My neighbours' overgrown house

Good idea, roses.

Hedgehogs - there are some round here - would they be in hibernation though, it's been so warm?

So glad to hear there is a big improvement.

On an aside, do ask the gardener to look out for dislodged hedgehogs- and if any seen, put cat food and water out for them as it is too eraly for them to get out of hibernation. I know, least of your worries, but ...

Years ago, when our house was struck by lightning , it damaged the tv so we put in an insurance claim. They checked, and came straight back to us to say 'yes, that's fine, we have confirmation from the met office that your area had storms.' So, you could ask the met office yourself about the weather on that day in your area. Good luck.

Alie I know what you mean!

when, I'm not actually sure what 'normal' is here as regards next door....!

They have left a good many trees, and cleared the ground - the front looks very bare and they removed the only thing that ever looked good, the big pampas grass. (Think I said that before?)

I have heard nothing about the damaged shed so far, and I'm debating my next move.

Good to see things getting back to normal, Alie

The car suddenly was not there when I got up two days ago.
Only they left one bumper lying in the drive.

Michael will be pleased that his thread has proved useful.

Got an answer, with the link!
Seems that it wasn't good when Michael was up at 7, but later there was a good forecast.
Which fits with the workmen arriving next door at 10.30.

I have done.

Oh, believe me, I have been a polite nuisance Eloethan.
For the last 15 months. I guess I can do it some more.

Charley I have looked and can't find the 7th Feb....because the results don't come up in order......frustrating!
Maybe I should ask Gransnet.

Alie0 have a look at 12Michael's daily weather report around the country. That is the only paper trail that I can think of which is widely available to you. Most people mention which part of the country they live.

Alie Just keep going. Make an absolute (but calm and polite) nuisance of yourself - ring them, send them all the relevant info, etc. etc. Hopefully, they'll eventually get fed up with having to respond and you will get compensation. If not, speak to your local MP and take your info and photos with you. The MP would then presumably approach them and this would cause them further work.

Good luck with this.

Yup, soop ! I intend to.......feel in a fighting mood.

Oh dear AlieO what can I say other than keep your chin up and as Elegran suggests...keep nagging!

Possibly but I will try the sympathetic councillor and also this woman's boss if things are stuck...
......another thing is that she told me that they are moving the office and I may not hear anything until the end of next week!

In limbo again.

Cab or similar may help

My gardener saw it Monday. He also saw earlier how near the big stump was that they took down on the 7th.

I don't think storm damage would have pushed the shed INTO the wind! I think this is one of the bigger arguments!

Hey, maybe the wind will push it back into place.....

Surely storm damage would look different to the damage caused by workmen bashing away? Did any neighbours see it just after it happened? They could back you up. Keep on nagging.

Storms before and after, Elegran, but I have photos of it now, taken as soon as there was any sun after Friday, and there has been no more damage as of now......

Do you have any photos of it after the workmen and before the storms?

Thanks Aka and Liz - especially about their insurance!

I am not saying it was dead calm, but it was much like today here - breezy and sunny.....but all people remember now is the storms!

Keep at her. Councils have insurance to cover adjoining properties and you deserve recompence.

Don't let her get away with that. You have the perfect paper trail here and that's going to be very difficult to deny.

Re the weather on that day. YOU know it was calm, it's up,to her to prove otherwise.

Can anyone direct me to a site that will show that the weather here was actually fine that day?