Popped over to Altrincham yesterday to ram in some shopping and see the kids and best bud, Mandy.
Love those hectic days. While I was away from home our elusive next door neighbours showed up - for a week in their house (hopefully to sort out their garden). Stu rang me. Furious. So as I have explained before there seems to be some dispute over access . As I also tried to explain to them - we both have different opinions on what the access is because the info provided when we bought our respective houses doesn't match. So - let's keep things calm and amiable and go back to our solicitors for an explanation. That to me is the most obvious solution. So on Saturday...instead of parking round the back on their own drive and accessing their house on their own land (using their own access) they decided to block our front gate, unload and walk across our garden and decking to get to their front garden and door. Are they trying to prove a point? But regardless. They could at least have had the courtesy to ask if that was ok. Would we mind..because they only had a front door key. Or whatever the excuse was. What if they had released one of our hounds when they opened our gate? What if one of our dogs was out and took a dislike to them and bit one of their legs off? What if they tripped or slipped on our decking and broke a leg. Hmm? What then? I am convinced that the whole attitude ultimately boils down to the fact that they were hoping to buy some of the paddock from the chap who previously owned our house. And because he gave them false promises..then sold it to us (his decision as it was delaying our buying the house and we were on the verge of pulling out)...and didn't tell them. So that is our fault. They are pissed off. NOT OUR PROBLEM. We tried to get the previous owner to hurry with the splitting up of the paddock. We never asked for the extra bit. He just decided it was easier if we had it. It basically meant we could complete on the purchase. If I see him I will strangle him. He has done us no favours whatsoever. Why not sell the land to your neighbours yourself? I hear you say. They can FUCK RIGHT OFF. It's not for sale. Tempted to install 20 cockerels out there. Anyway. I like a good written rant. But you can bet your life I will spend the next week ducking down if they are in the garden etc. I don't like conflict and will burst into tears if they decide they want an argument. Wuss. (Next purchase? Big padlock for the driveway gate) Today's photo: a scribble to confuse you further (not to scale) or an attempt to depict the boundary issue (and their lack of access). I have to be honest - I have no idea why they bought the house. Would you? A house where you can only get to the back door? And to get to the garden you have to go through the front of the house. No access to their garden from anywhere else. Madness.
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Errol
6/18/2018 07:15:06 pm
Should be chasing the farmer for side access surely.
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