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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Irene Boston" data-source="post: 1382436" data-attributes="member: 72324">Yes, she sounds like a classic bully, which is not easy to deal with if she's already got the other residents bowing and scraping to her wishes.  Presumably, during the summer when you didn't have the feeders out, she was still 'menaced' by pigeons in her airspace?  Or has she conveniently forgotten that aspect of it?  It seems to be if she can actually see a pigeon from her window, let alone have one land on her window sill, that's your fault somehow!  I would really play up this aspect, that you can't possibly be held responsible for every single pigeon that chooses to come anywhere near your flats.  And that you certainly expect her to take fairly simple measures to stop them landing on her sill.  And when she insisted that everyone take a turn in the garden maintenance, I'd bet good money no one has done so coz they've become so used to you doing all the hard work, and paying out for all the plants etc.  If it gets to the 'hardball' stage, you could always mention that you didn't charge the rest of the residents for anything you've bought for the garden in the past, but would be happy to submit a list of past expenses, given that she's so insistent everything is now 'fairly' split between everyone.  Although I suspect that 'fairly' treating everyone's opinion / actions only applies if they adhere to her own wishes.Sorry, rambled on again here, and fairly uselessly at that, but just wanted to give some verbal support - even if that's about as useful as a chocolate teapot in your difficult situation.Good luck with the old bag.Irene</blockquote>

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