Neighbours food odors vent directly into my back yard

moto-photos

Hi everyone, my neighbours food smells vent directly into my back yard and I have to close my back door and window when they use their extractor fan. This has been very annoying, but I've put up with it to avoid confrontation and to maintain a good relationship with them. However I now plan to build a conservatory and their vent will be in the way of the building, has anyone got any suggestions how I can solve this problem with the least hassle and no falling out with the neighbours, thank you.

smashingyour...

Is their kitchen wall the boundary between the two properties?

redmalc

Moto
We have the same issue but the neighbours vent is on there own land so i cannot do anything about it

flashg67

Could you perhaps look to fit some kind of ducting kit to vent the smells away, preferably to higher up, or back into their yard...?

keystone

redmalc wrote: »

Moto
We have the same issue but the neighbours vent is on there own land so i cannot do anything about it

Actually you can if its causing a nuisance to you but you'll need to go through the EHO at the Council if you haven't been able to have a sensible conversation with the neighbour and reached an agreeable accommodation.

Cheers

anotherginger

keystone wrote: »

Actually you can if its causing a nuisance to you but you'll need to go through the EHO at the Council if you haven't been able to have a sensible conversation with the neighbour and reached an agreeable accommodation.

Cheers

Domestic odours are exempt from nuisance legislation so the EHO won't have any enforcement powers.

keystone

anotherginger wrote: »

Domestic odours are exempt from nuisance legislation so the EHO won't have any enforcement powers.

Oh really? Thank you. I didn't know that.

Cheers

moto-photos

Yes,our houses are staggered so their kitchen wall forms part of my yard. I can't post a photo because lm a newbie.The vent idea sound good as long as it doesn't cost me a fortune. l'm quite interested to know if l have a right to ask them to move it and f it's wrong of them to have done that in the first place,but this is just curiosity, like l say, l don't want any trouble or falling out, that would be awful, thanks for replies everyone :-)

southcoastrgi

you could just ask them to cook something you like the smell of

fluffymuffy

I'd be leaning a nice fence panel in front of it.

gmgmgm

Invite them around for a cup of tea and discuss an amicable solution.

That must be easier and cheaper than involving the council and "EHO officers"!