dicey_reilly
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Except the bit with the nail on the pole........
Alternatively long pole with nail in the end - keep making little holes in the hose when they are not there - make their own garden nice and soggy without trespassing.
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When they objected to your planning - did they maintain that you were trying to build your house in ground liable for flooding or foundation too close to water table ? Is there water near your site (river, lake, drain) ?
If it were me, I would be 'immersing' myself in CSI Miami/Vegas/NY and then planning the perfect murder cos that is scandalous behaviour.
But the Law Society recommendation sounds good too.
Pure muleThis could be the next 'flood' Tribunal!
Or would we be better off just doing that drainage...?
Good to hear a bit of justice for those in the right, well done!Update - the Council ended up cutting thier water off and fined them for wasting water (about a week ago)... ?
Update -
Builders proceeding apace. BUT ... builders / engineer now want to excavate through the foundations / house to install a fancy all-singing / all-dancing drainiage system out to the mains drain at the front, on the road - at our expense - in case the Crazy Neighbours decide to do it again at some stage in the future.
... builders / engineer now want to excavate through the foundations / house to install a fancy all-singing / all-dancing drainiage system out to the mains drain at the front, on the road - at our expense - in case the Crazy Neighbours decide to do it again at some stage in the future.
They've not given us a price for this yet
This sounds unbelievable, I know - but it's true ... our next-door neighbours, 'till recently, fairly normal people, are actively flooding the foundations of the extension we're currently building. WHAT CAN WE DO???They are shoving a hose pipe into a gravel bed on their side of the garden wall and leaving the tap run and run and run. Our garden is lower than theirs and is flooding again and again and again. The builders are going spare! They've tested the water and have confirmed that it's treated, tap water, not rain water. They called the Council in, who also took a water sample, and have siad they'll meter next-door's water. The Council guy called to the house ref a 'suspected water leak out the back', but the neighbour told him he didn't know what he was talking about, and closed the door on his face,When we called to see the house last night, it was going on again, hosepipe jammed into wet gravel on their side of the wall - our site, dry on Friday afternoon was fill or water, and the 'lady' of the house was pottering about in her kitchen. (She's a solicitor, by the way!!).We called to the police station on the way home. They said they'd never heard the like - and told us to talk to the Council .... What's the best thing for us to do??(Neighbours objected to the PP, by the way, and appealed to ABP - lost out both times - but this is ridiculous!)
If your looking for a quick solution just simply turn your neighbor stopcock off early in the mornin but over tighten it .ie really really tight so it can not be reopenened .it would take 2 days for council to call and reinsate stopcock with would probably be enough time for your builder to have foundation done or a membrain of some sort put in .I have done this before thats how i know it will work
This does seem crazy. Get your solicitor on the job for goodness sake. Don't delay. And don't waste time with lots of letters - one warning letter and then straight to court. Tell your solicitor not to send the warning letter until the court proceedings are already drafted and ready to go- if you say that proceedings will issue in seven days, you absolutely must carry out the threat, so make sure thay are ready to go before that first letter. This will cost you more, but in these situations it is the right way to go.
It may be that the legal proceedings would be best coming from your builder - as the nuisance created by your neighbours is actually impacting on him in the performance of his contract. Your solicitor and barrister will be better able to advise.
That's what I was thinking......nyuk nyukHmmmm what would Victor Meldrew do?
Probably wait until late at night (if they leave the hose running overnight) - take the business end of the hose and feed it through the neighbours letterbox/car window/downstairs window etc.
If your looking for a quick solution just simply turn your neighbor stopcock off early in the mornin but over tighten it .ie really really tight so it can not be reopenened .it would take 2 days for council to call and reinsate stopcock with would probably be enough time for your builder to have foundation done or a membrain of some sort put in .I have done this before thats how i know it will work
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