Warning rant forthcoming.
Neighbour recently extended their home. Neighbour takes down boundary fence. Building rubble is dumped on our property. I speak to the neighbour who tells me they didn't do it the builders did so it is not her problem. We have tenants moving in, we suck it up and spend a day cleaning up their building rubble and moving the temporary fence to the boundary rather than a metre into our yard. Our yard is spotless.
The new fence goes up months after their renovation is complete(which we are responsibly paying out half share despite the removal of a perfectly fine fence that did not need replacing). Go to the IP and in our yard we have again a collection of building rubble, bricks, concrete, bluestone blocks and the temporary fencing all in our yard. The neighbours yard is spotless. I go and see the neighbour and ask them to remove all the building rubble and the temporary fencing and place it in their yard as it is their stuff. To which the neighbour says well I didn't do it the builders and fence guys did. This is a couple in their fifties. They have no consideration for the tenant and her small children either. I am surprised the tenant hasn't complained or withheld rent.
A different IP. A while back we spent time clearing vegetation for a new fence. In the process we discover it was actually their creeper, planted on their side that had taken over the fence and our shed. We suck it up and get the job done. There is a section of fence not replaced because they didn't want to cut the trees. No problem. A few months back we go to the house to attend a maintenance issue to find they have decided to cut and prune trees both on joint boundary and some of ours hanging over theirs and kindly dump ALL the cut vegetation into our front yard!
So I am bewildered at the rude behaviour of older people and their attitude towards tenanted properties. Oh it doesn't matter if we dump our waste there its only a rental. The owners won't care. Or they are young and they are fit enough to remove it if they don't like it. Or perhaps its more than that - they can afford an investment property so they can afford to clean this up. There are often threads bagging the lack of responsibility and attitudes of younger generations - I think there are some in each category.
Yes I will go and have a cup of concrete now, refocus on the big picture and end goal, and then jump on re.com to look for the next opportunity . Thanks for listening
Neighbour recently extended their home. Neighbour takes down boundary fence. Building rubble is dumped on our property. I speak to the neighbour who tells me they didn't do it the builders did so it is not her problem. We have tenants moving in, we suck it up and spend a day cleaning up their building rubble and moving the temporary fence to the boundary rather than a metre into our yard. Our yard is spotless.
The new fence goes up months after their renovation is complete(which we are responsibly paying out half share despite the removal of a perfectly fine fence that did not need replacing). Go to the IP and in our yard we have again a collection of building rubble, bricks, concrete, bluestone blocks and the temporary fencing all in our yard. The neighbours yard is spotless. I go and see the neighbour and ask them to remove all the building rubble and the temporary fencing and place it in their yard as it is their stuff. To which the neighbour says well I didn't do it the builders and fence guys did. This is a couple in their fifties. They have no consideration for the tenant and her small children either. I am surprised the tenant hasn't complained or withheld rent.
A different IP. A while back we spent time clearing vegetation for a new fence. In the process we discover it was actually their creeper, planted on their side that had taken over the fence and our shed. We suck it up and get the job done. There is a section of fence not replaced because they didn't want to cut the trees. No problem. A few months back we go to the house to attend a maintenance issue to find they have decided to cut and prune trees both on joint boundary and some of ours hanging over theirs and kindly dump ALL the cut vegetation into our front yard!
So I am bewildered at the rude behaviour of older people and their attitude towards tenanted properties. Oh it doesn't matter if we dump our waste there its only a rental. The owners won't care. Or they are young and they are fit enough to remove it if they don't like it. Or perhaps its more than that - they can afford an investment property so they can afford to clean this up. There are often threads bagging the lack of responsibility and attitudes of younger generations - I think there are some in each category.
Yes I will go and have a cup of concrete now, refocus on the big picture and end goal, and then jump on re.com to look for the next opportunity . Thanks for listening