Front gardens

[Onelife]

I had cause to travel to Birmingham the other day with the route taking me through Erdington and Pype Hayes.....well l was disgusted to see so many front gardens looking like rubbish tips, there was however the odd front garden that looked cared for.....how awful for these people having to walk out of thrir front garden only to be confronted by this disgusting mess every morning.

I have long thought that there should be a law introduced to stop residents from neglecting there front garden, and there back gardens come to that cos it just isn't right, and it dose nothing to improve the areas in which people have to live.

Oh'....and l would like to introduce a law that prevents neighbours parking dirty great caravans on their front drives also.

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[Stephen]

I think you covered it all (scuse the pun) when you said 'Birmingham'.

[Onelife]

I think you covered it all (scuse the pun) when you said 'Birmingham'.

You're right there Stephen......my wife lived in Birmingham and l'm for ever reminding her that marring me was the best thing she ever did.....that being said she still can't find her way around our country estate......oh and before barney chips in with 'why do you need to stock pile tinned produce'.....its for the servents

[RB1961]

I said the same thing to my wife the other day, and we were know where near Birmingham.

RB

[Meg 50]

down here parking is at a premium, so just people tarmac their front gardens. We have a garage at the bottom of our garden - accessed from the next road - and use it.

many of our neighbours don't use theirs - and have still tarmacked.

The net result is that the only bit of parking space in our road is outside our house - and just now and then we'd like to use it as would our visitors - fat chance.

Sorry, I can bore on this subject for hours - people who won't park across their own run ins, people who tell their rellies they can leave their cars outside our house while they go on hols for 2 weeks, the gas van whose driver is on maternity leave, the peeps from no.2 (a fair distance away) who serially swap their cars over so hanging onto the space. Grrr

But people do stop to admire our garden.

[Onelife]

Hi Meg,

It sounds like you have some very inconsiderate rellies where you live....that situation would absolutely do my head in but If you want to take any positives from it l suppose you could say they are stopping to look at your lovely garden . But nah! I would be out with the bollards if l had my own rellies visiting.

Keith

[barney]

Front gardens tell you a lot about an area.
Before we bought our current house, we drove slowly around the area making sure that all was ok.
Luckily we found nothing to put us off.

Instow has a few parking issues in season, but at one end of the beach is a large car park, so generally there is no problem.
We are slightly back from the front and have parking for three cars on our drive, as do most of our neighbours.

[Onelife]

I thankfully haven't been in this position mysrlf but l do feel sorry for those who buy their house, in a nice road with nice frontages only then to find a new neighbours moves in who allows their frontage to turn into a scrap yard.....bang goes your opportunity of selling your house...at any where near market value.

There definitely should be a law introduced to stop this happening.

[CaroleF]

I'm sure I read something, maybe last year about the concerns that were being aired about rain water not being able to drain away if so many front gardens were tarmacked. I can't remember who was talking about it but it certainly said it could be a real problem.

Carole

[Meg 50]

I'm sure I read something, maybe last year about the concerns that were being aired about rain water not being able to drain away if so many front gardens were tarmacked. I can't remember who was talking about it but it certainly said it could be a real problem.

Carole

yes, more recent regs are that when tarmacing, the underlay has to be special stuff so that it can drain properly - sorry, cos we have no intention of doing it, I'm not certain of the detail - but I have noticed that newer runways have a couple of inches of a metal gridding formation across them

[Onelife]

I'm sure I read something, maybe last year about the concerns that were being aired about rain water not being able to drain away if so many front gardens were tarmacked. I can't remember who was talking about it but it certainly said it could be a real problem.

Carole

Hi Carole

This theory has been around for a long time and it appears from what Meg has said they seem to be doing something about it. I think one of the biggest problems is that with today's modern house building programs the emphasis is on parking space not traditional garden frontages.

Regards

Keith

[GillD46]

We live in a small village and for a village a “cul de sac” has quite a wide road. It is certainly possible to park along both sides with no problem driving through the middle. But actually, very few of the residents park on the road. The driveways all accommodate two cars and most do use their own space.

As for gardens, all but one have nice front gardens, the one that doesn’t “do” gardening, is our fairly new next door neighbour, a young single woman. Nevertheless, her parents, who live a few doors away, mow the lawns, which keeps it neat, even if rather colourless.

[Stephen]

We have six groundsman that maintain our estate and ensure the half mile drive is kept clear and the eight foot high electric entrance gates are working perfectly to keep the riff raff out.

[Manoverboard]

We have six groundsman that maintain our estate and ensure the half mile drive is kept clear and the eight foot high electric entrance gates are working perfectly to keep the riff raff out.

I saw a place just like that near Manchester … Styal Prison I think it was

[Stephen]

We have six groundsman that maintain our estate and ensure the half mile drive is kept clear and the eight foot high electric entrance gates are working perfectly to keep the riff raff out.

I saw a place just like that near Manchester … Styal Prison I think it was

What's a Manchester. Is it a fitness thingy