Explaining your hobby to neighbours

[Wildefalcon]

How small can you make a nuclear reactor these days? It would be a handy thing to have in the back of the Landrover, when I convert to electric.

 

[RonMig]

Definitely wouldn't start doing favours for a 2-faced neighbour...
That would just be asking to be stabbed in the back...
I'd take some pleasure from saying that to his face...

 

[LandRoverTom]

I would print off that objection letter, have it framed then build my workshop. When he comes round asking for some machining work grab the letter and stuff it in his face.

He'll be getting a polite "hello" at most, certainly no good will that's for sure!

He's also harping on about an oil tank that the previous owners moved and installed "illegally". he's had building control out to inspect it and the BCO has confirmed (in writing) that it is fine where it is and complies with the regs.
This is forming part of his objection now and it seems he's been egging another neighbour on about it as well.
Hopefully that will just undermine him further in the eyes of the council.
I should have listened to my gut instinct on this rather than giving him the benefit of the doubt!

You'd have to be mad to tell them what you plan to do, especially at the planning submission stage, it's asking for trouble people dont always understand, let them think it's just a garage get your plans approved, build it and crack on

I mistakenly judged others by my standards. Lesson learned there!

 

[northwest]

I wouldn't tell a neighbour the time without a court order. The second you become "pally" with a neighbour your life as you know it just ended. And EVERYONE will know your business.
Garage, for a car. End of.

 

[Barking Mat]

How small can you make a nuclear reactor these days? It would be a handy thing to have in the back of the Landrover, when I convert to electric.

Size of a coffee jar was promised ten odd years ago, I seem to remember.

 

[Maker]

I had loads of problems with my old neighbour, mostly her moaning about noise and calling the police. Once she objected to me "clearly running a business" as I'd filled the garage with industrial machinery. I asked if she had any hobbies, she said no so I suggested she got one, and went back to what I was doing.

 

[northwest]

I mistakenly judged others by my standards. Lesson learned there!

That has also caused me a lot of grief in the past.

 

[gaz1]

power not a problem the structure is


first off front or back of garden

so your building right up to the party wall fence ? yes or no

noise side of it you can reduce the noise depends on what you build and use

concrete forms what are you using ?

fire rated cert saying 4 hrs please show this note id like to see what your using

comercial premises well had that comment already makes no difference when the shed is already classed as a business run from the property

 

[northwest]

I had loads of problems with my old neighbour, mostly her moaning about noise and calling the police. Once she objected to me "clearly running a business" as I'd filled the garage with industrial machinery. I asked if she had any hobbies, she said no so I suggested she got one, and went back to what I was doing.

We have a nosey old bat on the road to my house, she once shouted up that I shouldn't be putting a gate up (?) couple years later I found her son had done time for burning the local school down. I took the trouble of asking her about this the last time she wanted to "have a word". Hasn't spoken to me since. Bit of a result really.

 

[LandRoverTom]

I had loads of problems with my old neighbour, mostly her moaning about noise and calling the police. Once she objected to me "clearly running a business" as I'd filled the garage with industrial machinery. I asked if she had any hobbies, she said no so I suggested she got one, and went back to what I was doing.

The irony about the comment about noise is that the ICF product I'm planning to use for the walls has one of the lowest noise transmission levels of any construction product for a similar thickness and it will be a lot quicker to complete the garage so another reduction in noise!

 

[Ross365]

I was talking to an estate agent last week . He told me the market is screaming with demand for houses with space enough to work from home, and / or run a business. The house next door to me was owned some time ago by car nut who added on a 4-car garage (in 2 by 2 formation). The house has just been sold for an unbelievable price and I'd bet a load of money that somebody will be running a business out of that garage.
Among hobbyists, radio hams learned long ago that telling anyone you did any transmitting would soon result in complaints of interference on tellies! I only do listening!!!

 

[Barking Mat]

I had loads of problems with my old neighbour, mostly her moaning about noise and calling the police. Once she objected to me "clearly running a business" as I'd filled the garage with industrial machinery. I asked if she had any hobbies, she said no so I suggested she got one, and went back to what I was doing.

Many years ago the neighbours called the police on us for working outside, grinders, pneumatic hammers etc.

They were most helpful. Explained to neighbours between 8am and 7pm we could make all the noise we wanted.

Not often I've thanked the police.

 

[Ubique]

At a previous property, the neighbours got all pi$$y about me replacing a garage (size-wise, at least) like-for-like, I made sure I exercised my rights under The Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992 to carry out maintenance on a regular basis, usually on a Sunday morning...

 

[W.olly]

Oh yes and this is how i explain my hobby now, ans they cant do FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFallllll about it ha ha

 

[MetalMonkey]

Sometimes it is better to ask for forgiveness than permission.
I suspect this was one of them.

 

[LandRoverTom]

power not a problem the structure is


first off front or back of garden

so your building right up to the party wall fence ? yes or no

noise side of it you can reduce the noise depends on what you build and use

concrete forms what are you using ?

fire rated cert saying 4 hrs please show this note id like to see what your using

comercial premises well had that comment already makes no difference when the shed is already classed as a business run from the property

It's the back garden. The original plan was 350mm from the boundary which is where the existing garage (to be demolished) is built. that might change to 600mm now as a show of good faith and allowing me to work without diturbing their fence.

Concrete form is planned to be Nudura from here. Re the fire rating, I emailed the supplier saying I had recieved an objection commenting on fire risk and could he advise as we'd mentioned fire ratings in passing previously. He emailed me back a certificate showing it to be 4 hours for their 6" core with 10mm rebar at 400mm centres vertically and 487 (I think) horizontally and 12.5mm plasterboard on the internal face

 

[awemawson]

The fact that our place is half a mile from the nearest neighbour was a distinct positive in choosing it. But then I acknowledge that some of my activities could upset 'just over the fence' folk !

 

[James1979]

Although anyone can object or indeed provide positive comments in regard to your application, I think (and ask a planner) that you have to have a 'vested interest' or some such other jargon to have your comment taken into account.

IE I cant object to something 500 yards away when I cant even see or hear it.

 

[gaz1]

At a previous property, the neighbours got all pi$$y about me replacing a garage (size-wise, at least) like-for-like, I made sure I exercised my rights under The Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992 to carry out maintenance on a regular basis, usually on a Sunday morning...

only on buildings prior built before a certain date that rule changed with the party wall act where new buildings out buildings had to be so far away from the party wall

something i agree upon where next door owner has no right to come onto your land to repair there property when theyve built it right up to the party wall/boundary wall solicitor nightmare

 

[northwest]

A very close friend of mine bought his "retirement plot" and for the last eight years or so he has been rebuilding the old derelict building there. He had to submit plans for everything of course and the one neighbour complained about everything. This is a £450k build by the way. He reckons she added about £50k to the job.

One day he arrived "home" to find all sorts of heavy plant parked up in his drive (bloody big courtyard) with a few guys waiting about. "What's going on here then?"
"Oh we are getting ready to put the new cesspit in over there on such and such's place".

Oh no you are not was the reply and take all this gear off my land while you are at it. The only way she can get the new cesspit installed now is to knock the house down, drive over, dig the hole, drive back and rebuild the house. All the land surrounding, all of it, is owned by my pal. Some days it just doesn't pay to be the protagonist.