AIBU to think it's not my problem

[Doodlebug5]

My parents bought DP and me a house many moons ago. We decided at the beginning of this year to sell up and look for a new house. We found a buyer they were a respectable couple in their late 20's and we found a new build. The couple wanted to move in when their tenancy ended so DP and me packed up and moved home to my parents as new build won't be ready yet.

I was very friendly with my neighbours have got their numbers and have been out for dinner with them countless times.

So since we have moved out I've been getting daily messages about the new couple. Apparently lots of loud parties drinking in the street, drugs etc. I've told her she needs to call the police and she's saying no I need to sort it. I have countless times said no it wasn't even my house technically and once we completed legally I/my parents have nothing to do with it. She's now threatening legal action against me (have told her to get on with it) but is there/would there be any reason for me to have anything to do with this? I don't think she fully understands the buying process on a house and is asking why I didn't get references.

I suspect she's using me as a scapegoat for other things /stresses in her life that are going on.

Not really sure how to save this friendship and don't think I can

aaah you poor thing, don't worry she is completely mad or thinks she is clever to try and get money out of you. Doesn't have a leg to stand on, she isn't worth worrying about. Nasty woman.

Oh wow! You have done nothing wrong but that woman is batshit crazy

(((((((((((((Hugs))))))))))) OP

I am lost for words :(

God, she really is a loon. I am quite worried about her actually.

But OP, I'm so sorry for all this. What a nightmare. Just keep in touch with the authorities and you'll be OK. Very wise to block her and get off social media too.

Holy shit. This is bonkers.

Apparently lots of loud parties drinking in the street, drugs etc
One would imagine your nn is not lonely or looking for attention by complaining. She is upset that you sold your house to anti social twits and she is stuck with the nuisance. I don't think you are legally culpable.

You poor thing. Hope the police tell her to stop her behaviour. Sorry about the psoriasis .

Oh this is horrible for you but please, please try not to stress. She has no case, you aren't liable for anything.

I do wonder if she is just incredibly uninformed about how buying and selling works, as you say she inherited hers.

Hopefully a knock from the plod will clear it up for her. She is harassing you.

Wow, she's unhinged.

I'm a lawyer. I would laugh my ass off if your batshit neighbour came to me with that case

You're unlikely to get a solicitors letter even if she does try to take legal action. There's a requirement in the solicitors code of conduct not to take unfair advantage of an unrepresented party, which is construed as effectively not attempting to make a case out when there clearly isn't one. There isn't even a tenuous link that a lawyer could grab on to to try and scare you!

The police may be able to warn her off. You could also go down the civil route to protect against harassment too, but that would come at a cost.

Anyway - she's an unhinged lunatic. Completely batshit.

If it was me, I'd take a big crate of beer to the new residents, along with a klaxon, and encourage them strongly to go crazy

Those who haven't RTFT may be unaware of this fact from one of OP's earlier posts.

She is upset I didn't accept the offer from friends of theirs (£15k under the offer from the other couple with no room to move)

Quite an important factor which explains the neighbour's antagonism. I suspect there may be no truth in her claims of 'noisy parties', she just wants to harass and punish OP.

OP, when you say she knows your new address, do you mean your parents' house where you are now, or do you mean she knows the address of the new house you'll soon be moving to? Hopefully she doesn't.

She knows my parents address

I had a thought driving home. So my grandad died late December. He lived in a large house in a very desirable area. She was there for me throughout the whole funeral etc. So my dad applied for probate and all of that and it got finalised a few months ago so his house went on the market. I know I've mentioned his house to her saying that it had gone on the market and it was the only one for sale in that location. I wonder if she has found it and seen how much it's selling for and thought I'd be getting an inheritance (I won't it's my mums)

It would make sense as to why she's targeting me. I wonder if she thinks I'm going to roll over and give her some of the nonexistent inheritance.

Or I'm just finding connections where there aren't any and she is just a massive twat

She's stark raving mad ...... I'd be getting the police to have a word about her harassing you .....

I don't think she's mad, just vindictive - and perhaps jealous.

Glad she doesn't have your soon-to-be address, OP. Sit tight.

Oh that makes more sense. She thinks you might have money and so is trying to get you to pay her off. Which makes her nasty rather than deranged.

She's a massive twat. I'm so sorry you are getting stressed in this. I know you must be upset but honestly there is no solicitor in the land who will take her case on. The police should hopefully get her to back off, otherwise get a cease and desist letter off a solicitor to her. This harassment needs to stop. I hope you're ok but honestly you have nothing to worry about (I know it's easy for me to say this) you are not liable for any of this.

If the police don't do anything, could you just respond by saying "I look forward to hearing from your solicitor"?

You sound almost as dim as each other, tbh. With you slightly in the lead...
Why would you imagine she can take you to court for something the new house owners are doing; to the point where you'd consider paying a solicitor yourself?

Why do you do this? I see you do it all the time on here, have a go at some entirely blameless poster, finding ever more inventive ways of sticking the boot in for absolutely no reason. Is your life that miserable?

Ask your relative who's a solicitor about the Protection from Harrassment Act. I've sent a few letters in my time to people who've been behaving like this. It tends to shut them up. That coupled with a visit from the police if they're prepared to go round. I really feel for you: what a "friend".

Sounds awful OP. I hope the police get her to stop behaving this way.

Well she sounds unhinged. Log it all with the police and then pursue her for damages caused by her harassment of you. Two can play at that game!

Really don't stress about this. There is absolutely nothing she can do in legal terms, and if she carries out her threat of going to solicitors that is what she will be told. If she carries on writing to you and pestering you, you could look at harassment action, but with any luck the solicitors will tell her that her action needs to be against the new owners and she will start concentrating on them.

Please don't stress about this - it must be awful but you need to try and see the funny side.

She is an idiot.

Let her crack on and if any solicitor is unprofessional enough to take her case on ( unlikely) then she will just be wasting money. You have blocked her and I would return any future correspondence from her unopened. Don't let her ruin things for you when you have your new home to look forward to. Just be grateful you aren't living next door to the cow any longer.