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Neighbour Trouble Part Two
In answer to questions the cables are on the ground between 6ins to a foot from
the fence. They seem to start from his house, go under his side path, under the fence then run up the garden to his various sheds and pigeon lofts. He is an obsessively tidy man and I think he just decided the cables would look nicer in my garden. The person living here before me was a 92 year old woman who paid someone just to tidy the garden occasionly. I want the cables moved for reasons that involve both safety and stubborness,on the grounds that if it mattters to him, it matters to me. Finally, just what can and will the electric company do if I tell them? Bill Pritchard Retired and Emotional |
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Bill Pritchard22/12/03 9:58
In answer to questions the cables are on the ground between 6ins to a foot from the fence. They seem to start from his house, go under his side path, under the fence then run up the garden to his various sheds and pigeon lofts. He is an obsessively tidy man and I think he just decided the cables would look nicer in my garden. The person living here before me was a 92 year old woman who paid someone just to tidy the garden occasionly. I want the cables moved for reasons that involve both safety and stubborness,on the grounds that if it mattters to him, it matters to me. Finally, just what can and will the electric company do if I tell them? My guess - and it's only a guess - is that they will say they're unsafe and make him move them, trunk them, bury them etc. Clearly, anyone with a sharp spade, axe, trowel or hoe could electrocute themselves in your garden. It seems pretty clear he wanted them your garden because he knew that old lady wasn't going to do any heavy, sharp tooled gardening work. In other words, his family was safe while she wasn't. I think you need to make that clear to your neighbour and tell him that on those grounds alone, you need him to take the cables onto his land and make them HIS risk, not yours. If he's a difficult person, I don't know how any of this can be done nicely but I think you also have to make it very clear to him that if he does not do this you will a) sue him if anything happens to you, your family or your property and b) failing suitable and immediate action on his part, will contact the Electricity Board who will not only disconnect that supply on the grounds of safety but will insist on more expensive cabling which they will, undoubtedly, inspect rigorously. -- Sacha (remove the 'x' to email me) |
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"Sacha" wrote in message .. . Bill Pritchard22/12/03 9:58 In answer to questions the cables are on the ground between 6ins to a foot from the fence. They seem to start from his house, go under his side path, under the fence then run up the garden to his various sheds and pigeon lofts. He is an obsessively tidy man and I think he just decided the cables would look nicer in my garden. The person living here before me was a 92 year old woman who paid someone just to tidy the garden occasionly. I want the cables moved for reasons that involve both safety and stubborness,on the grounds that if it mattters to him, it matters to me. Finally, just what can and will the electric company do if I tell them? My guess - and it's only a guess - is that they will say they're unsafe and make him move them, trunk them, bury them etc. Clearly, anyone with a sharp spade, axe, trowel or hoe could electrocute themselves in your garden. It seems pretty clear he wanted them your garden because he knew that old lady wasn't going to do any heavy, sharp tooled gardening work. In other words, his family was safe while she wasn't. I think you need to make that clear to your neighbour and tell him that on those grounds alone, you need him to take the cables onto his land and make them HIS risk, not yours. If he's a difficult person, I don't know how any of this can be done nicely but I think you also have to make it very clear to him that if he does not do this you will a) sue him if anything happens to you, your family or your property and b) failing suitable and immediate action on his part, will contact the Electricity Board who will not only disconnect that supply on the grounds of safety but will insist on more expensive cabling which they will, undoubtedly, inspect rigorously. -- Sacha (remove the 'x' to email me) Thoroughly agree ..........exterior cables MUST be properly installed .......theirs lots of rules about such things ......scare the pants off the old goat .......you might also tell him he needs legal deeds to have anything from drains to cables on your land and failure to do so will land him with legal trouble |
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"Sacha" wrote in message after Bill In answer to questions the cables are on the ground between 6ins to a foot from the fence. They seem to start from his house, go under his side path, under the fence then run up the garden to his various sheds and pigeon lofts. ((SNIP)) My guess - and it's only a guess - is that they will say they're unsafe and make him move them, trunk them, bury them etc. Clearly, anyone with a sharp spade, axe, trowel or hoe could electrocute themselves in your garden. It seems pretty clear he wanted them your garden because he knew that old lady wasn't going to do any heavy, sharp tooled gardening work. In other words, his family was safe while she wasn't. AND his garden looked tidier and he didn't have to go to the bother of expensive underground work and all the disruption that causes. Sounds a right selfish b...... to do that to a 92 year old probably because she couldn't/wouldn't do anything about it. Another reason to stick your heals in and get it sorted, to show you arn't a pushover that he can ride roughshod over all the time. I think you need to make that clear to your neighbour and tell him that on those grounds alone, you need him to take the cables onto his land and make them HIS risk, not yours. If he's a difficult person, I don't know how any of this can be done nicely but I think you also have to make it very clear to him that if he does not do this you will a) sue him if anything happens to you, your family or your property and b) failing suitable and immediate action on his part, will contact the Electricity Board who will not only disconnect that supply on the grounds of safety but will insist on more expensive cabling which they will, undoubtedly, inspect rigorously. You have already asked politely a number of times so, yes, tell the Electricity Board or whoever it is these days, there must be a number in your local phone directory for them, you could even dial "emergency" on this one I would have thought. I'm sure they will condemn the cabling and remove it at his expense or demand he does immediately, and as Sacha says, they will probably keep an eye on him in future which will be a pain for him. -- Regards Bob Use a useful Screen Saver... http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ and find intelligent life amongst the stars 351 data units completed. |
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I'd also be wary once your neighbour does pull his finger out and move the
cabling. Wary of him doing damage to your property in the process, like the fence (if it's yours). Make sure that any unavoidable damage he does that he's aware he'll be responsible for putting right within a reasonable amount of time and that's your reasonable not his! L |
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On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 00:07:13 +0000 (UTC), "bnd777"
wrote: Thoroughly agree ..........exterior cables MUST be properly installed ......theirs lots of rules about such things ......scare the pants off the old goat .......you might also tell him he needs legal deeds to have anything from drains to cables on your land and failure to do so will land him with legal trouble It's better to just query the purpose of the wire with the energy supplier and let them do the rest and not have a direct confrontation with the neighbour. -- Martin |
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from "Zizz" contains these words: I'd also be wary once your neighbour does pull his finger out and move the cabling. Wary of him doing damage to your property in the process, like the fence (if it's yours). Make sure that any unavoidable damage he does that he's aware he'll be responsible for putting right within a reasonable amount of time and that's your reasonable not his! Never use the word 'reasonable' - it can be interpreted unreasonably. 'Immediately' is a much better term..... -- Rusty Hinge http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/tqt.htm Dark thoughts about the Wumpus concerto played with piano, iron bar and two sledge hammers. (Wumpus, 15/11/03) |
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The message
from Sacha contains these words: that involve both safety and stubborness,on the grounds that if it mattters to him, it matters to me. Finally, just what can and will the electric company do if I tell them? My guess - and it's only a guess - is that they will say they're unsafe and make him move them, trunk them, bury them etc. Clearly, anyone with a sharp spade, axe, trowel or hoe could electrocute themselves in your garden. It seems pretty clear he wanted them your garden because he knew that old lady wasn't going to do any heavy, sharp tooled gardening work. In other words, his family was safe while she wasn't. Which is why you should mention it to your insurance company. I think they will make more than a bit of fuss. I think you need to make that clear to your neighbour and tell him that on those grounds alone, you need him to take the cables onto his land and make them HIS risk, not yours. If he's a difficult person, I don't know how any of this can be done nicely but I think you also have to make it very clear to him that if he does not do this you will a) sue him if anything happens to you, your family or your property and b) failing suitable and immediate action on his part, will contact the Electricity Board who will not only disconnect that supply on the grounds of safety but will insist on more expensive cabling which they will, undoubtedly, inspect rigorously. I don't know if it will bother the electricity company unduly, though it would have done before the industry was privatised. Wasn't the cable mentioned in your survey? It should have been spotted. -- Rusty Hinge http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/tqt.htm Dark thoughts about the Wumpus concerto played with piano, iron bar and two sledge hammers. (Wumpus, 15/11/03) |
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On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 12:25:42 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades
wrote: I don't know if it will bother the electricity company unduly, though it would have done before the industry was privatised. Wasn't the cable mentioned in your survey? It should have been spotted. I don't know about spotted, but cables for exterior use are colour coded. What colour is Mr. OP? -- Martin |
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On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 23:19:16 +0000, Sacha wrote:
I think you need to make that clear to your neighbour and tell him that on those grounds alone, you need him to take the cables onto his land and make them HIS risk, not yours. If he's a difficult person, I don't know how any of this can be done nicely but I think you also have to make it very clear to him that if he does not do this you will a) sue him if anything happens to you, your family or your property and b) failing suitable and immediate action on his part, will contact the Electricity Board who will not only disconnect that supply on the grounds of safety but will insist on more expensive cabling which they will, undoubtedly, inspect rigorously. I would suggest not *threatening* legal action or reportage to the responsible authorities. Such threats are the small change of internet invective and in real life too. No one takes them very seriously. Rather, if he does not cooperate by moving the cables promptly, let the next stage be the letter from your solicitor and the call from the electricity board, both without prior warning. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada [change "atlantic" to "pacific" and "invalid" to "net" to reply by email] |
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"Sacha" wrote in message .. . Bill Pritchard22/12/03 9:58 In answer to questions the cables are on the ground between 6ins to a foot from the fence. They seem to start from his house, go under his side path, under the fence then run up the garden to his various sheds and pigeon lofts. He is an obsessively tidy man and I think he just decided the cables would look nicer in my garden. The person living here before me was a 92 year old woman who paid someone just to tidy the garden occasionly. I want the cables moved for reasons that involve both safety and stubborness,on the grounds that if it mattters to him, it matters to me. Finally, just what can and will the electric company do if I tell them? My guess - and it's only a guess - is that they will say they're unsafe and make him move them, trunk them, bury them etc. Clearly, anyone with a sharp spade, axe, trowel or hoe could electrocute themselves in your garden. It seems pretty clear he wanted them your garden because he knew that old lady wasn't going to do any heavy, sharp tooled gardening work. In other words, his family was safe while she wasn't. I think you need to make that clear to your neighbour and tell him that on those grounds alone, you need him to take the cables onto his land and make them HIS risk, not yours. If he's a difficult person, I don't know how any of this can be done nicely but I think you also have to make it very clear to him that if he does not do this you will a) sue him if anything happens to you, your family or your property and b) failing suitable and immediate action on his part, will contact the Electricity Board who will not only disconnect that supply on the grounds of safety but will insist on more expensive cabling which they will, undoubtedly, inspect rigorously. All quite wise advice, except that you should perhaps replace "electricity board" with "electricity supply company". Franz |
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"martin" wrote in message ... On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 00:07:13 +0000 (UTC), "bnd777" wrote: Thoroughly agree ..........exterior cables MUST be properly installed ......theirs lots of rules about such things ......scare the pants off the old goat .......you might also tell him he needs legal deeds to have anything from drains to cables on your land and failure to do so will land him with legal trouble It's better to just query the purpose of the wire with the energy supplier and let them do the rest and not have a direct confrontation with the neighbour. That is truly the way out. Just play dumb and pretend that you think it is actually the suppliers' cable, and ask them to come and explain its purpose, and why it is lying on top of the ground. Franz |
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In message , Jaques d'Alltrades
writes The message from Sacha contains these words: that involve both safety and stubborness,on the grounds that if it mattters to him, it matters to me. Finally, just what can and will the electric company do if I tell them? My guess - and it's only a guess - is that they will say they're unsafe and make him move them, trunk them, bury them etc. Clearly, anyone with a sharp spade, axe, trowel or hoe could electrocute themselves in your garden. It seems pretty clear he wanted them your garden because he knew that old lady wasn't going to do any heavy, sharp tooled gardening work. In other words, his family was safe while she wasn't. Which is why you should mention it to your insurance company. I think they will make more than a bit of fuss. I think you need to make that clear to your neighbour and tell him that on those grounds alone, you need him to take the cables onto his land and make them HIS risk, not yours. If he's a difficult person, I don't know how any of this can be done nicely but I think you also have to make it very clear to him that if he does not do this you will a) sue him if anything happens to you, your family or your property and b) failing suitable and immediate action on his part, will contact the Electricity Board who will not only disconnect that supply on the grounds of safety but will insist on more expensive cabling which they will, undoubtedly, inspect rigorously. I don't know if it will bother the electricity company unduly, though it would have done before the industry was privatised. Wasn't the cable mentioned in your survey? It should have been spotted. They should be bothered, cos all wiring should conform to IEEE regs, and they would be in deep trouble if an accident occurred, they had been notified and done nothing. -- hugh Reply to address is valid at the time of posting |
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