Fed up with neighbours

[Homeontherangeuk]

Bit of a back story, we live in a new development... Here 6 years, we signed a clause to say we wouldn't change door colour, fence height etc... However neighbour has raised the shared boundary fence to 2.5m (terrace house) & its so ugly.. We told them we hate it & they flipped.. We told them its too high, werw told fuck off, now anytime we try to use our garden they play banging house music... Today they put the speakers on full blast & have gone out for the day.. Beautiful day but my kids can't enjoy the sun... I'm at my wits end, hubby is sick of the childish antics.... Last night I was sitting out reading my book quietly with a glass of wine, at 10 ó clock I was drenched by a hose over the fence... They claimed it was their 2 year old when hubby rang in a fit.. No way would a 2 year old have the motor skills to control a hose, drench me, our patio & proceed to drench the clothes line... Bawling here, our dream home is turning into a nightmare... What can we do? They have blocked us from messaging, hung up on DH, blank us... Our home is in such an ideal location, we don't want to or aren't in the position to sell...
No cctv so can't prove who drenched me... DH was working last night, I felt very shaken & worried afterwards but held my ground & stayed out listening to them bitching about us... Before the fence we had a great relationship with them.... I regret saying anything now...

Yes I thought so too, never heard of open windows & doors in the summer pissing people off but there you go...

Why have they drilled into the post, I thought fence panels usually just slot in. It's hard to imagine what it looks like without a photo but that would be identifying.,

It's a different type of wood, it's not slats, that would have been fine.. They got wooden panels straight accross.. So it looks completely different at the top...

I would seriously be tempted (I know that one poster suggested it) to drop some cakes off or similar to your neighbours(say you've made too much or something.)

I know that probably sounds ridiculous (and you would have to bite your tongue) but seriously if it got them off your back it would be worth it (and you've lost nothing by trying) x

Over 2m is breach of planning (assuming they haven’t got planning permission).

If I were you I’d instal a camera recording everything, including sound. Then go to the police.

Keep a diary of everything.

They sound awful! Going out and leaving speakers on would have really annoyed me. Have you spoken to the other neighbours-surely that noise didn’t affect only you?

If you're adamant you won't move then go the cctv and police route. Log everything that happens in a notebook.

They sound like a pair of arseholes. How long were you on friendly terms before they started acting this way over the fence going up? It sounds like a huge over reaction to you saying you didn't like it. Regardless of what your terms say regarding hight though, I wouldn't personally have made a fuss about that. They'd be the ones at fault and you'd also have more privacy.

OP, it would be terrible shame if a small child used YOUR hosepipe and accidentally soaked the speaker they left on. I should think the speaker might never work properly again...

I would seriously be tempted (I know that one poster suggested it) to drop some cakes off or similar to your neighbours(say you've made too much or something.)

Is this a joke?
Or did you miss out the bit where you lace the cakes with laxatives?

Why on earth should OP give them cakes ?!
That would be the actions of a complete doormat.....

In tears here, ran into him leaving the house & he stopped dead watching me walk past him with a big smirk on his face... I have time logged.. Cctv ordered... DH thinks maybe we wait for another few incidences before police to just add to our campaign? It's very intimidating...
This also happened Thurs night, I was out watering my plants in the front garden & he was just staring at me beside the fence.. I didn't take any notice at the time I just thought how odd but shook it off as his dc were playing on the road behind me but it was the exact same stance as today...

I think you are doing the best thing by just not rising to them. Just live your life and ignore them as much as possible, but keep notes about everything in case it escalates.

How awful, OP. Have you called 101 to ask to start a log off? You don't need to make a report with evidence as such, but get something on the system incase things do escalate. You could tell them that currently you're logging everything at home, but would like an official log marked onto the system incase anything happens in the future.

They could advise on what you could and should do next also.

@Homeontherangeuk

In tears here, ran into him leaving the house & he stopped dead watching me walk past him with a big smirk on his face... I have time logged.. Cctv ordered... DH thinks maybe we wait for another few incidences before police to just add to our campaign? It's very intimidating... This also happened Thurs night, I was out watering my plants in the front garden & he was just staring at me beside the fence.. I didn't take any notice at the time I just thought how odd but shook it off as his dc were playing on the road behind me but it was the exact same stance as today...

This behaviour is a sure sign that he has a tiny cock.

I would think that next time he stares at you.

Then you can have a little smile to yourself.

Hose them and the speakers down.

You must be some kind of saint not to rise to that crap. I would have thoroughly hosed those speakers if they'd left music blaring and gone out, and he would have had a return soaking if he'd squirted me over the fence too. Family sound a bunch of dicks and need a dose of their own medicine. Have a night out, turn your speakers to the internal party wall and leave them with Metallica and Slipknot on for the duration. If they tackle you when you return home, pretend you can't hear anything and suggest they're going mad before slamming the door in their faces.
Then plant a giant hedge between your gardens and topiary it into a depiction of "Fuck off you twats" in a font of your choosing, visible only on their side.

You should wear googly eyes or swirling sunglasses when you encounter him and give him a big cheery hi how are you wave. What a tit.

Surely these sad, pathetic, bored neighbours are just looking for an escalation to provide a bit off excitement in their tragic lives.
Hard though it is try hard to deny them this. Bullies usually move on to another target.

I've two uncles who are retired police officers one evetually retrained as a barrister, I'm going to give them a call... The wife heard me mention the cctv I think...

Read up about installing CCTV on private property and see if you need to put a sign up, dont give them something else to complain about. You could use a wildlife camera instead or a security camera from inside.

@3Br1tnee

Whose posts are they though?

Is it on the left or the right if you stand with your house behind you?

Sadly this is a common misunderstanding. The deeds will show the boundary of your property and hopefully being a new build there will be a series of T-shaped marks on the boundary line to indicate where responsibility lies.

Report noise nuisance to your local EH department. If they turn out to be ineffective through lack of positive action submit a complaint. Councils don't like complaints.

Go to the police especially as you have proof.

Why didn't you call the police when they went out leaving the speakers on.

A friends neighbour went to prison for doing stuff like this so the police do action antisocial behaviour but you need proof

I should have called last night when they were on, we got videos...

Stay strong Op and don't let them intimidate you (as hard as this is to do!).

Good call OP.

Sitting out with DH now & he's at the other side of the fence pretending to cough & wheeze saying "ah think I've caught covid" ..