New update on my reclusive neighbours.....

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.

Well, you did ask!

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.

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

I obviously missed something.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Fingers crossed for you Alie - think positive

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

[crossed fingers)

Some good news at last for you.

I can imagine how you might see this as something else to worry about though. When you've been through a lot (as you certainly have) you do begin to wonder what else might be lurking around the corner.

It will be so nice for you when they have fixed the house though & one less thing for you to worry about.

Always ask the Fire Service for advice

Update again. The Fire Service, by the way, were the only ones to tell me anything about what was happening!

House at No 16, I learned just yesterday, has been sold and is going to be done up. This from the man who came with a machine yesterday morning and cleared the front garden completely of its new brambles.
Well that is something.
So, lots of noise and disturbance ahead.
But the company he told me, 'Pontec Holdings' doesn't seem to exist any more......or the bloke's name in charge.

They are coming back Saturday, he said, and doing the back.
NOW I am worrying about hibernating hedgehogs, who I was feeding until it got cold - and also newts in the pond next door!
Any ideas what I can do before Saturday?

Hello Allie [Smile] Just found this thread and read through and wanted to say that I do hope that this year will be a much better one for you in every way.
As for the 'hibernating critters' all you can do really is to tell the contractors if you can when you see them and say that you are happy to take in any that they find - if indeed you are. If you can't manage them there are places which can and they can be found by Googling.
It is going to be a period of great activity for a while so do make sure that you get away from there regularly so that you can have some respite from it all. It will also be interesting to see what they are doing of course. Hope it is all done ad dusted before the summer and you have some really nice new neighbours.

Hello Alie I think Synonymous has said it all! If you can't escape the noise, try and think positively about it if you can - at least next door is being tidied up at last