But need to get this off my chest.There is nothing worse or more disruptive than annoying neighbours
We live in a quiet cul de sac, the majority of the residents are very friendly, we have a good mix of young and old, and its very kiddie safe.
But unfortunately every street has an awkward resident, and ours is no exception
Older couple, old biddy at home all day, nothing to do all day except busy body. They have had a reign of terror for about 20 years, moaning at the state of peoples gardens, instigating parking disputes, sending anonymous letters, even booking workmen to do repairs on peoples houses without their knowledge!
Now I can't be doing with street bullies, and from the moment I arrived, they started their reign of annoyance. But humour and sarcasm normally does the job, and and the wife is very good at calming me down and cancelling the 40 tonnes of manure for their front garden...
But recently we planned an extension, after them trying to block our plans (un successfully) we then had to put up with visits from environmental health, who were responding to noise complaints, as well as our builders getting abuse, and their vans getting blocked in.
But, we now have a great extension, and just waiting for a few snags to get finished, one of them being the drive, which sunk under the weight of a skip lorry
So, last week we get an anonymous letter through the door, addressed to the occupiers, and from the "concerned residents".
Basically citing what a state our drive is, the amount of disruption we have caused... blah blah blah...
After my sensible wife prised the baseball bat out of my hands, and brought me down from the ceiling, she simply said, "pin the letter to the tree in the front garden".
Now I'll confess to being unconvinced and thinking all sorts of evil thoughts while driving to work.
I came home that night, and low and behold, are tree has been adorned with messages of support from residents, who have had similar problems themselves.
We then started getting people coming to the door and telling us all about their stories, and years of stress they have been under! All in all, it seems to have been turned into a counselling session!
So I pinned a reply to the tree, in my usual sarky manner, thanking the unconcerned residents, and inviting them all to a big BBQ as soon as the weather picks up, and informing everyone that the reign of terror is officially over, and our tree is now the designated "Tree of Shame". Any more anonymous complaints, feel free to pin them to our tree.
The neighbours in question? Radio Silence, not a peep.
Until today....
This morning 2 coppers turned up, read all the notes on our tree of shame, and came had a chat with the missus. After looking round and nosing at the extension, they said they have no idea what they are going on about, and left us a card. Any more probs, just simply give them a bell.
So the moral to this rant is listen to your wife, she knows what she's talking about, and put down that baseball bat....
Next house will be in 4 acres of land, with a huge wall all around it, gates and a watchtower...
Busybody neighbours! Ahhhhhhhh
