Annoying neighbours

[Elise]

Moved in to a flat with Motoracer this July. We live down a long driveway, shared by 3 houses. The front neighbor is an ex-police man and crazy. He has a habit of going through a mail to 'sort' it, and we keep getting our neighbors mail and vice versa, which seems like a minor offense. However..

One fine night he put a piece of wood with 4 nails poking out of it at the end of the driveway (actually this was the second time he'd done this), it caused 3 punchure holes in my friends tire when he came down the driveway. It is a concern for me and my bike, because having 3 punchure holes in the front tire would be quite detrimental to my riding ability.

He also has a video camera on his outside wall of his house, so he can see who is coming up and down the driveway all the time. Because he clearly dosnt have anything better to do.

Last rubbish collection, we had a note posted on our rubbish bin that read "clean your bin, it smells and has maggots". Um, well yes, its a bin, it is supposed to smell, like duh, and besides maggots are great as they eat all the rotten stuff! If we forget to get the rubbish bin off the street by one day, he is knocking on our door saying "your bin is still on the footpath, go take it down now"

Today was the last straw, we got some more mail than was meant for our neighbors, in our letterbox. So i wrote him a note that went something like this "excuse me, but why the fuck do we keep getting 7b's mail when our letterbox is clearly 7a, stop sorting our mail, you freak of nature", and i went and posted it in his letterbox (i blew a kiss at the camera on the way past). Admittedly this was mean, but hey he kinda has asked for it.

I reckon I've opened a can of angry worms? :Pokey:

[Indiana_Jones]

Now this has potential for laughs!

-Indy

[Finn]

Last rubbish collection, we had a note posted on our rubbish bin that read "clean your bin, it smells and has maggots".

He has a point though. Dirty neighbours that don't clean their rubbish bins piss me off too. I bet your house is filthy as well.

I like this guy.

[mdooher]

me thinks you are really going to have some fun now:Pokey:

On another note,:msn-wink: Can't we have english spelling in the thread title:doh:

Oh just saw your profile, you're a PA. I think the spelling should definitely be English

[imdying]

He has a point though. Dirty neighbours that don't clean their rubbish bins piss me off too. I bet your house is filthy as well.

I like this guy.
What he said :yes:

[SVboy]

I will watch this thread with interest....

[sunhuntin]

why is he going near your mail? its an offence, is it not, to do that? your mail should be going in your boxes, and be placed there by the postie.

[Dave-]

if the camera is on his property and it can see your property it's an invasion of privacy, going through other peoples mail is illegal init? as for the bin, swap with his on a regular basis without him knowing....

[The Pastor]

get over it. although putting spikes on the driveway is a bit weird? i'd be billing him if he caused my tyre a puncher (if it was a shared drive way, otherwise, stay off his drive).

being an ex cop he might have legitimite reasons for doing it all tho, I have a rallie in scotland who is a constant target of some gang / ira etc etc he has to check his car for bombs every morning!

[car]

why is he going near your mail? its an offence, is it not, to do that? your mail should be going in your boxes, and be placed there by the postie.

Who will, of course, make every attempt to deliver it at least three times out of four, unless he feels like throwing it in a ditch or sticking it in the mailbox at the bottom of the hill.

[crashe]

Moved in to a flat with Motoracer this July. We live down a long driveway, shared by 3 houses. The front neighbor is an ex-police man and crazy. He has a habit of going through a mail to 'sort' it, and we keep getting our neighbors mail and vice versa, which seems like a minor offense. However..

One fine night he put a piece of wood with 4 nails poking out of it at the end of the driveway (actually this was the second time he'd done this), it caused 3 punchure holes in my friends tire when he came down the driveway. It is a concern for me and my bike, because having 3 punchure holes in the front tire would be quite detrimental to my riding ability.

He also has a video camera on his outside wall of his house, so he can see who is coming up and down the driveway all the time. Because he clearly dosnt have anything better to do.

Last rubbish collection, we had a note posted on our rubbish bin that read "clean your bin, it smells and has maggots". Um, well yes, its a bin, it is supposed to smell, like duh, and besides maggots are great as they eat all the rotten stuff! If we forget to get the rubbish bin off the street by one day, he is knocking on our door saying "your bin is still on the footpath, go take it down now"

Today was the last straw, we got some more mail than was meant for our neighbors, in our letterbox. So i wrote him a note that went something like this "excuse me, but why the fuck do we keep getting 7b's mail when our letterbox is clearly 7a, stop sorting our mail, you freak of nature", and i went and posted it in his letterbox (i blew a kiss at the camera on the way past). Admittedly this was mean, but hey he kinda has asked for it.

I reckon I've opened a can of angry worms? :Pokey:

Letterbox issue - It is a offence to go throu another person's letterbox.
Get a photo/video of him doing this and let the Post Office know.
Also check with the postie to make sure that they are reading the front of the mail and putting the mail in the correct letterbox. Some posties are lazy and just dump the lot into one letterbox, he could be peeved off getting everyone elses mail and is just putting it back into the correct letterbox.
You can also have your mail saved up at your local post shop and collect it there, which will stop him (and maybe ruin his day)

Nailed wood - Did you actually see him place the wood (with the nails in it) on the driveway? If you didnt see him place it there, then how do you know it was him. Could be neighbourhood kids.
Are you revving up the bikes heaps and annoying him?

Video camera - Maybe in the past he has had drug dealers living there behind him... or maybe he has been burgled.
If it is directed at and into your place then you can do something about it.

Rubbish Bin - Well if it does have maggots in it, then clean the friggen thing out - use disinfectant. Maggots change to Blow flys. Sorry but that is filth.
Spray the maggots and then throw disinfectant in it, fill it up with some water and scrub it out. Will take you a few minutes. Use rubbish bags inside the bin, and that way you wont get that problem. It ain't hard to bring the bin back in the same night it was collected by the rubbishboys. Keeps the street looking tidy.



Have you actually thought of knocking on his front door and introducing yourself and talking about these issues.

Maybe ask him to put your bin up near your place (but not on your property) as you get home so late and tend to forget it. Just make sure it is clean thou.

[Disco Dan]

Moved in to a flat with Motoracer this July. We live down a long driveway, shared by 3 houses.

I live down a long driveway.. I also have a camera.... You sure IM not your neighbour??? :msn-wink: :devil2:

[Mikkel]

Have you actually thought of knocking on his front door and introducing yourself and talking about these issues.

I hope that they have.

If they haven't had a chat with their neightbour - then I can't see why they'd even consider wasting bandwidth with crying about the issue here.

That being said he sounds like a special guy alright.

[Elise]

He has a point though. Dirty neighbours that don't clean their rubbish bins piss me off too. I bet your house is filthy as well.

I like this guy.

Actually, there were no maggots in our bin..so im not sure what he was on about. As for our house being dirty, low blow, and also untrue, but its great to see you sterotyping people, good stuff

[FlangMasterJ]

Do the right thing and tap into his camera feed, dress up like a ghost stand on the driveway and put that footage on loop. He'll come out to see what the fuck is going on and see that there is nothing there but this eerie figure will still be on his monitor :devil2:

Yes Speed was on Sky movies a few days ago.

or...... you could just kick him in the gonads and tell him to leave your shit alone.

[Elise]

I hope that they have.

If they haven't had a chat with their neightbour - then I can't see why they'd even consider wasting bandwidth with crying about the issue here.

That being said he sounds like a special guy alright.

Yes, in fact me and my flatmates have had various conversations with him, but its hard to be polite when he is going through our mail etc The only time we hear from him is when we have done something 'wrong', i get the impression he is bored and likes getting worked up over little things

[Elise]

get over it. although putting spikes on the driveway is a bit weird? i'd be billing him if he caused my tyre a puncher (if it was a shared drive way, otherwise, stay off his drive).

being an ex cop he might have legitimite reasons for doing it all tho, I have a rallie in scotland who is a constant target of some gang / ira etc etc he has to check his car for bombs every morning!

Legimtate reasons for sticking spikes in a shared driving? Um this isnt scotland mate

[jrandom]

The only time we hear from him is when we have done something 'wrong', i get the impression he is bored and likes getting worked up over little things

Mmmyerrrs.

What, exactly, are you hoping to achieve via this thread, by the way?

Would you like advice on how to deal with the guy?

You have two options:

A. Move house.

B. Behave like a civilised human being and talk to him. Find out what his issues are. Become his friend. Resolve your differences.

[Elise]

me thinks you are really going to have some fun now:Pokey:

On another note,:msn-wink: Can't we have english spelling in the thread title:doh:

Oh just saw your profile, you're a PA. I think the spelling should definitely be English

yeah sorry, but "American" is actually an accepted form of spelling..

[nodrog]

complaining about your rubbish, are you sure its not Osama Bin-Liner? you better call these guys just incase...

[jrandom]

yeah sorry, but "American" is actually an accepted form of spelling..

Not here it ain't. We don't hold with forn types and their odd ways.

[mdooher]

yeah sorry, but "American" is actually an accepted form of spelling..

Oh god really?? Why? Where? By whom? Is it because IT geeks can't be bothered changing the default dictionary in word?

I don't let my students away with it:oi-grr:

:Offtopic:Oh well I'm way off topic now shit I hate when people do that :eek:

[Elise]

Not here it ain't. We don't hold with forn types and their odd ways.

im terribly sorry, ill go and change my Word to English (New Zealand)

[Mikkel]

im terribly sorry, ill go and change my Word to English (New Zealand)

Good luck with that. The shite will keep on changing back to U.S. English (there is no such thing).

[sunhuntin]

im terribly sorry, ill go and change my Word to English (New Zealand)

dont worry about it... some words i spell the american/canadian way [like color and meter] simply cos thats how i get it out of the keyboard, lol.

[Elise]

Mmmyerrrs.

What, exactly, are you hoping to achieve via this thread, by the way?

Would you like advice on how to deal with the guy?

You have two options:

A. Move house.

B. Behave like a civilised human being and talk to him. Find out what his issues are. Become his friend. Resolve your differences.

hhmmm

Well i posted this in the rant or rave forum...therefore by the very definition of the word 'Rant' which Wikipedia describes as "A rant is a purely emotion driven speech or piece of writing that has been sparked by something so emotionally or intellectually jarring that one ignores any notion of making a well researched and calm argument. A rant directly attacks an idea, person or institution, often making few tangible claims and broad, possibly personal, attacks upon the target. While there may be some statistical or concrete information in a rant, the key ideas expressed are what the ‘ranter’ personally feels. A rant may be in defense of an individual, idea or organization but a rant of this manner predominately occurs after said subject has been attacked by another individual or group."

therefore i am merely ranting and dont require any advise thanks, Mr civilised

[nodrog]

hhmmm

Well i posted this in the rant or rave forum...therefore by the very definition of the word 'Rant' which Wikipedia describes as "A rant is a purely emotion driven speech or piece of writing that has been sparked by something so emotionally or intellectually jarring that one ignores any notion of making a well researched and calm argument. A rant directly attacks an idea, person or institution, often making few tangible claims and broad, possibly personal, attacks upon the target. While there may be some statistical or concrete information in a rant, the key ideas expressed are what the ‘ranter’ personally feels. A rant may be in defense of an individual, idea or organization but a rant of this manner predominately occurs after said subject has been attacked by another individual or group."

therefore i am merely ranting and dont require any advise thanks, Mr civilised

you sound hot, wanna root?

[Dave Lobster]

im terribly sorry, ill go and change my Word to English (New Zealand)

Does that version put a billion apostrophes (apostrophe's) in where they're not needed?

[Mom]

im terribly sorry, ill go and change my Word to English (New Zealand)

I actually think that instead of wasting time doing that you should clean your maggotty rubbish bin. I would also be telling you about it if I had to walk past it for a couple of days because you are too lazy to bring it back onto your property. You are a renter, a bit of advice from an ex-property manager, clean up your act before your neighbour complains to who you rent from, giving grounds for notice to remedy and possible termination of your tenancy.

[sparrow_34]

Actually, there were no maggots in our bin..so im not sure what he was on about.

Mom, there were no magots in the bin

[Elise]

I actually think that instead of wasting time doing that you should clean your maggotty rubbish bin. I would also be telling you about it if I had to walk past it for a couple of days because you are too lazy to bring it back onto your property. You are a renter, a bit of advice from an ex-property manager, clean up your act before your neighbour complains to who you rent from, giving grounds for notice to remedy and possible termination of your tenancy.

Termination of tenancy because our rubbish bin smells a little when you lift the lid up? Christ, is a good thing your an ex-property manager

[Mom]

Termination of tenancy because our rubbish bin smells a little when you lift the lid up?

Dont be silly! All rubbish bins smell a bit, some more than others......Newspaper wrapped fish guts spring to mind here ..you made the mention of maggots my dear not me and.....in my experience, if you have maggots in your rubbish bin, and your neighbours complain the rest of your general house keeping leaves a bit to be desired too.......Apologies if you are the exception to my experience.



Christ, is a good thing your an ex-property manager


There are more than a few property owners that don't agree with you, I trained a few property managers up too so watch out.........LOL

[Lteejay]

Whew - the girl's just having a bitch. Give her a break.