Home made climbing frame - hideous

pinkladyof66

Anyone help please. our neighbour at the back of us,, his house is slightly lower than ours. as we live on a sort of hill.

He has decided to erect a rather home made ugly climbing frame which i assume has a slide attached.. our fence at the bottom which we paid for is 6ft high.. the climbing frame is right in the corner and is about 8.5ft from his deck and stands over 3 ft over the fence.. which overlooks our garden.

our french doors when open are directly in view of this horrible not made very well and looks really ugly,.. so it is really an eyesore..

hubbie spoke to husband and his wife who think nothing is wrong and that they didnt even think to ask us if we would mind.

where do we stand please... as they are making no attempt to resolve the issue direct with us. we have lost all privacy in our garden..

Thanks

27col

The fact that you don't like the structure is not grounds for you asking for it to be removed. If you don't like its appearance you can always fix a trellis to the top of the fence.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as the old saying goes.
I doubt whether anyone has a right to privacy in this crowded country of ours.
When I lived in Portsmouth many years ago. The back yard was overlooked by at least 30 windows.

Jonesya

You want to check with the local council, check if they consider a climbing frame as an out building.

I was looking at putting a shed up in my garden and there's a lot of restrictions on the maximum allowable height for outbuildings, based on how close they are to the boundary. You certainly wouldn't be allowed a shed or other structure that high:

http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/permission/commonprojects/outbuildings

phill99

OP: I'd hate to live next door to someone like you.

wallbash

check if they consider a climbing frame as an out building.

Never in a million years. Its a temporary structure , its there as long as the kids require it.
OP...... hope the kids lose interest.

srm1

If you have room, Leyland Cypress conifers should give some privicy but they will require some trimming from time to time.

Davesnave

srm1 wrote: »

If you have room, Leyland Cypress conifers should give some privicy but they will require some trimming from time to time.

Eucalyptus dalrympleana is faster than leylandii :

http://grafton-nursery.co.uk/thepottingshed/16-eucalyptus-dalrympleana-mountain-gum.html

pinkladyof66

phill99 wrote: »

OP: I'd hate to live next door to someone like you.

We have no problems/issues with our neighbours to the left and right these are behind and think they own the place...

making noise all hours, waking local kids, dog barking in garden all the time.. and now the dreaded ugly home made climbing frame.

their garden is very very small about 10 foot width which means the frame is right against our fence we purchased.. which is about 30ft from our french doors I would have no problem if their garden was 50 - 100 ft long,, but it is not and the only thing we see when we look out of our patio doors is the ugly eyesore..

docmatt

phill99 wrote: »

OP: I'd hate to live next door to someone like you.

I dunno, give her a chance, if it's a huge ugly monstrosity I can understand.

Op, post a pic on here. :eek:

pinkladyof66

how do you do pic please

ChumLee

pinkladyof66 wrote: »

We have no problems/issues with our neighbours to the left and right these are behind and think they own the place...

making noise all hours, waking local kids, dog barking in garden all the time.. and now the dreaded ugly home made climbing frame.

their garden is very very small about 10 foot width which means the frame is right against our fence we purchased.. which is about 30ft from our french doors I would have no problem if their garden was 50 - 100 ft long,, but it is not and the only thing we see when we look out of our patio doors is the ugly eyesore..

They may well do.