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Awful neighbours or me? Finally moving

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finallymoving22 · 01/11/2025 07:38

Have lived in my HA house for a little over a year now.
Nothing but nuisance of the children, I'm talking about playing out at 6:30am, shouting and screaming waking my kids up.

Trespassing on my driveway, throwing things at my car, chucking mud at my house, footballs being kicked at my windows, the list is endless.

I brought planters and fencing to block it all of and that caused the parents of these kids to take issue with me and stopped talking to me.

I spoke to the council who were pretty useless and advised me they couldn't do an "arranged move" as "these issues court occur anywhere".

The final straw came when one of my neighbours made me aware that she was watching me and who visits me on her Ring door bell and as I have previously been a victim of DV and stalking this started of some anxiety issues for me as she would constantly watch and then proceed in asking intrusive questions after.

Me and OH have saved some money during the last 10 months this has been occurring and family will also chip in when we finally leave here December before Xmas and give the home up.

There is a Facebook and WhatsApp group chat and I have never been invited to join either (older lady I am friendly with told me about it).

I was putting up Halloween decorations yesterday and my NDN came out and asked me "if everything was OK as she had seen a HA rep attend the property on Thursday and it looked very formal" (was our HA officer who had come to inspect the property before giving our new landlord a reference).

I basically told her to mind her own business and to never question my visitors again and she walked off.

I have pretty much bene ostracised here just for putting up a fence and not allowing kids to damage my car etc, I have never been rude or nasty and I just feel awful like I am the problem here.

I used to take in this neighbours parcels and bins whilst she was at work and she created a WhatsApp group and didn't even invite me, despite us never having issues but she sided with the other parents here.

AIBU to feel like this?

OP posts:
finallymoving22 · 01/11/2025 07:56

No I wasn't asked ask to join even after I heard about it.
Yes she is very over bearing and in everyone's business and everyone here knows her.

OP posts:
Flameup · 01/11/2025 07:55

Whyherewego · 01/11/2025 07:54

Don't give her any more thought. Youre leaving. End of story.

Essentially…. This

Flameup · 01/11/2025 07:54

Goodness she sounds very community minded! Dozens must have been invited and managing it must be a nightmare.

When you heard, did you ask to be added?

Whyherewego · 01/11/2025 07:54

Don't give her any more thought. Youre leaving. End of story.

finallymoving22 · 01/11/2025 07:51

@Flameup yes pretty much.

OP posts:
finallymoving22 · 01/11/2025 07:51

There are 4 streets on this estate and every neighbour was invited apart from me.

She is the sole admin of the groups

OP posts:
Flameup · 01/11/2025 07:49

finallymoving22 · 01/11/2025 07:45

No she would ask me to accept her parcels whilst she was at work and then pick them up.

Everyone was invited to join the Facebook and WhatsApp groups.
A missing dog here ended up at my front door a few months back and everyone was out trying to work out who it belonged to as it was an elderly dog and that's when I was made aware of the groups etc

In one context was she telling you that she spies on you?

Flameup · 01/11/2025 07:49

finallymoving22 · 01/11/2025 07:45

No she would ask me to accept her parcels whilst she was at work and then pick them up.

Everyone was invited to join the Facebook and WhatsApp groups.
A missing dog here ended up at my front door a few months back and everyone was out trying to work out who it belonged to as it was an elderly dog and that's when I was made aware of the groups etc

Who is “everyone ”

neighbours?

and she was the admin with Iinvitation only rights?

lobsterkiller · 01/11/2025 07:46

From your OP, it doesn't sound like you.

Some people don't understand boundaries, figuratively and literally. They then don't instill it in their children.

Good luck with the move, I hope it brings you some peace.

finallymoving22 · 01/11/2025 07:45

No she would ask me to accept her parcels whilst she was at work and then pick them up.

Everyone was invited to join the Facebook and WhatsApp groups.
A missing dog here ended up at my front door a few months back and everyone was out trying to work out who it belonged to as it was an elderly dog and that's when I was made aware of the groups etc

OP posts:
tuvamoodyson · 01/11/2025 07:42

Why do imagine it’s you??

Flameup · 01/11/2025 07:40

There is a Facebook and WhatsApp group chat and I have never been invited to join either (older lady I am friendly with told me about it)

who is on the chat?

Flameup · 01/11/2025 07:40

Presumably you know you’re not being unreasonable as unable as the council is moving you

Flameup · 01/11/2025 07:39

The final straw came when one of my neighbours made me aware that she was watching me and who visits me on her Ring door bell

you take in her parcels? Was she accusing you of theft?

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