Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
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I am having problems with a neighbour and need to get a good sollicitor to write to them. Can anyone recommend one? thanks
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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter on
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Have you missed inserting a link, Hugh?
I would just say that a solicitor's letter will be expensive and should be a last resort. I've gone down that route once (not about a neighbour) ... I have to say, costly as it was, it did the trick!
If the problem is noise, can the council not help?
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Permalink Reply by Grazyna Bonati on
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Hi Hugh - I need someone who can write a strong letter, and being able to arrange conveyancing is not the same thing - although of course, some solicitors may be excellent or hopeless at both. Thanks
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Thanks Clive. When you say expensive, what are you talking about roughly? It is not a question of noise it is a question of monopolising a communal garden, filling it with trampolines and other things.
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Hi Thanks for your message. I have explained over and over again that it is a communal garden but the tenants seem to have been mislead by their landlord or estate agent and given the impression that the garden is for their exclusive use. The landlord has now made this clear to them again several times, but they do not want to understand. My idea would be to send a letter to the landlord asking him to enforce this.
There are three flats in the house and my upstairs neighbour is not impressed either.
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I forgt to mention that they decided to reorganise the garden without discussing it with anyone, and in the process dug up about £70 or more worth of my plants - when I complained there was never any sign of apology or regret.
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Agree with Will. It is a normally a big step to take when you commission a solicitor's letter and it really should be a last resort. Even if a solicitor would write a letter for nothing, you have to bear in mind that it could sour relations for years to come. It would be much preferable if you could assert whatever rights you have verbally or even in a letter of your own.
I don't know what has gone on before so its a bit hard to suggest. If I were you I'd talk to a friend about the situation in detail and assess your options. It could well be that the only certainty from a solicitor's letter would be the bill, with no guarantee that your grievance will be fixed.
Presumably you feel you have as much rights to the communal garden as your neighbour. You could try bringing all your friends and relies over with all their sporting equipment and try to monopolise the garden yourself.
That might force your neighbour to the negotiating table!
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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Oh yes, I'll come. I love trampolines!
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Grazyna: what about a party? Your neighbours could be surprised at how many friends you have, how big they are, and how often you're going to invite them to the view the remaining plants.
Digging up your plants does sound like criminal damage, on the face of it.
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Thanks to everyone for their reasonable advice.
Actually both the owner of the flat above me and I are freeholders of our flats and the garden, but this is of no importance to the tenants downstairs.
The landlord has had difficulty letting the flat and in fact we had a brothel there for a couple of months (I don't think the landlord actually realised this at the time.). He is reluctant to lose them, also because they are doing some work on his flat.
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Thanks again to you all for the support and sensible advice. I have written another letter to the landlord and hope that this produces some results.
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