The Garden Fence - help and support in tough times

nursemaggie

I am sure everyone else is the same Monna. If we had a rota it would would only mean we can dry one and a bit loads a month. Even the flats with only one will wash more than once a week.

The problem with your suggestion is the flats are divided into three sections with six flats to each entrance. I have seen some of the other tenants but not all of them. I would know which entrance for some but not which flat and the rest I would be stuck. I doubt I would recognise anyone's washing and I am not sure if the fob works on all entrances. There may be three different ones.

I would have fetched washing in for people when it has rained before, if I had know where to leave a note. I hate leaving it out in the rain knowing someone may not be back from work for hours. There is one thing about the rain here it is mucky. If you leave washing out all day and it just has a light shower you will still need to wash it all again.

Hard_Up_Hester

She only has a 6 month lease and I'm hoping that things will quieten down now I've pointed out the relevant part of the lease.

lillibet_dripping

monnagran wrote: »

Hester. You have been more than fair with your tenants and if she didn't bother to read the lease before she signed it she deserves all she gets. How long is this lease for? I still think that you should get an agent.

Is this the same tenant who didn't realise the deposit would be so big that her mother had to pay it?:eek:

FairyPrincessk

Morning all,

Hester, fingers crossed you're right!

Monna, all of this organization is really just a flimsy paper sword against a hurricane of chaos. I didn't get to about half of my list yesterday and I've just spent the last half hour searching for my phone. I usually regard it as a modern day albatross, but I'll need it for a delivery today. As for your day of revelry, it sounds wonderful. I did hear a rumour there were two ladies running wild down south but I knew it couldn't possibly be you.

The delivery actually owes some thanks to Nursemaggie. Our microwave gave up a couple of months ago and the kettle and toaster were also both on their last legs so new ones have been ordered and will be here today from AO.com. They had the best price for the ones we had decided on (by about £20!) and as Nursemaggie said, next day free delivery.

Right. I have curtains to iron and put up, more work to get on with and maybe I'll get around to hanging pictures today. I also fancy a walk if it continues like this--gray but not really raining. I found on my walk yesterday that I can buy local eggs from a farm on my circuit. I didn't have the right money on me but made a note for later in the week. OH was so excited he ran and fetched exact change immediately and put it next to my keys. Hint taken. I'm ambivalent about eggs but like supporting local farms. He loves them and claims good ones make all the difference.

Hugs to all who need them.x

silvasava

Now Monna I have this mental picture of you and your friend doing a Cissie and Ada only much more refined :rotfl::rotfl::

ivyleaf

Glad you had a lovely day monna

nursemaggie I can hardly believe you were able to hang washing out :j

monnagran

silvasava wrote: »

Now Monna I have this mental picture of you and your friend doing a Cissie and Ada only much more refined :rotfl::rotfl::

Oh yes Silvasava, refined is definitely the word. Very, very refined. I like it.

Refined..........describes us perfectly.

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Some tenants can be very nasty, a lady a couple of doors down from us had very severe stroke and her bungalow was let to a disabled chap and his wife and sadly when the lady died and her daughter needed to sell the bungalow to pay nursing home fees the tenants used every delaying tactic known to man and the law and it took over 3 years to actually get them evicted. When they eventually were out of the property it was put up for auction at which point it was found that Japanese Knotweed had mysteriously appeared in the back garden, apparently it isn't seed spread, we'd NEVER had any issues in the road before this and there isn't any near that we've ever seen so how it got there is debatable, but there are suspicions! The bungalow had £125,000 knocked off it's value and even more at auction, such things make me very cross indeed!

nursemaggie

There is no washing out again today but the washing I asked DS to put in the basket three days ago is still on the floor. It does look like rain.

It looks like we will be having the noise of these fire doors fitted for quite a while it is not just the flat doors but there are other doors being fitted, like where the rubbish shoots used to be. It would be nice if they made those into cupboards for us. There can't be anyone who does not want more storage.

The noise is horrendous because it is not just the door but the frame and they are self closing so lots of very noisy drilling. The workers wear ear defenders. As it is just as noisy when they do the other flats, I think we should have been issued with ear defenders too or noise cancelling headphones. Being built in 1950 these flats are all brick so it makes it noisier.

Monna I was not allowed to read my lease. The housing officer who signed me up said it would take too long and he had another appointment. If I had been allowed, I might not have signed it. There are too many exclusions, e.g. all the internal doors need replacing but I, I have to pay for them and I cannot afford it.

karcher

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

Some tenants can be very nasty, a lady a couple of doors down from us had very severe stroke and her bungalow was let to a disabled chap and his wife and sadly when the lady died and her daughter needed to sell the bungalow to pay nursing home fees the tenants used every delaying tactic known to man and the law and it took over 3 years to actually get them evicted. When they eventually were out of the property it was put up for auction at which point it was found that Japanese Knotweed had mysteriously appeared in the back garden, apparently it isn't seed spread, we'd NEVER had any issues in the road before this and there isn't any near that we've ever seen so how it got there is debatable, but there are suspicions! The bungalow had £125,000 knocked off it's value and even more at auction, such things make me very cross indeed!

I totally agree MrsLW xx

.... and for reasons I won't (sorry:o) explain, your post reduced me to tears

I'm all for everyone having rights but in cases like the one you described, the wrongdoer seems to have them all?