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Very interesting thread about 'Neighbours from Hell' prompts me to ask
what kind of neighbours other urglers have got and to keep it On Topic, to what degree they swap either plants, equipment or labour for each others gardens. As a starter, I have wonderful neighbours front and back. My garden goes through to the road behind, which is where my garage is, so I have he chance to have 2 'sets' of neighbours. Surplus Apples and Runner Beans when in season have come our way, and a Bee Hive Compost Bin I made went their way. When braking up a lump of concrete on the gate step with a hammer and chisel, Derek from across the road came over with his Electric Hammer and Chisel :-) Thought it would be nice to 'air' our opinions on the 'Good Neighbours'. I find Neighbours from hell to be few and far between. Or am I just lucky? :-)) Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forthcoming reunions. Royal Navy Social Weekend Sussex May 2nd - 5th. H.M.S.Collingwood Association Chatham May 30th - June 2nd British Pacific Fleet Hayling Island Sept 5th - 8th Castle Class Corvettes Assn. Isle of Wight. Oct 3rd - 6th. Plus many more |
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In article , Mike
writes When braking up a lump of concrete It did seem as if there was a brake on the proceedings, but I really meant 'breaking'. :-(( -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forthcoming reunions. Royal Navy Social Weekend Sussex May 2nd - 5th. H.M.S.Collingwood Association Chatham May 30th - June 2nd British Pacific Fleet Hayling Island Sept 5th - 8th Castle Class Corvettes Assn. Isle of Wight. Oct 3rd - 6th. Plus many more |
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I find Neighbours from hell to be few and far between. Or am I just lucky? :-)) Mike We too have very good neighbours :-)) Our neighbours on one side are the end of terrace and have a gate to the alley. We in turn have a gate between our gardens, so we are able to have access to our garden without going through our house. Extremely useful especially when you are doing building work to the back of your house!A The gate enables us to keep an eye on each others gardens and water when necessary. They have a water meter, but we don't. So when their rainwater butt is empty I allow them to use our outside tap. We also share plants...especially the climbers between our gardens. There is a friendly competition each year as to how many flowers my Passiflora has on each side of the fence. Also their Clematis Armandi intertwines very nicely with my climbers...saved me having to plant one myself ;-) They also have an allotment and we enjoy some of their surplus produce...and of course, there is the reciprocal feeding of each others cats! Natalie |
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"Natalie" wrote in message ... They also have an allotment and we enjoy some of their surplus produce...and of course, there is the reciprocal feeding of each others cats! Natalie Cherish them:) O |
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"Mike" wrote in message ... In article , Mike writes When braking up a lump of concrete It did seem as if there was a brake on the proceedings, but I really meant 'breaking'. :-(( grin... don't worry.. I read and write typo as I bet most others here too:)) Ophelia |
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Our neighbour helped my husband unblock our drains to the septic tank
(blocked with compliments by the previous owners). He came round with drain rods etc & helped move the icky stuff - now that is a good neighbour! Their ducks kindly eat the slugs too. Our other neighbour is a landscape gardener & has offered use of his equipment (the gardening variety!!) The chickens just look interested :-) Jayne "Mike" wrote in message ... Very interesting thread about 'Neighbours from Hell' prompts me to ask what kind of neighbours other urglers have got and to keep it On Topic, to what degree they swap either plants, equipment or labour for each others gardens. |
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Until this neighbour we have always had wonderful neighbours
We always swapped all manner of produce and help and assistance what one could not do another could etc etc Problem is when you get one bad egg it really ruins the entire atmosphere "Jayne" wrote in message ... Our neighbour helped my husband unblock our drains to the septic tank (blocked with compliments by the previous owners). He came round with drain rods etc & helped move the icky stuff - now that is a good neighbour! Their ducks kindly eat the slugs too. Our other neighbour is a landscape gardener & has offered use of his equipment (the gardening variety!!) The chickens just look interested :-) Jayne "Mike" wrote in message ... Very interesting thread about 'Neighbours from Hell' prompts me to ask what kind of neighbours other urglers have got and to keep it On Topic, to what degree they swap either plants, equipment or labour for each others gardens. |
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Very interesting thread about 'Neighbours from Hell' prompts me to ask
what kind of neighbours other urglers have got and to keep it On Topic, to what degree they swap either plants, equipment or labour for each others gardens. Mike At our previous house I had to erect a 6 foot wall topped with barbed wire to keep the neighbours children from damaging our plants (and worse). As an example the kids forced the lock and broke into one of our near neighbours shed, discovered a small can of petrol there and proceeded to burn it down, contents and all for the hell of it. The father of the children said "It was the neighbours fault - he shouldn't have petrol in his shed". They really were the neighbours from hell. They were the prime reason for us moving. Thankfully at our current house the neighbours are great. The neighbours on each side have fair sized lawns, flower beds but no veg patch. I get all their lawn clippings for my compost. In exchange I give them cabbages etc. I think having good neighbours is an essential part of making a good place to live - especially for us gardening folk who spend so much time outdoors where we are likely to come across them. -- Drakanthus. (Spam filter: Include the word VB anywhere in the subject line or emails will never reach me.) |
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"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... .. We have quiet neighbours, quite perfect in fact. We live next door to the churchyard. ;-) -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk Our nearest neighbours are over a quarter of a mile away, but all the farmers in the surrounding area are wonderful bar one, who farms a field on one of our boundaries. He is very careless with his weedkiller and we find every year that over a metre inside our boundaries starts to die off. He does the same to all the neighbouring farmers and one took revenge last year by killing off some of his maize. We have asked him to be more careful, but we just get a shrug. Our main concern is to know when he does it and what he uses because of our two precious dogs. Our youngest has this afternoon been taken to the vet by my husband as he is suddenly far from well and we hope and pray he has not eaten something. I am just waiting and hoping .............. Iris McCanna |
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"Barry & Iris McCanna" wrote in message Our youngest has this afternoon been taken to the vet by my husband as he is suddenly far from well and we hope and pray he has not eaten something. I am just waiting and hoping .............. i do hope all goes well. Keeping everything crossed for you! Ophelia |
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In article , Barry & Iris McCanna
writes "Sacha" wrote in message .uk... . We have quiet neighbours, quite perfect in fact. We live next door to the churchyard. ;-) -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk Our nearest neighbours are over a quarter of a mile away, but all the farmers in the surrounding area are wonderful bar one, who farms a field on one of our boundaries. He is very careless with his weedkiller and we find every year that over a metre inside our boundaries starts to die off. He does the same to all the neighbouring farmers and one took revenge last year by killing off some of his maize. We have asked him to be more careful, but we just get a shrug. Our main concern is to know when he does it and what he uses because of our two precious dogs. Our youngest has this afternoon been taken to the vet by my husband as he is suddenly far from well and we hope and pray he has not eaten something. I am just waiting and hoping .............. Iris McCanna Iris, Colin Boswell is/was a Farmer here on the Isle of Wight at Newchurch and farms/grows Garlic. One of his employees asked for protective clothing whilst spraying the fields of Garlic, this was refused and said employee was sacked. Employee took Boswell to court for unfair dismissal. Employee not only won the case, but Boswell was fined heavily (to such an extent that I 'believe' he had to sell his share of the farm), not only for lack of care in providing protection for his employees and sacking same, BUT, for using a banned chemical, so, A) Is your farmer using a banned chemical? (I doubt it, but it might stir things up a bit if you ask in the right places as to what he is using) B) Is your farmer taking proper precautions? (By the sound of it, no) C) Have you complained to Environmental Health? D) Have you complained via your vet? I love these cases ;-} Chase him. Best wishes Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forthcoming reunions. Royal Navy Social Weekend Sussex May 2nd - 5th. H.M.S.Collingwood Association Chatham May 30th - June 2nd British Pacific Fleet Hayling Island Sept 5th - 8th Castle Class Corvettes Assn. Isle of Wight. Oct 3rd - 6th. Plus many more |
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"Mike" wrote in message ... In article , Barry & Iris McCanna writes Our nearest neighbours are over a quarter of a mile away, but all the farmers in the surrounding area are wonderful bar one, who farms a field on one of our boundaries. He is very careless with his weedkiller and we find every year that over a metre inside our boundaries starts to die off. He does the same to all the neighbouring farmers and one took revenge last year by killing off some of his maize. We have asked him to be more careful, but we just get a shrug. Our main concern is to know when he does it and what he uses because of our two precious dogs. Our youngest has this afternoon been taken to the vet by my husband as he is suddenly far from well and we hope and pray he has not eaten something. I am just waiting and hoping .............. Iris McCanna Iris, Colin Boswell is/was a Farmer here on the Isle of Wight at Newchurch and farms/grows Garlic. One of his employees asked for protective clothing whilst spraying the fields of Garlic, this was refused and said employee was sacked. Employee took Boswell to court for unfair dismissal. Employee not only won the case, but Boswell was fined heavily (to such an extent that I 'believe' he had to sell his share of the farm), not only for lack of care in providing protection for his employees and sacking same, BUT, for using a banned chemical, so, A) Is your farmer using a banned chemical? (I doubt it, but it might stir things up a bit if you ask in the right places as to what he is using) B) Is your farmer taking proper precautions? (By the sound of it, no) C) Have you complained to Environmental Health? D) Have you complained via your vet? I love these cases ;-} Chase him. Best wishes Mike Hi Mike, Thanks for this. First of all, our youngest dog is a bit better. The vet has said it is a gastric problem and he has eaten something he shouldn't. He is nowhere near his normal self, but hopefully tomorrow he will be when the medication takes effect. Our vet is excellent and, yes, we have spoken to him about this problem. No care is taken at all. The farmer does not wear any protective clothing, not even a mask. He never does, not when liming, weedkilling or fertilising. I have to go inside when he is spraying as it was discovered a couple of years ago that I was allergic to Thiruam which is one of the components of both weedkillers and fertilisers. Gives me asthma symptoms. Environmental Health is not very prevalent in this area of Normandie, something we've taken up with the Mairie and councillors several times. A Gallic shrug again! Yes, it all exists but appears is not enforced. Thanks for your help. We love chasing too -) Best wishes Iris |
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In article , Sacha
writes We have quiet neighbours, quite perfect in fact. We live next door to the churchyard. ;-) And we live next door to the church ;-) The priest is a perfect gentleman, but the congregation can be a bit noisy! Bur gardening to music is nice :-) -- Kay Easton Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm |
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In article , Kay Easton
writes In article , Sacha writes We have quiet neighbours, quite perfect in fact. We live next door to the churchyard. ;-) And we live next door to the church ;-) The priest is a perfect gentleman, but the congregation can be a bit noisy! Bur gardening to music is nice :-) When we lived in Leicester we lived next door to a small church. Very active. Cubs, Guides, Boys Brigade, W.I., you name it they were there :-)) Only problem was that these 'side' activities used the side door. This side door was our side :-(( This side door had a 'closing device' which meant that when anyone went through it, they didn't bother to close it :-(( Why bother? Cubs, through the door BANG. More Cubs through the door BANG. Guides the next night, through the door BANG, more Guides, BANG. Next night W.I. BANG, next night choir practice , guess what ;-) yes BANG and each night they didn't all arrive and leave together, so the banging went on from say 6.00 pm to about 9.0 - 9.30. I went and had a very quiet word with the Vicar/Padre/Chaplain whatever he was. A note must have been passed to all clubs etc and the self closing device was taken off :-)) No more trouble and even apologies from them for not even thinking about it!! It pays to talk nicely to your neighbours :-)) Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forthcoming reunions. Royal Navy Social Weekend Sussex May 2nd - 5th. H.M.S.Collingwood Association Chatham May 30th - June 2nd British Pacific Fleet Hayling Island Sept 5th - 8th Castle Class Corvettes Assn. Isle of Wight. Oct 3rd - 6th. Plus many more |
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I live in a block of 4 terraced houses with the same path along the backs of
all the houses. The new neighbours turned up and said they did not like my having acces through their garden and that it would have to stop (not that I used it much) The Housing association are not interested. I am an owner who bought the house with the access while he is a whinging tenant who thinks he can lay down the law. On the other side Gavin is a great bloke though no gardener. The last house in the block has two teenage girls as tenants they strim the garden once a year. It is full of old washing machines fridges etc there is a continuous stream of water from the overflow, three years now and the HA does nothing. Bordering the bottom of of my garden is a family of benefit scroungers with the most unruly children and a rubbish tip for a garden. Cest la vie! Steve R Natalie scribbled: Our neighbours on one side are the end of terrace and have a gate to the alley. We in turn have a gate between our gardens, so we are able to have access to our garden without going through our house. Extremely useful especially when you are doing building work to the back of your house!A The gate enables us to keep an eye on each others gardens and water when necessary. They have a water meter, but we don't. So when their rainwater butt is empty I allow them to use our outside tap. We also share plants...especially the climbers between our gardens. There is a friendly competition each year as to how many flowers my Passiflora has on each side of the fence. Also their Clematis Armandi intertwines very nicely with my climbers...saved me having to plant one myself ;-) They also have an allotment and we enjoy some of their surplus produce...and of course, there is the reciprocal feeding of each others cats! Natalie |
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Mike wrote in message ... I find Neighbours from hell to be few and far between. Or am I just lucky? :-)) Mike We have nice neighbours on one side and a fire station on the other. The firemen are retained, so they are not actually on the premises, they just come if there is a fire. They help me cut my 10ft x 130ft hawthorn hedge twice a year and on Monday evenings, they put on their uniforms and practise with their hoses. I could sell tickets for the view from my upstairs back window... ;-) At the bottom is some allotments. They are no trouble except sometimes they use their rotivator on a Sunday afternoon while we're trying to eat lunch outside. A nice friendly word usually stops them though. Reading some of the stories here, I realise I'm very lucky. |
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"Angie Watts" wrote in message news:b6n904 Reading some of the stories here, I realise I'm very lucky. I am very pleased for you:)) O:) |
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I have a lovely gardening neighbour on one side. We exchange chat, borrow tools & I (who have a much bigger garden than his) act as a foster home for all the plants he buys which then outgrow his space. On the other side is an electricity sub-station. Currently a bit of a problem, as part of the dividing wall needs urgent repointing, & it's not clear whether it's theirs or mine. What *is* clear to me at least is that it's the trees planted on their side within about a foot of this wall that are causing the problem. Turns out the land's owned by Enfield Council, so I foresee *many* phone calls till this one's sorted out. -- Judy http://members.lycos.co.uk/bluelotusrising/index.html http://www.rigbys.demon.co.uk |
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Mike writes
DON'T PHONE DON'T PHONE Telephone calls can be lost. WRITE. Good points. Thanks. I don't have the deeds available ... lodged with the building society for the next xxx years, else I'd check ownership myself. There's no danger to property, but now I want to bring that part of the garden into use, it does need to be made safe for me & the vegetables, so I guess I'd best get typing at Enfield council ... -- Judy http://members.lycos.co.uk/bluelotusrising/index.html http://www.rigbys.demon.co.uk |
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Write to the council .....dont phone and mention the Westminster Councils
"Delaware Mansions Case " ........details on www.Hedgeline.org ............that should make the council sit up and take notice "Judy Rigby" wrote in message ... I have a lovely gardening neighbour on one side. We exchange chat, borrow tools & I (who have a much bigger garden than his) act as a foster home for all the plants he buys which then outgrow his space. On the other side is an electricity sub-station. Currently a bit of a problem, as part of the dividing wall needs urgent repointing, & it's not clear whether it's theirs or mine. What *is* clear to me at least is that it's the trees planted on their side within about a foot of this wall that are causing the problem. Turns out the land's owned by Enfield Council, so I foresee *many* phone calls till this one's sorted out. -- Judy http://members.lycos.co.uk/bluelotusrising/index.html http://www.rigbys.demon.co.uk |
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On Sat, 05 Apr 2003 20:16:28 +0100, Judy Rigby wrote:
On the other side is an electricity sub-station. Currently a bit of a problem, as part of the dividing wall needs urgent repointing, & it's not clear whether it's theirs or mine. What *is* clear to me at least is Judy, You may have alrady tried this, but on the front gate of the access to the substation should be a big notice saying "Danger" and it should also give you a number to ring if there is any problems. Ring this number, and the people who answer should be able to put you in touch with the right people to deal with the wall. I'd take a guess at the wall belonging to the electricity people if it goes round all four sides of the substation, if it doesn't, it may be your wall. Sarah |
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In article , Judy Rigby judy.rigby
@rigbys.demon.co.uk writes Good points. Thanks. I don't have the deeds available ... lodged with the building society for the next xxx years, A) It only seems like 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx years' :-) It is quite amazing just how quickly those years zapp by. Believe me it is a wonderful feeling when it is all over :-)) B) I 'believe' that you can make an enquiry on your deeds from the building society for a nominal sum. But if you go into the Council with all guns firing that it is 'THEIR' responsibility, it is up to them to prove otherwise :-)) Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forthcoming reunions. Royal Navy Social Weekend Sussex May 2nd - 5th. H.M.S.Collingwood Association Chatham May 30th - June 2nd British Pacific Fleet Hayling Island Sept 5th - 8th Castle Class Corvettes Assn. Isle of Wight. Oct 3rd - 6th. Plus many more |
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A) It only seems like 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx years' :-) It is quite amazing just how quickly those years zapp by. Believe me it is a wonderful feeling when it is all over :-)) We had a council mortgage for 30 years. When it was up we went to the Civic Hall and expected the deeds to be handed over with fanfares, bells and whistles. Instead the gormless girls looked vaguely at us and said, "Mr Fisher?" and handed over the large envelope with no ceremony at all. Never mind, we went to the pub where a son worked and had a pint, he gave us it because he might inherit a fifth of the estate one day. Then we looked at the deeds - they were absolutely fascinating. Although our house was built on 'virgin land' it was land which had been prt of the estate of a family at 'The Big House' and was fascinating - it wasn't just the story of a house or even the plot but of a family with all its quarrels, divisions and legal problems. We really don't know how the other half lives ... Since then we've discovered archaeological finds from that estate but that's another story. Mary ng society for a nominal sum. But if you go into the Council with all guns firing that it is 'THEIR' responsibility, it is up to them to prove otherwise :-)) Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Forthcoming reunions. Royal Navy Social Weekend Sussex May 2nd - 5th. H.M.S.Collingwood Association Chatham May 30th - June 2nd British Pacific Fleet Hayling Island Sept 5th - 8th Castle Class Corvettes Assn. Isle of Wight. Oct 3rd - 6th. Plus many more |
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In article , Mary Fisher
writes We had a council mortgage for 30 years. When it was up we went to the Civic Hall and expected the deeds to be handed over with fanfares, bells and whistles. Instead the gormless girls looked vaguely at us and said, "Mr Fisher?" and handed over the large envelope with no ceremony at all. 'All in a day's work for me. Next please.' :-(( We had to start all over again in 1986 due to a Business Crash.... thanks to Maggie :-(( I actually signed on the dole on my 50th birthday!! We just had enough for the Deposit and worked hard :-)) Never mind, we went to the pub where a son worked and had a pint, he gave us it because he might inherit a fifth of the estate one day. Only a pint? Bit slow isn't he ;-} My son in law doesn't intend leaving any to anyone. He has just up dated his Rolls to one only 4 years old :-)) Then we looked at the deeds - they were absolutely fascinating. Although our house was built on 'virgin land' it was land which had been prt of the estate of a family at 'The Big House' and was fascinating - it wasn't just the story of a house or even the plot but of a family with all its quarrels, divisions and legal problems. We have scoured ours and cannot work out when it was built. Like lots of houses, the house was built on what was Church Land. The lady next door but one was born in he house she is in and he is 88 I think it is, so they must be over 100 years old. We really don't know how the other half lives ... Since then we've discovered archaeological finds from that estate but that's another story. All we seem to find in our garden is marbles!! Heaven above knows how many, but there were 6 children here before :-( Now just 'Darby and Joan', well Mike and Joan really ;-} -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forthcoming reunions. Royal Navy Social Weekend Sussex May 2nd - 5th. H.M.S.Collingwood Association Chatham May 30th - June 2nd British Pacific Fleet Hayling Island Sept 5th - 8th Castle Class Corvettes Assn. Isle of Wight. Oct 3rd - 6th. Plus many more |
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Sarah Dale writes
Judy, You may have alrady tried this, but on the front gate of the access to the substation should be a big notice saying "Danger" and it should also give you a number to ring if there is any problems. Ring this number, and the people who answer should be able to put you in touch with the right people to deal with the wall. I'd take a guess at the wall belonging to the electricity people if it goes round all four sides of the substation, if it doesn't, it may be your wall. Hi Oh yes, I tried that number first. Unobtainable. I rang the council to see if they could tell me who the emergency number was, but then it transpired that it was council land, so the wall is either my or the council's responsibility. I want to now whose before I pay anything ... -- Judy http://members.lycos.co.uk/bluelotusrising/index.html http://www.rigbys.demon.co.uk |
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On Sat, 5 Apr 2003 23:10:58 +0100, Judy Rigby
wrote: Mike writes DON'T PHONE DON'T PHONE Telephone calls can be lost. WRITE. Good points. Thanks. I don't have the deeds available ... lodged with the building society for the next xxx years, else I'd check ownership myself. There's no danger to property, but now I want to bring that part of the garden into use, it does need to be made safe for me & the vegetables, so I guess I'd best get typing at Enfield council ... ....you can arrange to view your deeds from the BS. They may charge a small fee though as everyone wants to take more and more from us even though they have already charged us in the first place! Mark |
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In article , MG
writes ...you can arrange to view your deeds from the BS. They may charge a small fee though as everyone wants to take more and more from us even though they have already charged us in the first place! Thanks very much :) It's all getting more Byzantine by the second. While the land's council owned, maintenance of it is the responsibility of the tenants. Who are the electricity board and the water board, both of whom have stations on it, and who say there are "politics" between them as to who'll DO anything. I've lodged formal customer complaints with both ... & water have cracked first with a promise to get their gardening contractors in to remove the tree roots that caused the damage. With any luck they'll have the wall down in the process, which'll rather settle who is to put it right again, I feel ... ;) I inspected things from the other side when 2 water engineers turned up, & it's *so* obvious how the damage was caused that were it not for the risk of speaking too soon, I might say I don't anticipate any problems other than the usual delays in sorting this out ... -- Judy http://members.lycos.co.uk/bluelotusrising/index.html http://www.rigbys.demon.co.uk |
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On Mon, 14 Apr 2003 21:17:31 +0100, Judy Rigby wrote:
It's all getting more Byzantine by the second. While the land's council owned, maintenance of it is the responsibility of the tenants. Who are the electricity board and the water board, both of whom have stations on it, and who say there are "politics" between them Judy, Pleased to hear you are making progress (of sorts) in getting your neighbour's wall sorted out. If things get dirty - threaten them with OfWat and OfGem! Sarah |
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Sarah Dale writes
Judy, Pleased to hear you are making progress (of sorts) in getting your neighbour's wall sorted out. If things get dirty - threaten them with OfWat and OfGem! Sarah Cheers ! Thought I might have a word with the local papers after easter if no observable progress by then. This is my 5th week on the case & I'd be quite happy to hand the reins to a journalist. I'm sure they'd find something to write at this stage, even if it is less dramatic than: "Woman (47) Killed By Lethal Garden Wall In Freak Rhubarb Harvesting Tragedy Last Words Were 'I told 'em, buggrit !' " -- Judy http://members.lycos.co.uk/bluelotusrising/index.html http://www.rigbys.demon.co.uk |
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