Neighbour has fixed a gate to a wall of a detached property I am buying

AskAsk

the neighbour attached a hook to the wall of my detached house without asking my permission and i think this is very rude but as it was only a hook, i didn't bother to raise a dispute.

as it is the property's wall, you could ask the neighbour to remove it.  you could speak to the neighbour and ask nicely and see what they say, no harm as you will see what sort of neighbour they are like and may not want to live next door to them!

MysteryMe

A noisy metal gate attached too brick is going to still be a noisy metal gate attached to a pole, even noisier if the pole is metal. If the OP is that sensitive to noise then it sounds like this property is unsuitable for their specific circumstances.

sheramber

MysteryMe said:

A noisy metal gate attached too brick is going to still be a noisy metal gate attached to a pole, even noisier if the pole is metal. If the OP is that sensitive to noise then it sounds like this property is unsuitable for their specific circumstances.

I agree. The noise of a metal gate being allowed to bang shut every time it is used is more of a problem than it being attached to the wall. 

Jellypot

MysteryMe said:

A noisy metal gate attached too brick is going to still be a noisy metal gate attached to a pole, even noisier if the pole is metal. If the OP is that sensitive to noise then it sounds like this property is unsuitable for their specific circumstances.

sheramber said:

MysteryMe said:

A noisy metal gate attached too brick is going to still be a noisy metal gate attached to a pole, even noisier if the pole is metal. If the OP is that sensitive to noise then it sounds like this property is unsuitable for their specific circumstances.

I agree. The noise of a metal gate being allowed to bang shut every time it is used is more of a problem than it being attached to the wall. 

It's not the sound alone, the greater issue is that it is attached directly to the wall and I would not only hear, but feel the vibrations through the house as they open and close it which would be more bothersome. I personally feel they should revert back to the fence that was there previously and use the gate on the other side. Most people don't have gates on both sides of their property and unsure why they did this to begin with. 

ThisIsWeird

MysteryMe said:

A noisy metal gate attached too brick is going to still be a noisy metal gate attached to a pole, even noisier if the pole is metal. If the OP is that sensitive to noise then it sounds like this property is unsuitable for their specific circumstances.

Bar and locks.

Yes, a clanging gate could well remain an issue, but that's just a statement of the bleedin' obvious.

JellyBean could go out and 'crash' any gate or door they want after they buy the house, and of course that could be annoying to others too. I have weird banging coming from next door on a random basis, no idea what the cause is, but it's rare and random, and I'm certain it ain't 'deliberate', so it ain't a problem.

Someone fixing a gate post to my house, tho', certainly would be.

MysteryMe

ThisIsWeird said:

MysteryMe said:

A noisy metal gate attached too brick is going to still be a noisy metal gate attached to a pole, even noisier if the pole is metal. If the OP is that sensitive to noise then it sounds like this property is unsuitable for their specific circumstances.

Bar and locks.

Yes, a clanging gate could well remain an issue, but that's just a statement of the bleedin' obvious.

JellyBean could go out and 'crash' any gate or door they want after they buy the house, and of course that could be annoying to others too. I have weird banging coming from next door on a random basis, no idea what the cause is, but it's rare and random, and I'm certain it ain't 'deliberate', so it ain't a problem.

Someone fixing a gate post to my house, tho', certainly would be.

I was speaking solely on noise. I made no comment about the rights or wrongs of what is attached to the house. 

MysteryMe

Jellypot said:

MysteryMe said:

A noisy metal gate attached too brick is going to still be a noisy metal gate attached to a pole, even noisier if the pole is metal. If the OP is that sensitive to noise then it sounds like this property is unsuitable for their specific circumstances.

sheramber said:

MysteryMe said:

A noisy metal gate attached too brick is going to still be a noisy metal gate attached to a pole, even noisier if the pole is metal. If the OP is that sensitive to noise then it sounds like this property is unsuitable for their specific circumstances.

I agree. The noise of a metal gate being allowed to bang shut every time it is used is more of a problem than it being attached to the wall. 

It's not the sound alone, the greater issue is that it is attached directly to the wall and I would not only hear, but feel the vibrations through the house as they open and close it which would be more bothersome. I personally feel they should revert back to the fence that was there previously and use the gate on the other side. Most people don't have gates on both sides of their property and unsure why they did this to begin with. 

I know it's not the sound alone, where have I posted otherwise? I don't think it should be attached to the house you are looking at. I am just pointing out that if you think it's loud now attached to brick it will be louder if the post is metal.

Once the metal gate is fully on their property how and when they use it is down to them alone. FWIW the detached properties across the road to me have gates both sides. 

Slinky

AskAsk said:

the neighbour attached a hook to the wall of my detached house without asking my permission and i think this is very rude but as it was only a hook, i didn't bother to raise a dispute.

When I moved into my previous home my side gate had a hook attached to the neighbour's chimney brest. I did sometimes wonder how much noise it made, however my neighbour had his side gate's hook on his neighbour's wall, as did all the houses along the street apart from mine which had a much wider gap between my house and the neighbour on the other side.

Our current neighbour has all sorts of trellis and a bird box screwed into the side wall of our dining room which goes right to the boundary. It's been there since before we moved in. It doesn't bother us, but when the older lady is no longer there, I think we'll ask her daughter to remove it all (or we'll do it for her with her permission to enter the garden) before they sell, as we don't want a new neighbour presuming they can do what they want with our wall.

GDB2222

Slinky said:

AskAsk said:

the neighbour attached a hook to the wall of my detached house without asking my permission and i think this is very rude but as it was only a hook, i didn't bother to raise a dispute.

When I moved into my previous home my side gate had a hook attached to the neighbour's chimney brest. I did sometimes wonder how much noise it made, however my neighbour had his side gate's hook on his neighbour's wall, as did all the houses along the street apart from mine which had a much wider gap between my house and the neighbour on the other side.

Our current neighbour has all sorts of trellis and a bird box screwed into the side wall of our dining room which goes right to the boundary. It's been there since before we moved in. It doesn't bother us, but when the older lady is no longer there, I think we'll ask her daughter to remove it all (or we'll do it for her with her permission to enter the garden) before they sell, as we don't want a new neighbour presuming they can do what they want with our wall.

That all sounds very civilised. I would not attach anything to a neighbour's house without permission, and I am surprised that it has just been assumed that the gate was attached without permission. 

Jellypot

GDB2222 said:

Slinky said:

AskAsk said:

the neighbour attached a hook to the wall of my detached house without asking my permission and i think this is very rude but as it was only a hook, i didn't bother to raise a dispute.

When I moved into my previous home my side gate had a hook attached to the neighbour's chimney brest. I did sometimes wonder how much noise it made, however my neighbour had his side gate's hook on his neighbour's wall, as did all the houses along the street apart from mine which had a much wider gap between my house and the neighbour on the other side.

Our current neighbour has all sorts of trellis and a bird box screwed into the side wall of our dining room which goes right to the boundary. It's been there since before we moved in. It doesn't bother us, but when the older lady is no longer there, I think we'll ask her daughter to remove it all (or we'll do it for her with her permission to enter the garden) before they sell, as we don't want a new neighbour presuming they can do what they want with our wall.

That all sounds very civilised. I would not attach anything to a neighbour's house without permission, and I am surprised that it has just been assumed that the gate was attached without permission. 

I don't believe most responses here have suggested it has been attached without permission. This topic is more around the right to have it removed as the new owner, asking the vendor to sort this out prior to moving in and the vendor's refusal to discuss with neighbour.