Reported neighbour now potential backlash, was Ibu?

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For context the house next door to me in a back to back, the one at the back is a housing association house who currently has a male tenant, he comes and goes. Last summer he was smoking weed in the garden whilst my children were playing and I asked if he could put it out which created some animosity.
He's currently having a party with 4 other people, loud music etc.
I reported it via the 101 website.
Police have been out and asked them to turn music down, they all said they lived there and the police left.
I could hear him once the police left something about 'stupid cunts next door' and 'I'll pop windows'.
I'm scared now! Wish I hadn't done it.
Wibu?

Report him to the housing association. Tenants have to abide to rules. They wouldn't want someone behaving like that. Also keep a diary of their behaviour for evidence. All needed if this continues.

Gosh some people are horrible on this thread! Lockdown is still in effect so no he should not be having people over, it is illegal to smoke weed even in your own garden and it's blood antisocial and stinks! OP don't worry he will be all talk, and no way of knowing it was you who reported, must be horrible to have such a nasty neighbour.

My neighbours did almost exactly this tonight. Honestly I think it's crazy to have called the police. However it's done, try not be too worried, it's likely he's just chatting shite to his friends.

You weren't bu. He's just a cock showing off. Of course he won't do anything, it would be obvious it was him and he'd be in the shit. Put him out your mind. Twat.

The only person being unreasonable and also the person writing about "snitches and grasses". Ridiculous attitude to have.

Haven’t you posted under your old name asking if people would report your neighbour for smoking feed ive just seen it, YABU

Smoking weed rather

@Brabble no that's not me.

This has nothing to do with weed!!

I wouldn't tell anyone to stop smoking weed unless they were in or on my property....and I have never smoked and can't stand the stuff.

If the police didn't have the good sense to get some proof of address that they all live there...then that was not clever of them.

I live in a HA flat. A girl in the block behind mine invited 8 friends over last two Fridays and was out on the balcony at 3 am smoking weed ans shouting for bloody hours. She kept tenants in 3 blocks awake. I phoned HA who was not impressed especially because of the lockdown and she said she’d go have another word with her and asked that if we are woken up again to phone 101 and the councils noise reporting dept. She gave me a number. She said it would help them make a case to sort it out and if push comes to shove to evict her if she kept going. The council site is to report noise after 6pm! Which I was very surprised about.

Nope fuck em and I
I wouldn't worry about him doing anything as it's a bit obvious.

I would ask a neighbour of mine to stop smoking illegal drugs where my child could see and smell it. Why should society just bow down and accept this sort of thing? If he wants to smoke his stinking weed then he can go and buy a house in the middle of no where and smoke as much as he wants without it affecting anyone else.

On the actual topic, he has a few people in his house and shouldn't and it was after 10pm on a Thursday night and he's blaring music. What if we all did that? Had a few mates round? It shouldn't be ok for one but as long as the rest of don't do it, it's ok. No. Getting so fucking fed up of these idiots doing whatever the hell they like then spreading their disgusting virus in the supermarkets and their work places for others to catch and get seriously ill or die from. It's just so selfish but I wouldn't expect a lot of sense from a stoner who probably wears a tinfoil hat and thinks this is all a big conspiracy to inject microchips into us funded by Bill Gates 🙄. I haven't met him but can tell the type

Well done for reporting him. He's probably all talk.

@WitchesCauldron Our last downstairs neighbour smoked strong weed. The smell was so strong it was in our airing cupboard hall cupboard and bathroom. HA didnt want to know

When i posted about it on here i got told i should "live and let live" And gaslighted and wait for it (those that know my posting history on here may find this amusing) told that i didnt care about social housing tenants, including by someone who posted on another thread that SH tenants shouldnt have access to gardens on a mixed tenure estate

I hate snitches and grassers.

Are you 12?

Yanbu op, you've done nothing wrong and the police are bloody useless.

I’m literally going through the same. Except I’m a 22 year old female living in a HA flat with a neighbour upstairs who constantly smokes weed and his flat is kitted out like an actually nightclub so at 3am you feel you’re in a club. Not great when you’re working the next day. I reported him to my housing because he shares my back garden and I don’t have anything against people who smoke a bit of weed in their home but my god it’s literally all day everyday! He also does it around his child and has also come to my door smoking a joint before. I have also called the police about lockdown parties and many fights that seem to break out etc. My housing say they will investigate it but they’re not so I have to keep onto the police to get crime refs to send to the housing association. As soon as I can get private rented I will, I have asked to move also so hopefully I will be able to as not a great area for drugs. He has called me a bitch and has sussed it was me as other neighbours aren’t talking to me now I’ve also been called a “snob”. I am not a snob as I live in a HA association flat like the rest of us however I appreciate a quiet life although I’m not like an interfering old woman who curtain twitches. I’m not against parties, but don’t appreciate drugged up thugs fighting outside my flat when I have ptsd.

I say don’t feel bad you did the right thing. If he carried on maybe look into getting an injunction or move alltogether if you can. Best of luck.

Think about it! If your going to report a neighbour for breaking the lockdown rules, what do you think will happen? They get a fine ok, they might get arrested if openly committing a crime or police have reasonable evidence of suspecting something a miss. 9 times out 10 the police will have a word and then be on their way but you have to live their, see that neighbour out and about. If they work out who it was that reported them then it can cause problems in the long run, they might suspect the wrong person for reporting them and some one else gets the headache. The OP is so stressed now she can not sleep with peace tonight, what happens this weekend with more warm weather on the way, another party, more anti social behaviour, what happens if the neighbour decides to pick a fight. If this neighbour and many others like him have no disregard for the law do you really think they are bothered if they are reported. Can't see this person getting evicted or sent to jail so was it worth it with all the hassle you are now set to experience going forward.

Picking up the phone to report a neighbour in this way is petty but each to their own.

Totally OTT to report - it’s a sunny evening the day before a bank holiday! No wonder neighbour is pissed off

"I hate snitches and grassers"

and complain about the crime rate ?

Too many 12-year-olds on MN

I dont think I would of reported them and just let it go as the hassle u may get wouldnt be worth it in the long run. Hes probably just drunk and trying to act big in front of hes friends.

Well you've learned a lesson at least.

"don’t appreciate drugged up thugs fighting outside my flat"

neither would I, but according to some pp we are "snitches" who deserve what we get

Called and police attended by 11.30pm? What time did you call? 4 people? Not 40. Is this the first loud 'party' not even a gathering in months?

I wouldn't have reported in this case. And the weed, I don't like it but I think it should be legal.

I would have said live and let live in this case.

It's nice weather, they're in they're own garden smoking a herb rolled up in Rizla paper, called a joint playing some music. And the next door neighbor grasses on them unnecessarily and had the police knocking at their door.

Well yes, your now gonna have to suffer the consequences there was no need for that, all you had to do was tell them to turn it down a little. But now you've opened a can of worms 🐛

So no-one should report illegal, antisocial, and/or disruptive behaviour because if they do the offender may be angry and retaliate? I wonder what someone has to do before it's worth complaining... Because if they'll threaten to break your windows after being reported for a minor offense, surely they'll make even worse threats if you "snitch" on them for doing something serious.

OP, there's no way for him to know it was you, so maybe he's just showing off what a big man he his to his friends with idle threats. I'd just try to avoid him and lay low for a while.

People like that are disgusting. For those making excuses for him, even if you aren't bothered his "crimes" (smoking weed with children nearby, loud music late at night, breaking social distancing guidelines), surely you don't think it's alright for him to threaten to break someone's windows.

Vile creature that he is.