Neighbour swearing at my children

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Little bit of a back story to this. I moved in just over a year ago and didn't seem to have any problems at all with neighbour next door. Three months ago I had a knock at the door from the police, they searched my home and stated that the said neighbour had made continuous phone calls reporting that my home was some sort of cannabis factory!

No cannabis here I'm afraid. The police officers said that she clearly isn't mentally well and said they would refer her to the mental health unit - I've said nothing and not seen the neighbour up until 3 days ago.

I have two sons, 7 and 8 who play football in our garden, she has kept their balls by her back door which I thought was strange, why not throw them back over?

The children were in the garden and myself in the kitchen. They asked for their balls politely to which she replied "no"! I heard that came out and said erm, hello? Can you please give their footballs back, then she replied no, and if they keep coming here I will be throwing them in the electric box (an area behind both our gardens with large high voltage warning signs) she claims the ball hit her back door and made her jump when she was in her kitchen and fears one of the balls will damage her water feature. I've got very ranty saying they are children and the reason she is keeping them is because the police left here empty handed. She told me I must have gotten 'whiff' of them coming so I removed all the drugs!! anyhow later that evening she threw them back over.

Upon speaking to the person that lived here before she had done the EXACT same thing and she made his life hell as far as I'm aware, continuous calls to the police about a cannabis factory!! Coincident?

I have called the housing on the first instance when the police came around and never heard back from them. I have called again to explain about the children's balls but I fear it will fall on deaf ears again.

Anyhow, yesterday my eldest son was bouncing on the trampoline and came running in to tell me she was sticking her middle finger up at him through her window!!! At which point I just don't know what to do so I told of him to come inside and we went off to our party.

Today one of the balls went back over her garden, whilst the children were in the garden she came straight out shouted at my two sons "piss off you mother fuckers" and yes, threw the ball into the electric box area so it cannot be retrieved! They've ran inside to tell me as I'm making my way through downstairs to go into the garden I hear her screeching at the top of her lungs "evil fucking mother" literally screamed! By the time I've opened the garden door she has gone inside and slammed hers.

What do I do?!!!!

The balls going over the fence and the trampoline must be very annoying. I can see why she's swearing.

Not once have you said 'my kids threw a ball into next door's garden.' It's all very vague, as if the balls have a will of their own.

Ah, so the kids are intentionally throwing the balls into the garden? I missed that bit.

Silly old me, I'd assumed that they, occasionally, bounce the wrong way & go in - you know, like balls do .

I'd honestly go & find a grown up forum (any one apart from AIBU) to ask your question in OP as this one is full of people looking for a scrap....

Over the summer, I had four or five balls a day in my garden courtesy of the neighbour's little boy. Every time I went into get garden he popped up and over the fence and asked for them back, often requiring me to rummage around in bushes to retrieve them. It was really starting to piss me off to be honest - I had baby twins indoors and was usually stepping outside for a minute of fresh air and calming down, not digging around for sodding footballs. She was clearly making a point in keeping them by her door - stop kicking your balls over my fence!

Seriously, put up a higher fence or some netting and tell your kids to cut it out.

You do know the neibour doesnt have to give the balls back in the same state of repair as they got them (aka they can pop them and nothing you can legalky do as they coukd of popped accidentally) so be thankful she does not pop every single ball that comes over which she is ebtitled to do.

Bit of a left-field suggestion but have you considered starting a cannabis farm? My guess is the police would ignore any complaints about it from next door and it would be a nice little earner...

Piffleandwaffle

Ah, so the kids are intentionally throwing the balls into the garden? I missed that bit.

Silly old me, I'd assumed that they, occasionally, bounce the wrong way & go in - you know, like balls do hmm

Silly is right. I didn't say the kids threw the ball in intentionally, I said that OP's post is vague on how the balls ended up there. There's no accountability from OP or her kids. There is no mention of the kids apologising to the woman for the balls.