No I'm not!.......my neighbours again

Thanks anno, will study this.

The councillor I am in touch with has said this to the council dept:
"Please can you tell me if a date has been set for the contractors to start work on 16 Glebe Road? I am getting concerned with the change in the weather that winter is setting in and it may not be possible to do it this year.
Although Ms Moyra is the neighbour most affected it does impact on the neighbourhood as a whole and other people have raised it with my town council colleagues."

The answer?
"The case is currently still with our legal team, who are somewhat under pressure at the moment due to staff absences, they are aware of the urgence of this case and area dealing with it as soon as they can. Once we have the go ahead from legal I will update you further."

What I am thinking of doing at the moment is trying to get some of my neighbours to write to councillors and push it a bit! Preferably other councillors. Someone may have contacted her colleagues....but I did tell her other people are complaining.....

Not sleeping well and feeling thoroughly ill this morning. Colitis flareups - as anyone here with this condition will know - mean more gut upset, a temperature because of the inflammation, and no energy!

However I do (I hope) have a builder friend of my daughter coming on Saturday to have a look at he problem on my side.

www.adviceguide.org.uk/england/search.htm?query=small+claims+court

Hope that helps. You can get forms and info from HMCS (courts) web site.

Alie I am sure you could. CAB could advise.

Also interesting, anno!

And maybe I could sue him, via the Small Claims Court, for the cost of repairing my gutter?

If you fail to get satisfaction from your local councillor and officers, threaten them with the Local Government Ombudsman. And contact your MP.

Speaking to my doctor later today.

The woman from the council doesn't know anything about this, hasn't been in contact lately...this is also not good!!

Will try and contact the councillor.

Interesting and possibly useful anno. Thanks.

Eloe*I am in any case going to try and see the doctor tomorrow - good idea.

Accocrding to Wiki:
"For there to be a claim in private nuisance, the claimant must show that the defendant's actions caused damage. This can be physical damage, as in St Helen's Smelting Co v Tipping,[31] or discomfort and inconvenience. The test for remoteness of damage in nuisance is reasonable foreseeability, as established in Cambridge Water Co Ltd v Eastern Counties Leather plc;[32] if the defendant was using their land unreasonably and causing a nuisance, the defendant is liable even if they used reasonable care to avoid creating a nuisance. The test is whether or not the nuisance was reasonably foreseeable; if it was, the defendant is expected to avoid it."

Since this is adversely affecting your health, would it be worth going to the doctors and mentioning that the anxiety is worsening your condition? This would presumably be taken seriously by the council.

This must be terribly upsetting. But you are in the right and there is no need for you to be worried - your neighbours are the ones at fault and they're pretty stupid if they think otherwise.

I do feel for you in this situation. It is awful to be at loggerheads with your neighbours as it means you can never relax in your own home. But I do agree that a petition might escalate the situation and make your life even more difficult.

The maximum of turning a blind eye and not rising to his bait, whilst keeping your records, would seem the safest way forward - but how very hard to do.

A bloody nuisance to me - but I read this as 'noise nuisance' only?

Just had a reply from the councillor - on a Sunday! - says
'I had been wondering. That is not good news. Please let me know what response you get.'

But why was she wondering???? Have replied and asked!

I'd say this situation has gone far enough to be classed as a nuisance, Alie.

The boss Paul Holland is in charge of:

Regulation and inspection
of private sector housing,
contaminated land,
air quality and noise
nuisance complaints.

Dunno where the 'regulation' bit got to.

I don't know if this will help. I don't know what dept. you are talking to at the council but some years ago I had problems with a neighbours rubbish and nothing was done.
I contacted the environmental health dept. and they were on it straight away.

I can vouch for the state of your neighbour's house and it is truly disgraceful. What is more, it could be dragging down the value of yours in the unlikely event of your wanting to move. Who would want to move in next door to that?

Try this for a general idea:
www.flickr.com/photos/pixelhut/8572337013/

If you imagine a pair of semis, and mine is the left one - which does NOT look like this - the theirs is the right hand one............

Wonder if I could get someone else to start a petition....

Personally, I would not start a petition. If you are seen as being behind it, it could be seen as an aggressive act or an attempt to subvent the proper channels.

What you are doing, keeping a file is absolutely essential and not obsessive. Any lawyer would tell you to do that. Also a diary of all contacts like this.

What a horrible situation you are in!

They are. Even the postman commiserates with me!
People passing say 'Does anyone live there?'

Wish I could post a picture on this thread !

Keeping file is good, my DD & SIL have similar problem with next door so were advised to keep file .

A petion around neighbourhood may be helpful . perhaps they as fed up as you are ?

I logged it in my file on next door. I still don't know if it means anything or not, that's the worst thing.

(My file has all the correspondence in it, since October last year. I updated it yesterday and it is 11 pages long. Sometimes it seems a bit obsessive doing this, but I somehow felt that this would run and run and it would be needed!)

Wondering if this is the time to take up the idea of doing a local petition?
Everyone hates the mess next door. Has anyone done this?

This could constitute harassment , have you spoken with the police ?

Alie, This is just the reaction he would have wanted, don't let him get to you. He is in the wrong not you xx

Thanks folks.
Council have been dragging their feet all year.
Both my daughter and my other side neighbour think he's just trying to be scary.

I have shot off an email yesterday to the council woman who is dealing with it asking is there anything I should know about, like a letter I haven't had.
And copied it to the sympathetic councillor.
Why does it have to be a weekend?

On top of this my colitis is doing its reacting to stress bit and I really feel unwell.