiti is removed quickly from Council-owned property nearby. The Council does come out promptly to remove it when told.

I am concerned about what to do about private homeowners who don't remove it as fast as I would (ie I would have it removed by the end of the day - if not within the hour personally - even if I were still having to spend time holding down a job).

What do other people do about graffiti on nearby private property if they spot that its still there the next day and maybe even the next week:eek: and therefore making the area look possibly less desirable than normal to would-be home buyers (well possibly ones reading one home-buying checklist I have read anyway :mad::cool:).

- Do you contact the local Council about it and, if so, do the Council remove that as well or contact the home-owner to get them to deal with it quickly and, if so, do the Council bill the home-owner for not having done it themselves?

- What is a quick/easy/cheap way for a private home-owner to remove it from their own house wall (which, in this area, could mean a red brick wall or standard type rendered or painted red bricks - so I wonder if the method would vary dependant on what the house walls are like).

Obviously, I do worry about whether the little "darlings" will ever have a go at my house. I'm not concerned if I catch them in the act - I wouldnt expect any penalty for dealing with them appropriately if I do;):D. But, if I dont catch them at it and just come along and realise they've attacked my house, I would need to know how to "have it gone" by 10 minutes time (preferably from everyday stuff I'd have in the house anyway - rather than worry that I had to buy it from Amazon and it would be a day or two before it arrived at my doorstep ready for me to use it).

DannyboyMidlands

How long people take to remove graffiti from their own property has nothing to do with the council.........or you.

If they like the work, it is totally ok if they never remove it.

moneyistooshorttomention

I am sorry you feel that way. The fact is though that an attack of graffiti can rapidly make a "normal" neighbourhood look like a "rundown" neighbourhood and affect feelings about living in it and maybe put off any "normal" type people from buying a property there.

We do all have responsibilities to our neighbours.

anotherginger

If people want to leave graffiti on private property then they can...although if the graffiti is offensive the council may offer to remove it. Even then the council can't do it without the property owners permission.

Whoever owns the property should report it to the police as it is criminal damage after all.

moneyistooshorttomention

anotherginger wrote: »

Whoever owns the property should report it to the police as it is criminal damage after all.

Thanks for that thought - it hadnt occurred to me. I will do precisely that if it happens to my house personally - for all the darn good it will do me - but I might as well keep the "statistics" as accurate as possible.

Errr...that is....I'll report it if I haven't caught them in the act and...ummm...dispensed a bit of "summary justice" myself:rotfl::rotfl: ....now that would be a sight to behold...something they wouldnt expect from "little middle-aged female me with the nice voice and the manners"...turning into the Harridan From Hell:rotfl:

becominganobsessivesaver

anotherginger wrote: »

If people want to leave graffiti on private property then they can...although if the graffiti is offensive the council may offer to remove it. Even then the council can't do it without the property owners permission.

Whoever owns the property should report it to the police as it is criminal damage after all.

But the you've got the crime maps figures to worry about.....

moneyistooshorttomention

becominganobsessivesaver wrote: »

But the you've got the crime maps figures to worry about.....

Yep...sighs....tell me about it....

...and thats not to mention how the flippin' heck do you whack in a justifiable complaint about a neighbour (1 in xxx years - and...boy....is it ever justifiable) without the worry that it will come up as "Neighbour dispute" on selling. Now that took some head-scratching (and a half) to figure out just how to complain to them on the one hand without it "showing up" as a "dispute" when on the other hand......:eek:.

Someone just remind me that if ever I come up on the Lottery one of my first priorities is going to be to "buy myself out of any hassles/problems that might ever arise" by just throwing a big enough cheque at it to solve the problem......sighs again...