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Safe revenge ideas for antisocial neighbours?

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Rollingdown · 19/08/2025 22:33

A family in my area has been making my life difficult after I reported concerns. I’ve done all the serious stuff, the police and council are involved and I’ve got incident numbers, but as we know these things take time.

In the meantime I would love some funny and safe ideas for petty or non confrontational “revenge” just to make myself feel less powerless. Obviously nothing illegal or involving their kids, just silly suggestions to lighten the situation a bit.

Has anyone done something harmless but satisfying to cope with antisocial neighbours?

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verycloakanddaggers · 19/08/2025 22:36

I understand the desire to lose the powerless feeling, but revenge is really unhealthy.

You also risk complicating any police and council processes.

Focus your energy on looking after yourself.

namenamification · 19/08/2025 22:39

Hammer frozen sausages into their lawn 😜(JK)

InMyHealthyEra · 20/08/2025 04:33

Mash potato powder sprinkled on their lawn, when it rains it’ll be beautiful.

Tablesandchairs23 · 20/08/2025 05:32

Not revenge but karma. I live in HA flat in a block of 5. My neighbour downstairs made my life a misery for 2 years. Loud music all times of the day and night. Having his druggy mates stay and getting arrested. Harassing me and the police getting involved. He thought because he has mental health issues he could do what he wanted. He was finally evicted. I hsve a nice new neighbour and a quiet life.

Atsocta · 07/03/2026 18:56

If you have access alone, slip some prawns out of sight along curtain tracks, they will stink 😂 not that I’ve done it, read somewhere when buyers upset sellers in house move .

Neve112233 · 30/10/2026 02:17

Hi I have lived an ok home for over two decades but on a on a street and area which has been hell to put up with - dustbin stolen or contents thrown at front door, gangs of teens, kids and parents screaming abuse and making fun of me, twice eggs smashed all over front door for no reason but entertainment yet despite hundreds of incidents police nor landlord a Housing Association do almost zero and even joke about these things. I rarely see police so stopped ringing them - one PC even deleted some proof on CCTV because, it seems he 'fancied' the culprit a young woman with blonde hair who wears revealing clothes often - corruption of by police who even defend the culprits. I needed to move decades ago but after having to sell my home due to Margaret Thatcher's government hiking interest rates to 17 percent in the 1980s I had to sell and was in a drug hostel (not on drugs but Bristol City Council put me and my then young child there for many months..) If the police did their job and or the landlord most of this would not happen. I have been hit with a phone by a teen even and called police who turned up but they said that i need to get the local police help..... Never get it. I have a good case to sue I feel sure but I am unwell and moving home is not easy even for people with lots of energy... It is shocking and I am getting older and do not want to waste the rest of my life here of course. Any ideas?! BTW my MP seems a career politician and was in gov with Star etc I asked him for help years ago regarding a different matter but he did not seem interested in helping. Pardon the long description I guess the only revenge would be if they all got kicked out of their cushy homes tomorrow...:} (this site would NOT let me write that PMs name no matter how many times I tried so I had to shorten the name to 'Star' bizarrely

Elleherd · 30/10/2026 06:08

@Neve112233 You need to start your own thread, or most wont see your post.

You might want to look into over 55's social housing out of area.

(Posting Keir Starmer doesn't seem to be an issue btw)

the80sweregreat · 30/10/2026 06:10

I wouldn’t do anything as it could make it all worse.
I feel sad that people have to make other peoples lifes a misery. It is so bad.

Neve112233 · 09/11/2026 12:46

Thankyou Elleherd!

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