Hi laurence. Interesting idea! 

Not sure I could join in with that one, since we have two high hedges!  They don't actually interfere with anyone, though. 

Hello, Kate, and thanks for that. It would be good if you could explain how your neighbours non-action affects you. For example, does the flaking paint affect your property or your access?  Or would it de-value your house, assuming you own it, rather than rent?

I'm going to take a risk here, and tell of an episode that involved letting agents and landlord, rather than neighbours. The flat that my older daughter rented for 2 years, and left last year, was very prone to damp, which she started to notice just 6 months after she moved in.  It was the basement flat of a converted Victorian house, and her letting agents (who should be banned forever from running such an enterprise!) did everything they could to pass the problem onto the agents responsible for the adjoining building. All the time, the damp got worse, my daughter's health was suffering, as were a lot of her possessions. Both the agents and the landlord refused point blank to do anything to help, so she went to the Environmental Health officer at the council, who did all he could to help, but he couldn't force the landlord to do anything as long as my daughter stayed. She was reluctant to go because (a) she'd have to pay out a lot to move to another agents and for a deposit etc, (b) she'd put a lot of work and money into improving the garden (c) she has an elderly cat, and there was nowhere else in her price range where there was a garden and would allow pets.

Eventually, the agents and landlord of next door realised that the damp was creeping through their building, too, did some research and found that poor 'cobbling together' of Victorian and modern pipes was causing water to leak and work its way up through the building. They had a massive amount of work done to put the matter right. At that point, my daughter found somewhere else and moved out, when the EHO immediately slapped an order (via the courts) on her ex landlord, banning him from re-letting the flat until the damp had been sorted. He was without a tenant in that flat for more than 6 months!  No income for him, or the agents. Yay, a victory! 

Living surrounded by farmland, and just over a mile from the sea, we have a huge amount of wildlife around, which is great. We do our best to make our small garden wildlife friendly, and we're visited by some now fairly rare birds/animals/insects.  Unfortunately some of our neighbours are so impressed by the wildlife that they think ALL of it needs a hand!  While a lot of us in the cul-de-sac put out seed, fat balls, and mealworms for the smaller birds, others throw out bread, egg and meat. As a result, we can have anything upto 40 black-headed gulls swooping over - these birds scavenge on rubbish tips! - and magpies, rooks, jackdaws and feral pigeons are breeding at a phenomenal rate. When the weather's dry and warm, I have to keep constant watch, in case the birds swoop in while I have washing drying. The magpies attack our guinea pigs, whether in their hutch or run, and our windows, patio, cars, and greenhouse are constantly smothered in bird droppings. What's more, these people aren't helping the herring gulls, as their diet is supposed to be insects, fish and shellfish, and the local farm has guns out shooting the corvids.  I've picked up soggy egg on toast from our lawn, and our elderly cat dragged out a large slice of rancid roast lamb from the border.  Our elderly neighbour who, despite me trying to explain otherwise to her, thinks she's doing the small birds a favour by feeding the magpies, has had to have the pest control people in because there are rats hanging around.

It may not be noise but, boy, is it irritating!

that is utterly disgusting!! Maybe my neighbour putting his dogs' mess in a bag and dropping it in my bin isnt that bad!

My daughter and her boyfriend are having problems with their landlord over maintenance issues. They've been in the flat for only a month, and two windows are leaking, but the landlord just gave them some anti-mildew spray, and suggested they put the heating up, because the flat was damp! Daughter's boyfriend is a builder, and he said that the seals on the windows have perished - it's no great problem getting them fixed. In the meantime, the carpet's getting increasingly stained. Just as well they're not intending to stay there for very long!

my neighbour has been disturbing our everyday life with noise for the last 2 years . but along with that is the state of the house they rent.  the garden is left to over grow and is littered with broken childrens toys. the curtains stay permanently closed, unless an official visit is due!!! it has got to have had an effect on the value of our house, not that we ever stand a chance of selling it. if these people lived in social housing property then they would not be allowed to get away with leaving the property in such a state. my parents live in a social housing property and several of their neighbours have had letters from the council stating they need to get the condition of their properties in order or face eviction after so many warnings. so why is it ok for private landlords to let their tenants live in such an unkempt manner. my neighbours landlord has stated he has no intention of telling his tenant to sort out the mess on the front of the property.
i assure you it is not snobery on my part as i was brought up in social housing, i just want to take pride in a house that my family has worked bloody hard for .