LINWOOD FENCE PAINTED "COASTAL FOG" TRIGGERS FORMAL MEDIATION AT COMMUNITY HALL
The neighbour wanted Mist Grey. She got blue.
A paling fence on a Linwood side street has gone to formal mediation at the community hall. One neighbour painted it. The other neighbour says that's not what they agreed on.
The complainant, Raewyn Soper, 61, said an agreement was reached at an October barbecue. The fence was painted while she was in Hanmer. It is now Coastal Fog. "It's blue," she said. "Mist Grey is grey. Coastal Fog is blue. He knows."
The fence-owner, Murray Bisset, 58, denies any agreement. He produced a Resene swatch card with a biro tick next to Coastal Fog. Asked who made the tick, Mr Bisset said "that's not the point" and shut the ranchslider.
This correspondent attended in an unofficial capacity. Proceedings ran ninety minutes over. A neighbour two doors down, Cheryl, said she'd stopped hanging washing on that side. "You can hear them through the fence," she said. "The blue one."
My mate at the station confirms the matter does not meet the threshold for a File Reference. A Disorder Warning was discussed and declined. Mediation resumes Thursday.
Mr Bisset has started on the gate. The colour is understood to be Half Coastal Fog.
The complainant, Raewyn Soper, 61, said an agreement was reached at an October barbecue. The fence was painted while she was in Hanmer. It is now Coastal Fog. "It's blue," she said. "Mist Grey is grey. Coastal Fog is blue. He knows."
The fence-owner, Murray Bisset, 58, denies any agreement. He produced a Resene swatch card with a biro tick next to Coastal Fog. Asked who made the tick, Mr Bisset said "that's not the point" and shut the ranchslider.
This correspondent attended in an unofficial capacity. Proceedings ran ninety minutes over. A neighbour two doors down, Cheryl, said she'd stopped hanging washing on that side. "You can hear them through the fence," she said. "The blue one."
My mate at the station confirms the matter does not meet the threshold for a File Reference. A Disorder Warning was discussed and declined. Mediation resumes Thursday.
Mr Bisset has started on the gate. The colour is understood to be Half Coastal Fog.