Neighbour installs "mosquito" device

Asus X540L

So I walk past this house twice a day and get a blast of some crazy frequency.
As you can see from the picture the device is right next to the road.

She also has a big sign up on the front window of the house "no loitering under penalty of law" (This sign has been up for a few years)

The thing is it's a very respectable, quiet, neighbourhood and there is no problem with gangs of youths from what I can gather. I've lived here since i was a kid and walk the road at least twice a day and have never seen any anti-social behaviour.

What should I do? Knock on the door and inform her nicely it's blasting me anytime I pass and would she remove it? Threaten to call the guards? Actually call the guards?

judeboy101

Contact local environmental officer, they'll let u know the score.

ED E

Its a council issue as above.


If she's over 50 though then chances are, if it happened to just malfunction all of its own, then she couldn't tell as only young people and rodents can hear higher frequencies.

Asus X540L

ED E wrote: »

Its a council issue as above.


If she's over 50 though then chances are, if it happened to just malfunction all of its own, then she couldn't tell as only young people and rodents can hear higher frequencies.

She's actually young enough.
I'd actually question her mental fitness. That said I've only seen her not talk to her but that sign she has up is nuts.

Samuel T. Cogley

Pop some headphones on and leave it alone.

Eric Cartman

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

Pop some headphones on and leave it alone.

that doesn't work, those high pitched sounds go through walls. when somebody has one of those rat scaring things plugged in I can tell before they even open the front door.

Samuel T. Cogley

Eric Cartman wrote: »

that doesn't work, those high pitched sounds go through walls. when somebody has one of those rat scaring things plugged in I can tell before they even open the front door.

It would be one thing if the OP was affected at home, quite another if he's just walking by.

Perhaps call in and have a polite word. I wouldn't start with 'turn that off it's wrecking my head' as that'll get you on the wrong foot from the word go.

Instead, I'd opt for a 'howaya. I'm your neighbour, are you having any issues with kids or teens or such that you'd like me to keep an eye out for'? Then after a short conversation you can bring up the issue you have with it.

fritzelly

Just an animal repeller, guessing you are young(ish) as the older you get the less likely you are to hear it
Just ask to have it turned round more towards her garden so it doesn't get triggered by people on the pavement

ScouseMouse

Asus X540L wrote: »

So I walk past this house twice a day and get a blast of some crazy frequency.
As you can see from the picture the device is right next to the road.

She also has a big sign up on the front window of the house "no loitering under penalty of law" (This sign has been up for a few years)

The thing is it's a very respectable, quiet, neighbourhood and there is no problem with gangs of youths from what I can gather. I've lived here since i was a kid and walk the road at least twice a day and have never seen any anti-social behaviour.

What should I do? Knock on the door and inform her nicely it's blasting me anytime I pass and would she remove it? Threaten to call the guards? Actually call the guards?

Do you have any issues with wild animals? I know someone who has something similar as deer keep breaking into her garden and decimating the flowers.

blackwhite

Asus X540L wrote: »

So I walk past this house twice a day and get a blast of some crazy frequency.
As you can see from the picture the device is right next to the road.

She also has a big sign up on the front window of the house "no loitering under penalty of law" (This sign has been up for a few years)

The thing is it's a very respectable, quiet, neighbourhood and there is no problem with gangs of youths from what I can gather. I've lived here since i was a kid and walk the road at least twice a day and have never seen any anti-social behaviour.

What should I do? Knock on the door and inform her nicely it's blasting me anytime I pass and would she remove it? Threaten to call the guards? Actually call the guards?

Is it actually on her property, or has she installed this outside of the boundary lines?

I doubt it's animals as the OP says the neighbour has a sign to the effect of no loitering. I don't think the animals would be too fussed about her sign :P

hullaballoo

No, they are notorious for ignoring even the clearest of signs.

Auguste Comte

hullaballoo wrote: »

No, they are notorious for ignoring even the clearest of signs.

You sir owe me a keyboard cleaning. I snotted my coffee laughing at this. Well played.

Alanstrainor

I think they were selling these things as pest repellent devices in lidl recently. Maybe that's what it is? Really annoying yokes.

Victor

hullaballoo wrote: »

No, they are notorious for ignoring even the clearest of signs.

Teenagers, animals, teenage animals or animal teenagers?

Lmklad

A few stores (a very large and well known international fast food chain) began to install these to stop kids loitering. They were quickly advised that they were opening themselves to Sec 2 Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act (simple assault). This person may be leaving herself open to the same.

fritzelly

Lmklad wrote: »

A few stores (a very large and well known international fast food chain) began to install these to stop kids loitering. They were quickly advised that they were opening themselves to Sec 2 Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act (simple assault). This person may be leaving herself open to the same.

Seriously? I'm sorry you felt perturbed by a high sonic sound to dissuade knackers hanging around my garden

punisher5112

I know old court shops in Bray have one at the side to help keep them pesky teens away....

A bat would do a much better job though....

Lmklad

fritzelly wrote: »

Seriously? I'm sorry you felt perturbed by a high sonic sound to dissuade knackers hanging around my garden

No need to be sorry, my comment wasn’t directed at you, your high sonic sound or your garden.

punisher5112

punisher5112 wrote: »

I know old court shops in Bray have one at the side to help keep them pesky teens away....

A bat would do a much better job though....

Classical music is another method for dissuading groups of teens congregating around shopping centres.

Funny that. I can't resist loitering when I hear a bit of Debussy.

And on the plus side I don't hear those low frequency plug-in rodent repellents so you'll need to choose your weapon wisely to disperse me

punisher5112

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Classical music is another method for dissuading groups of teens congregating around shopping centres.

Funny that. I can't resist loitering when I hear a bit of Debussy.

And on the plus side I don't hear those low frequency plug-in rodent repellents so you'll need to choose your weapon wisely to disperse me

Ha... I hear the beep every so often but not the other tones.

fritzelly

fritzelly wrote: »

Seriously? I'm sorry you felt perturbed by a high sonic sound to dissuade knackers hanging around my garden

Have you installed one of these? Does it need to have line of sight to annoy the scummers?

I always thought that in a residential setting, you would open yourself to attack (or the mosquito to being attacked) if it had to be able to 'see' the people it was annoying.

Or can you stick it behind a wall and let it do it's thing anonymously?

Skatedude

Hate those things, I installed one last year to try and stop the pigeons from resting on the wire above my car.
I'm 45 and could hear the damn thing from my bedroom at the back of the house, teenagers must be able to hear it from miles away. Pigeons didn't give a damn about it.

Businesses on O' Connell st in Dublin have got into trouble with them and It explained why I kept getting headaches walking down that street.