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Ally |
posted on 14th Sep 07 at 12:36 |
any news jade? | |
JadeM |
posted on 6th Sep 07 at 22:35 |
quote: Yes we have 2 of those :lol: We also had a cctv pointing straight into there bedroom to piss them off- it wasn't connected up. The police made us re-position it because even tho it wasn't connected it was 'putting our neighbours in a state of fear and alarm' :! which could be termed a breach of the peace :rolleyes: :o :| | |
richardworrall |
posted on 6th Sep 07 at 17:34 |
can you not also put up a nice halogen light to light up the garden and also make sure it shines through there windows at night | |
--DAN-- |
posted on 4th Sep 07 at 13:47 |
Just go to a local company that makes concrete posts. They will most likely do some in any length you want. I needed some funny sized posts and gravel boards and they basically made them to whatever size I wanted. IIRC was about 12 quid post and a bit more for gravel boards. That was 11ft i think. | |
Andrew |
posted on 4th Sep 07 at 12:57 |
There's no reason why you couldn't fix two posts together using some steel and long screws as long as you do it properly securing each side of the post. | |
JadeM |
posted on 4th Sep 07 at 12:26 |
Its all a mine field - the chief planning officer did mention having it pulled down at the time, but then wrote to us saying that it had been built to the sizes on the plans and that it was a change in site levels that had caused it to sit higher so that was ok :boggle: | |
Cosmo |
posted on 4th Sep 07 at 12:19 |
Doubt you can sue the council, but if they built the house higher against the councils guidelines thyen you could push for this to be rectified...i.e. house being knocked down. | |
JadeM |
posted on 4th Sep 07 at 12:16 |
We've thought about suing the council, but we're a bit wary it could end up costing us a lot of money. We spent a fortune sorting out our back garden 2 years ago, decking and stuff then this lot built the house. Mums got to the stage she wont go into the back garden even to hang out the washing because if they're out, it turns into a slanging match. | |
Cosmo |
posted on 4th Sep 07 at 12:09 |
quote: if the house doesnt meet the guidelines of the permission given then keep pushing it with the council. Plant the tress too as will let them see fuck all then aswell. | |
JadeM |
posted on 4th Sep 07 at 12:06 |
TBH its a farce, when planning permission was granted for this house, it was granted on the grounds that - to guarantee the privacy of the neighbours at No. 83 (our house) there had to be a 6ft close slatted fence erected around the south side of the property. As soon as the house was built is was blatently obvious that a 6ft fence wasn't going to be anywhere near high enough to obsucure there windows from over looking our back garden. We complained to the planning dept. they sent the chief planning officer out, his 1st comments were "I'm really concerened about the height of that house' then came back as said it was higher than anticipated because of ' a change in site levels when it was built'!!!! Hence we are now left with no privacy at all!!!! :mad: | |
p4uls corsa |
posted on 4th Sep 07 at 11:44 |
quote: The reason why the council only put a 6ft fence up is because you can only legaly (sp) go to 6ft'6'' above ground level.. | |
p4uls corsa |
posted on 4th Sep 07 at 11:40 |
a fence cannot be above 2 meters, if anyone was to complain you would be made to take it down... | |
K17STY |
posted on 4th Sep 07 at 11:24 |
conifers will work ours are about 14ft high and they have all merged into one. Only problem is they are quite wide so you will lose a bit of space and a total midge haven. | |
Cosmo |
posted on 4th Sep 07 at 11:15 |
quote: can buy them at about 6ft+ already, and grow really quick so wont be long until they are well past the fence. If you've any luck they'll also block the light out of their house/garden. | |
JadeM |
posted on 4th Sep 07 at 11:10 |
quote: :thumbs: I'll go and browse for some. Mums ready to do something nasty to the neighbours :o I was hoping for a quick solution tbh :| | |
Cosmo |
posted on 4th Sep 07 at 11:04 |
Just plant some massive conifers. Wont take up too much room and grow massive, much bigger than a fence! | |
JadeM |
posted on 4th Sep 07 at 10:59 |
Its a long story tbh, neighbours were given planning permission to build a new house, on the grounds that they erected a 6ft fence on top of a 3ft wall to ensure our privacy. Council made a total balls of it, the 6ft fence is nowhere near high enough to give us privacy. Their house sits much higher than ours, and we have no privacy AT ALL, their bedroom window and sitting room face right over our back garden. Mum is well pissed off, she wants to put up a fence to give us back the privacy we had before the house was built :| | |
Cosmo |
posted on 4th Sep 07 at 10:53 |
is their not some sort of restriction on fence heights?! | |
JadeM |
posted on 4th Sep 07 at 10:51 |
quote: Either or, and yes we want to piss off our nosey neighbours!!! :D | |
Cosmo |
posted on 4th Sep 07 at 10:50 |
Wooden or concrete? And why so large, you want a 12ft fence or something? :lol: | |
JadeM |
posted on 4th Sep 07 at 10:48 |
We need some fence posts no smaller than 13-15ft in length, I've searched everywhere but cant find any. Longest I can find are 10ft, is it possible to join them to lengthen them? |