I Had an Argument with My Neighbour Today

LJayB92 on 03/09/2024 - 19:56

Bit of a background, since I bought this home, I gradually developed hatred against my Neighbour for being inconsiderate because -

  • Their garage (in their backyard) acting as a fence boundary doesn't have a downpipe, so they have pushed the water drum in our property to collect water from gutter breaking the fence (now supported by my shed from back). I had to push the water drum back to their property as Neighbour dont care on addressing?? I bought the house in this condition and didnt notice this as it was hidden behind shed

  • They seem to collect rainwater in big blue drums as they don't have proper drainage, or they like?? I have seen mosquitoes swarming whenever renters clean or vacuum their garage room. Water drums have stagnant water for weeks

  • They had vegetation, mulch, bricks threaded to plants on their nature strip so their nature strip is unusable, and no one can park car there as the plants spreading on street and footpath.

  • They put their bins to our nature strip as they park cars in front of theirs.

  • Their renters in garage (not sure if its legal) change every other day and are nuisance. I have seen t their friends peeing in front yard of one of the Neighbours while waiting for a mate. When I had a chat with Neighbour, they giggled.

  • They always block their own driveway while parking.

  • The rotating renters seem to leave their space empty in front of their house and park in front of others, including ours.

  • One day their guest car was sandwiched between our legally parked car in front of our nature strip (meter away from their driveway) and Neighbours car half on their own driveway. Neighbour told us to move our car even though Neighbour and her guest were illegally parked blocking their driveway. When I told her you shouldn't be telling me as you are the one who parked illegally, she said no one will know, No English, and left the conversation.

  • Upon telling them don't put bins in front our nature strip she started putting in their driveway with their wheelie bin Tyres on our nature strip. (no that I care too much but just shows how pushy they want to get)

- Neighbour and her renters have 4 cars, they park 0 car in their driveway and garage. Their driveway can fit 5 cars, garage 0 as renters are living there. Other 2 Neighbours including us have told them off couple of times as well to park at least 1 car in their driveway.

Coming back to what happened when I was putting bin in front of my house, in front of my nature strip close to their driveway (Neighbour put their bin on their driveway kissing my nature strip) Neighbour starts shouting at me, Councils land NO NOO NO.

It got heated when I said "it's in front of my property and my nature strip not yours. Also, you can't block driveways"
Later that evening while we were walking, she then later dragged another Neighbour to be our translator which I didn't like as I don't want everyone in the street to know that we don't get along well.

Please help me to understand, am I being intolerant here, what can I suck it up and what can I let it go ?? I think "getting along with Neighbour" boat has already sailed with the heated argument today unless I am wrong. May be you guys can show me what I cant see. Keen for your thoughts.

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Comments

  • Dollar General on 03/09/2024 - 20:05
    +5

    You would get along well with my neighbour. He also thinks the nature strip is part of his property.

    As for the water issue, speak with the water authority as they shouldn’t be discharging water onto your property

    • Ghost47 on 03/09/2024 - 20:26
      +7

      You would get along well with my neighbour. He also thinks the nature strip is part of his property.

      I genuinely don't understand why people are ok with this kind of thing, especially if the neighbour (or people visiting them) can park outside their house. It seems the general consensus on OzBargain is since the nature strip is council owned it's a free-for-all. People have to maintain their own nature strip even though it's council owned, I think the fact people maintain their own strip makes them feel like they own it to a certain extent so there's nothing wrong with being annoyed when other people encroach on it.

      If people think that the nature strip outside their house is a free-for-all would they be ok with other people putting rubbish in their wheelie bin without asking? Because the council owns the bin.

      How about REAs setting up signs on their nature strip without asking? Because the council owns the strip and the REA owns the sign.

      How about if other people dump their hard rubbish on your nature strip without asking? Or how about if a homeless person sets up a tent on your nature strip without asking? Because again, the nature strip doesn't belong to you.

      If you're paying a tonne of money for a mortgage and have a nature strip outside your house I don't think there's any issue at all to be annoyed if other people park outside your house constantly or leave stuff on your nature strip without asking. Why would you park outside the next house to the person you're visiting anyway if there's a free spot outside their house?

      • Dollar General on 03/09/2024 - 20:29
        +1

        So you have never parked in front of someone else’s house when visiting someone or going to a restaurant, shops, church or some other venue?

        • Ghost47 on 03/09/2024 - 20:34
          +8

          If I have no other choice I will park in front of someone else's house. If I can park outside the house of the person I'm visiting obviously I'll park in front of their house by default.

          Think about it, if you are maintaining the nature strip outside your house you start to feel like you have some ownership over it (even though by law you don't). If you're coming home and someone has thrown some Macca's or KFC wrappers on your nature strip how would it make you feel? What if it's hard rubbish collection, you were out all day with the family and you come home to find a sofa, broken coffee table, ironing board and washing machine etc. left on the nature strip? That kind of thing would piss me off personally.

          • OMGJL on 04/09/2024 - 01:54
            +1

            @Ghost47: well I guess you've never lived in Sydney for a long period of time?

            loads of cars in front of just about every curb, how about try to get rid of them all?

            At least parking at curb is ethical and legal if within time limits,

            how about in rude areas/suburbs people even park at your apartment parking lots at the back of the apartment if it can't be locked (happens to be middle eastern people everytime in my very own experience), what can you do about it?

            • Ghost47 on 04/09/2024 - 15:25

              @OMGJL:

              well I guess you've never lived in Sydney for a long period of time?

              I lived in Sydney for a few years.

              loads of cars in front of just about every curb, how about try to get rid of them all?

              I did see this in Sydney but it was normally in affluent suburbs where houses have garages or driveways (e.g. Rockdale, Manly) so people have to park their cars on the street. If I lived in a suburb like that obviously I'd just accept it because it's the norm. Sydney is a diverse city though, there are suburbs in Greater Western Sydney where streets aren't packed with cars parked along the kerb, think places like Wetherill Park and Bossley Park. Those suburbs have houses with driveways and plenty of untimed street parking, that's the scenario I'm talking about in general when I say people shouldn't park in front of your house constantly, put their rubbish in your bin or leave their stuff on the nature strip (without asking first anyway).

              how about in rude areas/suburbs people even park at your apartment parking lots at the back of the apartment if it can't be locked (happens to be middle eastern people everytime in my very own experience), what can you do about it?

              I've experienced that before in Sydney where some inconsiderate tenant decided they could have two cars and park one of them in the visitor parking all the time. It didn't bother me much because there was plenty of parking around and I had my own garage. Info online seems to say if it happens you can document it and try and report it to strata. If I made the rules I would allow people to have the car towed at the owner's expense if they kept breaking the strata by-laws. Sydney is a dense city, the last thing people need is to be annoyed by inconsiderate people parking in their spot.

              Ultimately these issues are all caused by the same thing: inconsiderate people. If people simply considered other people for a moment before conducting their selfish act the world would be a better place.

      • brad1-8tsi on 04/09/2024 - 10:40

        People have to maintain their own nature strip even though it's council owned,

        That is incorrect. Council is supposed to maintain the nature strip but in many cases fails to do so and relies on the occupier to do the job for them.

        City of Sydney, North Sydney & Bayside Councils all maintain the nature strip and I'm sure there are many more councils that do the same.

        Because the council owns the bin.

        While the council owns the bin, the waste levy is effectively a lease of the space within the bin and an agreement to make that space available on a scheduled basis.

        since the nature strip is council owned it's a free-for-all

        That is pretty much the case. It is a free-for-all. It's a public road and you can park in whatever space is legally available. At the properties my wife & I share we might get a park outside the house once a week and sometimes we have to park 100m away. That's the way it goes.

        If you're paying a tonne of money for a mortgage and have a nature strip outside your house

        So if you rent or own the property it doesn't count? Your expectations only apply to those with a mortgage?

        • Ghost47 on 04/09/2024 - 15:52

          That is incorrect. Council is supposed to maintain the nature strip but in many cases fails to do so and relies on the occupier to do the job for them.

          Ok, so they don't "have" to do it.

          While the council owns the bin, the waste levy is effectively a lease of the space within the bin and an agreement to make that space available on a scheduled basis.

          Fair enough.

          At the properties my wife & I share we might get a park outside the house once a week and sometimes we have to park 100m away. That's the way it goes.

          I generally have no issue when it's a once off or even a few times, the issue arises when it becomes a regular, constant thing. How would you feel if that happened every day with the same car? That's the scenario I'm talking about and the situation the OP is describing doesn't sound like a once-a-week occurrence. If someone constantly parks outside your house or constantly leaves their bin on the nature strip outside your house when there is plenty of space along the street and in front of their house, would you be ok with that? What if your neighbour decided to play music every day from 4pm - 7pm and you could clearly hear it in your house? OPs neighbour sounds like a nightmare, is it wrong for them to be annoyed by them? I've lived next to quiet neighbours and inconsiderate noisy neighbours and I would gladly take quiet neighbours any day of the week.

          So if you rent or own the property it doesn't count? Your expectations only apply to those with a mortgage?

          Nope, it should count. I was simply trying to say if people have bills for housing that they were trying to pay off that it should be ok for them to feel annoyed if people kept encroaching on the nature strip outside their house, especially if they also take care to maintain it. Why should people who spend a chunk of their paycheck or worked to pay off their property have to be bothered by neighbours who consider no one else except themselves?

          As I said the general consensus on OzBargain seems to be if people decide to park outside your house and put their bins on "your" nature strip that it's somehow socially acceptable because they don't actually own the nature strip (which is a fair point) but it shouldn't mean people who get annoyed are somehow objectively wrong in their feelings. People need to be more considerate of others in general, that's the entire point. The world would be a much better place if people just took some time to be considerate of others. Something small like cleaning up after yourself in a food court even though there are cleaners around who can clean up the mess, or taking your rubbish with you after going for a hike, or simply asking your neighbour first if you can throw some of your trash in their bin because you have too much and your bin is full.

  • Porker on 03/09/2024 - 20:15
    +1

    I wonder what the neighbours list of issues against you would look like. I'm not saying that what they are doing (based on your information) is correct.

    However, there are at least two sides to every story.

    It's hard to say if you're being intolerant as raised, given the above is presented with your lens. It does however sound an unpleasant situation plus something you're not going to resolve here.

    Part of the challenge is that it sounds like the neighbour has been doing whatever it is for a number of years now, and you've come in as the new person and tried to change things (albeit within your right for some items).

  • Guybrush57 on 03/09/2024 - 20:15
    +15

    I'm gonna be honest. I can't picture any of this in my head. I'm gonna need photos or at least an MS Paint diagram.

    • Jimothy Wongingtons on 03/09/2024 - 20:22
      +2

      @mspaint

      • DashCam AKA Rolts on 03/09/2024 - 21:36
        +2

        @mspaint

        Crickets……
        Perhaps @Muzeeb can assist if available……

      • mspaint on 05/09/2024 - 23:16
        +1

        what's up mate?

  • HamBoi69 on 03/09/2024 - 20:16
    +1

    Your neighbour's place sounds like a reality show that missed its calling—too bad the prize wasn't a downpipe and some common sense.

    • DashCam AKA Rolts on 03/09/2024 - 21:37
      +2

      Sounds a bit like a different show - Housos.

  • robbyjones on 03/09/2024 - 20:17
    +17

    I think you need to focus on what affects you and your property. The street parking in front of your property, whilst annoying, is completely legal and you need to let that go, same with the none use of their driveway, not your business. Parking over their driveway isn't legal but doesn't affect you so leave that alone too.

    I am not sure what your issue is with the bins on the nature strip, they moved them when asked, I think they are being reasonable here and you are being a little petty.

    If their shed doesn't have drainage and the water is falling onto your property then check with council what the requirement is and tackle that, especially if there are mosquitos because of their water drums.

    If they have their garage is occupied with frequent renters then it could be Airbnb or something like that, have a look and see if you can find it. I'd also speak to council about this too.

    I don't think you are being unreasonable but it seems to me that you have reached a point where every little thing that you would normally not worry about is bugging you because they are inconsiderate. However, the fact that they did move their bins when you asked tells me that there is room to move in neighbour relations so just be courteous but firm in your dealings with them.

  • AustriaBargain on 03/09/2024 - 20:19

    Is that you Kahn?

  • miwahni on 03/09/2024 - 20:20
    +7

    Firstly it's not fun if you don't get along with your neighbours. Note that 1. nature strip actually is the council's land, not yours or your neighbour's. 2. They can grow what they like on it, as long as council doesn't object. 3. It's illegal to park on the nature strip so it doesn't make any difference if they grow stuff on it or not. 4.Anyone can legally park in front of your house. 5. If they're blocking their own driveway, why do you care?
    The big issue for me would be the water drums. I wonder if they put them there, or whether the previous owners of your house did so in order to stop the water from discharging onto your property? In any event it may be illegal where you live, not to have the guttering from the shed plumbed into the stormwater. In my council area it needs to be connected to stormwater. Have a look on your council website - if you're not bothered by the thought of making things worse with your neighbour you could always report them to council for the illegal discharge.

    • Summoner on 04/09/2024 - 10:13
      +1

      I completely agree with this comment. Just wanted to add few more.

      Natures strip is there for pedestrian access should not be blocked by anything. Same goes for the driveway. If you think pedestrian access is blocked, contact council for investigation.

      Also, it is illigal to park on the natures strip. When this happend to us, i had a chat with the neighbours first, then reported illigal parking to the council everytime it happened again. If they are persistant, some council have a diary log availble for you to complete. You need to record illigal parking for few weeks and send them to council. I took the photos of illigal parking as well. Eventually, they all learnt to keep their wheels off the natures strip. So i no longer have any issue.

  • brad1-8tsi on 03/09/2024 - 20:21
    -1

    Rather than ask here, why not google the multiple issues as individual problems.

    Who needs the translator?
    If you are in the right, why are you afraid that the neighbours will know?

    Half of it you are in the right, half of it you are totally wrong. Here's a hint: Where does your property boundary end?

  • Jimothy Wongingtons on 03/09/2024 - 20:23
    +8

    26 min and no one said bikies - sheesh. Times have changed.

    • Subere on 03/09/2024 - 20:40
      +2

      Maybe the neighbours are bikies or renting the garage to bikies. Sounds like a halfway house or something of that ilk.

    • AussieDaddy on 04/09/2024 - 00:34
      +3

      The CMFEU didn't pay them this fortnight so they're temporarily unreachable. 😁

  • Gdsamp on 03/09/2024 - 20:26
    +1

    Following
    obviously two sides to every story but to me Seems like it is not an issue that can be resolved until one of you moves
    the other party seems to be happy to be selfish and inconsiderate of others and No english is a convenient excuse

    Otherwise, Bikies

    • askbargain on 03/09/2024 - 20:37
      +2

      people who don't park in garage or on driveway have a special place in hell

  • JimmyF on 03/09/2024 - 20:43
    -1

    They always block their own driveway while parking.

    LOL WOW getting upset over someone else blocking their own driveway!

    Please help me to understand, am I being intolerant here

    Pretty much yes, 95% of what you have listed has been happening on their side/property. They moved their bins when you asked them. So not sure why that is an issue now.

    If the garage is being rented out like you think, have a word with the council about that.

  • Venom on 03/09/2024 - 20:54

    OP, we need mspaint diagram to decide next

  • JIMB0 on 03/09/2024 - 21:14

    Thanks for signing up and telling us. Has it really taken you since April 2022 to work up the courage and make this post?

  • mskeggs on 03/09/2024 - 21:48

    I’m not really clear on what your objections are here? The guttering drained into a barrel that overlapped your boundary line until you moved it, though took some time for you to even notice?
    Some parking in the street not to your liking? Not happy with where the bins are put on bin night?

    These kind of sound like things that you don’t like much. Maybe there are things that you do that they don’t like much.
    Perhaps as a start, politely ask if they would change one of them? It seemed to work when you asked them to move the bins, I think.
    You might strike up more of a relationship to ask for favors to deal with some of the other things you don’t like. But you might have to do a bit of give and take if there are things they don’t like about you.

  • p1 ama on 03/09/2024 - 23:45
    +3

    Bit of a background, since I bought this home, I gradually developed hatred against my Neighbour for being inconsiderate because -

    Sigh, another "1 post / 0 comments" post. I'm guessing that it'll just be a bunch of semi-coherent points which amount to nothing more than having a whinge. Let's see how we go.

    Their garage (in their backyard) acting as a fence boundary doesn't have a downpipe, so they have pushed the water drum in our property to collect water from gutter breaking the fence (now supported by my shed from back). I had to push the water drum back to their property as Neighbour dont care on addressing?? I bought the house in this condition and didnt notice this as it was hidden behind shed

    This is on you to not check the house thoroughly prior to purchasing. You also do not have any evidence that the neighbour has broken the fence, how do you know the fence was not broken first, and the water drum pushed there after?

    What do you mean by "neighbour dont care on addressing??", what is there to address? It seems like they had a water drum which was over the fence line, and you've now pushed it back behind the fence line again.

    What is there further to address here?

    They seem to collect rainwater in big blue drums as they don't have proper drainage, or they like?? I have seen mosquitoes swarming whenever renters clean or vacuum their garage room. Water drums have stagnant water for weeks

    As far as I understand, it is perfectly legal to collect rainwater.

    Mosquitoes are everywhere, I find it hard to believe that whatever your neighbour is doing on their land affects the number of mosquitoes where you are. If it bothers you that much, you can install the zappy things outdoors (e.g. if you have an alfresco), and they'll just zap the mosquitoes.

    As for their water drums having stagnant water, ultimately, this is none of your business.

    They had vegetation, mulch, bricks threaded to plants on their nature strip so their nature strip is unusable, and no one can park car there as the plants spreading on street and footpath.

    If it's an issue, call the council. It's not on your land, is not your responsibility, and is not your business.

    They put their bins to our nature strip as they park cars in front of theirs.

    Why is this a problem? I sometimes put my bins on my neighbour's nature strip when there are cars parked in front of mine, and they put their bins on my nature strip when there are cars parked in front of mine. Makes it easier for the garbo.

    Their renters in garage (not sure if its legal) change every other day and are nuisance. I have seen t their friends peeing in front yard of one of the Neighbours while waiting for a mate. When I had a chat with Neighbour, they giggled.

    Were they peeing in the neighbour's yard or yours? If it's your neighbour's yard, why do you care?

    They always block their own driveway while parking.

    How does this affect you?

    The rotating renters seem to leave their space empty in front of their house and park in front of others, including ours.

    It's a public road, is it not?

    One day their guest car was sandwiched between our legally parked car in front of our nature strip (meter away from their driveway) and Neighbours car half on their own driveway. Neighbour told us to move our car even though Neighbour and her guest were illegally parked blocking their driveway. When I told her you shouldn't be telling me as you are the one who parked illegally, she said no one will know, No English, and left the conversation.

    Seems like a perfectly interaction. She asked you to move your car, you didn't want to move your car, both sides left it at that.

    What's the problem? Is she not allowed to ask you to move your car? She's entitled to ask, you are entitled to oblige or not given it's a public road.

    Upon telling them don't put bins in front our nature strip she started putting in their driveway with their wheelie bin Tyres on our nature strip. (no that I care too much but just shows how pushy they want to get)

    This just sounds like you're creating more trouble for the sake of it.

    • Neighbour and her renters have 4 cars, they park 0 car in their driveway and garage. Their driveway can fit 5 cars, garage 0 as renters are living there. Other 2 Neighbours including us have told them off couple of times as well to park at least 1 car in their driveway.

    What gives you any right to dictate where they park? Is it a public road they're parking on, or is it your personal private road?

    Coming back to what happened when I was putting bin in front of my house, in front of my nature strip close to their driveway (Neighbour put their bin on their driveway kissing my nature strip) Neighbour starts shouting at me, Councils land NO NOO NO.

    It is council's land, so why are you getting involved?

    It got heated when I said "it's in front of my property and my nature strip not yours. Also, you can't block driveways"

    "In front of your property" is not on your property - does the house in front of yours not have a right to exist, lest they be "in front" of your property? How many metres in front of your property is your neighbour not allowed to encroach?

    Later that evening while we were walking, she then later dragged another Neighbour to be our translator which I didn't like as I don't want everyone in the street to know that we don't get along well.

    Seems like a perfectly reasonable thing to do when there's a language barrier.

    Please help me to understand, am I being intolerant here, what can I suck it up and what can I let it go ?? I think "getting along with Neighbour" boat has already sailed with the heated argument today unless I am wrong. May be you guys can show me what I cant see. Keen for your thoughts.

    OP, sorry, but this is at least 50% on you. You've taken it on yourself to become bothered by things. I understand your neighbours may not be "model neighbours", but at this rate, it looks like you have made up your mind about being annoyed, and taking every opportunity to choose to be annoyed.

    At the end of the day, they are not doing anything that is dangerous, they are not doing anything that is disturbing the peace (e.g. loud music, yelling and screaming, consistent partying), they are not doing anything that encroaches onto your property (aside from the water drum, but that sounds sorted), and it seems like they are somewhat trying to communicate with you (e.g. by bringing a translator).

    Are they probably violating some council rules? Sure, if it bothers you, take a picture, send it to the council, then move on.

  • OMGJL on 04/09/2024 - 02:06
    +1

    parking at your curb - legal, let go.
    bins on your nature strip - as long as no rubbish falling off, legal, let go.
    parking on their drive way - not your issue, let go
    boarding house - usually legal, unless there's special circumstances.

    drainage - report to council and xx water of your state.
    over grown plant - take photo, ask council if it's within reason.

    fence - you bought the house without checking carefully, and you seems not happy to fix it yourself either, now that you don't have good relationship with your neighbour, guess you have to put up with it. Could've negotiate for 50/50 split before rationship get worsen, or could've ask previous landlord to fix it before purchase/handover.

  • morse on 04/09/2024 - 02:57
    +2

    Most of these are local council issues:
    - stagnant water with mosquitoes is an environmental health issue
    - bins should be brought in on non collection days
    - each local council has rule about what kind of plants can be on the nature strip, for most it only grass and endorsed native plants (some areas like mine only allow council to plant trees as per their choosing).
    - use of garage for temporary accommodation wouldn’t be compliant with zoning and fire safety regulations for boarders
    - parking over footpath/access is illegal
    - fence/shed there are rules re this, look them up but get a proper fence installed as per local regulations and they will need to pay for half of whatever the cheapest option is.
    - drainage, they need to have adequate guttering and drainage to avoid flooding your property.

    Do not have any further verbal conversations with your neighbour. If they say anything to you ignore them. Document any incidents like verbal aggression in a log book. Also log in you notes any inappropriate behaviour from temporary guests/renters like peeing on the nature strip. ie time, date and nature of incident.

    Water tanks/mosquitoes, bins, nature strip, illegal parking and boarders (renters) are not your issue to deal with, simply report each one seperately to council (as they’ll be dealt with by separate departments), it’s up to council to investigate and decide on any corrective action. Fence and drainage you’ll need to put plans and a request in writing to your neighbour, you may want to use an experienced fencer/planner/builder/solicitor to help you to draft this but may also be able to google example letters. You may also be able to get advice on the process for fences and drainage from your local council planning department.

    If you decide to actually pursue any of the above you’re pretty much declaring war, so be prepared for retaliation. Get security cameras to monitor your property and report any incidents to police if they occur. It’s up to you what you choose to report to council, but essentially everything other than the fence/drainage issue you need to make a decision whether to report it or ignore it. Simply asking your neighbour not to do those things won’t help in this situation and is not your role to address. Also make sure you are also not breaking any council regulations as they’ll likely retaliate with complaints about you, make sure they have nothing to complain about, ie don’t obstruct the foot path yourself, if you have pets make sure they are registered and you’re paying any associated fees, make sure your nature strip is well maintained, ensure your trees are not causing them issues etc.

  • geekcohen on 04/09/2024 - 08:38
    +1

    Time to get ACA involved.

    • ThithLord on 04/09/2024 - 08:47

      Yeah, why did OP go to the 2nd in authority? OzBargain is superseded by ACA

  • Duckie2hh on 04/09/2024 - 09:30

    my nature strip not yours

    Its neither of yours. its council land.

  • Stuj on 04/09/2024 - 18:57

    Wot, no @jv witty post

  • JayB92 on 05/09/2024 - 17:35

    Thank you all for insights and your suggestions. I will try to be more considerate

    For those who have said I should be more considerate, and my property ends at my home not on nature strip. I completely agree. I am bit of a lawn freak like my other Neighbours. I spray bathroid for beetles, reseed,Weed n Feed, edge and mow my nature strip regularly. But yes, that doesn't give me the right to own the nature strip or think same.
    What I dont like is if I put my bins in her nature strip, she wont like it and will start yelling. But she can do so. How do I know ?
    When last week I put my bins on nature strip in front of my house, the whole street was empty, no cars parked or no bins out. She still started yelling Council property, I cant put on this side of nature strip, put on other side of nature strip.
    For those who were saying we put our bins on Neighbour and so did they, we park in front of our Neighbours and so did they, I don't share that kind of relationship with my Neighbour. She want her nature strip and her front of house car park only for her.
    She even told off one of the renters to stop parking in the driveway and park on street, and he left. There are other Neighbours who park in front of my house and I dont care as I dont own the space. I do care when she does that as she tries to keep her car park in front of her house reserved for her car and renters. The other boarders are so careless as they are for short while or whatever but whenever they had parked cars in front of our house, they ended up throwing rubbish, cigrates , snack pack etc. How do I know its only them ? The labels were in Chinese. and its not a onetime thing trust me.
    FYI, We have limited parking area and there are 2 renting houses which have 4 cars each. I never said anything, I pick the garbage and put it in my bin.

    Regarding the drum, yes I had a chat with her, she didnt care to pull it back in her property and then I pushed it. she noticed and came to me and said if I want to make a brick fence there. I said lets do it later as I was tight on $$ and gave her a heads up that Brick fence is not allowed by council anyway.

    The water drum is still there, she pushed it back in again and I haven't bothered to move it as I am tired of this. Nor I feel like complaining as I feel she seems like a single middle aged non- English-speaking lady who might is renting her garage and other rooms to get some extra $$.

    This has been happening since last 3 years and I did let it go and didnt care as many of you said its in her property and her area. Even though she is illegally discharging water and crossing the fence with her water drum in my property.

    Then why this post if I dont care ?
    I do care very much as I bought the house with all my savings 30 year of mortgage not to have a hood vibe. But I let it go as I cant control the world and it was not bothering me as much. The fact that she start yelling at me when I was putting my bins out for nothing had me going.
    Imagine one fine afternoon, the whole street is empty and there are no bins out and no cars parked, you come out to put your bins for next morning collection and your Neighbour starts shouting at you that don't put bins on nature strip in front of your house as its council's land.

    Also, I did called council other day that my bin was not collected, not sure if because she put her bins on my nature strip and we had ours too. Bin driver must have thought that why 2 bins for this house or whatever. The council told me over the phone that I am not allowed to put my bin over someone else nature strip unless I am living on the end of the court and truck cannot collect from the end. They even asked me if I want to report her and waste collection team will check. I let it go to avoid dispute with Neighbour.

    I am also thinking that I should work on myself and not these things bother me. Thanks all

  • noideaa on 16/09/2024 - 13:24

    Buy a $1K shitbox and park it in your nature strip. Move it back and forth every week to make it look like you've been driving it. In bin collection day, park where the bins are placed (often on the front side) and yours on the driveway or the back of your nature strip behind the shitbox.

    Tadaa, no one will ever park there.

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