New neighbours are testing my patience

[NoEffingWay]

New next door neighbours moved in a few weeks ago and have started to really annoy me.

So far:

Put a pile of old and broken furniture on the front of the house with no sign of it moving, the whole street looks a bit grubbier and untidy.

They have children who run up and down the stairs all day screaming, and if they aren't doing it there, they are doing it in the garden.

Blocked the shared access alleyway with bikes and toys-moved them into their garden and they haven't put those back.

Came downstairs today, and they have put the stairs from a slide over my fence, so that the metal poles are eye height with my DS. I removed them and put them back in their garden. I come out later and they have put them back! They are now back in their garden.

I have tried to knock to let them know, but no answer.

What would you do, and what, if any, rights do I have here? The slide steps have really pissed me off, the fence is new and I could really do without it or DS being damaged.

We live in a terrace house so it's not as if anyone has a huge garden so I want my space to stay nice.

They sound quite entitled and happy to take up as much space as they can and to hell with everyone else who lives there or has rights to their own property and access. They would quite annoy me, too.

Hi, your neighbours sound awful - I hope you are ok, if it makes you feel any better mine are 1 million times worse! Could I ask how you go about paying to find out who the landlord is please

How are the children using the steps/slide?

It does have paragraphs. Is it just a poster issue?

*Wonders if I have a space.

Just bin the slide! You thought it had been dumped on your property, right?

Yes get a trellis. You can get metal wire ones as well as wooden ones.

@Chasingclouds100 You can look it up on the land registry:

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I would tell them straight and the landlord. All the stuff in the lane and out the front yard is removed, the steps are not to be attached to your fence and they are to be quieter. I don't know what's wrong with people?

In my experience people push it until you snap so it's better to snap sooner.

It's £3 on the land registry to find out who owns a home, really easy to do and instant results. The landlady has messaged me to ask me to contact the letting agent and given me their details.

Even if nothing comes of it, it feels better to have some control back. I just wish the sense of impending doom would stop growing.

Lilo & NoEffingWay - thank you so much - I am going to have a look straight away, getting so desperate with my neighbours I fear we may have to love house :-(

• leave not love!

I think the word “twerp” is much underused nowadays.

m they sound much worse than a twerp op!

She should be doing that. Also, there may be conditions stipulated in the tenancy agreement re not blocking the alley etc. She could do a quick ‘welcome’ visit and tell them to move the slide. That sounds ridiculous.

The owner may be anywhere in the world, this type of situation is what she pays the letting agent to deal with. The letting agent could make a casual visit to see that they're 'happy and settled' then bring up any infringements that are noticed.

I hate A-hole neighbours. On the one hand you want to stick up for yourself, on the other hand, does that open up a can of merry hell.

I do feel that in these type of situations it’s better to put your foot down sooner rather than later. Otherwise they will get more cheeky, and eventually the conversation will be much harder because there is a lot of frustration built up.

My not so subtle action has paid off, no words have been exchanged but the steps are now against the back fence! The kids are still a bit feral but I am quite enjoying doing a bit of running and screaming in response to them doing it along the corridor which hopefully is getting the point across that it is really irritating.
Passive aggressive-yes. Makes me feel better-yes!

Yay 🥳

I used to have a neighbour that would smoke weed til late in the night and then let her child on the trampoline at 5am, that was not a fun time. The straw that broke the camels back was the recorder blowing (definitely not playing) at 6.45am, there were words and things got slightly better. I was so glad when they moved out!