As the thread title says really, I’ve name changed for this as well as outing.
So I’m currently in a full leg cast, thigh to toe type situation. I’ve been in casts for a few months and likely will stay in for another few months then boot and rehab etc.
I’m a single mum, hundred's of miles from family with limited help friend wise here.
Anyway the current problem is since I smashed my leg into what feels like a thousand smithereens, my front garden has become a bit weedy through the flags. It doesn’t look great a little shabby. My landlord has agreed to pop round and weed kill it/de-weed. But hasn’t given me a date just that he’s going to try and get round asap. He does kind of work on his own time.
My elderly neighbour is being quite unpleasant to me regarding this, every time I leave the house which as you can imagine takes an eternity. I can’t just scarper. He accosts me, telling me my garden is an eyesore and it is stopping him from selling his house. I agree that the garden doesn’t look great and reassure him the landlord is coming soon. As I just can’t manage it right now. To this he usually respond with some form of ‘can’t you sit on the floor’ or ‘surely you can pay someone with the money you’ve got’ to which I respond truthfully I don’t have any money right now I’m skint.
Background is his house has been for sale for four years, and didn’t sell when my garden looked perfect. Because it’s a smokers house and in dire need of around 20k worth of repairs. Needs a whole new roof and guttering, new kitchen and bathroom, damp course and repair to internal walls, all new floors etc. Feedback from viewers is that the house isn’t worth the price and is too much work to take on if they run the risk of not being able to rid it of the smoke smell.
His accosting of me have now, as of today spread to my children. He’s calling out to them ‘tell your lazy mother to sort her eyesore of a garden’ then loudly calls them ‘bunch of racist word’ they’re mixed race Chinese and Caucasian.
How should I handle this whilst keeping some dignity? I kind of want to be petty and leave the garden to grow wild. But also think I should just ignore to not further the issue.