To hate student neighbours?

[LittleMilla]

We moved in to our first home in June 2012 and have painstakingly renovated it. We love it. But there's one small problem: the house next door (not attached to us) houses 8 students.

First year was fine as we hadn't done the garden and the students were relatively quiet and not really much bother (big stoners). This year has been much harder - 8 hard-partying boys.

Weekend saw 4 of them come back at 6.30am with mates and they were then in the garden all day drinking/popping pills. Cue lots of wide-eyed individuals and a dealer coming at about 4pm to provide more drugs.

Weve got two little boys, love to use our garden with friends/family but this is all upsetting me so much. I am contemplating just moving as I cannot handle another shit summer if the next lot are like this. When they're all out there 'on it' it is hard to relax and the garden wall is so close - they may as well be in our garden.

The boys individually are OK and I've been in at various times since last June to chat about bins and few noise whinges. I just don't know what to do. The music is at a reasonable level, so I can't complain about noise.

During my rational moments I tell myself that living in a city with two universities students are an inevitable part of life. And crap neighbours can happen to anyone - at least I know that this lot are going in June.

BUT I HATE HAVING THEM NEXT DOOR TO ME!!!!!!!!!!

AIBU and WWYD - move or adopt more coping strategies?

Oh pinky, you're clearly feeling antagonistic today. Bored, perhaps? Thankfully the neighbour on the other side who's lived here for 5 years has said that they're the worst lot she's ever had. So perhaps I'm not as neurotic as you think.

Good news from letting agent though. They're contacting the guarantors ( ie parents) as they're in breech of their contracts and also chairing a liaison meeting with Uni. Have asked me to call police if I suspect any drugs activity regardless of this other stuff.

Feeling hopeful.

This sounds very hopeful. Do they know that you are contacting people?

You sound very reasonable, Little. I'm not sure why students have to be treated with kid gloves - they are in fact adults and have no more right to break the law than the rest of us, so should at least have the sense and decency to do their drug-taking in private.

Two of the boys (not the main trouble party ones) have come over with flowers and wine tonight. One of the more sensible ones has said he's sat the main lad down, so we'll see.

They got a letter from the letting agent last night explaining why they've breached their contract etc.

Hopefully this will spell the end, for now. I'll update with any news...just in case anyone else happens to go through this!!

I wonder if parents have had a word.
It's very 'big' of them to come over with flowers. Many of us grown women wouldn't have the guts to do that!

The university would probably expel them if they knew. I remember getting a letter (that went to all students there) informing us that we would be expelled if we had drugs in our accommodation or used drugs at all.

Mind you, that was rather a lot of years ago.