On Fri, 22 Jun 2018 11:05:34 +0100, pamela wrote:

On 10:14 22 Jun 2018, Scott wrote:

On Fri, 22 Jun 2018 06:41:56 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

On 21/06/18 22:21, Andrew Gabriel wrote:
Really, you all need to get together and decide what you want to
do with the garden, and who does which bits of the work.
Reminds me of a dovoce lawyer.

"What you need to do is sit down and negortiate a settlement"

"If It had ever been possible to sit down and negotiate a
settlement there would be no divorce...."

Indeed ... I could write a book about it.

Three absentee landlords. One owner unfit to carry out gardening.
One nervous about going into the rear garden on her own. One
hardly ever seen and listens to music on headphones. One hates
gardening. Person on the ground floor can't stand the person on
the first floor. Person on the second floor supports the person on
the first floor. Person on the second floor thinks everyone is
incompetent. I tend to agree with that viewpoint. Nearly
everyone pleads shortage of money. One seems to view maintenance
as a bourgois conspiracy.

We have roof repairs outstanding but no agreement to carry out the
work. I have sent a 'project fear' letter pointing out that any
future damage is highly unlikely to be met by insurers. I do not
want to open a second front on gardening.

My aim is a 'cheap and cheerful' fix without consent to make the
rear garden more presentable and to preserve the opportunity to
sell without having to explain the state of the garden. To that
end I plan to obliterate the weeds and plant some form of robust
ground cover plants. This is a 'metre margin'. The grass can
stay where it is.

Reminds me of a conveyancing lawyer:
"At least in a divorce the parties want an end-point. With a
neighbour dispute parties are more determined and there is less
incentive to settle. These disputes are usually only resolved
when one party moves."

Agreeing on how to deal with a shared garden is a nightmare. There
sometimes seems to be more opinions than parties involved.

Surely there is an obligation on the parties to pay costs incurred
by their representative or by the management company?

Yes, but we are 'self-factored' meaning the building is managed by the
residents, who at the last meeting split 4-4 on the vote. This was
for roof repairs where some thought the first bidder was too cheap and
others thought the second bidder was too expensive. We therefore did
not have the five votes needed for a decision.