JessBun
Mama Doe
New to the forum, and needing a bit of advice please :wave:
Does anyone like to let their lawn grow for their buns to eat, and had problems with a neighbour complaining about it? My buns have always had an ad lib grass diet, with ad lib hay, some vegetables, weeds and a very very small amount of pellets. I realise this isn't suitable for all buns tummies, but mine have always been fine and thrived on this long term (no health issues ever, this bun is now 8 years old) so it's something I'm not looking to change. He has a double hutch with a 9x4ft run attached which is moved weekly. So he needs a lot of grass.
We moved into a rented flat with private garden 6 months ago, and when we inquired about this property were fully honest with the landlord that we were only looking for a private garden solely for the purpose of our buns (we explained they do dig etc). She said this was fine, and that she had never bothered with the garden (which was evident, shall we say) so we needant either, but we could if we wanted.
I had to have a polite word with neighbor a few days ago regarding her chucking out my plants in the pots outside my door :evil: She got in a massive huff, stopped speaking to us and I knew something else was coming. Lo & behold we've had a call from landlord: noise complaints and the 'state' of our garden (neighbour wants us to mow it as she needs pictures of the back of her flat as apparently she's moving). Landlord informed us this neighbour has a history of this, and has complained about the previous tenants and the landlord herself when she lived here (very miffed we were not told this, we were told we had 'very friendly neighbors' prior to moving in!).
We know the neighbor isn't really moving, she's quite dictating and constantly tried to boss me around with house/garden before. We're quite happy to tidy up the garden (I'll freely admit it needs de weeding badly, and the hedges cutting - it has been on the to do list!) we'll even strim the grass down a tad. But for the sake of my bun I really do not want to mow it since it's his main diet and a drastic change in his diet could easily make him poorly We definitely would not of took this property on had we known we had to keep the grass mowed short, as it wouldn't serve the purpose we need it for. We know regardless of whether we mow it or not, it's going to occur again, with either the garden or something else. This was purely a revenge complaint. At a loss as to where I stand at the moment, how long does grass need to be before it's too long? :lol: Usually I would approach neighbor to come to a compromise, but it's evident she is not interested in live and let live/compromises. Also just like to put across the landlord would definitely not of bothered us about this except for the neighbor, she has been out to sign another 6 months on the lease and was not fussed in the slightest. We also keep the front garden neatly mowed which hopefully counts for something. I'm honestly not trying to be difficult about it, I'm happy to neaten it up. But we keep the front lawn short and the back longer for a genuine reason. Also to add the neighbour has her own private garden to the back of ours! She keeps it very short and pristine and wants ours to be the same. :wave:
Thank you for any help and apologies for it being so long winded :lol:
Does anyone like to let their lawn grow for their buns to eat, and had problems with a neighbour complaining about it? My buns have always had an ad lib grass diet, with ad lib hay, some vegetables, weeds and a very very small amount of pellets. I realise this isn't suitable for all buns tummies, but mine have always been fine and thrived on this long term (no health issues ever, this bun is now 8 years old) so it's something I'm not looking to change. He has a double hutch with a 9x4ft run attached which is moved weekly. So he needs a lot of grass.
We moved into a rented flat with private garden 6 months ago, and when we inquired about this property were fully honest with the landlord that we were only looking for a private garden solely for the purpose of our buns (we explained they do dig etc). She said this was fine, and that she had never bothered with the garden (which was evident, shall we say) so we needant either, but we could if we wanted.
I had to have a polite word with neighbor a few days ago regarding her chucking out my plants in the pots outside my door :evil: She got in a massive huff, stopped speaking to us and I knew something else was coming. Lo & behold we've had a call from landlord: noise complaints and the 'state' of our garden (neighbour wants us to mow it as she needs pictures of the back of her flat as apparently she's moving). Landlord informed us this neighbour has a history of this, and has complained about the previous tenants and the landlord herself when she lived here (very miffed we were not told this, we were told we had 'very friendly neighbors' prior to moving in!).
We know the neighbor isn't really moving, she's quite dictating and constantly tried to boss me around with house/garden before. We're quite happy to tidy up the garden (I'll freely admit it needs de weeding badly, and the hedges cutting - it has been on the to do list!) we'll even strim the grass down a tad. But for the sake of my bun I really do not want to mow it since it's his main diet and a drastic change in his diet could easily make him poorly We definitely would not of took this property on had we known we had to keep the grass mowed short, as it wouldn't serve the purpose we need it for. We know regardless of whether we mow it or not, it's going to occur again, with either the garden or something else. This was purely a revenge complaint. At a loss as to where I stand at the moment, how long does grass need to be before it's too long? :lol: Usually I would approach neighbor to come to a compromise, but it's evident she is not interested in live and let live/compromises. Also just like to put across the landlord would definitely not of bothered us about this except for the neighbor, she has been out to sign another 6 months on the lease and was not fussed in the slightest. We also keep the front garden neatly mowed which hopefully counts for something. I'm honestly not trying to be difficult about it, I'm happy to neaten it up. But we keep the front lawn short and the back longer for a genuine reason. Also to add the neighbour has her own private garden to the back of ours! She keeps it very short and pristine and wants ours to be the same. :wave:
Thank you for any help and apologies for it being so long winded :lol:
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