Does anyone else have shitty, arsehole neighbours?

[RainbowBriteUk]

My neighnours do diy every bloody day and listen to music I can hear every day. There hasn't been a single weekend I havent had peace from their diy in 8 months of me moving in. I asked them to keep the music down during one particular loud night but it exasperated the situation. He's a knob basically overdue his dose of karma.

I am moving soon but today they are really doing my head in. Does anyone else have dickhead neighbours pissing them off today?

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I'm lucky at the moment I have easy neighbours. Both single and elderly though so likely not to be my neighbours for long. I know Mr RightHandNDN whose wife died last year will be moving into sheltered accommodation within the year. Mrs Left Hand NDN is likely to be around another few years but you never know - she was very unwell over Christmas and has been in and out of hospital for months.
Anyone new will (have to) do major building work. They could be lovely, they could be awful. They could have screaming kids and three cars and loud teens and a hot tub. Or they could be delightful and considerate, (as I like to think I am!).
It's not right that I, or any of us, have to trust to luck.

I’ve been saying for years there should be stronger laws to deal with nuisance neighbours.

It comes under Anti Social behaviour so you’d think more could be done. These people ruin people’s health, mental state and lives.

It’s so unfair for all of us who have and still are, having to put up with them.

The councils etc bat it to the police and the police bat it back to the councils. The eviction process is ridiculous and there’s just no proper power there to deal with these people.

I was under the impression that years ago they introduced some kind of trigger system that involved the police so that nuisance neighbours can be evicted more quickly, but I’m yet to ever see this in action! I don’t even know how it works! They talked about it but never actually gave proper details as to what using this trigger system really involves. It was just a general “oh we have introduced a trigger system, where the police can now get more involved with nuisance neighbour disputes to allow landlords to use the eviction process much faster”. And that was about it 😔
From my experience, people are still having to fill in pointless diaries for years on end, that seem to have no effect whatsoever, whilst still putting up with all this crap,

My RHS neighbour is a bit sneery and stated on first meeting that our house had been ravaged by termites because it was substantially cheaper than hers. Not true, it was cheaper because it needed replumbing and rewiring and has three less bedrooms but whatever. Weird.
She then acted shocked to learn (when asking if we lost our jobs during covid) that we have professional/degree level jobs.
I am embarrassed to even complain about her after reading all the other replies but it is just so weird. I feel so unnerved by her.

We spent years living in a street full of horrible neighbours.
Next door had 6 big dogs who they used to leave in the garden to bark at all hours, he would get drunk and make PA comments about is while he was in the garden and set his smoke alarm off when cooking every day.

Moving up the street there was the family who has parties every weekend, had a 1 car driveway but 4 cars, another party house and the couple who did some sort of renovations on their house every weekend for years and years.

Moving down the street there was a drug dealer (who was really polite to talk to) - he lived with his grandparents who were complete arseholes, the nosiest women I've ever met and opposite was a builder who had a 4 car driveway, would park 1 maybe 2 of his cars on it but had another 4 vehicles that he would park on the street (which was private & spaces belonged to and were marked for each house).
They were the worst because if you spoke to them they were aggressive and would refuse to move cars etc until DH lost his shit, parked on the end of their drive and refused to move the car

It took us years to be able to move. New neighbours are all lovely and it honestly makes the world of difference.

Hello everyone, thank you for all your replies. Horrible NDN's are a different breed aren't they? There should be special streets that these neighbours are put on so they can all be as dickish as they want. Last night I was watching Eurovision at normal sound level but I could still hear their booming telly through my wall after I had had to hear their DIY and radio all day! They also shout rather than talk to each other. I hate weekends here as I know I will have to hear their noise the whole time. I am moving soon though and new neighbours seem lovely! Here's hoping! Other NDN to the other side is a complete dream. The walls are thin and I sometimes hear her talking to friends which is fine, but other than that, I don't hear a peep!

The area I am moving to isn't as nice as this but to be able to sit in my garden without hearing their voices, their dog barking, their radio, or the bloody hammer, drill or saw will be amazing! I just want to hear bird song!

Play religious music. Any complaints - hate crime.

We had neighbours in the downstairs apartment who used to have bellowing and door slamming competitions nightly. They'd play loud, crap music at anytime of the day or night. I was pretty sure he was beating her up, so I did call the police. After complaints from a number of residents they were finally evicted. We also have a neighbour in the apartment opposite who can be heard screaming obscenities to someone down the phone. Oh happy days!

My ex bought the house next door to me. So that's fun.
I have an injunction against him.

Our neighbours hate our toddler. We've been in 2 months and everytime she moves in the house or raises her voice they bang on the wall and shove their speakers against the wall. Things got so bad the other week we had to get the police out and they even told the police they hated our toddler and everything they were doing was because of her. We've had monitors and everything in the last month and things keep coming back that it's normal noise but yeah, it's great.
Unfortunately we can't move for another few months and we absolutely love everything else about where we live, it's just our neighbours.

Isn't there some f**kin nasty people. I feel so sorry for anyone with horrible neighbours. I don't understand just why they love to make others lives hell. I hope one day they get karma. Nasty bastards, you'll deserve it.

@browneyes77

I’ve been saying for years there should be stronger laws to deal with nuisance neighbours.

It comes under Anti Social behaviour so you’d think more could be done. These people ruin people’s health, mental state and lives.

It’s so unfair for all of us who have and still are, having to put up with them.

The councils etc bat it to the police and the police bat it back to the councils. The eviction process is ridiculous and there’s just no proper power there to deal with these people.

I was under the impression that years ago they introduced some kind of trigger system that involved the police so that nuisance neighbours can be evicted more quickly, but I’m yet to ever see this in action! I don’t even know how it works! They talked about it but never actually gave proper details as to what using this trigger system really involves. It was just a general “oh we have introduced a trigger system, where the police can now get more involved with nuisance neighbour disputes to allow landlords to use the eviction process much faster”. And that was about it 😔
From my experience, people are still having to fill in pointless diaries for years on end, that seem to have no effect whatsoever, whilst still putting up with all this crap,

In the town where I live, there was a man who was so anti-social and threatening that he terrorised a whole estate. The police did what they could, but the CPS consistently refused to prosecute.

In a remarkable piece of teamwork, the housing officer used housing powers and the evidence gathered by the police to get an ASBO that banned the man from the entire district council area (I believe it was the first time that this happened in England & Wales). Of course, he breached it and went to prison twice for the breach.

I've known a few evictions on grounds of ASB, but they've all been single people or childless households. The courts are, understandably, reluctant to grant possession where there are children in a family.

And if your anti-social neighbours are also owner-occupiers, it's really hard to do anything without getting embroiled in hugely expensive legal proceedings.

I once had a client who suffered appalling treatment and harrassment from her NDNs, who'd bought the house next door. She had a complete breakdown over it and ended up spending quite a while in a psych unit as a result, but there was nothing that could be done legally, as they were smart enough never to get caught.

She managed to get an exchange eventually, but I doubt if she'll ever really get over it.

*They'll not you'll

The problem that we have also is that we both own. So no chance of evictions etc.

It's a lovely, quiet area. We've lived here 15 years with no issues. These arseholes have been in six months and honestly it's been so bad that we're selling.

I'm going to do my utmost to sell to someone who has a drum kit, or a practising band or a motorbike, or something equally as noisy. I might point out to potential buyers that the garden is ideal for a hot tub and garden parties (shudder).

They are hateful.

One of my former neighbours had a chemsex party flat. We used to have men ringing our doorbell all hours of the night wanting access and being very surprised to hear a woman answer the intercom. We had years of being woken up almost every night. The police were great - getting a couple of closure orders on the flat but they didn’t notify the clientele so we still had the disturbances. He moved after a few years.

Now we have officious bossy busybody neighbour instead. I miss the drug dealer.

@lucyslocketinherpocket

The problem that we have also is that we both own. So no chance of evictions etc.

It's a lovely, quiet area. We've lived here 15 years with no issues. These arseholes have been in six months and honestly it's been so bad that we're selling.

I'm going to do my utmost to sell to someone who has a drum kit, or a practising band or a motorbike, or something equally as noisy. I might point out to potential buyers that the garden is ideal for a hot tub and garden parties (shudder).

They are hateful.

What do they do @lucyslocketinherpocket?

We are currently renting and saving to buy and I am absolutely terrified of buying next to nightmare neighbours, it genuinely gives me anxiety when I think about it.

Yes.
My neighbours make a big show of the fact they are Christians, however I never see much evidence of that in their unpleasant and entitled behaviour.
Over the last 10 years they have stolen things from my garden, allowed their kids to damage my fence by climbing on it and repeatedly banging a ball at it. Told their children to come into my garden whenever they please. And I can't tell their children not to because that makes me crazy and they will report me to the police.
Another neighbour (who has since thankfully fucked off to drug deal and commit benefit fraud elsewhere) told me I should be careful and watch my back - because I beeped my car at his kids when they were standing in my driveway.

Thankfully all the other neighbours keep themselves to themselves (as I try to) and are no trouble.

What the hell is wrong with these people? When I want to listen to Highway to Hell or whatever at full volume I put noise blocking headphones on. Nobody can hear it then even if they are in the same room.
What gives people the right to inflict that on others?

I lived in a ground floor flat with a few communal gardens. Yet on warm days my neighbours would sit directly outside my bedroom window drinking and smoking. There was so many other areas they could have sat in.

But no my bedroom absolutely stank of smoke because they insisted on smoking there. Literally their heads could have leaned on my window they were that close.

@nc91222 Noise. Weekends only thankfully, but incessant, thumping music so loud we can't use our sitting and dining room areas because you can't hold a bloody conversation over it. It's so intrusive and horrible. But it's ok, because it's not late or after the legal cut off apparently! No, just all bloody evening every Friday and Saturday nights. Not illegal no, but fucking inconsiderate.

Good luck, I hope you get nice, quiet neighbours!