To report my neighbours

[MrsDeathOfRats]

WIBU really.

I live in a council tower block, standard entry phone system at main doors. I've lived here a fair few years.
Couple years ago new neighbours moved in. Originally it was just mum and 2 dc. Then a sister moved in, and another, one sister had a baby, grandma appeared to be living here too. I think grandpa lives there too, or he at least comes and goes ALOT.
So it's a 2 bedroom flat with up to 5 adults and 3 kids living there.
This of itself isn't a problem except the rubbish piles up fast (they pile it outside their front door and take it down to the bins randomly) and they are constantly doing diy which results in mess noise and debris strewn all over the communal hallway for days/weeks.

My biggest bug bear though is the fact that they have one door key.
One entry fob for the front door and one physical key to the flat. You can get second or third ones from the council for £15. Instead, they buzz my door and ask me to let them in.

This regularly happens at 8/9pm and last night 3 times at midnight.
Im a single mum with 2 dc 6&4 who are asleep at those times.
I've asked and asked them not to buzz my door, I've even asked why they don't buzz their own number.
They usually stop understanding English at this point but speak it perfectly when they want something from me (like a delivery taken in)

I'm now at the point of having to turn my buzzer off when the kids go to bed and turn it back on in the morning.

I'm certain they aren't supposed to have that many of them living there and that's why they won't go get more keys.
Would you report them?
WIBU to report them to the council?

Yes it’s called Housing fraud, wind your Neck in.

You haven’t got a clue what you’re talking about

OP please report them - both your kids and there kids a

Posted too soon - both sets of kids are at risk so you need to report them tomorrow. If any one of yours is under 2 stress that one of yours is a baby.

The rubbish and DIY materials in the hallway are a fire risk to all occupants in the tower block.

Definitely report them to council and to whoever deals with illegals.

Oh my, this thread went in a completely different direction to what I was expecting!!
My son was poorly and I forgot to come back to it yesterday.

They are Algerian for anyone that asked.

I absolutely can (and now do) turn off my buzzer at kids bedtime, but why should I?
I turned it off when they buzzed at midnight but forgot to turn it on again. I missed an amazon delivery because of this.
I forgot it needed turning on again!!

Thanks for all the replies, most useful, some mildly amusing in their hostility.....

Because I'm petty every time I passed their buzzer I'd press it!...

Set yourself an alarm to remind yourself to turn it on and off as a temp measure until you've sorted it.

I'm surprised you take this so lightly.
Ignore all the comments about illegal residents. This is about your family's safety and everyone in the block.

And for those who say "Don't report them - they are Forrin"- being Forrin doesn't mean that you can't be as much as of a selfish pain in the arse as any British CF is you put your mind to it.

As others have pointed out - disturbing the OP's evening/ children/ causing a fire hazard etc isn't any less dangerous or intrusive just because someone wasn't born in the UK.

OP is just as entitled to consideration as anyone else.

You shouldn't need to turn your buzzer off. Yes it's a temporary solution but it's not a long term one nor is setting an alarm to turn it back on.

You can report the rubbish in the hallway/DIY (you say about the work you think the council is doing is disrupting you when will it stop sort of way) and you can report them using your buzzer to get into the building - say they may not know they need fobs and you've tried explaining.

Neither has anything to do with what nationality they are.
It's perfectly reasonable to report them. End of.

Years ago I had a (very long running) thread on here about a tenant blocking my doorway with their pushchair which they refused to fold or move - I'm disabled and couldn't get past. 99% of people here were really supportive. She refused to accept she was wrong, would feign lack of English and, eventually reported me for discrimination. I'm forever grateful to the person who said to me to make it clear from the start the point was the specific issues not who she was/where she came from specifically as when she tried to make her case around discrimination it fell apart.

I'll add that she got moved out by the council, and, has since apologised. She's never explained what was going on, nor does she need to, she works in a local shop and apologised to me as she worried I hated her. I didn't even recognise her.

I think I'd prefer to let my children sleep Undisturbed until it was sorted though, hence turning it off short term

If your children's sleep is disturbed, that's unfortunate.
If your children are burned to death because their DIY causes a fire and the fire exit is blocked, that is a whole different matter.

OP WHY CAN'T YOU UNDERSTAND THIS?

@gladallover
I have no idea?
Why are you yelling at me that I can't understand this?

I'm the one who made the post and I've only replied the once to say thanks and why I didn't come back sooner.
Where have I indicated that I don't understand anything?

If you understood the danger the neighbour is posing to you and other residents, you would have reported it to the council already.
Have you?

Ah, a classic 'I'll avoid all the questions posed to me and turn my attack back on to the person who I attacked unfoundedly in the first place'

You don't know me.
You don't know the frankly quite horrible abuse I have survived to reach this point.
The anxiety at reporting these people has me awake most of the night, I am sick about it.
Not least because my ex husband always said I am incredibly intolerant and I'm always looking for a fight or argument. Because his voice that lives in my head is already accusing me of being racist.
I have no self confidence. It's all been smashed to smithereens. I came on and asked a question a little more then 24 hours ago and now your using ALL CAPS and asking why I can't understand this?
As if I've been going on about it for a while? Or as if I came back to the thread and said 'yes but, no but, what about this but'
I did none of the things.

Who are you to judge me?

Ah, a classic 'I'll avoid all the questions posed to me and turn my attack back on to the person who I attacked unfoundedly in the first place'

How have I avoided all the questions? Your two questions were
Would you report them?
WIBU to report them to the council?

I answered yes to both questions, and explained why. I was, and still am, concerned for your family's physical safety.

As you have just correctly pointed out, I didn't know the horrible abuse you have suffered. Had you mentioned this before, I would of course not have been so persistent with my advice.

I apologise for any upset this has caused you. But I still urge you to report the matter to the Council.

I agree with @GladAllOver she was genuinely concerned for your safety and that of other residents. The Grenfell fire is still very fresh in our minds.

I'm sorry you've been through what you have, do you have any support IRL?

You're not being intolerant!