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The Wall, This is the end of it
I have taken legal advice from two solicitors who specialise in boundary
disputes (which is what this is.) They have both said that while they are prepared to act for me, they advise against it because a boundary dispute can gallop away into so many legal fees through pride that you can lose your house through funding it. So, reluctantly, I've decided to let it go with a bit of their wall projecting into my garden. As I said, I will grow a climber up it. I have a burning resentment about it and the likelihood that we we ever be friends is zero in a million years. It's so stupid of them. We could so easily have been friends without "let me build a 6 ft 6inch brick wall in front of your kitchen window" They should have accepted NO without ther blackmail of keeping my car in by blocking it with theirs. Anyway, too late. We hate each other now. There is no chance of reconciliation, it's gone too far. The Wall at the end of their garden will remain but the chance of extending it at right angles all the way to the road blocking my light out is less than zero. They can't do it unless I agree because they have to come on to my property to do it and I don't want it so I said no. They will have to get used to it. I don't care if they attack my trees or not. The answer is NO! I respect the solicitors for their advice, they could easily have made me spend more money than I could afford on this for their own advantage but they didn't. They told me clearly how much a boundary dispute can cost if both won't back down. Tweed |
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message ... I have taken legal advice from two solicitors who specialise in boundary disputes (which is what this is.) They have both said that while they are prepared to act for me, they advise against it because a boundary dispute can gallop away into so many legal fees through pride that you can lose your house through funding it. So, reluctantly, I've decided to let it go with a bit of their wall projecting into my garden. As I said, I will grow a climber up it. I have a burning resentment about it and the likelihood that we we ever be friends is zero in a million years. It's so stupid of them. We could so easily have been friends without "let me build a 6 ft 6inch brick wall in front of your kitchen window" They should have accepted NO without ther blackmail of keeping my car in by blocking it with theirs. Anyway, too late. We hate each other now. There is no chance of reconciliation, it's gone too far. The Wall at the end of their garden will remain but the chance of extending it at right angles all the way to the road blocking my light out is less than zero. They can't do it unless I agree because they have to come on to my property to do it and I don't want it so I said no. They will have to get used to it. I don't care if they attack my trees or not. The answer is NO! I respect the solicitors for their advice, they could easily have made me spend more money than I could afford on this for their own advantage but they didn't. They told me clearly how much a boundary dispute can cost if both won't back down. Tweed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You had good solicitors. It's really shame you don't have good neighbors. They have actually cost *themselves* a lot of good will by being so obstinate and unpleasant. Robert Frost wrote a poem entitled "Mending Wall" that quotes an old proverb that "fences make good neighbors." That was one of my favorite poems when I was in college. Your problem with your neighbors shows that there are times when fences (of a certain type) may create resentment instead of good neighbors. Of course, there would not have been any problem at all if your neighbors had simply started out as good neighbors. MaryL |
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"MaryL" wrote in message ... "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... I have taken legal advice from two solicitors who specialise in boundary disputes (which is what this is.) They have both said that while they are prepared to act for me, they advise against it because a boundary dispute can gallop away into so many legal fees through pride that you can lose your house through funding it. So, reluctantly, I've decided to let it go with a bit of their wall projecting into my garden. As I said, I will grow a climber up it. I have a burning resentment about it and the likelihood that we we ever be friends is zero in a million years. It's so stupid of them. We could so easily have been friends without "let me build a 6 ft 6inch brick wall in front of your kitchen window" They should have accepted NO without ther blackmail of keeping my car in by blocking it with theirs. Anyway, too late. We hate each other now. There is no chance of reconciliation, it's gone too far. The Wall at the end of their garden will remain but the chance of extending it at right angles all the way to the road blocking my light out is less than zero. They can't do it unless I agree because they have to come on to my property to do it and I don't want it so I said no. They will have to get used to it. I don't care if they attack my trees or not. The answer is NO! I respect the solicitors for their advice, they could easily have made me spend more money than I could afford on this for their own advantage but they didn't. They told me clearly how much a boundary dispute can cost if both won't back down. Tweed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You had good solicitors. It's really shame you don't have good neighbors. They have actually cost *themselves* a lot of good will by being so obstinate and unpleasant. Robert Frost wrote a poem entitled "Mending Wall" that quotes an old proverb that "fences make good neighbors." That was one of my favorite poems when I was in college. Your problem with your neighbors shows that there are times when fences (of a certain type) may create resentment instead of good neighbors. Of course, there would not have been any problem at all if your neighbors had simply started out as good neighbors. Mary L Never had neighbours like them. It should be illegal to have neighbours like that. Tweed |
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message
... "MaryL" wrote in message ... "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... I have taken legal advice from two solicitors who specialise in boundary disputes (which is what this is.) They have both said that while they are prepared to act for me, they advise against it because a boundary dispute can gallop away into so many legal fees through pride that you can lose your house through funding it. So, reluctantly, I've decided to let it go with a bit of their wall projecting into my garden. As I said, I will grow a climber up it. I have a burning resentment about it and the likelihood that we we ever be friends is zero in a million years. It's so stupid of them. We could so easily have been friends without "let me build a 6 ft 6inch brick wall in front of your kitchen window" They should have accepted NO without ther blackmail of keeping my car in by blocking it with theirs. Anyway, too late. We hate each other now. There is no chance of reconciliation, it's gone too far. The Wall at the end of their garden will remain but the chance of extending it at right angles all the way to the road blocking my light out is less than zero. They can't do it unless I agree because they have to come on to my property to do it and I don't want it so I said no. They will have to get used to it. I don't care if they attack my trees or not. The answer is NO! I respect the solicitors for their advice, they could easily have made me spend more money than I could afford on this for their own advantage but they didn't. They told me clearly how much a boundary dispute can cost if both won't back down. Tweed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You had good solicitors. It's really shame you don't have good neighbors. They have actually cost *themselves* a lot of good will by being so obstinate and unpleasant. Robert Frost wrote a poem entitled "Mending Wall" that quotes an old proverb that "fences make good neighbors." That was one of my favorite poems when I was in college. Your problem with your neighbors shows that there are times when fences (of a certain type) may create resentment instead of good neighbors. Of course, there would not have been any problem at all if your neighbors had simply started out as good neighbors. Mary L Never had neighbours like them. It should be illegal to have neighbours like that. Tweed It should be illegal to *be* neighbors like that. Joy |
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"Joy" wrote in message . .. It should be illegal to *be* neighbors like that. Joy Isn't that just the truth. Tweed |
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Joy wrote:
"Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "MaryL" wrote in message ... "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... I have taken legal advice from two solicitors who specialise in boundary disputes (which is what this is.) They have both said that while they are prepared to act for me, they advise against it because a boundary dispute can gallop away into so many legal fees through pride that you can lose your house through funding it. So, reluctantly, I've decided to let it go with a bit of their wall projecting into my garden. As I said, I will grow a climber up it. I have a burning resentment about it and the likelihood that we we ever be friends is zero in a million years. It's so stupid of them. We could so easily have been friends without "let me build a 6 ft 6inch brick wall in front of your kitchen window" They should have accepted NO without ther blackmail of keeping my car in by blocking it with theirs. Anyway, too late. We hate each other now. There is no chance of reconciliation, it's gone too far. The Wall at the end of their garden will remain but the chance of extending it at right angles all the way to the road blocking my light out is less than zero. They can't do it unless I agree because they have to come on to my property to do it and I don't want it so I said no. They will have to get used to it. I don't care if they attack my trees or not. The answer is NO! I respect the solicitors for their advice, they could easily have made me spend more money than I could afford on this for their own advantage but they didn't. They told me clearly how much a boundary dispute can cost if both won't back down. Tweed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You had good solicitors. It's really shame you don't have good neighbors. They have actually cost *themselves* a lot of good will by being so obstinate and unpleasant. Robert Frost wrote a poem entitled "Mending Wall" that quotes an old proverb that "fences make good neighbors." That was one of my favorite poems when I was in college. Your problem with your neighbors shows that there are times when fences (of a certain type) may create resentment instead of good neighbors. Of course, there would not have been any problem at all if your neighbors had simply started out as good neighbors. Mary L Never had neighbours like them. It should be illegal to have neighbours like that. Tweed It should be illegal to *be* neighbors like that. You beat me to it, Joy. I was going to say the exact same thing, but I thought I should check first in case someone else was quicker. Tweed - you wouldn't be breaking any laws by *having* jerks for neighbors. They're the ones who should be illegal. -- Joyce audiophile, n: Someone who listens to the equipment instead of the music. |
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"Bastette" wrote in message ... Never had neighbours like them. It should be illegal to have neighbours like that. Tweed It should be illegal to *be* neighbors like that. You beat me to it, Joy. I was going to say the exact same thing, but I thought I should check first in case someone else was quicker. Tweed - you wouldn't be breaking any laws by *having* jerks for neighbors. They're the ones who should be illegal. I don't know why they do it. What's the point of not letting me get my car out over a drob kerb that my previous neighbours have shared happily for 20 years? they are just ars*h**es. |
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"Joy" wrote in message . .. "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "MaryL" wrote in message ... "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... I have taken legal advice from two solicitors who specialise in boundary disputes (which is what this is.) They have both said that while they are prepared to act for me, they advise against it because a boundary dispute can gallop away into so many legal fees through pride that you can lose your house through funding it. So, reluctantly, I've decided to let it go with a bit of their wall projecting into my garden. As I said, I will grow a climber up it. I have a burning resentment about it and the likelihood that we we ever be friends is zero in a million years. It's so stupid of them. We could so easily have been friends without "let me build a 6 ft 6inch brick wall in front of your kitchen window" They should have accepted NO without ther blackmail of keeping my car in by blocking it with theirs. Anyway, too late. We hate each other now. There is no chance of reconciliation, it's gone too far. The Wall at the end of their garden will remain but the chance of extending it at right angles all the way to the road blocking my light out is less than zero. They can't do it unless I agree because they have to come on to my property to do it and I don't want it so I said no. They will have to get used to it. I don't care if they attack my trees or not. The answer is NO! I respect the solicitors for their advice, they could easily have made me spend more money than I could afford on this for their own advantage but they didn't. They told me clearly how much a boundary dispute can cost if both won't back down. Tweed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You had good solicitors. It's really shame you don't have good neighbors. They have actually cost *themselves* a lot of good will by being so obstinate and unpleasant. Robert Frost wrote a poem entitled "Mending Wall" that quotes an old proverb that "fences make good neighbors." That was one of my favorite poems when I was in college. Your problem with your neighbors shows that there are times when fences (of a certain type) may create resentment instead of good neighbors. Of course, there would not have been any problem at all if your neighbors had simply started out as good neighbors. Mary L Never had neighbours like them. It should be illegal to have neighbours like that. Tweed It should be illegal to *be* neighbors like that. Joy How ever much I would have fought them (and I would have) I have taken legal advice and decided not to lose all my money fighting about it. I could have won if I had hundreds of thousands to risk but I haven't Have they won? No. Because they are disgusting humans and Karma will get them. I believe in Karma, what you do will come back. |
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message ... to risk but I haven't Have they won? No. Because they are disgusting humans and Karma will get them. I believe in Karma, what you do will come back. http://www.ferrari-dvd.com/catPO.gif |
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message
... "Joy" wrote in message . .. "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... "MaryL" wrote in message ... "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... I have taken legal advice from two solicitors who specialise in boundary disputes (which is what this is.) They have both said that while they are prepared to act for me, they advise against it because a boundary dispute can gallop away into so many legal fees through pride that you can lose your house through funding it. So, reluctantly, I've decided to let it go with a bit of their wall projecting into my garden. As I said, I will grow a climber up it. I have a burning resentment about it and the likelihood that we we ever be friends is zero in a million years. It's so stupid of them. We could so easily have been friends without "let me build a 6 ft 6inch brick wall in front of your kitchen window" They should have accepted NO without ther blackmail of keeping my car in by blocking it with theirs. Anyway, too late. We hate each other now. There is no chance of reconciliation, it's gone too far. The Wall at the end of their garden will remain but the chance of extending it at right angles all the way to the road blocking my light out is less than zero. They can't do it unless I agree because they have to come on to my property to do it and I don't want it so I said no. They will have to get used to it. I don't care if they attack my trees or not. The answer is NO! I respect the solicitors for their advice, they could easily have made me spend more money than I could afford on this for their own advantage but they didn't. They told me clearly how much a boundary dispute can cost if both won't back down. Tweed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You had good solicitors. It's really shame you don't have good neighbors. They have actually cost *themselves* a lot of good will by being so obstinate and unpleasant. Robert Frost wrote a poem entitled "Mending Wall" that quotes an old proverb that "fences make good neighbors." That was one of my favorite poems when I was in college. Your problem with your neighbors shows that there are times when fences (of a certain type) may create resentment instead of good neighbors. Of course, there would not have been any problem at all if your neighbors had simply started out as good neighbors. Mary L Never had neighbours like them. It should be illegal to have neighbours like that. Tweed It should be illegal to *be* neighbors like that. Joy How ever much I would have fought them (and I would have) I have taken legal advice and decided not to lose all my money fighting about it. I could have won if I had hundreds of thousands to risk but I haven't Have they won? No. Because they are disgusting humans and Karma will get them. I believe in Karma, what you do will come back. I think you made the wise decision, and I'm very glad the solicitors gave you that advice instead of seeing how much money they could get out of you. Joy |
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