Neighbours - report or just grit my teeth?

the builders wont give a toss about boundaroes you0 need to complain to the ha

it will take time but make a diary and note everything and keep your vidoes

Definitely report them. Many years ago a few of my neighbours complained about a private renter and they were evicted
nip things in bud, put a camera up if you can

As pp have said, this ideally would have been dealt with as soon as it happened. Some of the issues are police matters. I would speak to your other neighbours and explain you've had enough and are going to take action, and you hope you can count on their support.
Get your cameras sorted inc bodycam. Then go round, ask for a word, and say, You know how I've asked before not to block me in, climb on my fence, bang my car etc? Well tbh I've just had enough now and I'm going to have to do whatever I have to do to stop it. Hope you can u derstand that as I've saved up and bought a garden etx, I'd like to use it myself.

This is YOUR ASSET that you scrimped for. You need to protect it. If you had to put it on the market for some reason if your circumstances changed, it would be devalued due to this. The longer it goes on the more they can claim it's always been allowed. Kill it off!!

I think you need to separate out the differnt issues and what annoys you the most.

I wouldn’t tolerate the actual or risk of damage to my property- the fence, football on the car, the dog poo etc and I would pop a note through the door about that saying I’ve observed these in the last week, knock it off or I’m going the HA or other routes. If there’s poo on your lawn chances are there’ll be on others too and there’s strength in numbers then they don’t retaliate against just you.

The parking would irritate but I wouldn’t see the harm tbh (unless I’m missing something). That said I am used to shared spaces with on street parking only so used to not having designated spots and making do. If the high number of visitors are related to a business, perhaps they are in breach of their rent too and running something commercial?

So I think I'm right in believing that you park your car on your drive, and then they pull in behind actually blocking you in?

If so, then in your shoes OP, I would see if I could buy a cheap old banger, park it where you normally park, and then when the neighbours block you in, reverse into their car HARD! Then do it again, you just say, 'Oh dear, I tried to get out without having to disturb you, but my foot slipped, and I went a bit too fast, so sorry'.

Of course as you're clearly not as nasty as me, (I've had experience of really scummy neighbours in the past), you won't do it, lol. So failing this, I would suggest that you speak to a solicitor, and ask them to send a 'Cease & Desist' letter. Google it if you don't know what it is.

Report to the HA. They will try to write it off as Anti Social behaviour, so you need to be clear that they are making you anxious, spoiling your enjoyment of your home, trespassing on your property. Aggressive behaviour - get a crime reference and report it to the HA. Their behaviour is a tenancy breach but the HA won't want to report it as that so you will need to report every little thing until they get sick of it and take steps to evict them.

Don't expect them to keep you updated as your obnoxious neighbours have a right to privacy. I work for a HA, so I am afraid you will need to keep on top of this before anytuhing is done.

If they block you IN, then you can call the police to get them towed. The police, DVLA & the council are organisations that can lawfully arrange towing in the UK.

Do these Cheeky Fuckers know that bit of road is yours? If so, I'd report them to HA every single time. I'd also do the fence option on your boundary, your neighbours will just have to get used to reverse parking. But I would have a word with the nice neighbours and explain that you've had to resort to this. You could get bollards, but that won't stop the children coming onto your property with bikes etc.

You need to push back with fuckers like these, report them every time they they trespass on your property.

My daughter just moved into a HA property. And in her tenancy there is a huge section on anti social behaviour and how it isn’t tolerated and how you would break your contract if you behave in such a way.

My advice is park your car in the visitors bay if it belongs to you and leave it there. Put cameras up. Put. fences or large pots out. If you catch the kids breaking anything the cameras will catch it then it should become a police matter.

Before you spend money on fencing or gates, double-check for any restrictive covenants included in your purchase documents. Developers often put these in and it might mean you have to keep your garden as lawn with no fencing or hedges for example.

If that's not an issue, I'd go for some very prickly pyracantha hedging to deter the kids and dog as a start.

These people are bullies. Nothing more, nothing less. And, like all bullies, their behaviour will get worse until someone stands up to them. Do they behave as badly towards other neighbours or do they reserve their special treatment for you? Whatever the case, you need to be logging every single incident of antisocial behaviour with times and dates. Also, make sure you keep the footage from their ring doorbell. The more evidence you have, the better. You need to report everything to their housing association and the local council. Advice from a solicitor, as has already been suggested, is worth every penny, too.

Ah sorry, my misunderstanding, but the behaviour you have described sounded familiar.

Can you leave your car in the visitor parking area?

I did speak to a friend who works for the council within the traveller community section and she told me how hard it was to get an eviction. Again I do NOT want to get these people evicted but if they're going to stay for 10+ years I definitely don't want to create a hostile environment

i was going to ask in my pp if they were travellers as the only ones I’ve met have exactly the attitude you speak of.

I really hope you can get some help and it gets better

If they don't care that they are being a nuisance you will have difficulty negotiating with them. Try to get as many neighbours on board as you can and make a joint complaint to the HA.

Just report to the housing officer from the HA.

Can't you and the nice neighbours put up a fence & gate that encloses both your drives/bits of road together. That wouldn't stop them reversing out into your drive.

Electric gate that starts right by your nice neighbour, that you both have remotes for. You can have a few remotes, so you can have them in multiple cars.

Sorry 😞 then I think fence with gate is the only option.

Or 'Private Property'?

Can you mark the road in some way? Stripes of something?

This may be a stupid question… can’t you just have them towed?