Druidic Dabblings and General Twaddle !!

[Komatsu]

the act might Oll .... Alun will hit him right between the eyes though
as to costs ... he'll be facing 'em ... all of 'em (and TBH I won't mind spending a couple of grand dealing with this lying fkr, if I have to)

And yes ... he's done himself no favors at all with the builder, who's been dropped well and truly in the sh1t by Numpty's imbecilic actions !!

I know and understand what your saying Gra, but he sounds like he could be the sort of person, who, if he did have to pay the costs etc, would just drag it out over a number of years, and, what if, it does go your way, but the builder thinks, f@&k this, I’ve got a client on one side who’s lied to me and I’ve got the neighbour on the other reading chapter and verse watching over me like a school teacher, taking pictures etc etc, and decide not to do the job, cos it’s just to much hassle....builders will talk the same as we all do and if word got out about the drama developing up at your houses, it could be a long time before the wall gets built.

when you said it was the old entrance to your house, was that down to you putting a new one in or something that was agreed with the sale of the house that the neighbour bought? Just looking at the pics it looks like you had shared access at some point.

 

[V8Druid]

He's an obnoxious tw*t Ollie, who, if he thinks has gotten away with this s**t, is going to just get worse. He frightens the other neighbours with his behaviour !!

Alun will simply slap a Lien on his house and all his possessions ... if he didn't cough .... that is some black mark on yer credit rating and prevents you from doing a hell of a LOT. A very useful tool with significant ongoing consequences !

I've been nothing but pleasant and reasonable with Wayne ... his pleadings not to put a stop to it are the only reason it isn't .. they have nothing to go to and at this time of year were/are relying on this to carry them through ... were the boot on the other foot he'd have thought nothing of shutting it down and sod the builders.

the old drive is a long and convoluted story ... it was all once owned by one person ... a friend of mine. Him and his missus were splitting/fell out and he converted our barn for her to live in rather than have to sell up. she buggered off eventually and he put this on the market with about 30 odd acres.

our neighbours who own all the fields above and around us - two business men, Phil & Phil, again friends I've known decades, wanted the land but had to buy it all to get it. they let the barn to some muppet who trashed it ... took 'em 9 months to get him out ... they struggled to sell it (a) in a mess and (b) with the shared access, so put out new drive in.

Eventually sold it to the couple we bought it off. Townies with rose tints ... spent a fortune re-furb.ing it, top to bottom ... she broke an arm in the snow in '09/'10 and got cabin fever ... BAD .... just wanted out.

Enter a Druid who kicked 'em to death on the price and bought it cash.
Alun had the paperwork sorted in 6 days ..... had to wait 9 weeks for them to find somewhere ... in hind sight I should've told 'em to rent and get out as it was a very long 9 weeks, praying no one gazzumped me .... it'd been on the market 5 days, on-line, when I found it ... struck a deal in a day - deposit paid ... had it offline that day and they were sworn to silence on it all, until it was finalised ... or I'd walk (had been gazzumped before - not nice and costly) .... and they REALLY wanted out
The old drive and ROW has never been extinguished and we used to use it quite frequently, especially if the snow was bad. Straight run in/out and up -- there's a 60 left out of the new one, on a serious incline, with an adverse camber .. can be bloody slick

can see the wheel tracks in the grass, which I let grow ... looks better than the planings under it



Tw*t does this regularly ... parks his car and trailer there, with the trailer damned nigh against the gate ...

this was 20 minutes ago ... constantly seeking/trying to provoke confrontation ... I don't rise to it .. must wind him up ... I've got better things to keep me occupied ... he's just a sad pr*ck

 

[Komatsu]

He's an obnoxious tw*t Ollie, who, if he thinks has gotten away with this s**t, is going to just get worse. He frightens the other neighbours with his behaviour !!

Alun will simply slap a Lien on his house and all his possessions ... if he didn't cough .... that is some black mark on yer credit rating and prevents you from doing a hell of a LOT. A very useful tool with significant ongoing consequences !

I've been nothing but pleasant and reasonable with Wayne ... his pleadings not to put a stop to it are the only reason it isn't .. they have nothing to go to and at this time of year were/are relying on this to carry them through ... were the boot on the other foot he'd have thought nothing of shutting it down and sod the builders.

the old drive is a long and convoluted story ... it was all once owned by one person ... a friend of mine. Him and his missus were splitting/fell out and he converted our barn for her to live in rather than have to sell up. she buggered off eventually and he put this on the market with about 30 odd acres.

our neighbours who own all the fields above and around us - two business men, Phil & Phil, again friends I've known decades, wanted the land but had to buy it all to get it. they let the barn to some muppet who trashed it ... took 'em 9 months to get him out ... they struggled to sell it (a) in a mess and (b) with the shared access, so put out new drive in.

Eventually sold it to the couple we bought it off. Townies with rose tints ... spent a fortune re-furb.ing it, top to bottom ... she broke an arm in the snow in '09/'10 and got cabin fever ... BAD .... just wanted out.

Enter a Druid who kicked 'em to death on the price and bought it cash.
Alun had the paperwork sorted in 6 days ..... had to wait 9 weeks for them to find somewhere ... in hind sight I should've told 'em to rent and get out as it was a very long 9 weeks, praying no one gazzumped me .... it'd been on the market 5 days, on-line, when I found it ... struck a deal in a day - deposit paid ... had it offline that day and they were sworn to silence on it all, until it was finalised ... or I'd walk (had been gazzumped before - not nice and costly) .... and they REALLY wanted out
The old drive and ROW has never been extinguished and we used to use it quite frequently, especially if the snow was bad. Straight run in/out and up -- there's a 60 left out of the new one, on a serious incline, with an adverse camber .. can be bloody slick
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can see the wheel tracks in the grass, which I let grow ... looks better than the planings under it



Tw*t does this regularly ... parks his car and trailer there, with the trailer damned nigh against the gate ...

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this was 20 minutes ago ... constantly seeking/trying to provoke confrontation ... I don't rise to it .. must wind him up ... I've got better things to keep me occupied ... he's just a sad pr*ck

So I take it that there are 3 houses up there or do you mean other neighbours in the area?

With regards the Lien, how long would that take? Surely you can’t just slap one someone like that straight away, and how long would it take for it actually get to court to sort this situation out?

 

[Jimoz]

My old man got a judgement against him once. Excavated next to a basement can't remember exact circumstances think it was a bit 6 of one half a dozen of other. I think the neighbour over egged it a bit but Fair play to him ended up with some kind of judgement worth 8k. The old boy ended up skinting the company and the geezer couldn't believe it. Won't happen in your case as matey can't hide behind Ltd status but just an anecdote showing how legal people never lose. Yes I also know my old man is a rouge too!

 

[V8Druid]

So I take it that there are 3 houses up there or do you mean other neighbours in the area?

With regards the Lien, how long would that take? Surely you can’t just slap one someone like that straight away, and how long would it take for it actually get to court to sort this situation out?

three Ollie ... old farm house, a granary and my barn...sadly for the couple in the granary, they're attached/bang next door to numpty ... and planning on moving shortly .. think they've had enough ... they're lovely people .....
P&P ... they both steer clear .. the one of 'em is likely to deck him ... his missus told me she had to take his car keys off him one day after an 'abusive' phone call from Numpty.
a n other neighbour a field or so away ... only a question of time, 'fore he does ..loathes them both with a passion.
Guy who rents the grass keep on the fields - nice bloke, known him 'donkeys' .... again ... it's a matter of time 'fore he opens his gob,, mouths off and gets it filled .... you all know the type ... wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire

As for Liens ..... once a debt is established, t'ain't a great effort to slap on. Have used a Lien on a few occasions .. very successfully .. just let the bailiffs seize goods, 'til the debt's recovered ...

one episode was exciting though .... was owed £8+k an' change, by a.n.other small crane hire co. for cross hires ... mid 80s ...
Alun got a judgement against 'em and hit 'em with a Lien within a couple of days, 'cos no way was this bloke gonna pay without a fight .... went with a bailiff to serve on 'em ... in fact the guy came with me in my motor..... things got nasty and my car got rammed ... court bailiff rang plod from my mobile, to say he was under attack serving a warrant ... gave his ID and there were two vanfuls of plod and a dog van there in under 5 minutes.

several arrests and they all had a night in the cells ... when we go to take a crane .... there's three there all wearing the same number plate ... plod had a field day ... and the bailiff took all three machines until the correct m/c was established.

Plod took 'em to court for criminal damage to my vehicle and attacking the bailiff ... adjourned for lunch and I was sat in a pub with my old man, who'd come along for the day ... I was a witness, obviously .... the three guys up on charges come across to us and start giving it mouth about what's going to happen / keep a look out over yer shoulder, etc. ...

Clerk of the court was sat on the next table ... unknown to them ..... went back into court after lunch and the clerk had obviously had words with the bench, who promptly had all three arrested for intimidating witnesses and sent 'em down to the cells .... I got me car paid for, plus comp. and they all got three months each for their performance ... and i also got me £8k and change plus costs when the crane got sold.
they also got serious fines for running false plates on two others and the finance co. who'd been trying to repo the other two for months took their machines back .... RESULT

yeh Liens work well ..... and as said before .... Alun is the bollocks

 

[Komatsu]

Thought there were 3 in that area, shame it all got sold off in lots, looks even nicer from the aerial pics.

What has been passed for planning in said area, is it like for like or something else?

And just playing devils advocate, it goes to court, you win, he has to pay etc, but then he turns around and says, I now haven’t got the money to do the job, you’ll have to wait? He knows he’s got under your skin by all this happening so might just think, I’ll take my time in doing the job, can they make him start straight away to rectify what has already been done.

 

[JD450A]

can they make him start straight away to rectify what has already been done.

Yes.

On another note HSE could immediately walk in and shut that job down with a notice due to the lack of fall protection on the site boundary.... they could also make them place shoring (be it mechanical, or dead weight such as dumpy bags) immediately.

 

[V8Druid]

Yes.

On another note HSE could immediately walk in and shut that job down with a notice due to the lack of fall protection on the site boundary.... they could also make them place shoring (be it mechanical, or dead weight such as dumpy bags) immediately.

I know Rory ... that's not the problem ... I want them to put things back as they were ... this idiot is trying to pinch a foot or so off the boundary line and straighten out a dog leg IMHDO ... which ain't happening ..... had he gone about things in a proper manner that might have been a different story .... with suitable incentives ... but not now

I deliberately didn't back fill this when we did all the water issues a while back, 'cos I knew the building would happen at some point

red line is the boundary edge .... all construction is to be his side of that line ...

can see some long faces coming up this morning as IMHDO they haven't dug wide enough his side ... and poured it Friday afternoon, when the 8 wheeler full of mix turned up ...... eventually

 

[V8Druid]

Thought there were 3 in that area, shame it all got sold off in lots, looks even nicer from the aerial pics.

What has been passed for planning in said area, is it like for like or something else?

And just playing devils advocate, it goes to court, you win, he has to pay etc, but then he turns around and says, I now haven’t got the money to do the job, you’ll have to wait? He knows he’s got under your skin by all this happening so might just think, I’ll take my time in doing the job, can they make him start straight away to rectify what has already been done.

like for like Oll .. I got a 'Drema that'll clear off my drive and drop it back over the edge ...... and /or simply set Alun on the guy to compel him to make good PDQ ...... this guy has f***ed himself by not complying with the rules and compounding it all by lying ...

 

[Komatsu]

Yes.

On another note HSE could immediately walk in and shut that job down with a notice due to the lack of fall protection on the site boundary.... they could also make them place shoring (be it mechanical, or dead weight such as dumpy bags) immediately.

Which then goes back to what I said earlier, that what if the builder says that this is going to be to much hassle and walks away?

 

[V8Druid]

Which then goes back to what I said earlier, that what if the builder says that this is going to be to much hassle and walks away?

Enter the 'Drema to the fray, tidy mine off against the dumpies and laugh at the ****er for screwing himself

 

[V8Druid]

Minds were 'focused ' at 08:00 this morning .....

all debate / argument ceased and correct lines were established .. to my satisfaction ...

took Clara to nursery and was just about to go back down for her lunchtime when Wayne was at my back door to ask if I'd like to come and check all was satisfactory ....

corner masonry installed and leveled by the end of this afternoon, checked again and Alun was 'stood down' .... for now.
Numpty has scuttled off out of sight on several occasions today ... hopefully he fears for his safety .. he bloody well needs to ... amount of s**t I've had this last week

more pix tomorrow .... bit dark for the corners tonight

Quite why (other than the obvious reasons of idiocracy and Napolean syndrome) I had to suffer all this crap, beggars belief.
I have a memory like an elephant for certain things

 

[Komatsu]

Is that it.....was expecting a bit more than this after you went all Judge Rinder with the situation....all bark and no bite Gra, pleased it’s all sorted, what did you say is going in its place, just another wall?

 

[diggerjones]

Is that it.....was expecting a bit more than this after you went all Judge Rinder with the situation....all bark and no bite Gra, pleased it’s all sorted, what did you say is going in its place, just another wall?

Ha ha ha yeah bet he was going to send pam round. Bet alun is his imaginary friend

 

[V8Druid]

Is that it.....was expecting a bit more than this after you went all Judge Rinder with the situation....all bark and no bite Gra, pleased it’s all sorted, what did you say is going in its place, just another wall?

it was going one of three way this morning Ollie ...... Compliance, .... "cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war", ... or ... he was going to have to buy the most expensive 12" strip/30 sq. ft. of property/ground in the area, with provisos, if he didn't want shutting down .... amazing / impressive how the right phrases will 'focus' people's attention .....

a.n.other wall of a building, 'cept 9" hollows, conc. filled with rebar and tanked to G/L forming a LARGE dopplegarage .... same footprint as previous with a fkn onduline crap roof FFS ... ships and tar, etc.. .... think Wayne was relieved to concede compliance,TBH ..
he and I are 'OK'

 

[V8Druid]

Ha ha ha yeah bet he was going to send pam round. Bet alun is his imaginary friend

friend yes Dylan ... far from imaginary ... the man has performed some outstanding feats for me over the years ... such a nice guy to deal with and is just so switched on ... an' he's a major petrol head

 

[V8Druid]

on a much more enjoyable/pleasing note .... bought this a couple of hours ago

'twas very cheap, 18" and Miller

But ..........

Not as sweet a buy as this

and yes I know it says 210 on it ...... but it's been inspected by one of my 'spies' and ain't as big as it first appears

Virtually unused ... as can be seen and just could not be passed up for the price.
'S gonna frighten the bejeezus out of a lot around here
now HTF am I gonna smuggle these past Pam is the next question??

 

[Komatsu]

now HTF am I gonna smuggle these past Pam is the next question??

You’ll be able to get them up the old drive now that wall and pillar have been taken down

 

[Komatsu]

That SEC stuff is really good, from America, got details of the company and name and no. should you need to get hold of anyone. My compaction wheel was from them, Lister’s and RAF Taylor’s too, A friend has a couple of there buckets, 40ton+ size and they stand up to some harsh work. Looks a very handy grab
http://www.secbucket.com/

 

[V8Druid]

You’ll be able to get them up the old drive now that wall and pillar have been taken down

Spheroids Mr Kitchin