Patf Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 This is on ITV tonight at 8pm, UK time.One story is about a family who buy a house in France next to a clay pigeon shooting club, and have serious problems.I read about it in the French News (before it went into liquidation.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Repeated on ITV2 8:00pm Wed 18 March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Watched it.And must confess I had a good laugh.................Surely, anyone with half a brain would check up on "An industrial unit immediately next door" and find out precisely what it did, the hours it worked; the fumes it emitted; and the noise pollution it made?My own understanding of French law and the discharge of firearms would tend to persuade me that the activities of the gun club were illegal, as shotgun pellets were carrying over adjacent land and endangering life and limb.Maire not concerned? (Friend of the gun club owner apparently): so go straight to the préfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 I remember reading an article about this family last year.The overall response was not very sympathetic, mainly for the reasons given by Glustick above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Interesting...They have a big problem ......it seems also the property on the other side of them .... with shot flying all over the place . You cant live your life in fear of being shot every day in your own garden ....As the Mayor is also a hunter and knows the club owner they were on a loser getting the shooting stopped by going to him...Even when he promised he would resolve the matter .they should have expected what they got done .....nothing ..Now its been on UK TV..nationwide and shows there is a chance that one of the family may lose an eye or worse I expect the French Embassy in London have a video of what went out , As its a reflection on France and makes the local system look bad and a bit silly ..I imagine somebody will get a phone call from Paris and the shot proof barrier bank will suddenly grow taller and the clays will not be sent over their land in future .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJT Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 This has been going on a long time and I have read about it in a number of publications in the past with these people pleading for help. I agree that they should have done further investigations before buying but the agent lied to them about the activities. I just can't believe that this poor family has lived in this sort of danger for so long not to mention the poisoning of the river and affecting others with all of that lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thibault Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 It is interesting that the people who sold them the house (".....who had to return to the UK quickly....") didn't mention it! In the UK now, you have to disclose any issues you may have with neighbours as part of the process of selling a house. I guess there is nothing similar in France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Avery Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 I missed the French one, whilst attending a call of nature[:$], This wasn't the poster on here who bought knowing that it was next to a ZA and then found a cement or tar works going up was it?I did see that couple in Spain who look like they are really getting shafted over contradictory land registrations that meant their neighbour was now claiming their land and house and had enforced this by digging a trench and fencing off their house from the road, but what amazed me was if that is their "home" how calm they were about it all.[8-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 That couple in France are just down the road from us (well 45 mins down the road).I am amazed that most of the people on that show appear so blazay (sp) about it all. Perhaps this is because the events have been going on so long that they are past the point of caring (well, caring might not be the right word, but you know what I mean).The couple with the unit in Bulgaria for instance. No wonder they were taken for a ride. What a pair of walkovers. They come face to face with the man who had given them so much grief for so long and they're all smiles and handshakes with him! Would you be like that?R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 [quote user="LyndaandRichard"]The couple with the unit in Bulgaria for instance. No wonder they were taken for a ride. What a pair of walkovers. They come face to face with the man who had given them so much grief for so long and they're all smiles and handshakes with him! Would you be like that?R[/quote]I usually take these programs with a large pinch of salt. As viewers, we only see what the production team wants us to see. For that program to be shown at prime viewing time, the editing has to be done in such a way as to provoke as much reaction as possible and of course, the producers are hardly likely to show us all sides of the story.The fact that the couple in Bulgaria were willing to put down nearly as much money as they had already "lost" makes me wonder what we have not been shown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patf Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 Clair - as you say, anything for a good story, omit some things, add others.[quote user="Thibault"]It is interesting that the people who sold them the house (".....who had to return to the UK quickly....") didn't mention it! In the UK now, you have to disclose any issues you may have with neighbours as part of the process of selling a house. I guess there is nothing similar in France.[/quote]There is the concept of "vice caché", but they were warned about a mysterious building next door, and as Gluestick says they should have investigated further.Their chateau is certainly very imposing, and they have 20+ acres of land! I wouldn't be surprised if there's an element of resentment/jealousy on the part of the french locals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 [quote user="Clair"][quote user="LyndaandRichard"]The couple with the unit in Bulgaria for instance. No wonder they were taken for a ride. What a pair of walkovers. They come face to face with the man who had given them so much grief for so long and they're all smiles and handshakes with him! Would you be like that?R[/quote]I usually take these programs with a large pinch of salt. As viewers, we only see what the production team wants us to see. For that program to be shown at prime viewing time, the editing has to be done in such a way as to provoke as much reaction as possible and of course, the producers are hardly likely to show us all sides of the story.The fact that the couple in Bulgaria were willing to put down nearly as much money as they had already "lost" makes me wonder what we have not been shown.[/quote]Heh, that's true. They probably thumped him first so the production team had to retake the shot (or do some extreme photoshopping!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 The house in France that you are all talking about, was on escape to the country the day before, it was owned by an irish couple, who stated that they wanted to return to the UK, because of not getting on with the language, and the long closing hours for lunch, the house was priced at over 2 million, and they were looking to buy in Dorset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Dorset !........Where are they.?... if they have that sort of cash they can have mine ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 I saw the first bits of yesterday's prog, featuring the part finished complex in Egypt and the developer disappearing with the money before planning permission was granted in Spain. Why do these mostly self-inflicted victims imagine that they will get any sympathy ? Perhaps their common sense is only in gear when in cloudy old UK because they certainly don't apply any when the sun is out.Still, laughing at others makes us forget our own petty little problems for a while.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Mad dogs and English men go out in the midday sun [:D]Personally although two wrongs allegedly don't make a right, I would go and get gun and clay machine and givem some back to see how they like it [:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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