New update on my reclusive neighbours.....

Alie nice to hear from you again. It's about time you had some good luck so let's hope the new neighbours are nice people.

Thanks folks - I will try and look on the bright side! M phoned and was very supportive.

I too have my fingers crossed for some nice new neighbours for you!

Alie it is always worrying when the house next door changes hands as sometimes it is 'better the devil we know'. My own experience after living next door to a seemingly very middle class but thieving *** has been extremely positive and my new neighbours are wonderful. I was initially a bit concerned when they had a large black dog (think constant barking) but he was a guide dog puppy and was a joy and of course being very well trained. I wish the same excellent outcome for you with your new neighbours.

M sounds like a lovely friend to have, it's so good that you have her

Trying to. This has not been a good day.....however friend M just rang and will do so again later, which is cheering.
Thanks folks.

Fingers crossed for you Alie - think positive

Let's just hope your new neighbours will be a lot easier to live next door to. It is the nightmare neighbours we are more likely to hear about but most people are nice so I hope you will be luckier this time.

New update today...... I spotted 3 men and a woman talking outside and looking at next door, and went to speak to them. That house is to be sold!
The neighbours won't be back, then...

What will I get instead, after a lot of work happens?
What could be worse?
.......noisy people could be worse.

hello alie, hope your weekend is as peaceful as it can be x

Thanks.....will post when any further news on neighbours....

spammer trying for GN domination by flooding lots of threads with spam ALI hopng you have a peaceful day today.xxxx

I obviously missed something.

Thanks Lucifer, but I don't think I'll bother...

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I'm impressed that the council removed the ivy - i wish i could persuade them to lop the leylandi a neighbour planted along the bottom of our garden! The neighbour agreed to keep the to the height I paid for them to be cut down to, but failed to do so. It's now one of the things I pay for to avoid being in shade all the year round.

Well, you did ask!

My gardener and I took some of the ivy off at the end of 2013 to prevent further spread on my wall....but we couldn't reach the roof.

The council half cleared the garden of No. 16 in January 2014. Having got that far they were stopped by the occupants. But they did take the ivy off the roof and walls AND my roof.

At this point the front looked like this, the old car was removed.
NOTHING has been done since then.

Nightmare for you AllieO, who got rid of the ivy? I do hope it can't get into your roof and cause damage.

The concrete (yes) frame of the house will still be ok I think but the roof needs at least partly replacing.
Seen worse Hammer houses on the outside.....but the firemen said the inside is as bad...........I hate to think

What a horrible situation to be in and I really don't know how it will be resolved unless the council take steps to demolish and make your property good which still not may not make your house sellable. I would hope they would reinstate the property to it's original condition but that seems difficult looking at your photographs.

Believe it or not it was WORSE than this when they started to clear it before. The house was all covered with ivy and it was getting into my roof, the gutters were blocked on their side and overloading my (shared) gutter....
......but their roof is now worse at the back and sagging with tiles slipping off.

Oh my goodness Alie! Words fail!