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My next door neighbour is a single lady in her 60's. I am on the other half of the semi detached property. Her brother in law lives next door to her. This brother in law has put a ridge roof ladder on her roof a few feet from where my roof begins. It has been there since 5th September this year. It is not secured and in a high wind it is banging on the roof. He has told the police it is not dangerous and he is removing moss from the roof for his sister in law. No work has been done at all since the ladder first appeared, and the ladder is still there, still not secured and rattling in the wind. During October we twice had gusts in excess of 50 mph on two occasions. He is adamant he will not remove it. A Sky TV installation engineer told me to phone the police as he considered it unsafe and dangerous, it could go at any minute. Our painter, who was painting the front of our property, also said it was unsafe. Does it require Planning Permission because it has been there longer than 28 days?
There is also another ladder placed against our flat roof extension at the rear of our property, which our neighbour says is a party wall, but she does not have any deeds. I have checked the Land Registry and there does not appear to be any deeds listed. When she is angry she goes and continually bangs this ladder against our extension. This ladder is compromising our lifestyle in as much as she goes out and leaves it up against the property. It is also left up at night. She has an open garden to the front of her property so we feel totally insecure as we have open countryside to our rear and live in a small village.
We went out for Sunday Lunch yesterday, and upon returning we find we have a nice thick red line of paint on our cream painted rendering from the roof guttering down to the flat roof. It is about twelve inches into our side of the property. Along the flat roof there is another red line painted. She claims we have painted over her boundary line. Our line is directly below, and in line with our roof tiles which were all replaced about twenty or twentyfive years ago. Also directly in line with our gutters and where her gutters joins ours. The rendering was last painted 15 years ago. We have recently painted the front rendering, but not the back. The roof tiles were replaced before I owned the house.
Her brother in law sits on top of her flat roof looking and watching me in the garden when I am unaware he is there. Two chairs and a table have been placed there along with other paraphernalia. Once I came into the bedroom after having had a shower to be confronted with him climbing up the ladder against our extension from her garden onto our flat roof. I now find I have no privacy.
I am totally confused by this obsessive behaviour and harassment. The Police say it is a civil matter even though my property has been defaced with this ugly red line and I am subjecterd to all these ladders.
Please, please can somebody help tell me if all these actions are legal?
Totally distraught.
Twilley
There is also another ladder placed against our flat roof extension at the rear of our property, which our neighbour says is a party wall, but she does not have any deeds. I have checked the Land Registry and there does not appear to be any deeds listed. When she is angry she goes and continually bangs this ladder against our extension. This ladder is compromising our lifestyle in as much as she goes out and leaves it up against the property. It is also left up at night. She has an open garden to the front of her property so we feel totally insecure as we have open countryside to our rear and live in a small village.
We went out for Sunday Lunch yesterday, and upon returning we find we have a nice thick red line of paint on our cream painted rendering from the roof guttering down to the flat roof. It is about twelve inches into our side of the property. Along the flat roof there is another red line painted. She claims we have painted over her boundary line. Our line is directly below, and in line with our roof tiles which were all replaced about twenty or twentyfive years ago. Also directly in line with our gutters and where her gutters joins ours. The rendering was last painted 15 years ago. We have recently painted the front rendering, but not the back. The roof tiles were replaced before I owned the house.
Her brother in law sits on top of her flat roof looking and watching me in the garden when I am unaware he is there. Two chairs and a table have been placed there along with other paraphernalia. Once I came into the bedroom after having had a shower to be confronted with him climbing up the ladder against our extension from her garden onto our flat roof. I now find I have no privacy.
I am totally confused by this obsessive behaviour and harassment. The Police say it is a civil matter even though my property has been defaced with this ugly red line and I am subjecterd to all these ladders.
Please, please can somebody help tell me if all these actions are legal?
Totally distraught.
Twilley
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