Strangle someone or cry - I need to vent

[deezyb]

Don't wait till you're really p****d off, call the Planning now!

I;m with rustylady on this...why wait till p****d off? Although I know it's hard to tackle neighbours at times, this is just not on...and I think your neighbour actually knows he/she's in the wrong!

Good luck

[Sue Wass]

neighbours, don't you just love 'em.
Mine had "eastern Europeans" in to do her garden, only the foreman spoke any English; whilst we were away for a couple of days they laid her patio, problem was they bricked round the edge and the bricks came under the fence and I was left with a small wall of rough bricks and dripped cement!
The following year she was strimming her lawn and ran the strimmer right up against the bottom of the fence, and cut all my peas and beans (which were growing up the fence - which is actually my fence!) and cut them all off at the ankles.
AND - the first thing she did ten years ago when she moved in was to plant Leylandii along the full length of the fence thereby killing off everything that I had growing within a couple of feet of the fence. These Leylandii she left to grow wild until three years ago when she pulled them all out and had the above mentioned work done!

[quark1]

A willow fence length eh?

Well if Planning get wind of it and they think you've deliberately hidden some bad work/alteration they'll insist you fix to the prevailing traditional stand AND they might decide to prosecute for not informing them and/or getting the necessary approvals and permissions.

I'm sure 'bodged job' does not qualify for listed or unlisted buildings.

[NOG]

You last post says something....is it your wall or a party wall (although the party wall act dosent cover Scotland)?...I would be straight on to the Council cos you could end up paying for it. If the wall is yours and is listed YOU are responcible for it and YOU have to rectify any un-planned alterations....You could hit him with a TORT or Trespass action....good luck....you building Insurance should have a legal element get on to them.

[amandaandherveg]

You last post says something....is it your wall or a party wall (although the party wall act dosent cover Scotland)?...I would be straight on to the Council cos you could end up paying for it. If the wall is yours and is listed YOU are responcible for it and YOU have to rectify any un-planned alterations....You could hit him with a TORT or Trespass action....good luck....you building Insurance should have a legal element get on to them.

Our house was built in 1804 and I would imagine the wall would have come along not long after that. The chap that did the repairs shares the wall at the other side. His house would only be around 10 years old - would need to check out our deeds re ownership. I would say that the repairs to the wall are safe - just really ugly and inappropriate.

[quark1]

What was on his side of the wall before his house was built?

Was it another house with land which may have been pulled down and redeveloped or even a patch of land sold off for development?

If it were 'open' land prior to the build then it almost looks like the wall belongs to you - check deeds for boundaries/responsibility etc - and if so an act of vandalism may have been committed.

If the wall was yours the best a neighbour could do would be to persuade you to repair or to mask it with their own fence on their side of the boundary.

[Hilary B]

You've tried talking to the neighbour, now get official in all credible directions. If you know a solicitor who isn't too exensive, solicitor's letter about workmen damaging your garden (trespass laws are different up there aren't they?)
CERTAINLY get the listed buildings people onside (not sure what he's called in your part of the world, around here it's the Conservation Officer).
If the wall is also listed (which seems likely) then be prepared to sue for the cost (which you may very well be obliged to pay) of reinstating it according to the listing!
Whatever you do, do it in the morning (that's TUESDAY 7th July) and DON'T leave it!

[sewer rat]

Me and the boys I work with at weekends could come down to Aberdeen and have a chat with your neighbour for you if you know what I mean

[amandaandherveg]

Me and the boys I work with at weekends could come down to Aberdeen and have a chat with your neighbour for you if you know what I mean

I know exacty what you mean *winking and tapping her nose* It will have to be Saturday though - we've got audience tickets to see the X Factor auditions on Sunday.

[mariell]

oh amanda what a t**t the neighbour is...call the council and planning and complain if hes being rude then let him have it

[Hilary B]

I know exacty what you mean *winking and tapping her nose* It will have to be Saturday though - we've got audience tickets to see the X Factor auditions on Sunday.

Explaining that bad manners are unacceptable comes AFTER official channels, otherwise it can complicate the 'official channels' side.

[Nicos]

I'd go down the lines of contacting the council about what has been done to your listed building- and then contact your insurers to see what they advise. At the same time pop a letter through your neighbours letterbox to say what you have done as you are LEGALLY BOUND to do as you own a listed building.
Say that you will inform him of any advice/instruction/requirements you are given.
It's a criminal offense to vandalise someone else's property..and even more seriously to a building which is 'protected'.

Oh dear..I bet this is going to cost him/his insurance company

I'd also suggest you get the other neighbours to write a similar letter

Our council went ape when they thought we'd asked to trim back a tree with a TPO on it ( wrong tree)...surely a listed building is even more important????

I'd feel sick too in your position. x

[SlugLobber]

Can't add to what's already been advised, but I'd be so upset if they did that to my property. Won't they have devalued your's and your neighbour's house?

Hope you get it sorted. Hopefully your naughty neighbour will have a think and realise. It may be that being defensive is his automatic reaction.

A thought: will HIS house insurance cover the damage?

[zazen999]

This is the sort of thing our conservation dept [as we are in a conservation area] long for to get their teeth into.

[di]

That's awful Amanda...sorry,can't give any constructive advice,but hope you manage to get something sorted!((x))