fullerand said:* Immediately after moving in, they erected *three* large satellite dishes at the back of the house. One of these is over a metre across, and is right beside our back bedroom window. All look unsightly.
CCOVICH said:Hah-I'm just after reading the ever so helpful responseyou received from a Moderator on Boards.
Feel I have to post as it seems to me that bypassing a neighbourly chat in favour of immediate landlord interference seems an extreme initial reaction and I would say totally the wrong way to go. There's every chance you could reach a compromise with your neighbours if you approached them in a friendly manner first off.
You say there may be a language barrier but you really won't know until you talk to them yourself. Just because they speak their own language to each other doesn't mean they don't speak English as well - there are Somalis renting in my building and it was only when I got talking to one of them in the hallway that I discovered she speaks almost better English than I do.
Getting their landlord to talk to them about something you could easily have spoken to them about yourself (say, not having the TV on late at night in the bedroom that adjoins yours) is the best way to have a terrible relationship with your neighbours and a very stressful home.
Sure, if your initial approach doesn't improve things then it would make sense to approach their landlord, but at the moment you're getting stressed about things that your neighbours have no idea you're stressed about - you can't really blame them for not picking up on your concerns with their psychic powers, they can only make an effort to improve things if you talk to them about the situation.
Or they would probably have been throwing stones and spitting at fullerand long before he made the complaint.
With some people there's no talking to.
I hate raising old threads, but I think it's appropriate in this case.
I'm the OP above, and I just thought I'd come back to say that 2.5 years after that post, we finally got a Determination Order from the PRTB today. I'm so angry that it has taken that long to go through the process - meanwhile the issues described above continued unabated the whole time. In fact they worsened to included throwing stones and spitting at us.
Let it be a warning to landlords to properly vet their tenants, and make sure you're fully versed with the Residential Tenancies Act.
Fair play to you for getting back with an update. Can you confirm what this 'determination order' means now for the landlord and the tenant?I hate raising old threads, but I think it's appropriate in this case.
I'm the OP above, and I just thought I'd come back to say that 2.5 years after that post, we finally got a Determination Order from the PRTB today. I'm so angry that it has taken that long to go through the process - meanwhile the issues described above continued unabated the whole time. In fact they worsened to included throwing stones and spitting at us.
I believe, in the circumstances outlined, that OP acted appropriately by contacting the landlord and the PRTB.Feel I have to post as it seems to me that bypassing a neighbourly chat in favour of immediate landlord interference seems an extreme initial reaction and I would say totally the wrong way to go. ...
Feel I have to post as it seems to me that bypassing a neighbourly chat in favour of immediate landlord interference seems an extreme initial reaction and I would say totally the wrong way to go. There's every chance you could reach a compromise with your neighbours if you approached them in a friendly manner first off.
Fair play to you for getting back with an update. Can you confirm what this 'determination order' means now for the landlord and the tenant?
Thanks - Is the order directed at the landlord or the tenant?The Determination Order is the final output of the PRTB dispute resolution process. In this case it's a document that says the tenant must vacate the premises by a particular date. If they don't comply they will be taken directly to the Circuit Court to enforce the order.
Thanks - Is the order directed at the landlord or the tenant?
It's great you came back to us with an update. But I fear a tenant who has waited 2.5 years will probably ignore the determination order. Is the PRTB going to pay for going to court? This could take a long time yet. Could you tell us more about the how the determination order came about, did the landlord not have to be involved etc.Primarily at the tenant.
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