Browse Forums General Discussion 1 May 27, 2008 6:23 pm Aaaaaaarrrggghhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After months of planning, we find that our neighbour has today, installed the same style letter box as us!!!!!!!!! This is what we have bought: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ And they've got: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I must admit, theirs is the smaller size to our one, and we are going to tart ours up by putting a strip of stainless around the thinner "waist" area of our letterbox. Hopefully they will paint theirs a different colour but knowing murphy's law, it will be the same as their render, which is also similar to ours-funnily enough!!!! Darn it....oh well, can't help both having good taste i suppose!!! Oh yeah and theirs is crooked!!!!! LOL Just thought i'd share..... Re: Aaaargh, our neighbour stole our Letter Box!!!!! 2May 27, 2008 6:36 pm Well at least you know how good it will look! Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Aaaargh, our neighbour stole our Letter Box!!!!! 4May 27, 2008 7:18 pm louie Is this sort of like turning up at a party wearing the same dress as the other woman or something ? OMG…..not even close!!!!! Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Aaaargh, our neighbour stole our Letter Box!!!!! 6May 27, 2008 8:32 pm Michelle louie Is this sort of like turning up at a party wearing the same dress as the other woman or something ? OMG…..not even close!!!!! I would consider it almost the same!! Paula Re: Aaaargh, our neighbour stole our Letter Box!!!!! 7May 27, 2008 8:36 pm *P*....wouldn't want to live in your street.
You're going to run over all the nature strip trees, and now you're going to target a letterbox aren't you....... mmm....donuts Homer Simpson 1956- Links: Site Costs Ready Reckoner | H1 Addiction Medical Advice | Château TDL: The Backyard Re: Aaaargh, our neighbour stole our Letter Box!!!!! 8May 27, 2008 8:57 pm to_do_list *P*....wouldn't want to live in your street. You're going to run over all the nature strip trees, and now you're going to target a letterbox aren't you....... Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Aaaargh, our neighbour stole our Letter Box!!!!! 9May 27, 2008 9:26 pm Quote: P*....wouldn't want to live in your street. You're going to run over all the nature strip trees, and now you're going to target a letterbox aren't you....... Noit now - It's been posted here and somewhere else Re: Aaaargh, our neighbour stole our Letter Box!!!!! 10May 28, 2008 8:46 am to_do_list *P*....wouldn't want to live in your street. You're going to run over all the nature strip trees, and now you're going to target a letterbox aren't you....... Nah, i'm really a nice neighbour......REALLY ???!!! Re: Aaaargh, our neighbour stole our Letter Box!!!!! 11May 28, 2008 9:01 am **Phoenix** to_do_list *P*....wouldn't want to live in your street. You're going to run over all the nature strip trees, and now you're going to target a letterbox aren't you....... Nah, i'm really a nice neighbour......REALLY ???!!! I'm sure you are, just don't get the same letterbox...... mmm....donuts Homer Simpson 1956- Links: Site Costs Ready Reckoner | H1 Addiction Medical Advice | Château TDL: The Backyard Re: Aaaargh, our neighbour stole our Letter Box!!!!! 12May 28, 2008 6:04 pm Oh my god how dare they!!!
Seriously I can see your point, providing you had yours up first you'd think they would have chosen something different. But then again if it was me and I really liked a certain style I'd probably get it regardless of weather the neighbours had one the same or not. I suppose that's what happens if you have to pick through the builder (I'm assuming you did?). Anyway if you want to platy it safe, wait for them to paint theirs or something, and then do your design so that they can't copy - never know they may actually copy you if you do it first if not just to annoy you! Re: Aaaargh, our neighbour stole our Letter Box!!!!! 13May 28, 2008 6:21 pm I don’t think P has bought her's yet?????
But next doors could look good at your place P!!! A little pre used, but what the heck…….. Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Aaaargh, our neighbour stole our Letter Box!!!!! 15May 28, 2008 8:55 pm ouch P.
thats annoying . maybe if you paint yours tricolour it will look completely different . Or you could plant some whirling butterflies around the letter box for a point of difference. Either way no one will probably notice if yours is larger and has some variation to the design. Obviously your neighbours have good taste as well . Re: Aaaargh, our neighbour stole our Letter Box!!!!! 17May 28, 2008 9:42 pm LOL, the problem is that we have already bought and actually paid for ours (ages ago) in full, so there is no going back....and it's the only design we liked there.
We'll have the stainless on it, but maybe we'll have to put the stacked stone on too???? Not sure now what we are going to do, but definitely not footy colours, sorry to disappoint you Helyn. I'll chat with the neighbour and hopefully we can both laugh it off..... I HOPE!!!! Re: Aaaargh, our neighbour stole our Letter Box!!!!! 18May 28, 2008 9:48 pm **Phoenix** LOL, the problem is that we have already bought and actually paid for ours (ages ago) in full, so there is no going back....and it's the only design we liked there. We'll have the stainless on it, but maybe we'll have to put the stacked stone on too???? Not sure now what we are going to do, but definitely not footy colours, sorry to disappoint you Helyn. I'll chat with the neighbour and hopefully we can both laugh it off..... I HOPE!!!! Just don’t shop at the same dress shop! What a hoot….. P and neighbour going the same letter box in the same dress!!! Body snatchers. Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Aaaargh, our neighbour stole our Letter Box!!!!! 19Jun 02, 2008 10:51 pm Well i can see three good points, 1= yours is bigger, that has to be worth points, 2=yours will be straight and 3=their driveway is a mess and thats all people wil notice so you win all round...saying that i would buy a different one myself, but thats just me Re: Aaaargh, our neighbour stole our Letter Box!!!!! 20Jun 02, 2008 10:57 pm vintage Well i can see three good points, 1= yours is bigger, that has to be worth points, 2=yours will be straight and 3=their driveway is a mess and thats all people wil notice so you win all round...saying that i would buy a different one myself, but thats just me LOL thanks vintage! In speaking with one of our neighbours this afternoon (no not the one with the letterbox), she said she had mentioned to them, that we had the same one...only larger. Not sure if they were upset or not, but they told her that they were going to jazz it up with some jarrah and stainless, so hopefully it won't look anything like we're going to do with ours (the stainless around the waist area that is???) LOL it would be REALLY funny (NOT) if they did the same as what we're envisaging wouldn't it??? Oh well, you have to laugh hey????? The HIA contract, in the term & conditions section states that "Commencment" is deemed when the drainage is started or the piers are dug or the slab is formed up (incase… 2 6177 Building Standards; Getting It Right! 1. optional, you can but normally just use the earth from the main switch board 2. should be enough but the distance determines voltage drop - sparky should work it… 1 28813 I brought terry road box hill in June 2022 House was meant to be completed Nov 2023 That did not happen I had to chase them so much to the land Registration and… 0 2511 |