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in wanting to get back at our neighbours

21 replies

Tiredmumno1 · 12/08/2010 23:06

there has been an ongoing issue, where they keep trying to report us for noise.

and today we have proved to the council once and for all that they are liars (which obviously makes us happy)

but it has been a nightmare. why are some people like this, just like to cause trouble for no reason.

it winds me up that they have wasted everyones time, for no reason, and no doubt they wont get in trouble for it.

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Flisspaps · 12/08/2010 23:25

I think the best possible way to get back at them is by proving that they are - and you've done that.

Which surely means the council will not be taking the slightest bit of notice of complaints from them in the future, or taking them with a pinch of salt at least.

Flisspaps · 12/08/2010 23:26

That should read 'is by proving that they are liars'

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Tiredmumno1 · 12/08/2010 23:32

Actually maybe you are right fliss, it makes me feel so much better, now the council know we were being truthful all along Smile

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Doodlez · 12/08/2010 23:35

Do nothing.

Karma will sort it.

LucyLouLou · 12/08/2010 23:37

Why are they picking on you? YANBU but there's not much you can do without losing the moral highground. Unfortunately.

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Tiredmumno1 · 12/08/2010 23:39

Lucy i have no idea

and karma eh, i like that

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Heracles · 13/08/2010 08:31

Play "Ghost Town" by The Specials at full volume for 12 hours. Unless they're fans of Father Ted it'll drive them spare...

savoycabbage · 13/08/2010 08:37

Don't do anything.

I was once trapped in a terrible situation with our neighbours. You can't win with some people as they are loons. I can't even begin to tell you all of the things that they did to us but it was horrible and it took over everything for 18 months

We ended up selling our house back to the bulder and they went on to sell for a loss. This pulled down the house prices in the street and they ended up selling their house for 11 thousand pounds less than they bought it for.

ChippingIn · 13/08/2010 09:21

Tiredmumno1 - That's great news!! How did you 'prove' you weren't being noisy??

What can you do to get back at them - gloat :)

Savoy - that sounds beyond awful.

My neighbours were complaining about our other neighbours, saying they are neighbours from hell... I did one of those half laughs and said, hmm, they are a bit noisy (they shout a lot, at each other, at their little girl :( ), they are a bit untidy outside the house), but no, they aren't the neighbours from hell, not by a long shot. I have lived by awful neighbours - but nothing like a what is often described on here! They are just a young couple struggling with life as a family at times, they are friendly, polite, chatting but not on your doorstep all the time, they don't play loud music (any music you can hear, ever), they don't get drunk & shouty, they don't really do anything other than make a bit of mess outside and have very loud arguements! So no, not the neighbours from hell at all!

Doodlez · 13/08/2010 10:01

Chipping - think you might live next to me Blush

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Tiredmumno1 · 13/08/2010 10:04

lol heracles

savoy that is terrible.

chipping, the council managed to get here when they reckoned this supposed noise was going on and we were not even here, we had been visiting family, so that made them look sooo daft.

hopefully that is the last will hear about it. but how bored must they be.

i have heard them slagging off most of the neighbours for no reason.

maybe they should move it they dont like it here.

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Tiredmumno1 · 13/08/2010 10:05

move if they - Blush

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ChippingIn · 13/08/2010 10:18

Doodlez - bit like that at yours is it Grin

Mate - they don't bother me, I like them. They are a you couple, neither of them had a great start in life (there's not too much I don't know about them now!!) and they row a lot at times - pah, no biggie. The only thing I don't like is when she shouts at the little one - she's only 2 and a well behaved wee dot of a thing - no trouble at all. The rest of the time she's great with her - but I wish she'd stop the shouting. I know most of us shout at times, but not at a tot this size :(

I know she's not on MN - she doesn't have a phone (land or mobile) and she doesn't 'do' the internet Wink

Tiredmumno1 - Excellent Grin. I'm gobsmacked that the council actually got there when the noise was supposedly being made and not a fortnight later! Nice to see they've done such a thorough job of making prats of themselves!! (neighbours that is, not the council!). Let's hope they do move soon, nasty neighbours are a pain in the bum.

EazyJ · 16/08/2010 02:12

I'm really curious by this thread, partly because I am really angry with the noise that I put up with from my neighbours and their dogs. This has been going on for 4 years now to the point where I get enraged by just one bark! Unreasonable I know, but you have to understand that the anger and frustration builds up over time, and they probably feel that their lives are being ruined.

Only you know your neighbours but (speaking from experience) I doubt people would report to the council unless they were genuinely angry.

You may not think you make that much noise, but it sound like your neighbours think that you do... probably not enough noise for the Council to take action but enough to piss your neighbours off.

I would advise against trying to "get back at your neighbours."

EazyJ · 16/08/2010 02:14

I'm really curious by this thread, partly because I am really angry with the noise that I put up with from my neighbours and their dogs. This has been going on for 4 years now to the point where I get enraged by just one bark! Unreasonable I know, but you have to understand that the anger and frustration builds up over time, and they probably feel that their lives are being ruined.

Only you know your neighbours but (speaking from experience) I doubt people would report to the council unless they were genuinely angry.

You may not think you make that much noise, but it sound like your neighbours think that you do... probably not enough noise for the Council to take action but enough to piss your neighbours off.

I would advise against trying to "get back at your neighbours."

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Tiredmumno1 · 16/08/2010 11:25

Eazyj - they made it up and cant say what it was as i am not going to out myself.

there was not and never has been any noise that they describe coming from us. and the council confirmed it.

sometimes there are some odd people about, that just like make trouble.

so to clarify, we were not making any kind of noise.

but it does seem you have a genuine problem, then complain to your council.

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Tiredmumno1 · 16/08/2010 11:28

And eazyj how is it possible to make noise when we are not here?

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prozacfairy · 16/08/2010 16:10

Gloating is best revenge Grin

Few years ago had this with a next door neighbour. He complained about noise pollution to the council all the time, despite being signed poff work longterm because he was death. Hmm

They not only didn't take him seriously (once they had visited) but passed on his details to be investigated for benefit fraud.

he then reported us for apparently running a business out the back without a license. We presumed it was to do with all the motorbike parts in the garage. No apparently we were running a brothel Shock now-exDP was pimping out me and his sister according to the mad old git.

I admit I gloated a little bit lot when he was reprimanded for wasting their time.

EazyJ · 17/08/2010 20:50

Tiredmum - you state: "there was not and never has been any noise that they describe coming from us. and the council confirmed it."

So could they be angry about other noise that you make?

I'm just thinking that if they are angry with you for some other reason then this may have caused them to want to get their own back.

Is there any reason you can think of thats made them behave this way or do you genuinely believe its because they are "odd".

Rather than wanting to get back at your neighbours it might be worth examining what might have kickstarted this whole thing.

PS. I have reported my neighbours to the Council because I feel I have genuine cause to, but I doubt my neighbours would agree. I think a lot of these kind of problems come down to what level of noise each neighbour thinks is reasonable.

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Tiredmumno1 · 17/08/2010 22:03

Seriously eazyj they live a few doors down, i dont them, so i dont know why they did it.

but we do not make any noise. as that would be pretty impossible as we are hardly here.

maybe they really are just odd. or its someone else making noise. but when i have been here i dont recall hearing any noise, its actually quite quiet here.

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Snobear4000 · 18/08/2010 10:57

You could charge them with being vexatious. But it would create a war. I totally disagree that Karma will sort it out. I have seen many horrible people live to a grand old age, very wealthy. What a twee and useless comment.

If Karma really sorted everything out then we could do away with the police, justice system and NHS. Load of old twaddle.

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