Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Neigbours-to-be - how would you guys deal with this???!!! 41May 15, 2008 9:18 pm Building an architect designed home out of Insulated Concrete Forms on acreage in semi-rural SE Melbourne. Developer approval obtained, engineering complete, getting quotes Re: Neigbours-to-be - how would you guys deal with this???!!! 43May 16, 2008 7:09 am Building an architect designed home out of Insulated Concrete Forms on acreage in semi-rural SE Melbourne. Developer approval obtained, engineering complete, getting quotes Re: Neigbours-to-be - how would you guys deal with this???!!! 47May 17, 2008 3:20 pm Building an architect designed home out of Insulated Concrete Forms on acreage in semi-rural SE Melbourne. Developer approval obtained, engineering complete, getting quotes Re: Neigbours-to-be - how would you guys deal with this???!!! 50May 18, 2008 7:04 am Building an architect designed home out of Insulated Concrete Forms on acreage in semi-rural SE Melbourne. Developer approval obtained, engineering complete, getting quotes Re: Neigbours-to-be - how would you guys deal with this???!!! 53May 18, 2008 10:09 am Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. - Dale Carnegie Re: Neigbours-to-be - how would you guys deal with this???!!! 54May 18, 2008 11:48 am Blog http://wherethehearthis.blogspot.com/ Build https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=6634: Yard https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27687&p=378401#p378401 Re: Neigbours-to-be - how would you guys deal with this???!!! 55May 18, 2008 11:49 am Geoff - Decophile. Re: Neigbours-to-be - how would you guys deal with this???!!! 57May 18, 2008 12:14 pm As someone who rented for many years, I hate to "bag" renters, but a lot of rentals in a street does seem to lead to problems. In Brisbane (as a renter myself) we watched the street turn from owners into renters and it was terrible.
Within a year there were problems everywhere with petty crime, damage, noise, doof doof music until all hours and one particularly annoying neighbour who seemed to spend most of the weekend revving up his smelly jetski in his frontyard. When we finally complained to him he was incredibly indignant and complained that we were trying to "destroy his freedom" and that he had "the right" to make as much noise as he liked. He really squawked like a done-wrong victim. What do you with such people ? They are so pumped up with the notion of their "rights" and seem to equate freedom with do-what-you-want anarchy. When my partner pointed out to him that he was in fact part of a neighbourhood and that we all had to live together he was stuck for words and just walked away mumbling. I'm sure he'd never considered the concept. He was a bit better after that, but only marginally. Worse was the block of flats across the road (a three story brick block inexplicably plonked in a row of old Queenslander houses). The flats appealed to young people, one in particular would really BOOM out the doof doof music. It was bad enough for us, but for anyone else in that apartment block it must have been sheer torture. The sub-bass just rumbled the entire atmosphere in a radius of about two or three houses. Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. - Dale Carnegie Re: Neigbours-to-be - how would you guys deal with this???!!! 58May 18, 2008 1:08 pm exactly cabin fever. it tends to get worse when the balance tips. Despite the ruling that the estate required all to be people did not own other properties there were 3 investors in our street from the outset. It wasn't a problem. Re: Neigbours-to-be - how would you guys deal with this???!!! 60May 18, 2008 10:38 pm We bought an established house about a year ago. One of the things we did was drove around past it at different times of the day & night & the weekend that we found it. We also parked the car & walked the street & surrounding streets. We knew 2 nearby neighbours, so we asked them for honest opinions too.
My father-in-law was a little more bold..... when we had the 2nd look at it with the rellos, he's straight over to the next door neighbour, introducing himself, and asking what the neigbourhood is like! They noted a few small things, but nothing to worry us. The funny comment was "yeah, about 5 years ago this hoon in a commodore spun his tyres all the way up the street" F-I-L joked to me that I'd better not invite any mates around....(my mates are a lot more mature than that!) The only other negative was the pervert who watches us from across the road, but my wife dealt with him here: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=6327 When we moved in, I made an effort to meet the immediate neighbours. We have a dog, so I told them about her, and explained that she's in at night, so all-night barking won't be a problem. That was when I was informed of the clown diagonally behind, who would stagger in drunk, wander his backyard to find a tree (or c/bond fence) to loudly pee on, upsetting the neighbour's dog, who would then bark at him. The next week they'd receive a council letter with "problematic dogs" as it's heading. I was a little concerned about this, and wondered if it may turn into a 2 year war with us, as it had for next-doors. Within a month of moving in I witnessed the 2am howling..... I'd come home late, our little pup growled at the back door, so I went out (on my own) to find him muttering to himself, banging the colorbond fence, and peeing against the corner of the fence - which has enough gap so the stream could enter my yard (now fixed with a piece of angle rivetted in place!). I shone the torch on his face & told him to "stop snooping around in the night peeking over neighbours fences or I'll call the police" - he apologised profusely....with a very slurred voice! The next morning I went around & knocked on the door. A very red-faced neighbour appeared. I told him I don't care if he gets smashed at the pub, but he's to stop trying to get into my yard. He then mentioned, very sheepishly, that he didn't remember what happened last night, nor does he remember any nights, Turns out he sleeps in the garage when he comes home drunk, as she won't let him in the house! I told him matter-of-factly that his behaviour was upsetting the neighbourhood dogs, and he then admitted that his wife made him write the letters to council!. We haven't had any problems since! So there can be happy endings! And while on the topic of hot cars.... I own a couple of fairly loud 'weekend' toys, and I also have mates who visit in very loud V8s as well. I make sure I never run the cars for any length of time except 9-5 on weekends, and in the morning & evening hours, if I have to move one, it is started, moved, and shut off immediately. One night I had a mate leave late. I apologised to the next-door neighbours, who informed me that they didn't hear it (dunno how!) and then proceeded to tell me they didn't know I had 2 noisy cars as it never bothered them. We're also apparently the "best neighbours we've ever had" as far as never knowing if we're home or not unless they see the lights on! Our nosy neighbour at the previous house for 8 years said the same thing, but a little more un-nerving. He commented once that the only way he knew we were on holidays is that the sequence of toilet & bathroom light on/off pattern wasn't happening when we were away. I'm quite proud of the fact that I can have my hobbies, and not annoy the neighbours. All it needs is a bit of give & take - but the noisy neighbour must have consideration for others first. Bought in Nov 21 at the height of the market (classic). Good area, atrocious floor plan. BUT has land out to the left-hand side that we can extend out on (see second… 0 8771 Thanks mate. Yeah good points! Leaning towards Option 3 to get a bit extra space in the cabinets but not going too crazy high (and expensive). Would require a mini… 13 39691 Hi It came to my attention after the handover that - The facade cladding on the face and the side are not straight. -The face tapers down by 50mm from left to right and… 0 2458 |