Mr_Danger Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 I come across so many weirdo's like this on the post and they always want to tell you the story of why the perfectly normal and reasonable neighbour is such a cunt for having a cat or something. Always kick off when you walk on their gardens too. Fuck them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Justice Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 27 minutes ago, PunkStep said: Yep it reads that way. I work in the leasehold industry and whilst it's a whole different animal, there are some similarities between leases and deeds. If your deeds make no mention of the door colour bollocks then you're fine. That might just be an informal agreement between the residents at some point. Is there some sort of resident's association? Would advise against this unfortunately. From my experience they've given bad advice in this sort of field many, many times because property ownership in this country is so archaic and often defies common sense. Not against CAB in general at all, but in this field they're not great. Legal advice would definitely be my suggestion if you want clarification about the lawn. You might find case law will help you in this respect, as it's odd to insist on keeping a lawn given how common patios are these days. I'm not sure about any residents association. The CAB have been practically useless the last couple of times I've been to see them, so I've lost my faith in them anyway. And a patio front garden would be far more attractive looking than unkempt grass, which it will be most of the time until I can be bothered to get the mower out. What is odd is that these restrictions only apply to a block of 4 houses where some land was purchased and built on in 1970. All the other houses on our road that have been around much longer all have walls and paved front gardens etc. It's pretty baffling tbh. When we first moved in, the neighbours had pleasure in telling me that the house two doors up planted rose bushes around their boundry. They told the poor lady she had to take them out because they're above 12 inches. That's when they told me about all these restrictions and what we're allowed to do. If we go ahead with it and they kick off, I'll tell them they'll have to take down their 6ft rear fence as it's 12 inches too tall according to the deeds. The Nazi's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted January 26, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted January 26, 2020 They sound like fucking losers. Tories, no doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 You should sign up to every single free offer in a magazine or online as them so they get fucked off with all the junk mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Arch Stanton Posted January 26, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted January 26, 2020 17 minutes ago, PunkStep said: They sound like fucking losers. Tories, no doubt. UKIP little Englander vibes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted January 26, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted January 26, 2020 6 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said: You should sign up to every single free offer in a magazine or online as them so they get fucked off with all the junk mail. This. Copy @Gus Mears old trick (I think it was him) by having curtain samples sent to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallicks Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Any chance of hiring some kids to throw an apple in through an open window? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Justice Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 100% Brexit, UKIP, Tories. I'm deffo doing the junk mail thing, but I don't know what their last name is. He does look like a paedophile, so I might just address it to Mr Glitter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 1 minute ago, Steve Justice said: 100% Brexit, UKIP, Tories. I'm deffo doing the junk mail thing, but I don't know what their last name is. He does look like a paedophile, so I might just address it to Mr Glitter. Make sure you get info on patio work and driveways sent to him, as well as anything that’ll flare up the gammon, such as gay labour stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Tommy! Posted January 26, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted January 26, 2020 2 hours ago, Steve Justice said: When we first moved in, the neighbours had pleasure in telling me that the house two doors up planted rose bushes around their boundry. They told the poor lady she had to take them out because they're above 12 inches. That's when they told me about all these restrictions and what we're allowed to do. They were likely wrong then, she could have argued they constitute a boundary wall and left them. Kept them at precisely 4 5" just to really piss them off.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Get the lesser reputable driveway tarmacing/garden clearance companies to come round to give them some quotes. If they're anything like the ones around here they'll blag the hell out of them and end up leaving with petrol money for their trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Could be worse. https://www.kxan.com/news/local/williamson-county/georgetown-family-faces-lawsuit-over-playscape-for-terminally-ill-son/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members chokeout Posted January 27, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted January 27, 2020 The wording on the deeds makes it sound like restrictions that were put in place during planning for the properties, probably after objections / guidance from the owners of the existing properties on the street. They may well have a clause in theirs that says they can't paint their stupid door but you don't. The majority of places that have that level of control over the externals are ex-council. They usually have clauses to stop people adding their own doors and windows (some for uniformity, some because the council were solely in charge of repair/replacement of them) You usually only find out when someone gets told they can't paint a St George's Cross on their door during the world cup or bought their property on a right to buy and didn't challenge the wording on the deeds.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Kaz Hayashi Posted January 27, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted January 27, 2020 On 1/26/2020 at 1:41 PM, Steve Justice said: Cheers for that. Shame we'll have to keep it as a lawn. We really wanted to do away with it. I hate mowing, and my wife is unable to mow. That’s ideal. Turn it in to a big grassy eye saw and let them moan about it to the point they advise you to concrete it. Sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finbar Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Could you get away with replacing it with artificial grass? I've seen a few houses with their front garden covered in it. Doesn't look great but there's no maintenance and it's bound to annoy the neighbours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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