estate up keeping

cena

If you have a live in an estate do ye have a rota for when people cut the grass etc?

I have just got one with the list of people, landlords to have to cut to lawns.

I have no problem doing it but must people don't have a lawnmower in the estate.
Now I do cut the front lawns for everyone in my side even do the back lawns for one or two free of charge. .
I see it as I have done my bit without having to cut the main lawns.

Ihatecuddles

Get garden gnomes, that's who does my grass when I'm asleep at night.

tomwaterford

cena wrote: »

If you have a live in an estate do ye have a rota for when people cut the grass etc?

I have just got one with the list of people, landlords to have to cut to lawns.

I have no problem doing it but must people don't have a lawnmower in the estate.
Now I do cut the front lawns for everyone in my side even do the back lawns for one or two free of charge. .
I see it as I have done my bit without having to cut the main lawns.

get a load of horses/ponies!!!

cena

cena wrote: »

If you have a live in an estate do ye have a rota for when people cut the grass etc?

I have just got one with the list of people, landlords to have to cut to lawns.

I have no problem doing it but must people don't have a lawnmower in the estate.
Now I do cut the front lawns for everyone in my side even do the back lawns for one or two free of charge. .
I see it as I have done my bit without having to cut the main lawns.

just cut your own grass, let everyone else cut their own too.

The Backwards Man

I have an acre of garden in the middle of nowhere. The rota is

Me
Me
Me
Me
Me
Some poor cnut I rope in when I'm away
Me
Me
Me
Me

dobman88

Surely there's some young lad on the estate willing to cut the grass for a few quid so he can get his few cans after school on Friday?

El Guapo!

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I have an acre of garden in the middle of nowhere.

Well la de fcukin da!

cena

tomwaterford wrote: »

get a load of horses/ponies

It is one guy that makes the list. He should ask if they well cut the grass not just make a list. What's the point having a list of people where 3/4 of the list don't have a lawnmower.

The Backwards Man

El Guapo! wrote: »

Well la de fcukin da!

That's just the back garden

cena

Jake1 wrote: »

just cut your own grass, let everyone else cut their own too.

I don't mind it. Looks tidy afterwards

cena

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I have an acre of garden in the middle of nowhere. The rota is

Me
Me
Me
Me
Me
Some poor cnut I rope in when I'm away
Me
Me
Me
Me

I did that for years in the family home

cena

cena wrote: »

It is one guy that makes the list. He should ask if they well cut the grass not just make a list. What's the point having a list of people where 3/4 of the list don't have a lawnmower.

to be honest, I have never head the likes, we always cut our own grass, the neighbours do the same, tell yer man to fcuk off with his list.

tomwaterford

cena wrote: »

It is one guy that makes the list. He should ask if they well cut the grass not just make a list. What's the point having a list of people where 3/4 of the list don't have a lawnmower.

you should really look into the horse...youll get one for free!!

all messing aside,the least people can do is give you money for petrol or use your mower to cut the grass.....why you do everything and everyone else nothing

*should be pointed out...I live in middle on nowhere and have very few neighbours

WhiteWalls

cutting lawns in estates is big business and I'm not being sarcastic

For Forks Sake

Goats are the way forward.

cena

Jake1 wrote: »

to be honest, I have never head the likes, we always cut on own grass, the neighbours do the same, tell er man to fcuk off with his list.

Sure one of the neighbors wanted to put a picnic table out for his kids and the other kids in the main lawn area and your man turned around and told him he couldn't

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

Combination of burning cars and piebald ponies keeps our local green short.

tomwaterford

For Forks Sake wrote: »

Goats are the way forward.

Feral baxtards!!!

youll have some craic trying to catch them.....on second taughts this could keep neighbourhood kids outta trouble

delw

Fair play OP you sound like a nice neighbor to have but who is this fella with the list & making the rules.

Stavros Murphy

cena wrote: »

If you have a live inon an estate do ye have a rota for when people cut the grass etc?

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I do. Silage gets knocked twice a year and the lawns can go to be fcuked.

For Forks Sake

tomwaterford wrote: »

Feral baxtards!!!

youll have some craic trying to catch them.....on second taughts this could keep neighbourhood kids outta trouble

Not to mention the fact that they will eat pretty much any rubbish discarded around the area.

Downside is that they will also eat fences, electric cables and car tyres, but thems the breaks

cena

cena wrote: »

Sure one of the neighbors wanted to put a picnic table out for his kids and the other kids in the main lawn area and your man turned around and told him he couldn't

who is this bloke , telling you all what to do?
Id help my elderly or infirm neighbours out, the rest of them... not so much:)

tomwaterford

For Forks Sake wrote: »

Not to mention the fact that they will eat pretty much any rubbish discarded around the area.

Downside is that they will also eat fences, electric cables and car tyres, but thems the breaks

goats are mental....maybe get the fainting goats!!


at least the horses will provide transport:o
and eventually food in form of burgers

hfallada

Well op I'm sure you will be taken off the rote if you subcontract the work. Eg get a group of certain individuals who drive white hiaces or ford transit and specialise in driveways and landscaping. But they only ever have a mobile number and never an address.

cena

Jake1 wrote: »

who is this bloke , telling you all what to do?
Id help my elderly or infirm neighbours out, the rest of them... not so much:)

He is my next door neighbor.

strobe

I'm awfully confused. You live in a housing estate? Is that right? And the idea is you take turns cutting all the front gardens? Or there is a large grass area all the houses share? Or what's the jig?

cena

strobe wrote: »

I'm awfully confused. You live in a housing estate? Is that right? And the idea is you take turns cutting all the front gardens? Or there is a large grass area all the houses share? Or what's the jig?

Ya I live in a estate. No I am the only one that cuts the front lawns on my side . There is a two large grass areas to.

cena

cena wrote: »

He is my next door neighbor.

so, why do you and everyone else take orders from him regarding the state of the lawns and whether or not kids can have a picnic table? Who in their right mind would begrudge kids having an aul picnic?

If hes that worried about the grass and handing out rota's let him cut the bleedin' grass himself


Personally, Id tell him to bollox himself. :pac:

strobe

cena wrote: »

Ya I live in a estate. No I am the only one that cuts the front lawns on my side . There is a two large grass areas to.

You cut everyone else's front lawns on your side of the street and also the two large grass areas?

delw

cena wrote: »

He is my next door neighbor.

But who is he within the community,is he head of the residents association,is there an association?Does every body agree with this rota idea?

cena

strobe wrote: »

You cut everyone else's front lawns on your side of the street and also the two large grass areas?

Spot on. Only do the two large areas when it is my turn

cena

delw wrote: »

But who is he within the community,is he head of the residents association,is there an association?Does every body agree with this rota idea?

No association at all. I don't know if everyone agrees with it. I'm sure the polish don't agree

Sir Arthur Daley

Every estate should have a management company and have capital to hire in a company to care take the public areas of the estate, residents should not have to cut common areas.

strobe

cena wrote: »

Spot on. Only do the two large areas when it is my turn

That's stone cold mental Cena. I've never heard the like. Is this some kind of weird 'gated community' or something? This isn't normal human behaviour. People's lawns are like their houses, it's their responsibility. It's like taking turns to drop over to each other's houses to do the laundry in all of them.

cena

WikiHow wrote: »

Every estate should have a management company and have capital to hire in a company to care take the public areas of the estate, residents should not have to cut common areas.

I think it is a private estate I could be wrong

Ihatecuddles

In my parents estate, each house gives €20 a year to some random guy round the back. There's about 83 houses so that goes into a fund to get the large green area cut, and a skip twice a year.

Twice a year there's a huge clean up done, most people pitch in. Then drinks/refreshments are provided after on the green area.

Cutting the grass outside near the path is usually just done by whoever is doing their own. So if the guy in number 1 is doing his, he'll do number 2s grass. Then number 2 will do number 1s in return when he does his.

Id love me job, cutting all the neighbours grass....

Like I said, never heard of it before. You seem to be getting the bad end of the stick though, if you are one of the few with a lawnmower.

Sir Arthur Daley

cena wrote: »

I think it is a private estate I could be wrong

That dont matter, what happens next week say if the sewage backs up? put scuba diving gear on the children to go in and investigate the problem?

cena

strobe wrote: »

That's stone cold mental Cena. I've never heard the like. Is this some kind of weird 'gated community' or something? This isn't normal human behaviour. People's lawns are like their houses, it's their responsibility. It's like taking turns to drop over to each other's houses to do the laundry in all of them.

No gates when entering the estate. I don't minding doing it they are tiny front lawns

WikiHow

WikiHow wrote: »

That dont matter, what happens next week say if the sewage backs up? put scuba diving gear on the children to go in and investigate the problem?

Dyno-Kids

cena

WikiHow wrote: »

That dont matter, what happens next week say if the sewage backs up? put scuba diving gear on the children to go in and investigate the problem?

One of the lads that built the houses comes down to unblock the sewage

strobe

cena wrote: »

No gates when entering the estate. I don't minding doing it they are tiny front lawns

Well if you really don't mind then belt away I guess. But this is certainly an odd arrangement. Be in no doubt of that. The thing with the picnic table is more than odd though. I'm not sure whether I should be critical of this self appointed high ruler neighbour of yours or just in unabashed awe at his clearly gigantic balls.

Sir Arthur Daley

cena wrote: »

One of the lads that built the houses comes down to unblock the sewage

Handy knowing Macgyver.

cena

strobe wrote: »

Well if you really don't mind then belt away I guess. But this is certainly an odd arrangement. Be in no doubt of that. The thing with the picnic table is more than odd though. I'm not sure whether I should be critical of this self appointed high ruler neighbour of yours or just in unabashed awe at his clearly gigantic balls.

I agree he thinks he is the boss if the place.

strobe

strobe wrote: »

Well if you really don't mind then belt away I guess. But this is certainly an odd arrangement. Be in no doubt of that. The thing with the picnic table is more than odd though. I'm not sure whether I should be critical of this self appointed high ruler neighbour of yours or just in unabashed awe at his clearly gigantic balls.

By the sounds of this fella, he'll be having Cena trim his gigantic balls next...

cena

Jake1 wrote: »

By the sounds of this fella, he'll be having Cena trim his gigantic balls next...

He well not in my life

delw

Like i said Cena fair play for trying to keep things sorted but personally i'd let others borrow my lawnmower & let them do the leg work when it's their turn & as for the other fella i know where id tell him to shove his list & plonk a table were i want

cena

delw wrote: »

Like i said Cena fair play for trying to keep things sorted but personally i'd let others borrow my lawnmower & let them do the leg work when it's their turn & as for the other fella i know where id tell him to shove his list & plonk a table were i want

I wouldn't let anyone borrow the mower.

Richard Hillman

Just get the garden staff to cut the grass of the family estate. And if they are not cutting the grass, get the butler to get new garden staff. Jeez.

cena

cena wrote: »

I wouldn't let anyone borrow the mower.

tell them Lidl often have cheap deals on mowers.

as do adverts, donedeal etc etc...

strobe

I think a good old fashioned coup d'etat may be the order of the day here. Enlist the support of the neighbours on either side of him and strike in the dead of night. A classic pincer movement. Now ends his reign of terror and begins a glorious era of unity and co-operation and fraternity. Shortly to end as your reign of terror begins. Gardening rotas to be replaced with naked Wednesdays. No picnic tables to be replaced with naked Thursdays. Viva la Revolution!!