Straying stock

[Andrew1983]

So last week we had a call to say heifers out, went and put them in, then 3 days later we get a call from a house to say they had been in their garden, direct neighbour to our property who have had plenty favours from us in the past. The place was a total jungle of long grass and trees but they have trimmed back the trees and strimmed the grass this summer. I went to see and the elderly lady was fairly vocal about the mess. I couldn’t see too much of an issue a run with a flat roller wouldn’t fix. Offered to call round this week and do so.

Went and borrowed a lawn roller today to do the job. As we arrived we were met by a younger chap, possibly the son. He was hyped up for a heated exchange which caught me right off guard. He wouldn’t let us even attempt the roller, told us it was a waste of time it needed tons of top soil etc etc to put it right but all they wanted was grass seed. I said when I had been round to see his mother, she had been happy to have it rolled and hadn’t mentioned grass seed. Very arsey, told me we need to stop our stock from staying and take better care off them….. (first time cattle have been out there in as long as I can remember).

I mentioned in Scotland it’s the home owners responsibility to fence stock out. He really didn’t like this and accused me of being cheeky…. He then angrily told me it won’t happen again…. I should have asked what he meant by that…. Slightly concerned for my stocks safety now. But at that point I thought there’s little point continuing here and walked away.

Not sure what I should do next, leave it alone and forget it or put a letter to them summing up Id even offer a bag of grass seed and 50% of a new fence on our boundary (this would only be about 30% of the actual boundary of the house and wouldn’t actually keep stock out if they really wanted to get in. I don’t like having enemies but I get the impression he was trying to scam me into paying for a landscaper to turn a sh!t tip into something decent. Thoughts

 

[dinderleat]

Get a bag of rye grass for them

 

[JSmith]

Had exactly this but I’d already tried to fence the garden up before the cattle got in an the owners stopped me because it wasn’t a problem! As predicted the cattle got in the unkept garden an chewed it off but didn’t harm the structure of the garden, I went an scraped the sh1t up an put the rockery back in place no problem, two days later received a letter claiming damages!! Reminded him about me trying to fence it up and the fact he’s responsible for his garden fence an the issue went quiet!!

 

[Anymulewilldo]

So last week we had a call to say heifers out, went and put them in, then 3 days later we get a call from a house to say they had been in their garden, direct neighbour to our property who have had plenty favours from us in the past. The place was a total jungle of long grass and trees but they have trimmed back the trees and strimmed the grass this summer. I went to see and the elderly lady was fairly vocal about the mess. I couldn’t see too much of an issue a run with a flat roller wouldn’t fix. Offered to call round this week and do so.

Went and borrowed a lawn roller today to do the job. As we arrived we were met by a younger chap, possibly the son. He was hyped up for a heated exchange which caught me right off guard. He wouldn’t let us even attempt the roller, told us it was a waste of time it needed tons of top soil etc etc to put it right but all they wanted was grass seed. I said when I had been round to see his mother, she had been happy to have it rolled and hadn’t mentioned grass seed. Very arsey, told me we need to stop our stock from staying and take better care off them….. (first time cattle have been out there in as long as I can remember).

I mentioned in Scotland it’s the home owners responsibility to fence stock out. He really didn’t like this and accused me of being cheeky…. He then angrily told me it won’t happen again…. I should have asked what he meant by that…. Slightly concerned for my stocks safety now. But at that point I thought there’s little point continuing here and walked away.

Not sure what I should do next, leave it alone and forget it or put a letter to them summing up Id even offer a bag of grass seed and 50% of a new fence on our boundary (this would only be about 30% of the actual boundary of the house and wouldn’t actually keep stock out if they really wanted to get in. I don’t like having enemies but I get the impression he was trying to scam me into paying for a landscaper to turn a sh!t tip into something decent. Thoughts

We’ve had the same problems in the past pretty much word for word. We took photos of the garden. Sent letters offering too fix garden to state it was before. Had to be stroppy in the end and meet them nose too nose about it and they went quiet.

 

[Dry Rot]

I mentioned in Scotland it’s the home owners responsibility to fence stock out.

Be careful when making emphatic statements about the law. That is certainly not the case everywhere and it wasn't at my last address (Banffshire, Scotland) as my neighbour was sad to discover! Sometimes it is best to let a lawyer sort the mess out before things get out of control. Meantime, photographs and videos.

 

[JP1]

So last week we had a call to say heifers out, went and put them in, then 3 days later we get a call from a house to say they had been in their garden, direct neighbour to our property who have had plenty favours from us in the past. The place was a total jungle of long grass and trees but they have trimmed back the trees and strimmed the grass this summer. I went to see and the elderly lady was fairly vocal about the mess. I couldn’t see too much of an issue a run with a flat roller wouldn’t fix. Offered to call round this week and do so.

Went and borrowed a lawn roller today to do the job. As we arrived we were met by a younger chap, possibly the son. He was hyped up for a heated exchange which caught me right off guard. He wouldn’t let us even attempt the roller, told us it was a waste of time it needed tons of top soil etc etc to put it right but all they wanted was grass seed. I said when I had been round to see his mother, she had been happy to have it rolled and hadn’t mentioned grass seed. Very arsey, told me we need to stop our stock from staying and take better care off them….. (first time cattle have been out there in as long as I can remember).

I mentioned in Scotland it’s the home owners responsibility to fence stock out. He really didn’t like this and accused me of being cheeky…. He then angrily told me it won’t happen again…. I should have asked what he meant by that…. Slightly concerned for my stocks safety now. But at that point I thought there’s little point continuing here and walked away.

Not sure what I should do next, leave it alone and forget it or put a letter to them summing up Id even offer a bag of grass seed and 50% of a new fence on our boundary (this would only be about 30% of the actual boundary of the house and wouldn’t actually keep stock out if they really wanted to get in. I don’t like having enemies but I get the impression he was trying to scam me into paying for a landscaper to turn a sh!t tip into something decent. Thoughts

Not sure what the right strategy would be in that case with the Son.

Just want to say I'm sorry you got that approach as , having met you, if anyone would be reasonable and helpful in rectifying that type of situation it would be you

Some folks just rev themselves up in to an unholy and unrealistic state

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Give them the number of your insurance company and leave at that

 

[Oldmacdonald]

Bag of Italian Ryegrass for him.

 

[steveR]

Give them the number of your insurance company and leave at that

Sadly, that seemd the best action some time ago when we had some cattle on rented land, get into a neighbouring garden, after the hedge had been cut back by the householder for a better view.... and no fence put to replace it.

I was unsure of the situation so let the Insurance assessor sort it out, I never heard anymore.

 

[Andrew1983]

Went back with a bag of grass seed ready for round 2, to my surprise I got an apology and he’s happy to sort it himself. Delighted with grass seed. Result.

 

[Jim75]

Went back with a bag of grass seed ready for round 2, to my surprise I got an apology and he’s happy to sort it himself. Delighted with grass seed. Result.

hope it’s a bag of Italian

 

[Ffermer Bach]

hope it’s a bag of Italian

Westerwold

 

[spin cycle]

do you wanna borrow some 'norfolk hurdlers'

if ppl are like that tell em to feck off do nowt

 

[JP1]

Went back with a bag of grass seed ready for round 2, to my surprise I got an apology and he’s happy to sort it himself. Delighted with grass seed. Result.

Maybe he's a lurker on here