OT. New neighbours again

They came round with a solution.
"We've decided that we will let you get your car out if you will agree to
let us do this.. build a 6ft 1 wall in front of your kitchen window and they
gave me something to sign.
I was quite kind and took their letter and said I might have have to let a
solicitor see this.
I have been in touch with the council about having my own drop kerb and when
I get this permission (which I will) I will do this so they cannot ever
block me in.

so its been a set up from the beginning, i would take pictures every single
time anything arises, oh do be careful, Lee
"Christina Websell" wrote in message
...
They came round with a solution.
"We've decided that we will let you get your car out if you will agree to
let us do this.. build a 6ft 1 wall in front of your kitchen window and
they gave me something to sign.
I was quite kind and took their letter and said I might have have to let a
solicitor see this.
I have been in touch with the council about having my own drop kerb and
when I get this permission (which I will) I will do this so they cannot
ever block me in.

Of course it's a set up! Now I would think they'd try to impress me as I
"duly considered" their proposal, by making sure I could get my car out in
the meantime, but apparently not..


"Storrmmee" wrote in message
...
so its been a set up from the beginning, i would take pictures every
single time anything arises, oh do be careful, Lee
"Christina Websell" wrote in message
...
They came round with a solution.
"We've decided that we will let you get your car out if you will agree to
let us do this.. build a 6ft 1 wall in front of your kitchen window and
they gave me something to sign.
I was quite kind and took their letter and said I might have have to let
a solicitor see this.
I have been in touch with the council about having my own drop kerb and
when I get this permission (which I will) I will do this so they cannot
ever block me in.

So, in addition to being hostile, rude and sociopathic, they're also stupid.

Joyce

Christina Websell wrote:

Of course it's a set up! Now I would think they'd try to impress me as I
"duly considered" their proposal, by making sure I could get my car out in
the meantime, but apparently not..


"Storrmmee" wrote in message
...
so its been a set up from the beginning, i would take pictures every
single time anything arises, oh do be careful, Lee
"Christina Websell" wrote in message
...
They came round with a solution.
"We've decided that we will let you get your car out if you will agree to
let us do this.. build a 6ft 1 wall in front of your kitchen window and
they gave me something to sign.
I was quite kind and took their letter and said I might have have to let
a solicitor see this.
I have been in touch with the council about having my own drop kerb and
when I get this permission (which I will) I will do this so they cannot
ever block me in.

wrote in message
...
So, in addition to being hostile, rude and sociopathic, they're also
stupid.
Christina Websell wrote:

Of course it's a set up! Now I would think they'd try to impress me as
I
"duly considered" their proposal, by making sure I could get my car out
in
the meantime, but apparently not..


I've been blocked in most of the time, what if Boyfie needed the vet
urgently?
They are just more than stupid and they have seriously annoyed me which is a
bad idea.
I am usually quite kind but they have taken me beyond patience now.
I don't know why they are such a* h*les but it seems to come naturally.
As if I don't have enough to put with atm with my broken bones, I get them
too :-(
Tweed

"Christina Websell" wrote in
:

They came round with a solution.
"We've decided that we will let you get your car out if you will agree
to let us do this.. build a 6ft 1 wall in front of your kitchen window
and they gave me something to sign.
I was quite kind and took their letter and said I might have have to
let a solicitor see this.
I have been in touch with the council about having my own drop kerb
and when I get this permission (which I will) I will do this so they
cannot ever block me in.

What a bunch of a@@holes! Screw them and their "solution".

Bobble

"Bobble" wrote in message
...
"Christina Websell" wrote in
:

They came round with a solution.
"We've decided that we will let you get your car out if you will agree
to let us do this.. build a 6ft 1 wall in front of your kitchen window
and they gave me something to sign.
I was quite kind and took their letter and said I might have have to
let a solicitor see this.
I have been in touch with the council about having my own drop kerb
and when I get this permission (which I will) I will do this so they
cannot ever block me in.

What a bunch of a@@holes! Screw them and their "solution".

Ain't that just the truth ;-)

On Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:47:01 -0000, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

They came round with a solution.
"We've decided that we will let you get your car out if you will agree to
let us do this.. build a 6ft 1 wall in front of your kitchen window and they
gave me something to sign.
I was quite kind and took their letter and said I might have have to let a
solicitor see this.
I have been in touch with the council about having my own drop kerb and when
I get this permission (which I will) I will do this so they cannot ever
block me in.



Rather than having the existing curb removed and replaced with a 'low
spot' you can drive your car over, would it be possible to simply have
some hot asphalt put down to make a short 'ramp'?

I've seen where this has been done, and if the existing curb isn't too
high, it does work very well, at a SMALL fraction of the cost of
removing the existing curb, etc.

I have bought bags of cold asphalt mix at a building supply store that
would work; they were 40 lb (18 KG). It's work to put it in, and
probably not as durable as hot asphalt, but probably would cost less
than $100, and only take a few hours to put into place, at most.

If it was me, I would just DO this. But, I live in America, where the
local government would probably THANK me.

On 25/12/2011 9:21 AM, trubble wrote:
On Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:47:01 -0000, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

They came round with a solution.
"We've decided that we will let you get your car out if you will agree to
let us do this.. build a 6ft 1 wall in front of your kitchen window and they
gave me something to sign.
I was quite kind and took their letter and said I might have have to let a
solicitor see this.
I have been in touch with the council about having my own drop kerb and when
I get this permission (which I will) I will do this so they cannot ever
block me in.



Rather than having the existing curb removed and replaced with a 'low
spot' you can drive your car over, would it be possible to simply have
some hot asphalt put down to make a short 'ramp'?

I've seen where this has been done, and if the existing curb isn't too
high, it does work very well, at a SMALL fraction of the cost of
removing the existing curb, etc.

I have bought bags of cold asphalt mix at a building supply store that
would work; they were 40 lb (18 KG). It's work to put it in, and
probably not as durable as hot asphalt, but probably would cost less
than $100, and only take a few hours to put into place, at most.

If it was me, I would just DO this. But, I live in America, where the
local government would probably THANK me.

Dunno about the law there, but a ramp (whether by asphalt, rubber or
metal) is in the 'grey' area of whether its technically a driveway or not.

And whether its considered under law as a driveway or not is important
because, at least here, its illegal to park a car on the street so as it
is across or partially across the driveway (in fact, the car has to be 1
metre or more away from either side of the driveway). But its
'debatable' whether blocking access via ramps is legally the same as
blocking access via a driveway.

Therefore the neighbours may still be able to park in the street across
the place she put the ramps, depending on how the law classifies the
ramps. With a dropped kerb, the legal status crystal clear: they cannot
park across it.

Note: Here, if its your driveway into your property, whilst the exact
same law applies to your own driveway if you park in the street (ie, you
cannot park across or partially across your own driveway) you can still
park *in* it (ie, off the road, on your property).

As much as it sucks, it seems putting in your own dropped kerb and
therefore needing nothing and having nothing to do with the neighbours
is the best strategy.

Yowie

On Sun, 25 Dec 2011 10:08:20 +1100, Yowie
wrote:

On 25/12/2011 9:21 AM, trubble wrote:
On Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:47:01 -0000, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

They came round with a solution.
"We've decided that we will let you get your car out if you will agree to
let us do this.. build a 6ft 1 wall in front of your kitchen window and they
gave me something to sign.
I was quite kind and took their letter and said I might have have to let a
solicitor see this.
I have been in touch with the council about having my own drop kerb and when
I get this permission (which I will) I will do this so they cannot ever
block me in.



Rather than having the existing curb removed and replaced with a 'low
spot' you can drive your car over, would it be possible to simply have
some hot asphalt put down to make a short 'ramp'?

I've seen where this has been done, and if the existing curb isn't too
high, it does work very well, at a SMALL fraction of the cost of
removing the existing curb, etc.

I have bought bags of cold asphalt mix at a building supply store that
would work; they were 40 lb (18 KG). It's work to put it in, and
probably not as durable as hot asphalt, but probably would cost less
than $100, and only take a few hours to put into place, at most.

If it was me, I would just DO this. But, I live in America, where the
local government would probably THANK me.

Dunno about the law there, but a ramp (whether by asphalt, rubber or
metal) is in the 'grey' area of whether its technically a driveway or not.

And whether its considered under law as a driveway or not is important
because, at least here, its illegal to park a car on the street so as it
is across or partially across the driveway (in fact, the car has to be 1
metre or more away from either side of the driveway). But its
'debatable' whether blocking access via ramps is legally the same as
blocking access via a driveway.

Yes, well block *MY* ramp, at *YOUR* peril. End of problem.


Therefore the neighbours may still be able to park in the street across
the place she put the ramps, depending on how the law classifies the
ramps. With a dropped kerb, the legal status crystal clear: they cannot
park across it.

Note: Here, if its your driveway into your property, whilst the exact
same law applies to your own driveway if you park in the street (ie, you
cannot park across or partially across your own driveway) you can still
park *in* it (ie, off the road, on your property).

As much as it sucks, it seems putting in your own dropped kerb and
therefore needing nothing and having nothing to do with the neighbours
is the best strategy.

Yowie

I can tell you it would be a cold day in hell, before a nasty neighbor
cost me thousands of (dollars OR pounds) without the most severe of
repercussions.

Often, when dealing with assholes, it is best to settle things outside
of the courts, where logic and RIGHT prevails, and not who has the most
expensive lawyer...or solicitor, as you call them.

Assholes need to be dealt with in a manner that they deserve.