{"id":2295,"date":"2015-08-24T19:53:35","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T18:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abbeylandsresidents.org.uk\/?p=2295"},"modified":"2017-11-24T13:31:48","modified_gmt":"2017-11-24T13:31:48","slug":"bad-neighbours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/abbeylands\/bad-neighbours\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad Neighbours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who&#8217;d want a load of frat brothers moving in next door? No one, of course, but it is a great excuse to blow a few million and entertain the masses. The movie is a tad\u00a0trashy and tedious, so\u00a0gets pretty lacklustre\u00a0reviews, presumably as its so full of frat humour, which is only funny if you are one. Though I am sure one or more of the stars will move on to greater things. [1. Actually many a University Town has had whole districts ruined by students. Bristol, Brighton, Exeter, Leeds come to mind, so this is a really serious issue.]<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->But take a walk down your High Street and \u00a0count the number of bad neighbours. Huh? How would I know? Well it is easier than you think. They don&#8217;t have to be verbally abusing you, self medicating in your stairwell, allowing their yappy dogs to shit or piss all over the pavement, partying into the small hours, or filling your recycling bins with flammable objects just for a laugh.<\/p>\n<p>No they advertise their bad neighbourliness by displaying a <a href=\"http:\/\/ourlocality.org\/abbeylands\/satellite-conservation-area\/\">Sky Satellite Dish in your\u00a0Conservation Area<\/a>. They may even affix it your wall.\u00a0Crass, yes. Illegal, yes. But because it makes little\u00a0noise and ruins only the amenity of a few in the middle upper classes, it must be a\u00a0legitimate game. ELC stands by seemingly powerless as they can&#8217;t actually remove them, only order you to, and that&#8217;s not worthwhile enforcing.<\/p>\n<p>So traders please stop complaining about not enough car parking, while the very reasons that people might visit your town decline. Not much further to go before we hit the bottom guys.<\/p>\n<p>Home owners, get\u00a0a grip. Every\u00a0dish knocks at \u00a310k off the value of your property because of a\u00a0bad neighbour effect. Now maybe you will\u00a0you take notice? Landlords take note.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ourlocality.org\/abbeylands\/files\/2015\/08\/SatelliteDish.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2296\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/abbeylands\/bad-neighbours\/satellitedish\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ourlocality.org\/abbeylands\/files\/2015\/08\/SatelliteDish.jpg?fit=3264%2C1840&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3264,1840\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Lumia 640 LTE&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1440432994&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;2.95&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000834&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SatelliteDish\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ourlocality.org\/abbeylands\/files\/2015\/08\/SatelliteDish.jpg?fit=660%2C372&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2296\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ourlocality.org\/abbeylands\/files\/2015\/08\/SatelliteDish.jpg?resize=300%2C169\" alt=\"SatelliteDish\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ourlocality.org\/abbeylands\/files\/2015\/08\/SatelliteDish.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ourlocality.org\/abbeylands\/files\/2015\/08\/SatelliteDish.jpg?resize=1024%2C577&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ourlocality.org\/abbeylands\/files\/2015\/08\/SatelliteDish.jpg?w=1320 1320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ourlocality.org\/abbeylands\/files\/2015\/08\/SatelliteDish.jpg?w=1980 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>And\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/help.sky.com\/articles\/what-to-do-before-you-move\">Sky Satellite<\/a>\u00a0please stop aiding and abetting flagrant\u00a0abuses\u00a0of\u00a0the law and take responsibility. In a Conservation Area you\u00a0should have a protocol which states that unless the householder has permission from the Council, you\u00a0cannot install the dish. Moreover, if there is an article 4 Direction, permission is needed for the rear of properties. \u00a0You should\u00a0train your staff to understand the law &#8211; it is not that hard. Your installers around here\u00a0clearly have no idea, arguing\u00a0a)\u00a0that the street is full of them, so why shouldn&#8217;t they and b) that putting a dish of the side of the building is legal, it&#8217;s only the front that is protected.<\/p>\n<p>Like I said, they&#8217;ll stick it on any wall without the owner&#8217;s permission. FFS!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who&#8217;d want a load of frat brothers moving in next door? No one, of course, but it is a great excuse to blow a few million and entertain the masses. The movie is a tad\u00a0trashy and tedious, so\u00a0gets pretty lacklustre\u00a0reviews, presumably as its so full of frat humour, which is only funny if you are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/abbeylands\/bad-neighbours\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bad Neighbours<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":2296,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ourlocality.org\/abbeylands\/files\/2015\/08\/SatelliteDish.jpg?fit=3264%2C1840&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":178,"url":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/abbeylands\/meeting-the-neighbours\/","url_meta":{"origin":2295,"position":0},"title":"Meeting the Neighbours","author":"templar","date":"February 25, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"In the next few days we are going round to say hello to the neighbours to see if there is enough interest and energy to set up a local residents group.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/abbeylands\/topics\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1685,"url":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/abbeylands\/property-repair-maintenance-evening-event-haddington\/","url_meta":{"origin":2295,"position":1},"title":"Property Repair &#038; Maintenance Evening Event &#8211; Haddington","author":"Barodunum","date":"March 5, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Does your property need TLC? 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