Neighbours - a word of caution To MGintern and others about to start a war - it can be expensive!
I returned home one day to find our hedge had been demolished with a chain saw and a ditch dug over the driveway (we share an entrance way). Needless to say, reasoning did not work and we resorted to solicitors. $3000 worth of letters later my solicitor said - we have him, now take him to Court! A little warning bulb glowed and I told my sorry tale to one of my customers, who happened to be a QC (fairly high up the Barrister tree) and he gave me a few words of wisdom which I pass on:
Paul, he said, the law favours the very rich and the very poor and you are neither. Leave him alone!
I did, and two years later he moved. We now have wonderful friendly neighbours.
So MGintern, don't provoke a fight - just encourage them to leave! Have you ever thought of car dismantling? Can make a nice garden look really dreadful! Alternatively, my cousin got rid of both her troublesome neighbours by buying a peacock - wonderful to look at, but very, very noisy!