I need to ask a really rather strange question....

[cyberknight]

I would send the bill for your fencing or take it down and sell it before it gets ripped up .

 

[Saluki]

To be quite honest, whatever state the remains are in , it will be traumatic for a youngster

It may be better if you are planning a cremation to see if the company will dig up the remains, and seal in a casket, depending on size these will be about £50 - £100

Then you can have a dignified "service" without the trauma

Youngster? We have a youngster. I'll go and have a look as I must have missed that one

I will have a word with the cremation people about the digging. I'd not thought of that one. Gabe is only about 3' down as we have a clay soil and we simply couldn't dig any further down as the clay was too packed.

 

[stephec]

Have you gone through your contract to make sure they can actually do it?

Is it worded to include exactly what land you rent, and have they put in a nice little get out clause they can trigger in their favour?

 

[Accy cyclist]

A gravedigger told me once that bodies take around 20 years to fully decay when buried in soil and a little longer if it's in clay.

 

[slowmotion]

I wouldn't dwell on the state of your late dog. It won't be a heap of bones at all. As others have said, get somebody else to deal with the exhumation and go away while they do. I'm sorry.

 

[Arch]

Yes, I'm afraid it's unlikely to be skeletonised yet.

The other thing, and I know it's easier to say than do, is detach the idea of the pet from the remains. The pet exists in your memories and in whatever spirit life you like to believe in. The body was just container for it. Whatever happens to the container, the memory and spirit live on.

Still, it's a rough deal. I hope you find a way to sort it out.

Do you have a Uni nearby with an archaeology department? If you need a dispassionate digger, they might be able to help..

 

[vernon]

Question for @Saluki:

What would you have done about the dog if you'd moved as originally planned?

 

[Saluki]

I would send the bill for your fencing or take it down and sell it before it gets ripped up .

We are just on the phone to the HA now and asking the question.

 

[Saluki]

Yes, I'm afraid it's unlikely to be skeletonised yet.

The other thing, and I know it's easier to say than do, is detach the idea of the pet from the remains. The pet exists in your memories and in whatever spirit life you like to believe in. The body was just container for it. Whatever happens to the container, the memory and spirit live on.

Still, it's a rough deal. I hope you find a way to sort it out.

Do you have a Uni nearby with an archaeology department? If you need a dispassionate digger, they might be able to help..

My degree is in Archaeology, I have a BSc in it.

The woman at the HA knows nothing about it but has passed the message on to our housing officer (a clueless individual if ever there was one) and he will ring us back. We are not holding our breath for his call as he is useless. In fact he is so useless that he gives normally useless people a bad rep.

Question for @Saluki:

What would you have done about the dog if you'd moved as originally planned?

Good question. Hubster wanted to lift him and take him with us.
When we buried him, we were really up against it financially and we couldn't afford to cremate him. We couldn't even afford the non private cremation that the vet charges us to 'dispose' of the body. That was an additional £91 on top of the euthanasia hence bringing him home and burying him.

 

[w00hoo_kent]

One thought with the fencing, you should be able to sell it on, fencing is like hens teeth at the moment since the storms (in the SE it is anyway) and the prices, as I guess you know having just bought some, are highly inflated. Definitely worth taking it down rather than seeing it demolished (in fact I wouldn't be surprised if the 'demolition' turned out to be a careful dismantling and a bit of cash in the pocket...)

 

[stephec]

One thought with the fencing, you should be able to sell it on, fencing is like hens teeth at the moment since the storms (in the SE it is anyway) and the prices, as I guess you know having just bought some, are highly inflated. Definitely worth taking it down rather than seeing it demolished (in fact I wouldn't be surprised if the 'demolition' turned out to be a careful dismantling and a bit of cash in the pocket...)

I was going to suggest something like this, have you got a local selling page on Facebook?

 

[Over The Hill]

Don't know about the "bones" issue but on the HA taking the land, I think they have powers to. With most tenancies there is a clause where you can be served notice (generally on all of it but I presume on part too) if the land is to be redeveloped. Also HA have various rights rather like the local council have as they often took over LA housing stock.
If you had a case it would be that the garden in its full size was needed for some reason and the house was otherwise unsuitable.