Nuisance pub next door

Paul_Baldwin

maninthestreet wrote: »

Painting your wall without your permission is the same as some vandal spray-painting graffiti on it i.e criminal damage.

I do hope so, if thats the case it may not cost me to remove the flippin stuff! Theres no point in me using lime mortar on the internal walls if the external walls are painted in modern materials. I'm trying to do a sympathetic restoration.

Doozergirl

Do you have legal cover with your insurance, Paul? If so I would ask them to take it up.

It is not for anyone to paint your wall, even if it apparantly forms the boundary line. It does not. A boundary line has no width, not even the width of a coat of paint! There is no way that you should incur any cost in getting it removed. They have put you in a right predicament there. How you get it off without affecting the brickwork I don't know

freebo_2

Not expert in these matters at all Paul but is your place and/or the pub listed?

Hope you get it sorted,

Mike

BrandNewDay

I like the idea of playing some "boom boom music" out the window. Even better than that would be a reallllly annoying televangelist going on and on about the evils of drink.

maninthestreet

Paul (the OP):

Can you get some photos taken and uploaded so we can take a look? A picture is worth a thousand words.

Paul_Baldwin

freebo wrote: »

Not expert in these matters at all Paul but is your place and/or the pub listed?

Hope you get it sorted,

Mike

Hi Mike,
I'm not sure if the my property is listed or not tbh. When it was bought it wasnt but we cancelled the address so it was included with my mothers property which it was originally attached too, effectively now an extension. My mothers property is grade II listed.
I will see what I can do about photos, will maybe take some next time I go in there for a pint
I am meant to be getting a call off one of their Business Relationship Managers this morning but nothing as yet, it'll be interesting to see what he has to say. I sent them an email yesterday outlining the main problems.
The house insurance people are sending out a form thanks Doozergirl

Thanks

Paul.

Paul_Baldwin

Off to a great start, no phone call. So I've emailed building control for an electronic copy of the plans they applied for to study

vivatifosi

If it has reduced the value of your house, you may also want to contact the Valuation Office regarding your council tax band.

If you were in the bottom of your band previously and this has affected the value you may be entitled to a rebanding on the grounds of a material reduction in your value. If you look on the Valuation Tribunal Service website and previous cases there are examples of people who have won tribunals on similar grounds.

Biggles

If the passage has a covering and a wall on either side (as passages do!), it's a no-smoking area like the rest of the pub, even without the gate at the end.

Have a word with the district council, I imagine they will have people monitoring these abuses of the no-smoking laws, what Punch have set up is totally illegal.

In the meantime, ask the landlord to put up a no-smoking sign. (Or put one of your own up!)

Running_Horse

Biggles wrote: »

If the passage has a covering and a wall on either side (as passages do!), it's a no-smoking area like the rest of the pub, even without the gate at the end.

Have a word with the district council, I imagine they will have people monitoring these abuses of the no-smoking laws, what Punch have set up is totally illegal.

In the meantime, ask the landlord to put up a no-smoking sign. (Or put one of your own up!)

Doesn't the shelter have to be a certain percentage open to the elements?

Blast them with the birdie song all night.