Browse Forums General Discussion Re: NEIGHBOURS FROM HELL - DO YOU HAVE SOME? 2Mar 21, 2012 9:22 am Owner builder - And the stress begins! Re: NEIGHBOURS FROM HELL - DO YOU HAVE SOME? 3Mar 21, 2012 10:53 am "Whoever says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain!" Re: NEIGHBOURS FROM HELL - DO YOU HAVE SOME? 4Mar 21, 2012 11:05 am Building a Delta 21 at Craigieburn - http://homeofzero.blogspot.com.au/ Deposit: 26/02. Contract: 22/05. Settlement: 29/05. Site start: 18/10. Re: NEIGHBOURS FROM HELL - DO YOU HAVE SOME? 7Mar 21, 2012 1:46 pm "Whoever says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain!" Re: NEIGHBOURS FROM HELL - DO YOU HAVE SOME? 12Mar 21, 2012 4:24 pm Thanks for the input Michael. I'm not really in the position to purchase the land financially as I'm about to start building our main dwelling on our own block. (Just handed over the plan prep deposit last week.) From what I do know of her, she wouldn't sell. We live in a small area and from what I have been told by people that have been around here for a while, she pretty much "gold dug" the land she is on from a dying man. She contested his will against his own family and won. Before this, she was living in a bus in a local camping ground. Some would feel sorry for her but I don't. Its all self induced and if she wanted a better life then she would pack up the bong, get off her lazy butt and make it happen. In the meantime, she should go and pay rent like the rest of us had to, or still are, at one stage in our lives. Re: NEIGHBOURS FROM HELL - DO YOU HAVE SOME? 13Mar 21, 2012 6:35 pm I agree, Sirocco. The fact that she does 'her business in the ground' that seaps into a nearby area is absolutely disgusting. And the council won't do anything, despite the obvious disregard of council conditions, requirements, health and safety, etc? I'd be sending letters/going to council meetings, etc to make them understand the situation. Unfortunately that would mean a lot of effort to make yourself heard, and when you're about to build, your mind should be on that instead! Not the crazy 8Mile lady next door! And yep, I have no sympathy for those who are in a self-induced situation. I am all for helping the fellow man, but when the man is the b1tch next door who refuses to abide to the same laws and conditions the rest of us do, it's not something I would put my hand up to do. I work at a tax office and it makes me angry when clients whinge about their 'terrible' situations where they didn't do a tax return or pay tax for 5-10 years and now have a huge bill to pay. I have no sympathy and when they complain, I feel like saying "You did this to yourself. I pay my taxes, so why are you so much better than me that you don't think you had to as well?" ARGH. End rant. Hope it gets better soon Sirocco, and I'd be stamping my feet down at the shire. Nothing she is doing sounds legal. Loud music, unlicensed dwellings, the pot, no toilet, etc... Re: NEIGHBOURS FROM HELL - DO YOU HAVE SOME? 14Mar 26, 2012 10:44 am What an awful situation to be in - I would be writing to the local paper and shaming the council in my letter. Its a disgrace that she is allowed to continue living like that and even worse that her situation is directly affecting you. I wonder how your local counciller would like living next door to that?? Re: NEIGHBOURS FROM HELL - DO YOU HAVE SOME? 15Mar 26, 2012 2:17 pm auds - I have thought about 'going public' with it, will see how it pans out over the next few months. NFH has actually been away for around 5 days now and she has taken her dog too. Its been so quiet and peace-full. Hope she never comes back Re: NEIGHBOURS FROM HELL - DO YOU HAVE SOME? 16Mar 26, 2012 5:26 pm that would be good! Have you got any other neighbours nearby who feel the same way and can maybe back you up? Re: NEIGHBOURS FROM HELL - DO YOU HAVE SOME? 17Mar 26, 2012 5:57 pm Pretty much everyone that is around here but only a few of us are prepared to do anything. The others dont want to get involved. she came home this afternoon too Re: NEIGHBOURS FROM HELL - DO YOU HAVE SOME? 18May 04, 2012 2:57 pm We owned a house for 5 years in a beautiful area in nsw. Our next door neighbour lived on a large property on his own, with his 2 dogs. the lady next door to him continually called the rangers on his dogs and they kept giving him warnings and fines until he sodl up and moved on. then she started on us, complaining to the council about our dogs. me and my wife work so the dogs are in the backyard at home while we are at work. she then started sending letters to everyone in the street asking them to call up and complain. the ranger called me and told me about the complaint and said the dogs barked when he approached my house and stopped. even tho he said that we kept getting fines and letters. we got so sick and tired of it we sold our HOME and left. Moral of the story is.... if you are unhappy with your neighbours, it is going to make you very unhappy. do u want to live an unhappy life? I didnt. I am about to buy a 300 acre property, so I dont have to bother worrying about NFH anymore. Good luck Re: NEIGHBOURS FROM HELL - DO YOU HAVE SOME? 19May 04, 2012 3:21 pm Call the cops on her about the drug habit and tell them you think she is dealing. Call the RSPCA on the barking dog, tell them you dont believe its being looked after, they will come and investigate. Give the health department a call re the lack of sewerage and the fact it seeps into your yard and while your at it call in the council on her wrecking yard. You might also want to add in the Salvation Army as they may come and help her out as well. If all else fails, find some unsavoury people to go and knock on her door for a polite discussion about her habits I feel sorry for you i really do. We currently live in a town house and whilst the strata is great, they are very nosey which gets me offside. We have a 14 month old Labrador who loves to have a swim in her kiddies pool, one of those half shell things. I was storing it on our pergola out the back until i received a letter from strata saying it had to be removed as there was a risk of someone being injured and sueing strata.... as if i would sue the strata fund for damages caused by MY pool blowing off MY pergola.... people just cant keep their nose out of other peoples business anymore My situation is nowhere near as bad as yours hence the reason i feel sorry for you Re: NEIGHBOURS FROM HELL - DO YOU HAVE SOME? 20May 05, 2012 11:19 pm Levonk Moral of the story is.... if you are unhappy with your neighbours, it is going to make you very unhappy. do u want to live an unhappy life? I didnt. I am about to buy a 300 acre property, so I dont have to bother worrying about NFH anymore. Good luck I understand where you are coming from but I do not want to give up on what we want to achieve here. Id rather fight fire with fire and try and drive HER out actually. I have more of a right to be here than she does because at the end of the day, I am living in council approved conditions, Im not breaking any laws nor am I trying to pi$$ anyone off around by being deliberately loud and arrogant. 300acres would be nice though BradS If all else fails, find some unsavoury people to go and knock on her door for a polite discussion about her habits lol. the problem is the unsavoury people are probably her associates it depends on the natural ground level, if they excavated their boundary wall needed to be built as a retaining wall. If you filled, which sounds like the case then you… 1 7597 The only thing to add to these comments is that where possible it's always good to try and work with people than just say "no" because you can. Having someone… 4 18099 Good on you for having a go I am the opposite of DIY (so will pay a builder) - our vibe is industrial/simple so current thinking is 150mm concrete and then internally is… 3 3233 |