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Need help re neighbours, who are causing me problems....it's not me!

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AlieOxon Thu 11-Oct-12 11:53:31

I have ivy growing into my roof from the next door garden. I say garden - it's a wilderness. The ivy is all over their roof, but that's their concern.
Everything there has not been touched in about five years.

My gardener has had go from a ladder on my side, but hasn't managed to reach the stems that go to the roof. He has cleared the ivy on my wall. And a bit further, which I didn't ask him to do but will delay its growing back.

Now the additional problem. This couple next door are so reclusive they don't answer their door and haven't answered my recent notes re the ivy. I haven't seen either of them for about three months....this is a source of worry sometimes, but she has put washing out of the window - hung on the gutter (!) recently so I know they are alive!

I offered for my gardener to go round and sort it. No response.
This is preventing me from getting all my gutters fixed.

I was going to try the CAB, but have not managed to get to talk to them, and their system seems much less user-friendly than it was a few years ago...
any ideas please?

glassortwo Sat 24-Nov-12 18:36:15

Well I have my face paint on, all kitted out in black when we off.

AlieOxon Sat 24-Nov-12 18:33:29

Where is everybody? Sign in please!
Change of plan - Santa says he can't come later as he's going back to bed...he wants everyone here at 10pm and will come back at midnight.
SO....10pm is the time.
And after that we will be TOO BUSY to post, so we'll have a post mortem talk it over in the morning!

AlieOxon Sat 24-Nov-12 14:45:39

Well I dunno waht happened there, first the last post wasn't visible and then it came up twice - sort of.

AlieOxon Sat 24-Nov-12 14:44:35

Well the skips are here, but kept out of sight (or site) at the moment....waiting to hear fr

AlieOxon Sat 24-Nov-12 13:29:23

Well the skips are here, but kept out of sight (or site) at the moment...
....waiting to hear from Santa, I gather he's only just got up.

AlieOxon Sat 24-Nov-12 09:06:25

(Well we aren't very down to earth here anyway are we? But I feel so much better!) Get 'em retuned, glass.....and bring them

glassortwo Sat 24-Nov-12 09:02:58

Only problem is that I keep getting the message 'to infinity and beyond' grin

glassortwo Sat 24-Nov-12 09:01:06

I have some black and green face paint and some Toy Story walkie talkies which might come in handy.

AlieOxon Sat 24-Nov-12 08:51:55

Ok I have ten balaclavas here....Ana are you in or just observing?
Anyone else bring your own! I have run out of black wool.

My post about bringing Halloween face paint, if no soot, seems to have disappeared!

annodomini Fri 23-Nov-12 21:50:35

Heavy duty (and rather heavy) telescopic pruners!

glassortwo Fri 23-Nov-12 21:25:51

I have a blow torch if it would help grin

AlieOxon Fri 23-Nov-12 21:21:20

But absolutely invisible.

The skips I gather will be arriving tomorrow.....by HGB. (Broomstick, of course.)
I'm negotiating the loan of Santa's sleigh, since he doesn't need it yet, to collect everyone!

FlicketyB Fri 23-Nov-12 17:23:54

giggling insanely

AlieOxon Thu 22-Nov-12 21:19:22

.....sung at the tops of our voices of course

Ella46 Thu 22-Nov-12 19:47:15

No chance of us lot not speaking a word! grin

AlieOxon Thu 22-Nov-12 19:40:12

"With cat-like tread, upon our prey we steal
In silence dread, our cautious way we feel
No sound at all, we never speak a word
A fly's footfall would be distinctly heard!"

AlieOxon Thu 22-Nov-12 12:04:12

Bring 'em on!

annodomini Wed 21-Nov-12 18:23:41

I have two GSs in Didcot who have destructive tendencies. I am sure their parents would hire them out.grin

Nanadog Wed 21-Nov-12 18:00:49

Ok .. Saturday night, midnight, allieoxen's I'll bring the flame thrower grin

AlieOxon Wed 21-Nov-12 10:12:52

Six - great! Anyone got any soot?.........I'm busy knitting!

Ella46 Tue 20-Nov-12 22:01:27

I'll come along with my big loppers! Very therapeutic! [sp?]

london Tue 20-Nov-12 21:21:07

alieoxon add me then smile

AlieOxon Tue 20-Nov-12 21:12:13

That's four of us, any more? Bring your own ladder too.....

FlicketyB Tue 20-Nov-12 19:53:08

Here's another volunteer! Me, my secataurs and little bottle of lethal brush killer, he he

AlieOxon Tue 20-Nov-12 19:41:40

That would make the possible bonfire worse! There's enough inflammable stuff there already.....