Cheeky neighbour or how would you handle this ???

Have had 2 new neighbours move in to houses here in the last few years, I just went up and introduced myself and gave my number if any issues came up and with stock and it has worked away the finest so far anyway. Would put an electric fence around all our boundaries anyway regardless of if its a house or ditch

A lot of posters have said about community spirit but the home owners didnt act that way, maybe park in front of their house and use the gate to access your field!!! and see what happens.

I take it bear traps are out of the question?

Selling of sites should have been banned 50 years ago. These one off houses on large sites is a terrible waste of resources and valuable farm land. We the tax payer are paying to bring water and other utilities to these houses that are scattered randomly around the country, spent a week in Germany there during the summer lovely little clusters of houses in villages and you could drive for a few miles again through lovely unspoilded country side before we see another house.

Thanks Kerry. Where will I send the bill?

My septic tank was 10k (cheaper end for rural) and I pay every year to 2 to empty.

Water connection was 4K I think and I have a yearly bill as it’s a group scheme.

I really appreciate your offer of cost sharing though.

I used the proceeds to help me buy more ground to farm...

What kind of farmer does that make me?

Actually don't answer that, you have me dead to rights, I'm a self confessed awful human being and I couldn't give two **** 🤠

Wells are getting contaminated big time and costings big money to maintain and water pipes that were put in 20 years ago by rural schemes are being replaced already at huge expense as they are all leaking as they were push fit and now are being replaced by welded PVC ones so just because they was a ones off payment at the start the upkeep and maintainance of these utilities is very costly.

And the country people your talking about, if this contamination happens them, will bear all that cost themselves as the wells are their own private wells that they paid for from their own pockets and put in place to serve only their own private house or farm. Not one penny of public money has, or ever will, be spent on them.

The saying “it’s better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you are a fool, than open it and remove all doubt” comes to mind here.

Just as an FYI, the private well I have here which serves only my house and farm cost over €9,000 between boring it, fitting pump, piping and treatment system. Sewerage, for a raised bed treatment system, cost close to €15,000 between tank, pump system, raised bed, piping, stone, digger, labour etc. Storm water around farm yard and house has definitely cost upwards of €10,000 too between manholes, piping, digger, labour etc. as well.

So that’s upwards of €34,000 I’ve spent on the basic facilities that don’t cost urban dwellers a single penny as it’s all provided to them for free. Those urban dwellers really are a leach on society aren’t they!?

Touched a nerve? 😘🤣 Good farmers acquire ground, they don't sell it. Money is made in the farming and commonly on off farm jobs. If the farming isn't paying you're a shite farmer just like in any other business

Was never a site sold here if that’s what you’re implying.

Is that what a good farmer is?Jesus I’ll have to reassess how I rate farmers.

I do a bit of milking for a man, Tidy operator, Cows and young stock in great condition, Grass management second to none. You’ll never believe this. He actually chose not to renew a long-standing lease because when he did the figures, He figured he would barely be any worse off milking less cows, Having more time out of the parlour and buying less fertiliser. I thought he was a top farmer. Not looking forward to having to tell him he’s actually not a good farmer because he’s not looking to get more land and take on more work. Not that I think about it he’s some bollox isn’t he?

We are not talking about the same thing, I am on about farmers that sold sites for houses that didn't care about there neighbours or the services that people required to live there, I have no problem with the chosen one to build a house on his own land, that 34K you are on about that cost you must be for farm and house , you won't be foolish enough to buy a site with out a good water supply.

Embarrassing yourself here fella.

And you keep going that's the gas part.

Go have a pint and then lie down afterwards. Might keep your blood pressure down even when your pretending to have the 'it's all cool bro' 'I'm just saying' you keep replying which means you've a bug bear. Chill.. you are most not. Embarrassing of a Friday you most definitely are.

@lister. You're embarrassing yourself with that vacuous response. Absolutely no point made. You're very clearly triggered by someone disagreeing with you. I know this is an issue in rural ireland where deviance from homogeneous mindsets is anathema to many but that's life, that's reality. Have a lie down now, I'm just someone with a different point of view, no need to be so defensive. You've shown this sticks in your craw but that's not my problem.

Regardless, this is way off thread topic now.