Abonded House Next Door, Garden Out of Control. Who to Call?

Strapped

Ghostbusters.

(Sorry, had to...)

kingoranks

Hey adzy77, where is the house?

duchy

Did you view the house before you bought it/rented it ?

An overgrown garden isn't a health hazard -and some people even allow their gardens to grow wild as it is ecologically more friendly.

If you have concerns the neighbours won't live up to your standards perhaps you need a property with more land next time ?

If you do decide to clear it - you might want to read up on the laws of trespass first !! Why on earth do you think you'd have the right to enter someone else's property and "damage" it ?

Personally I can't stand delphiniums -If I was your neighbour and took it into my head to enter your garden - and chop them all down because they offended me-would you be fine with that or would you feel I'd perpetrated an illegal act ? After all I'd feel I'd done you a favour by "improving " it !

(Incidently the house next to mine is tenanted and the garden abandoned-we just stuck up a high fence ..........and haven't had any "animals" attack from the undergrowth yet )

Davesnave

I know of a house like this. It's owned by a wealthy landed family who have kept it vacant for their son to have when he marries.

The trouble is, he isn't terribly likely to enter the marital state any time soon, and the wait has been a very long one.

A friend of mine bought the adjoining house. I thought he was crazy, but he went into it with his eyes open.

Who pulled the wool over yours, or did you simply not look?

topdaddy_2

Hang on its been over grown for a month or just over? Id be surprised if you get a response from anyone at all.

GaleSF63

If the house was viewed and bought over the winter months, the next-door garden may not have looked particularly bad.

My mother's garden was completely out of control, but in winter it just looked untidy; there was nothing much to indicate what was going to happen when nature got going in the Spring.

Appreciate the quiet before a large family who loves DIY and barbeques moves in!

Deep_In_Debt

notisis wrote: »

I live next door to similar. Elderly gentleman has garden cleared every 2 to 3 years and thistle spores end up in our lawn. Pain to dig out each time but on the plus side it's very quiet. No noisy barbeques or children and plenty of bees, butterflies, birds etc. Not an issue for me and dread to think who we might end up living next door to when he eventually goes. He doesn't want help with clearing the garden (front/back) but is ok with keeping an eye on him and taking bins in/out.

I had a neighbour for many years who never did anything in her garden...she wasn't elderly but just left her garden unloved. I also had lots of bees, butterflies and birds in my garden which I loved. Since my new neighbour has moved in and the garden is very "manicured", I get very little in the way of wildlife now.

adzy77

Theres some miserable people on here isnt there

Apologies about the title too only just noticed the terrible spelling!

Anyway, sorry if i wasnt so clear. I have no problem as such with the majority of the garden as its only visible from the back bedroom window, the problem is they have massive weeds growing up our boundary fencing all the way down the garden to the point where it is damaging the fence.

When we viewed the house it was a few months ago and we all know just how quick weeds can grow its amazing , ive witnessed it myself in the past few weeks with the mix of sun and rain weve been having.

Is there any problem with me spraying them with weedkiller from my side?

specialboy

No problem whatsoever as long as you aren't damaging anything on their side of the fence, is there enough room to put another larger fence up on your side?

moneyistooshorttomention

One way to deal with neighbouring out of control weeds would be to replace the fence with a wall. That and the large footings the wall would have should help keep the weeds from "invading" your garden. That's what I am planning to do re neighbouring weeds myself - because they include bindweed and brambles. Everyday weeds I could cope with...but those.:eek:

I will be finding more natural ways of dealing with matters on The Other Side if I find the wall doesn't work totally, but I'm hoping that will be sufficient to do the trick and make sure my garden remains clear from invasion. I wouldn't spread weedkiller around near my garden, as its organic and I wouldn't accept the risk of my own plants being poisoned, but there are natural ways that would do the trick if need be.

Wall first and then I'll (literally) see how the land lies, so that's my suggestion for you.

EDIT: A further thought on any idea of using conventional weedkillers on that garden is that the house may next be bought by an organic gardener...and they might find out you have contaminated their land....and I don't think anyone would want to be in your shoes at that point..