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Post by Billybigbollox on Apr 7, 2019 9:52:46 GMT
I live on a wicked blind bend. My neighbour’s side of the fence has ivy that is rampant all over his gatepost (to my right) and it cuts down visibility when trying to exit my drive to less than ten yards with regard to approaching traffic. Trouble is, he lives in The Falkland Islands and I am dealing with his tenants who can’t be bothered to communicate the problem to him. I’m on the verge of cutting it back without waiting for permission before it kills me, or my wife, or my daughter, or all of us. He lives in the Falklands! What for, is he a sheep or a penguin... I was thinking the same. It’s hardly the place to move to to open up a nail bar or a franchise of Starbucks. I suppose there are still quite a lot of military personnel out there.
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Post by felonious on Apr 7, 2019 10:29:41 GMT
I live on a wicked blind bend. My neighbour’s side of the fence has ivy that is rampant all over his gatepost (to my right) and it cuts down visibility when trying to exit my drive to less than ten yards with regard to approaching traffic. Trouble is, he lives in The Falkland Islands and I am dealing with his tenants who can’t be bothered to communicate the problem to him. I’m on the verge of cutting it back without waiting for permission before it kills me, or my wife, or my daughter, or all of us. Politely speak to the tenants and tell them that you're going to cut the ivy back because of the risk to your family. I have a shared drive with a neighbour and put the lawnmower over a stretch of grass that he doesn't maintain for the purpose of safety when exiting the drive which benefits him as much as me. If I left it to him it would reduce the vision looking right to 5 metres instead of 100. There is a blind bend to the left with a viewing mirror straight ahead.
I saw a motorbike rider killed on a blind bend last May. There were a number of reasons for the accident but one of them was that one driver was going too fast and not taking into account that there has to be less speed when there is less vision ahead. There was no reason to anticipate that there would be any form of obstruction around the bend but on that day there was. People drive far too fast so do yourself a favour and cut the stuff back.
Today's a good day for gardening
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Post by Linx on Apr 7, 2019 13:25:59 GMT
I live on a wicked blind bend. My neighbour’s side of the fence has ivy that is rampant all over his gatepost (to my right) and it cuts down visibility when trying to exit my drive to less than ten yards with regard to approaching traffic. Trouble is, he lives in The Falkland Islands and I am dealing with his tenants who can’t be bothered to communicate the problem to him. I’m on the verge of cutting it back without waiting for permission before it kills me, or my wife, or my daughter, or all of us. He lives in the Falklands! What for, is he a sheep or a penguin... Bizarrely, both him and his wife are social workers. I think they work for the army in family services, or something; they were in Germany previously.
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Post by Northy on Apr 8, 2019 14:17:57 GMT
I live on a wicked blind bend. My neighbour’s side of the fence has ivy that is rampant all over his gatepost (to my right) and it cuts down visibility when trying to exit my drive to less than ten yards with regard to approaching traffic. Trouble is, he lives in The Falkland Islands and I am dealing with his tenants who can’t be bothered to communicate the problem to him. I’m on the verge of cutting it back without waiting for permission before it kills me, or my wife, or my daughter, or all of us. He lives in the Falklands! What for, is he a sheep or a penguin... It would be a great place to go to if you are into wildlife
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Post by murphthesurf on Apr 8, 2019 17:04:29 GMT
I live on a wicked blind bend. My neighbour’s side of the fence has ivy that is rampant all over his gatepost (to my right) and it cuts down visibility when trying to exit my drive to less than ten yards with regard to approaching traffic. Trouble is, he lives in The Falkland Islands and I am dealing with his tenants who can’t be bothered to communicate the problem to him. I’m on the verge of cutting it back without waiting for permission before it kills me, or my wife, or my daughter, or all of us. Politely speak to the tenants and tell them that you're going to cut the ivy back because of the risk to your family.
I have a shared drive with a neighbour and put the lawnmower over a stretch of grass that he doesn't maintain for the purpose of safety when exiting the drive which benefits him as much as me. If I left it to him it would reduce the vision looking right to 5 metres instead of 100. There is a blind bend to the left with a viewing mirror straight ahead.
I saw a motorbike rider killed on a blind bend last May. There were a number of reasons for the accident but one of them was that one driver was going too fast and not taking into account that there has to be less speed when there is less vision ahead. There was no reason to anticipate that there would be any form of obstruction around the bend but on that day there was. People drive far too fast so do yourself a favour and cut the stuff back. Today's a good day for gardening
I agree with Fel, Linxy. It sounds horrendously dangerous & needs attending to urgently. If you've asked the 'tenants' to cut the excess growth back & they've ignored you they sound appalling. I'd give them a politely-worded note (+ keep a copy) with your reasons for asking them to do it and ask them to please do it in the next 7 days and add that in the urgent interests of safety if they fail to do so you'll do it yourself. I think you need to put it in writing to them with reasons first, though - I say this because boundary disputes & tree or hedge-cutting, etc. - and other similar things which often started out as a quite trivial matter - can end up going to court and incurring huge legal bills. I don't think for one minute this would happen to you in this case, because the tenants sound as though they can't be bothered one way or the other, but to be on the safe side you always need to cover yourself first.
Anyway, can't they (or maybe won't they?) give you an email address for your neighbour? If you could only get his okay on doing the work yourself it would solve the whole problem. (I'm sure you've tried to contact him but haven't had the info you need.)
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Post by Linx on Apr 10, 2019 16:31:42 GMT
Cheers murph. Sounds like sound advice.
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Post by murphthesurf on Apr 10, 2019 23:22:35 GMT
Cheers murph. Sounds like sound advice. You're very welcome, Linxy. Oh, and I should have also said that if I were you I'd be sure to take 'before' and 'after' photos to show the dangerously restricted view. Good luck! Edit: Sorry, just thought of sth else - I don't know if I'm being over-cautious, but if you do end up doing it yourself, I'd knock on their door first and say "I'm going to cut the overgrowth back this morning/tomorrow - okay?" Etc!
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