Caught neighbours using my garden

[Weird21]

I have a block of flats next to my house and I thought for a while things have been moved in my garden and it seemed a bit weird. I’ve got a lock on the gate and it’s always locked. So over the weekend I’ve installed a small out door camera under my guttering which records the whole back garden.

So I’ve come home tonight after work (I work the late shift) and found two cigarette butts on the path by my seating area. So I checked the camera and the neighbors have climbed my wall and been sitting in my garden from 2pm until 8pm using my seating and table. To say I’m annoyed is an understatement but how to I confront them as they aren’t the friendliest of people at the best of times. So I guess they’ve been doing this since the nice weather began.

Unfortunately it’s not difficult to see i’m out as I have to drive to work and so once my cars not there they obviously know I’m out.

I just don’t know how to approach this as I’m a single woman and just concerned it’ll escalate but I can’t allow this what would you all do? I thought maybe a note through their door asking them to not use it anymore. They haven’t seen the camera but now I wonder how long it’s been going on.

[Whammyyammy]

See the sun has been poking in here...
www.thesun.co.uk/news/15751313/woman-baffled-neighbour-enjoying-garden/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=sunmainfacebook&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1627839735

[ChocolateSundayGirl]

Manchester Evening News picked up on it too

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/woman-annoyed-after-neighbours-climb-21200811?fbclid=IwAR3jkSfe2nUUFrvbUV9slwwm_5pJvAEgV5Gd2ZF7VTpK8Wf65C9UqczR8mU

[User112]

The sun even has a pic from your CCTV?? Did you post it here ??

[SoupDragon]

@User112

The sun even has a pic from your CCTV?? Did you post it here ??

That's a "stock" photo.

[HaveringWavering]

@User112

The sun even has a pic from your CCTV?? Did you post it here ??

You are joking? You think that is OP’s neighbour in a bikini waving at the camera?
Do you have no idea how newspapers work?

[SophieB100]

And the clue is the "Getty's images" caption

[aleC4]

It's also on the Mail Online today.

[jajabanks]

God just seen it on Liverpool echo website as well 🙄

[userxx]

I was reading this on the MEN before thinking God, this is so familiar!! MEN don't usually grab stuff from here.

[IWannaGoToTheSpa]

Was just about to post about The Sun’s article! Maybe your neighbours will take the hint now!

[peacelily3]

Just seen it on the Bristol Live/post also

[NowWeAreSuckingDieselFella]

HullLive joins the club

[NavigatingAdolescence]

Virgin radio.

virginradio.co.uk/entertainment-news/nightmare-neighbours-climb-wall-use-womans-garden-without-permission-210802562517

[thelionqwueen]

Daily Mail

www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9851701/Woman-shock-CCTV-caught-neighbours-using-garden-work.html

[iklboo]

Birmingham Live has it as well.

[Zhampagne]

The local ‘Live’ sites are all owned by Trinity Mirror so if it’s on one it will be on all of them.

[Greenrubber]

"Woman 'annoyed and concerned' after catching neighbours 'climbing wall' to use her garden - Edinburgh Live" www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/woman-annoyed-concerned-after-catching-21200338.amp

[Changemaname1]

You also made my local news 😂😂

Ah bless you OP

[VB86]

This just came up on dailymail, shocking! Would love to know if these trespassers have backed off - or if they’ve been stung by a holly bush 😆

[rslsys]

They just ran this story on GB News!

[DGRossetti]

@rslsys

They just ran this story on GB News!

Presumably they've mentioned the neighbours are immigrants and how it's affecting house prices ? That's the only spin I can see them taking.

[EastWestWhosBest]

Not saying that this thread is made up but it shows that these news outlets will run a story with zero proof that any of it is even vaguely true.

[Confusedandshaken]

@EastWestWhosBest

Not saying that this thread is made up but it shows that these news outlets will run a story with zero proof that any of it is even vaguely true.

It doesn't matter if the OP was true or not. The papers can correctly state 'a user on Mumsnet said X, Y and Z and got the responses A, B and C'. That's a truthful report of the thread. The paper is just repeating what was posted on the forum, not making a judgement about the veracity of the post. They get a sensational story for minimal effort and in this case it's one they can illustrate with a picture of a model in a bikini. Win-win for them.

[ToffeeNotCoffee]

Saw it on my local news feed in The Potteries

[josbd]

Total lack of respect!!

Rent a couple of Jaguars and stroll around with them on leads..... Lovely fantasy!