Anti social neighbouring

[1cyl]

Hey folks.

Bit of a waffle:
Wondering if anyone can comment on a minor inconvenience that's manifested in my life.

When I first moved in to my house in 2010, my neighbour agreed verbally to let me cleat a wire along the bottom of her fence, up over her garage and into mine as had been done by the previous occupant. But subsequently removed before sale.
Great! I did it. (green)

Recently however, she's become a more difficult individual to communicate with. (I think it's the fact I'm half her age and have a fractionally bigger plot, I bought a dog bark last year, and now have a baby cry as well. Plus shes no longer out puffing in her garden so I think she's quit smoking, making her irritable).
I'm a considerate neighbour in all aspects. (2 cars, and no revving motors or late night 6 hours of grinder action)

But now she wants me to remove it as she's getting her fence replaced at the end of the month and doesn't want it there anymore, as she might be thinking about moving (yeah right!).

I use the power daily. So running an extension lead from a socket off my own fence every time I want to flip a switch or charge a drill is easy, but obviously a tad annoying after nearly 4 years of the good life of garage power!

I'm thinking of just leaving the SY cable i used (light weight armoured) from my fence to my "P"(yellow), across her access, in a bit of this: https://bit.ly/1cDB7nu. As a permanent fixture that could be removed in seconds.
But I'm sure she's going to be difficult about it and look for a reason to stop me.
Can anyone see a reason why this plan may not succeed? Legislation regarding communal/shared access or cables? Shes the sort that will try to make my life a misery by the book, although I wouldnt put a deliberated trip and suing past her :-/, or finding evidence that a sharp edged spade has attempted to hack through my 3core 1.5mm.

Why can't people just be reasonable hey!?

Any other ideas for a win win solution? Or is it going to just be a case of suck it up for me, and get used to uncoiling/coiling.

Had thought about a pole in my garden and an over head steel cable line but I think 3m length is the maximum allowed and it'd be well over that. Or perhaps a genny with an akra pipe running for a few hours a day, just for lols

Painted pics attached.

Cheers for any "light" that you feel inclined to shine in my direction .
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[Ribenapigeon]

Your screwed. You may as well try and run a cable to a garage in the next town. She has evry right to deny your cable. Most likely a friend or reletive has told her your cable is dodgy.

Do any of the other garages have power? maybe you could do a deal with another garage owner?

[berzerker]

Dig a metre deep trench and sink a cable

or

Solar panels, leisure batteries and an inverter.

[jeddy11]

Can you not run it as i have marked on map rather too obvious is that the front of the garages ?

As mentioned ask neighbor if you can dig it under ground in a nice thick armored cable or underground as marked on my diagram ..

https://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x232/jeddy11/image_470_zpsd607f7a5.jpg
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[1cyl]

Digging a trench would mean digging up the car park. I'm not that desperate.

Just considering what issues I'm likely to face running the cable above ground around what would be the perimeter of her propery (but essentially across what is a communal car park) on what would appear to be a temporary basis, but for a permanent duration.
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[Ribenapigeon]

Mains cables run across communal/other peoples land would mean a heap of planning permission shit. A good generator would be cheaper and a 12v system run of some solar panels on the roof.

[Nope.]

Just buy a genny and run it on an open pipe at all hours of the day. When she complains just explain that you had no choice since you had to remove your cable.
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[panrider_uk]

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[Ribenapigeon]

Why not build a workshop in your garden and rent out the garage to pay for it?

[Dischord]

Run it on a Catenary wire from your house straight to your garage, cheapest and easiest way. And while you're at it hang a little flag off it with 'haha sucker' written on it
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[1cyl]

[Dischord]

[Dischord]

I've just looked at the layout diagram again, your property is set out almost exactly like mine. We're hoping to get the house on the market this year and move to somewhere more private, it's a right pain in the ass!
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[1cyl]

Yeah it does suck being all ontop of one another. And new builds are slung up so fast its worrying. But you do get alot of square footage for your quids and they do have to meet all the up to date regs.

The other issue would be passing over her space. She'd be on at me about the possibility of it breaking and damaging her jag parked underneath. I suppose I could go further out/away and increase cable length.

So the pink option:
https://bit.ly/1ckRQvq

Would just need to find a sutible pole to cement and bolt to one of my fence posts.
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[defblade]

I'd already thought "tell her you'll have to run a genny instead then" before I'd even finished your post; looks like I was beaten to it; it's still the best advice here (overhead wire might be good if that fails though!)
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[stinkwheel]

Could you bury some armoured cable in the (what looks like gravel) bit where the bins are stored up to the corner of the fence then lift the (again, what looks like) bricks in the parking area, run it under those and re-lay them?
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[Conzar]

Burn the witch?
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[stinkwheel]

[syl]

Mole it from the bottom of the garden, underneath the driveway and bring it up inside the garage.
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[1cyl]

[syl]

Won't be cheap, but do it while they're away and they'll never know it's there - unlike a wire over the top of their garden. Couple of hundred for a short distance I suspect, done in an afternoon - try getting someone who works for the local water/electric company to do it on the side.
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[1cyl]

Just thought i'd update for the hell of it.

So i just went ahead and pushed the button. She flipped....
Within 5 minutes of me stringing the catenary, she lived up to my expectations and got straight on my case with hostile aggressive tones. Complaining that she wasn't happy about this 'eye sore' passing over "her property". (Corner of her parking space). She demanded that i remove it and accused me of 'council estate antics .

Rather than responding equally on the offensive, or giving her the finger,
I remained civil and understanding, and simply stated that: I appreciate she no longer wants a wire along her fence, so this has forced me to consider other alternatives, such as 'this' and possibly a generator . I continued by reiterating that of course I'd rather not have a ghastly over head eye sore. I'd much prefer that while her new concrete post fence is put in the bloke buries an SWA cable for me underneath it and bill me for any additional cost, while she produces a written agreement to cover any legal aspects, (what ever they might be ). Surprisingly, she decided to exercise some self restraint, and loosely agreed to consult her fencing bloke, and get back to me. I concluded to her that the catenary will currently remain as a temporary solution.
Off she went.

I'll be incredibly surprised if she even asks him. But i can at least hope. Instead I predict that she'll put the time and energy into trying to round up the other neighbours while getting on the blower to the council, making a case to force me to remove the catenary, because that's what many would do now adays.
I'll then remove it without a fuss, as I'm not a fighter. Then i'll buy the Genny
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[1198]

Can you get a straight through carbon fibre exhaust for a generator?

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