Cheeky fucker neighbours?

[sistersofpercy]

cant recall if I told this before, so forgive me if it's familiar. It's also long....

For the most part our neighbour are ok. My house is tucked up a corner at the end of a drive so I'm reasonably out of the way of the crazy, but the guy who lives at the end of my drive is what we tend to call a 'bit of a strange fruit'.

At one point our drives run side by side for about 6 meters. There is no shared access, right of way etc. Somewhere on the deeds it was written that we are not to park on this concurrent part, even though we own it, and we don't, but people do stop there to deliver etc never more than a few minutes. In the past, we think when he's had a drink, he's come out, arms waving and shouting at people. Most have told him to fuck off.

Came back from holiday last year to find he'd bought himself a second car. Now the only way to get this on and off his drive is to move his other car and shuffle them. I was amused to note that rather than doing this, he'd drive on to my drive instead and use that and he did it several times a day. He even moved my bin one night after I'd put it out on my drive so he could drive out. Not something that bothered me at that point, but I figured if we were going down the give and take route he'd stop complaining at the Amazon man etc.

Couple of months ago I sold my old car and a young lad came to look at it. He made the fatal mistake of parking there. He's out in seconds, arms waving, pointing etc. Generally acting like a toddler who wants a milky bar and cant have it. Unfortunately for him he caught my husband in a less than good mood.
Husband marches down there and asks if there is a problem, neighbour confirms he's sick of people stopping on our drive. Husband goes sickly sweet, apologises and asks if putting a parking post in might help. Neighbour enthusiastically agrees. Husband walks to the part of the drive neighbour uses and says 'no problem, i'll pop one there'. It's at this point neighbour realises he's cooked. "but' he stutters 'I wont be able to get my car out!'. 'No, you wont be able to continue to use OUR drive daily I'm afraid'. Neighbour goes quiet. Husband finishes it with 'if you decide that people stopping on our property is a problem for you moving forward, please knock on and i'll put the post in'.

Not a peep has been heard from him since

 

[Tinkerbell cat]

There is a small alley between my dad's house and his neighbour's house. It leads to their back gardens. My dad has an outside tap on the steps and then his back gate so the tap was just outside the back gate but still on his side of the house and on his property. The neighbours started to use it at the start of summer to fill their pool without even so much as asking my dad if would it be ok!

My dad being the petty bigger he is and a builder by trade moved the back gate down the steps so now the tap was blocked off from the neighbours and inside his garden. They were absolutely fuming about this. The thing is, if they had asked then it would have been zero issue but the fact they just helped themselves and they did this quite often my dad said, kids filling water balloons, neighbour filling buckets for cleaning etc. He always let it go until they decided they wanted to fill a massive swimming pool. Some people are just so cheeky.

I bloody loved seeing the back gate moved and the tap now inside the garden - their pool got wrecked a while back by one of their feral kids jumping in from a trampoline so they had to get a new one, they still haven't filled it as the weather has been shite but my dad says there is no way they're using his tap after their attitude towards him for moving his fence so he's waiting patiently for sunshine to see how they fill this thing

 

[Tinkerbell cat]

So I’m not the only one with cheeky ducker neighbours. (Didn’t expect to be but still )

The plot thickens.

Just as I was leaving to go water my mum’s garden (with her own water ) a guy from the water company knocked on the door to read one of our meters (we bizarrely have two). He’s coming back tomorrow as there’s no way my 2yo would have gone back in the house.
I asked him why he might have been sent (random or a reason) and he said usually he gets sent to houses where they’ve noticed a noticeable difference in the water consumption. (Is there a leak/meter tampering?)

Now, I’m no expert but how much have they used the last three weekends to trigger a call out?
We’re on a meter so pay for what we use. Water guy thinks if we called the company they could tell us how much extra has been used (and it’s worth). How expensive IS water? I’ve never really thought about it “by the litre” AND how much would an entire gardens-worth of patio cost (cement is pretty water intensive).

Ultimately it’s probably not worth complaining over as I’d rather be out of pocket than have poor neighbour relations, but maybe that’s what they were counting on. They have to ask now, as we have the tap lock, so the ongoing problem is fixed.

Lastly, this is not our sand and they didn’t ask to keep it there. I also want to ask the builders to clean my wall as all that splatter is from them making the cement. Might be an odd thing to be annoyed with, but that wall was newly built last year and pristine. (Ok, writing it out I can see I’m in crazy mode, to care about a wall).

You have every right to be annoyed, that really is a joke. You are a better person than me as I'd have gone out, put the tap on, and washed all the sand away
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Definately cheeky gits water prices have recently gone up too They could of been drawing litres off?
Our cheeky git neighbours were filling up our bins walking across our front garden because they won't cut their trees back telling their guest they could park on our drive and I came home one day to find their old gas radiators and pipes in my front garden

We have neighbours that put stuff in our bins when we leave them down to get emptied. It pisses me off because if the bin lid won't close fully then the bin men won't empty the bin! On a few occasions they haven't emptied our bin for this reason. I literally go down now and wing all the shite from the bin that isn't mine and leave it lying there. Might seem petty but its just so rude.

 

[Libbub]

We seem to have the worst luck with neighbours. We live in a detached house, the one next to us is about 2 metres apart. The guy who moved in next door was very friendly and nice to our face - but we came home one day to discover he'd built a kind of smoking shelter and attached it to our garage wall! I was furious. Didn't say anything as thought best to keep relations good.

I've heard him banging all day now though - I'm scared this lean to is being converted into something much more permanent.

Omg. I'd have had that down in about 30 seconds flat. Sod good relations. That would have made my blood boil. There really are some piss takers out there..

 

[GhostHoward]

So I’m not the only one with cheeky ducker neighbours. (Didn’t expect to be but still )

The plot thickens.

Just as I was leaving to go water my mum’s garden (with her own water ) a guy from the water company knocked on the door to read one of our meters (we bizarrely have two). He’s coming back tomorrow as there’s no way my 2yo would have gone back in the house.
I asked him why he might have been sent (random or a reason) and he said usually he gets sent to houses where they’ve noticed a noticeable difference in the water consumption. (Is there a leak/meter tampering?)

Now, I’m no expert but how much have they used the last three weekends to trigger a call out?
We’re on a meter so pay for what we use. Water guy thinks if we called the company they could tell us how much extra has been used (and it’s worth). How expensive IS water? I’ve never really thought about it “by the litre” AND how much would an entire gardens-worth of patio cost (cement is pretty water intensive).

Ultimately it’s probably not worth complaining over as I’d rather be out of pocket than have poor neighbour relations, but maybe that’s what they were counting on. They have to ask now, as we have the tap lock, so the ongoing problem is fixed.

Lastly, this is not our sand and they didn’t ask to keep it there. I also want to ask the builders to clean my wall as all that splatter is from them making the cement. Might be an odd thing to be annoyed with, but that wall was newly built last year and pristine. (Ok, writing it out I can see I’m in crazy mode, to care about a wall).

 

[ChastityDingle]

Omg. I'd have had that down in about 30 seconds flat. Sod good relations. That would have made my blood boil. There really are some piss takers out there..

Agreed.
Give them an inch and they take a mile.

 

[didisaythatoutloudoops]

We seem to have the worst luck with neighbours. We live in a detached house, the one next to us is about 2 metres apart. The guy who moved in next door was very friendly and nice to our face - but we came home one day to discover he'd built a kind of smoking shelter and attached it to our garage wall! I was furious. Didn't say anything as thought best to keep relations good.

I've heard him banging all day now though - I'm scared this lean to is being converted into something much more permanent.

 

[Lottiehx]

We used to go out on way to work take all their stuff out of our bins but by the time I got home they had put it all in again including shitty nappies one day I just snapped and sent them the mother of all snotty letters they ordered two extra bins from the council and never did it again

see I'm on the other end of this, we have a pathway outside our house that goes from the bottom of our driveway, up to our front door. Due to the position of our house on the street, there are 3 neighbours that put their bins on the pavement infront of our garden on bin day which is a bit annoying, but it's fine. However there's 1 particular neighbour that puts his big black bin right ON our pathway, I'll move it to the pavement and then he does the same again next bin day! He's a middle aged single man who only ever puts in 1 bin bag tops, we however are a family of 5 and never have enough bin space so I have started putting my extra bags in his bin If he's going to leave his bin on my property, I'm going to use it

 

[Beechbum]

Definitely cheeky fuckers, especially if you’re on a water meter. The neighbours should have sorted their own tap or let them come inside to get water.

 

[Rosie glow]

Get this for cheeky neighbours, my elderly neighbours daughter came to our door last night (the elderly couple hardly speak english) to apologise for the noise over the next two weeks as their 4 grandchildren are coming to stay (bear in mind our houses are tiny two up two down, made for 3 people)
Last year it was a nightmare they were running up and down the stairs and screaming and shouting till midnight most nights we didn't get any peace
Surely they should keep their noise down or at least at a reasonable level, not basically come to my door and say we are going to be noisey hope you don't mind

 

[mysteriousgirl69]

Cheeky fuckers, 100%.

Reminds me of my neighbour having his roof done earlier this year and volunteering use of my driveway for them to park their wagon on when removing the tiles while I was out. When I confronted the blokes, apparently my neighbour said to them he'd cleared it all with me and I'd said it was fine!

It's taught me never to underestimate the length of sheer NECK some people have

 

[Libbub]

Agreed.
Give them an inch and they take a mile.

Absolutely, don't be ashamed or afraid to set boundaries for people who clearly don't have any.

 

[Rosie glow]

You have every right to be annoyed, that really is a joke. You are a better person than me as I'd have gone out, put the tap on, and washed all the sand away
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We have neighbours that put stuff in our bins when we leave them down to get emptied. It pisses me off because if the bin lid won't close fully then the bin men won't empty the bin! On a few occasions they haven't emptied our bin for this reason. I literally go down now and wing all the shite from the bin that isn't mine and leave it lying there. Might seem petty but its just so rude.

We used to go out on way to work take all their stuff out of our bins but by the time I got home they had put it all in again including shitty nappies one day I just snapped and sent them the mother of all snotty letters they ordered two extra bins from the council and never did it again

 

[GhostHoward]

We live in large terraces, with a passageway between us and our neighbours. Theare currently doing up their garden and back of house (painting the back; new fence; garden studio; new patio, etc.)

They were really good when we had our house renovated a few years ago. Signed the party wall act without question and never complained. It took a whole year, so not insignificant, and we didn’t live there during.

We say hello in passing but don’t really chat like we might with other neighbours. When they were having the studio built they did ask if they could show me what they were doing as they needed to temporarily remove my fence. I had no complaints other than to just be careful when cutting an overhanging branch of a large shrub/small tree as it was given my my (newly deceased) grandma. Strictly speaking the studio would need planning permission (it’s size and that it has a bathroom in it) but we’re not petty and it has no impact on us so why would we care. (Only mentioning this as I feel it shows an openness on our side).

When they had the back of the house painted I was just about to take my youngest to the park. I saw someone using our outdoor tap (it’s at the back of our utility by the bin store, but in the alleyway, not in our enclosed back garden). I was a bit taken aback and asked what they were doing? It was a young guy, who worked for the painting company. He was apologetic and said that he didn’t think we’d mind but he was sorry. Said no one was at home to get water from them and their outdoor tap was broken. (although neighbour came out at that point, so clearly was). I’d left my daughter by the road so had to rush off, but because they hadn’t asked I was more annoyed than I would be. We’d absolutely have agreed if they’d asked.

That was about a month ago. Last weekend and weekend before that they started having the patio done (really gorgeous York stone if anyone cares ). No problem our end. They put up with our building site so crack on and we’ll just keep our doors shut.
Last week I noticed a load of splattering up the back of the house under the outdoor tap. I had suspicions so bought a tap lock (as I meant to do when we moved back in after the Reno but never got around to doing). Lo and behold yesterday their builder comes over and asks if they could use our tap (neighbour was home) as neighbours is broken. We agree but ask them if they’ve used it for the rest of the patio work. They admit they have. We explain that we’d always have said yes (limited use though as we’re on a water meter) but we weren’t impressed that they just used it and didn’t ask. They knew we were in on both days they used it.
As a thank you the builder took away an old wardrobe we’d not taken to the tip, and levelled the area next to the bins with leftover sand.
There were absolutely no hard feelings and we left it all positive.

But am I wrong to think that using your neighbours tap without asking is in the cheeky fucker category.

I don’t know if the neighbours told them it’d probably be ok or if the painters and then separately, the builders thought it’d be ok but in all of this the neighbours haven’t apologised once.

Tap lock has gone back on and they can ask next weekend (it’d be a shame if we went out that morning )

 

[bluefootedbooby]

You should be able to work out your usual consumption (and therefore cost) from your bills and compare this with the latest readings/bills

Yes - I'd be doing that and seeing what the increase was over the period and ask them to pay. It is cheeky BUT also working in the building industry, let me tell you workmen are a pain in the ass and will often do stuff without thinking because it's more convenient for them. Definitely ask them to clean your wall and the remaining sand. Fuckers.

 

[didisaythatoutloudoops]

Get this for cheeky neighbours, my elderly neighbours daughter came to our door last night (the elderly couple hardly speak english) to apologise for the noise over the next two weeks as their 4 grandchildren are coming to stay (bear in mind our houses are tiny two up two down, made for 3 people)
Last year it was a nightmare they were running up and down the stairs and screaming and shouting till midnight most nights we didn't get any peace
Surely they should keep their noise down or at least at a reasonable level, not basically come to my door and say we are going to be noisey hope you don't mind

Sadly it seems a lot of people these days think it's their right to inconvenience everyone around them - but god forbid you inconvenience them. I'd have half a mind to be up at 6am blasting music back.

 

[Rosie glow]

The part I find really cheeky is not being friendly enough to just talk to you first, it even after. This is about relations and trust more than dust I feel?

Maybe wait until it's all done before feeling fully irritated, they may yet thank you some way.

As for cheeky neighbours, mine is an ice cream driver so dumps her uninsured car (as it has no MOT) opposite our drive, which is dropped and on a corner, and we then cannot see past her car and over sized pavement blocking bush so people who may have to walk in the road are in danger, and we would be liable if we hit someone and God forbid we ever did. There's kids, a woman on an electric scooter etc who we see going past in that road. When it comes to bins, we have photos of her wheelie bin after being filled with empty flake boxes etc literally just dumped not just outside our house but on our garden.

She's blocked the drains pouring down stale ice cream (dairy can cause explosions)

She also tried to run me over on my drive with the van.

We got no help, the police have done zero about her driving the car that didn't pass its MOT, and we've even got footage of her attacking the police. She's not going anywhere, and we will never have peace.

She decided she would hate on us as I asked her to move 6 cars blocking the street when my father in law was coming over, it was his last visit, he passed away soon after. Its wanting a dying man to be able to park on our drive has led to a nightmare 3 years.

It's not worth falling out with the cheeky, they can get much worse.

It will soon be done thank goodness, I hope they're decent and pay for the water without fuss. I feel for you being that close, at least I'm just facing my cheeky neighbour

It's awful when we have to turn a blind eye to awful neighbours in fear they will get worse

 

[Libbub]

I'm not that generous , I'd have agreed as long as there was some compensation for the water used and that they clean ALL the mess that's been made. I would also point out that the homeowners could actually run a hosepipe out of a window for their use and they should suggest it. The fact the neighbours haven't asked or had the decency to speak about it would piss me off.

We had similar, a neighbour , who again we only said hello to but recently they were picking our brains about who we'd used for our new windows etc, sent a builder along to tell us that they need to use our side access and come across our garden to get into their garden to install a new window. I said to him I was surprised that they hadnt mentioned it whilst we were talking, but left it til 2 days before work was due to commence. I told him that I would want to be there as I would want to make sure no damage was caused to my new 6k decking . He said oh don't worry about that. I told him he either needed to reschedule to fit in with me or go to the other end and go through there. He then reveals the other way told him to basically jog on.

It seems they went through the house instead which the homeowners didn't want because of damage inside!. The nerve of people.

 

[GhostHoward]

The part I find really cheeky is not being friendly enough to just talk to you first, it even after. This is about relations and trust more than dust I feel?

Maybe wait until it's all done before feeling fully irritated, they may yet thank you some way.

As for cheeky neighbours, mine is an ice cream driver so dumps her uninsured car (as it has no MOT) opposite our drive, which is dropped and on a corner, and we then cannot see past her car and over sized pavement blocking bush so people who may have to walk in the road are in danger, and we would be liable if we hit someone and God forbid we ever did. There's kids, a woman on an electric scooter etc who we see going past in that road. When it comes to bins, we have photos of her wheelie bin after being filled with empty flake boxes etc literally just dumped not just outside our house but on our garden.

She's blocked the drains pouring down stale ice cream (dairy can cause explosions)

She also tried to run me over on my drive with the van.

We got no help, the police have done zero about her driving the car that didn't pass its MOT, and we've even got footage of her attacking the police. She's not going anywhere, and we will never have peace.

She decided she would hate on us as I asked her to move 6 cars blocking the street when my father in law was coming over, it was his last visit, he passed away soon after. Its wanting a dying man to be able to park on our drive has led to a nightmare 3 years.

It's not worth falling out with the cheeky, they can get much worse.

It will soon be done thank goodness, I hope they're decent and pay for the water without fuss. I feel for you being that close, at least I'm just facing my cheeky neighbour

Jesus. She sounds like the worst neighbour ever.

Unlocked the water again yesterday for the builders. Asked nicely if when they were done could they please clean my wall. They’re nice chaps.
I don’t understand the thought process of the CF neighbours but I’m also not going to do/say anything as, as you said, it’s not worth it for neighbour relations. The problem is solved in that they can’t just use without asking. We both look like we’re planning on staying put for a long time to come so causing tensions is unwise.

 

[Rosie glow]

Sadly it seems a lot of people these days think it's their right to inconvenience everyone around them - but god forbid you inconvenience them. I'd have half a mind to be up at 6am blasting music back.

My husband gets up at 4.am for work every morning let's just say he's a bit noisier than normal