In a row that all to many of us have to face at one time or another ...
Derrick Croucher, a 71 year old man from Droitwich, Worcestshire, England, is locked in a dispute with his neighbours over them placing a trampoline next to his fence.
He claims that it disturbs his privacy as the children can now see over the fence and into his garden and back room.
The nuisance of bouncing "peeping toms" is not a new one. As far back as April 2006, The Scotsman newspaper reported that the craze for garden trampolines had started in 2003, along with a rise in the number of mediation bodies reporting being inundated with complaints about the high noise levels, as well as the nuisance of children 'invading people's privacy', by bouncing high enough to see over fences and through windows in to back rooms.
Now many of us have to face this problem, and the law (even the right to a private life in the European charter), doesn't seem to offer much recourse, but does raise the possibility of neighbours falling out. I currently face the same issue (and have had it in the past). I would suggest that Mr Coucher merely waits out the summer. The kids will eventually tire of the trampoline (which actually offers little in terms of entertainment apart from up and down, up and down etc ), and it will then be dismantled by the parents, who want to reclaim the garden space.
As for the kids looking through the windows, try putting up netting on an expandable curtain rail (total cost around £25 for a long drop sliding glass door), and then, when the menace has subsided, simply take these down as life returns to normal. Unfortunately inconsiderate neighbours are part of the times we live in, and confrontation rarely results in satisfactory outcome, so its usually better to try and manage the situation.
Our MP's simply refuse to legislate to make home privacy a right ....
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| Mr Croucher And The Trampoline ... |
Derrick Croucher, a 71 year old man from Droitwich, Worcestshire, England, is locked in a dispute with his neighbours over them placing a trampoline next to his fence.
He claims that it disturbs his privacy as the children can now see over the fence and into his garden and back room.
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| Kids Looking Over Your Fence Is Very Annoying ....... |
The nuisance of bouncing "peeping toms" is not a new one. As far back as April 2006, The Scotsman newspaper reported that the craze for garden trampolines had started in 2003, along with a rise in the number of mediation bodies reporting being inundated with complaints about the high noise levels, as well as the nuisance of children 'invading people's privacy', by bouncing high enough to see over fences and through windows in to back rooms.
Now many of us have to face this problem, and the law (even the right to a private life in the European charter), doesn't seem to offer much recourse, but does raise the possibility of neighbours falling out. I currently face the same issue (and have had it in the past). I would suggest that Mr Coucher merely waits out the summer. The kids will eventually tire of the trampoline (which actually offers little in terms of entertainment apart from up and down, up and down etc ), and it will then be dismantled by the parents, who want to reclaim the garden space.
As for the kids looking through the windows, try putting up netting on an expandable curtain rail (total cost around £25 for a long drop sliding glass door), and then, when the menace has subsided, simply take these down as life returns to normal. Unfortunately inconsiderate neighbours are part of the times we live in, and confrontation rarely results in satisfactory outcome, so its usually better to try and manage the situation.
Our MP's simply refuse to legislate to make home privacy a right ....
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