Legal or not?

mad muffin

My neighbour has built a monstrosity of a swing set for his kids. Also when they stand on the top they can see over the fence with ease. :mad:

jamesbere

No sunbathing naked for you anymore so

Mr_Muffin

You afraid the kids will see your muffin?

Yellowblackbird

Swings and roundabouts mate.

Temptamperu

this is a ****ing outrage.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Not a thing wrong with that. And perfectly legal.

The_Mask

Let them have their fun....if they keep looking over just moon them

Fred Swanson

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mickdw

Will ya cop on to yourself.
That's a bought, factory made swing. Its hardly a monstrosity.
I had visions of them having built a 3 Storey structure in the garden.
Now unless the actual parents are up on top of it looking across, you have little to complain about.

dmc17

They can see over the fence from the upstairs window too

The Backwards Man

Would that be the fence with the great big fcuking holes in it?

Sky King

Go in there at night and cut the ropes 90% the way through.

hatrickpatrick

It's just not on, Joe!

Nodin

mad muffin wrote: »

My neighbour has built a monstrosity of a swing set for his kids. Also when they stand on the top they can see over the fence with ease. :mad:

No nudie-muffin mornings for you anymore then.

Mint Aero

Yuck, council houses.

OldMrBrennan83

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frag420

Grease the swings........then when the kids land in your garden you can be extra pissed off!!

Penny Tration

Kids doing what kids do and playing in their back garden? Heaven no, that is totally and utterly illegal, reprehensible behaviour! Time to set the hounds on them.

Menas

I would love a swing/climb set like that....

Links234

What are you hiding OP?

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The Backwards Man wrote: »

Would that be the fence with the great big fcuking holes in it?

Nope, that's the brick wall with the incomplete wood cladding.

OP has no case though.

somuj

You should probably phone the police on them too. The noise pollution from their laughter and joy from using it is surely illegal.

OldMrBrennan83

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Chucken

I'm sure looking over the fence is the last thing they'll be doing with a brilliant swing set/climbing frame like that.

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Patww79 wrote: »

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I understand. Some people don't like chocolate, sunshine or their wealth.

The Backwards Man

Avatar MIA wrote: »

Nope, that's the brick wall with the incomplete wood cladding.

OP has no case though.

Sssh, I was hoping the OP would take a wider shot so we could have more of a gawk around his garden.:P

OldMrBrennan83

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crazygeryy

Put a small nuclear device underneath the swing set during the night.wait until the kids are playing on it and set it off.problem solved.

rolliepoley

They will soon get tired of it and it will be left to rot away or it will be up for sale on done deal at half price.

The_Valeyard

jamesbere wrote: »

No sunbathing naked for you anymore so

Wrong. Keep sunbathing nude, they will never look over the fence again!!!! They be scarlet.

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The_Valeyard wrote: »

They be scarred

MilesMorales1

Well if they annoy you, you can use the holes in that fence to shoot at them.

ToddyDoody

Would the OP not plant a set of trees in front of he fence?

Tzardine

Reminds me of the thread where somebody went mad because their neighbours washing line was visible and they did not like to their underwear hanging out.

Busy bodies be busy as ever it seems.

Ruu

It devalues your property but probably nothing you can do about it. Ask them if you can have a go on it???


Cover up in the back yard for gods sake! :eek:

wakka12

If it were to be illegal what law do you think we have in place that they might be breaking?

kneemos

wakka12 wrote: »

If it were to be illegal what law do you think we have in place that they might be breaking?

Swinging in public.

Samaris

Absolutely nothing illegal about it, you'd get laughed out of the place.

Going to assume you don't have kids yourself, and you don't seem to get on that well with the neighbours, judging by your reaction. So, ok, it's a definite problem to you. Your options really are to make the fence higher or plant some sort of fast-growing hedge against it, although the garden doesn't really look big enough to allow for that.

By the way, the law in question would be "nuisance", a part of tort law. I'm better at it in an American context, but Irish law isn't so different, so here goes: If OP could prove that the neighbour's use of their land was a nuisance to him, i.e. preventing him/her from the reasonable enjoyment of his own property, s/he might have a case against them to desist whatever it is that they're doing. Now in this case, while it is seemingly a nuisance to him, the neighbours aren't doing anything unusual - a swing is a perfectly reasonable thing to have in one's back garden. Following Slaird v Klewers (1970), while an American case, this too would almost certainly be tossed out as the plaintiff/OP being "over-sensitive", and it being more his own perception of a nuisance than a reasonable claim in a court.

Pink Lemons

You know swings go both ways right? For all you know it'll be the other neighbour they'll be perving on.

Guy:Incognito

kneemos wrote: »

Swinging in public.

Isnt that called dogging?

corner of hells

OP , I'm with you on this .

get your own hives of bees , replace the bees with wasps.

Wasps are flying Nazis according to a previous thread and will sting kids on sight.

End of swinging.

FelineOverLord

It'll soon be Winter OP, then the kids will be stuck indoors all the time, by next Summer they'll probably have lost all interest in the swing set.:D

CruelCoin

OP, do you have an issue with people on the 1st floor looking out their window being able to see you?

You're getting annoyed over nothing.

The Randy Riverbeast

Do children normally stand at the top of swings?

If you start looking over the fence and take pictures of the children playing, the parents will keep them inside.

fuzzypickle

Kids are back in school tomorrow aren't they?
Problem solved.

Unless they start bringing hordes of friends home with them to play on their new swing set...:D

Massimo Cassagrande

Neighbours from hell.
Not the ones with the swing, the ones like the OP...

FelineOverLord

Massimo Cassagrande wrote: »

Neighbours from hell.
Not the ones with the swing, the ones like the OP...

I'll give the OP the benefit of the doubt, you never know his neighbours might be an absolute nightmare and the swing set so close to their fence might just be an annoyance in a long line of sh*te. Tbh, we had neighbours once who put a swing set only a few feet from our living room window and it was a pain in the ass. I know kids are kids and they play, but listening to someone else's kids for hours on end isn't any fun, especially if you can't get away from them.:)

wendell borton

I'd be more worried about the creepy guy looking over your fence.:eek:

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wendell borton wrote: »

I'd be more worried about the creepy guy looking over your fence.:eek:

That's a blast from the past.

endacl

frag420 wrote: »

Grease the swings........then when the kids land in your garden you can be extra pissed off!!

Kids are like apples from your neighbour's tree. If they drop into your garden, they're yours.

foggy_lad

OP if you're super good and eat all your veg and tripe Santa might bring you a swing set for Christmas :-D