It’s all came to a head tonight...to give some background... Jesus where do I begin. Currently living in a 3 bed terrace wedged between two horrible neighbours, they both spend all day at home due to the fact they are retired and quite honestly have nothing better to do with their lives than making futile and frankly malicious attempts to drive me out. Kids are already to scared to go in the garden. We’ve been living here for 5 years, and working from home during lockdown with kids home all day has made it all progressively worse. Both neighbours are very unfriendly, although the one on the left has never addressed whatever issues he has had to my face he’s been very vocal to my landlord using some abhorrent names. The one on the right really is a piece of work it’s like he spends all day scheming, so far in the last 6 months alone he’s called cps they came over checked kids etc everything’s fine put it down as a malicious report he’s phoned the rspca saying our dogs were being abused guess what? All clear, he’s phoned the council on us... all clear.. He’s constantly attempting to intimidate me to do things on my property as if he has any say so... I.e last month children and I lit a small fire in the back garden to toast some marshmallows it as a nice night he marched outside shouting and screaming demanding me to “put the fucking fire out” it was 5pm and they had also had one that day. Or last week he said that I “better move the fucking flower pots or he will get us kicked out” apparently their attracting bees? seriously it’s two pots how many can they really attract? He’s constantly climbing a stepladder and leaning his head over the wall every time we’re out as if to inspect what to rant about this time. Every time I refuse to do his never ending list of ridiculous requests he calls up the landlord, whom I have a good relationship with so he’s just wasting his time. (Getting to why it has came to a head now) We decided to book up a holiday in north wales we live in the south anyway we left last Tuesday amidst yet another dispute.. at the back of the garden we have a small blackberry bush, it’s useful during lockdown and somewhat kept the kids occupied although they no longer go into the garden anyway he claimed that “ I have to cut it” bla bla the usuall or he will get us kicked out... I explained that whilst I am living here and paying the rent to live here I will be growing the garden as I see fit it was very small and not at all encroaching on his boundary anyway he left in a puff no doubt to give someone a ring nevertheless we left on holiday... when we returned home it was absolute fucking carnage blackberry bush was ripped from its root left all over the ground flowers ripped up deck chair busted growing tree (probs around 4 foot) chopped down. I have never retaliated or reported the pathetic attack of malicious and false complaints as he really is the kind of man who would get very bitter about that sort of things as if it’s fine when he does it but how dare anyone else. Anyway immediately I rang the none emergency number I mean it really wasn’t hard to guess who had done it. The officer I spoke to informed me this was trespass and criminal damage, police officers will be around in the morning. My landlord rushed over and informed me that whilst I was on holiday the man on the right had rang the police (unknown to him we were away) claiming all sorts anyway the landlady informed them we were away and I suppose bloody bastard must have listened in and seized his opportunity I’m just so angry. I have been nothing but respectful, we even rescued his ferrets a while back which escaped from its cage. And in return nothing but utter disregard. Just lost now and really think it’s better off to move but hate the idea of being ran from my own house. Long post I know. Just looking for advice and support. I feel the man next door thinks he’s got some sort of power because he’s a home owner and I’m a single mother.
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Utter tosser of a neighbour contempt on driving us out!!
Smokedham101 · 01/09/2020 21:57
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