Neighbours teenage son slamming front door on purpose

[bytheMoonlight]

We have horrible neighbours who have caused us nothing but problems since we moved in.

Thanks to numerous complaints to the council and help from our local counciller we have managed to reach a level of living which is tolerable if not always enjoyable.

However their eldest teenage son dislikes us with a passion (mainly for not appreciating him reving up mini motos in the garden every five minutes)

He shows his dislike of us by slamming the front door as loud as he can everytime he leaves the house. It makes me jump its so loud. I am aware that if I mention it to him he will just carry on doing it as he knows its annoying us. It will no doubt motivate him to continue.

I am thinking of speaking to his mum, she seems to have little control over him and is obv. no big fan of ours. But she may want to maintain the current level of (near) tolerance we have with them atm and may speak to him.

Would you speak to her and take the risk of it getting worse or ignore and hope it stops soon - bearing in mind it has been going on for months and months now.

In the evenings it drives me crazy, he is in and out like a yo-yo!

I would just ignore it, no point speaking to any of them. It sounds like it will just escalate again.

Its really driving me crazy but I think you are right Jax

trust me, I am right. Although it would piss me off too, it isnt worth the extra hassle it would cause.

Can you log it for a week then have a word with whoever has dealt with your issues with them so far, just to see if there is anything they can do?

If things escalate with them in future it would perhaps be useful to have this kind of behaviour logged as well.

Go over with a screw driver and aks if you can take the frnt dorr off the hinges that wy it will not break, hire a briklayer to brik it up complelty as a joke - of couyrse they would see th efunny side of that big jke

I would go back down he channels you have coem from in getting them to living as a nealry good state that it is..see what they say is the way to tackle this

I do often wonder ivykaty, if they owned the front door and had to pay to replace it would they be so keen on slamming it so hard?

I was considering reporting it but it seems such a petty thing.

teenagers slam doors and it's more likely to be directed at his own family than at you

How many times a day does it happen though? And does it happen late at night/in the early hours?

If they've been such nightmare neighbours this could be better being nipped in the bud sooner rather than later. But through the formal channels, rather than any attempt to approach them.

Well it goes on until he is in for the night, which can anytime of the night/early morning as he is 17.

I have never counted tbh, I try and mentally block it out, sitting here counting may make me even more likely to say something!

We have a dog diagonally opposite us that barks constantly from about 7am until gone 11 every night. It drives me bananas and as soon as I notice it I can't block it out so I know what you mean about not wanting to count how often he does it!

Pop one those baby anti-door-slammer foam things through his letterbox?