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downstairs neighbour scantilly clad outdoor exercises

its amazing what you find on these forums, i came looking for some online shopping advice and stumbled across other peoples bizarre questions, so i am going to throw my own issue out there.

so recently i moved into a flat in london, victorian terraced thing, i rent out one of 4 floors, the basement flat having the garden which is a decent size..thats by the by really. i have had absolutely no issues up until very recently, which i think has come with the good weather. you see the young chap living in the basement flat does some exercises outside, which is fine, however he tends to wear boxer shorts nothing more. fantastic you might think, well at times it can be, however whilst your eating your cereal, seeing a hairy back doing lunges does not help the crunchy nuts go down!

should i have words or just admire the effort?

should i 41 votes

let it be
31% 13 votes
say something
7% 3 votes
throw stuff until he gets the message
24% 10 votes
or join in
36% 15 votes
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  • lonestar1
    lonestar1 Posts: 560 Forumite
    Open window, Lean out and shout 'Put it away for gawds sake'

    That should get the message across
  • Pitchshifter
    Pitchshifter Posts: 264 Forumite
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    Just stare at him until he gets sick of you and goes away. It's just a battle of wills really.
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    ewww... should be a law against it.
    No hairy backs!!!

    Also, wearing just boxers he's in danger of having the boys come out to play.

    I'd ignore it though to be honest. If he were naked it'd be a different matter. He's probably completely unaware that while he's got his nuts out on the lawn, you've got yours on your chin :)
  • MissMoneypenny
    MissMoneypenny Posts: 5,324 Forumite
    Be a good moneysaver and look on the forum for some cheap waxing deals. Then tell him about them;)
    RENTING? Have you checked to see that your landlord has permission from their mortgage lender to rent the property? If not, you could be thrown out with very little notice.
    Read the sticky on the House Buying, Renting & Selling board.


  • kizzykizzywizzy
    kizzykizzywizzy Posts: 6,906 Forumite
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    Urrrgghhh
    We used to have an oldish woman who sunbathed topless in her garden, my hubby used to call her leather t*ts!!
    I don't know what it is about me, but my neighbour now gets 'um out too!!
    I'd get a mate around & say, very loudly "yes, he is small isn't he?!! you'd think he'd cover it up" might do the trick:rotfl:
    Comping again - wins so far : 2 V festival tix, 2 NFL tix, 6 bottles of wine, personalised hand soap, Aussie miracle conditioner :beer:

    Married my best friend 15/4/16 :)
  • barnaby-bear
    barnaby-bear Posts: 4,142 Forumite
    t1000 wrote: »
    its amazing what you find on these forums, i came looking for some online shopping advice and stumbled across other peoples bizarre questions, so i am going to throw my own issue out there.

    so recently i moved into a flat in london, victorian terraced thing, i rent out one of 4 floors, the basement flat having the garden which is a decent size..thats by the by really. i have had absolutely no issues up until very recently, which i think has come with the good weather. you see the young chap living in the basement flat does some exercises outside, which is fine, however he tends to wear boxer shorts nothing more. fantastic you might think, well at times it can be, however whilst your eating your cereal, seeing a hairy back doing lunges does not help the crunchy nuts go down!

    should i have words or just admire the effort?

    set up a web cam and a pay per view site - there's a pervert out there looking for every speciality so make some money out of it.... :T

    (a web cam not even connected obviously placed should be sufficient to spook him...)
  • t1000_2
    t1000_2 Posts: 17 Forumite
    i like the idea of making money out of the wookie, but i fear being tarred with the freak brush. could you imagine trying to explain that away..

    'well you see officer, i was filming him as evidence of what can happen if you don't capture those first few stray shoulder hairs!
  • Snooze
    Snooze Posts: 2,041 Forumite
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    Also, wearing just boxers he's in danger of having the boys come out to play.

    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

    :D
    set up a web cam and a pay per view site - there's a pervert out there looking for every speciality so make some money out of it.... :T

    :rotfl: :T

    Good idea!

    Rob
  • mlz1413
    mlz1413 Posts: 3,084 Forumite
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    Do you have any gay friends who might want to admire loudly out of the window?

    Either you will get him to cover more body parts, or exercise less or you could be playing cupid!
  • mpsavuk
    mpsavuk Posts: 296 Forumite
    A long time ago i lived next to a very tasty looking Air Hostess. She used to sunbathe topless in the garden.

    I had an excellent view from my spare bedroom window!

    Well, i'm a red blooded male, what else do you expect?
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