HMO had two people who constantly drink

[Odrama456]

I live in a not so great area of town but the streets around me are generally ok.

The house two doors down (about 20 metres away) is a HMO (house of multiple occupants, single rooms let to adults).

it used to be young professionals etc, but recently it’s had two people who are 30/40s and just spend their days drinking at the front of the house.

if I leave the house they are looking in my direction. It’s a six bedroom house - no one decent will want to live with them, so it’s going to become a doss house full of other people like them. They have a back garden. The street is full of children and in my opinion I don’t want them to see this.

the two people sit on the wall adjoining the other house, I would hate to live next to them.

AIBU for thinking that it’s acceptable behaviour and should I call the property manager?

I agree with you op...i wouldn't be at all happy with this. I understand the staring. It does make you uncomfortable. It's passive aggressive. People drinking alcohol all day at the front of their house is not a sign of a desirable area. Unfortunately there's not much you can really do I think

Have they actually approached any children or are you perhaps just making stuff up to be annoyed sbout?

From what you’ve written so far they are a higher class of person than you are.

I think the people giving you a hard time haven't experienced this and are trying to make it about class, but they probably live in sheltered middle class areas. I had alcoholic neighbours who would play music all day and were generally annoying due to, y'know, being drunk all the time. That said, I'm not sure what you can do - let the landlord know? And yes, drunk men who gawp at you are intimidating, this has nothing to do with class. There are groups of alcoholic men in my neighborhood too who hang around the night shop and gawp at you as you walk past, taking up half the street and dominating the public space.

Are they accosting people's children? Really?

Let's be honest, if you went to look at a house with a view to buying it, and the neighbours were sitting on their wall in the middle of the day with a can of extra strong lager, you'd wouldn't buy it would you?

I wouldn't like to have neighbours like that either.

I also find it pretty insulting that people think that this is obviously what working/lower class people do so we should just be accepting of it or else be called a snob. Er, no, plenty of working class people wouldn't want to live next to that.

It's not working class. It's the underclass

I lived in an ex council growing up, a council flat and then house when I moved out and I have now purchased my own ex council. So you're way off the mark

These people, if they existed have done nothing wrong so far apart from look at the op. I've reported the thread.

@Odrama456 Don’t know why you’re getting a hard time. I would hate this.

They're not doing anything (if this is real like). People have already started to make stuff up about loud music and extra strong beer. Talk about a stereotype.

These people, if they existed have done nothing wrong so far apart from look at the op. I've reported the thread.

Why?

And yes staring at someone can be threatening and make someone feel intimidated.

Well I'm from an underclass background and have worked my way up, and I would hate to live near alcoholic men who sit out and gawp at you when you walk past, because it's intimidating and drink makes people erratic and unpredictable.

There was a thread a while back about people using /not using their front gardens and whether it looked low class to use your front garden for sitting in.

Anyhow, to be honest I wouldn't want this to happen on my street either and I certainly wouldn't want to look at half naked men, that is just gross. But unless they are being disorderly or leery they aren't actually doing anything wrong besides being brazenly unemployed. Would it look better if they had a bistro table, wore shirts and drank wine and nibbled on olives while playing chess? You are being a snob, and I am a snob too.

The most you can do is mention to the house owner that having drunks in the front garden all the time is lowering the tone of the neighborhood and it will affect house prices.

And so what if she did? What's the problem, exactly?

We don't have a front garden, but if we did and that's where the sun was, I'd bloody well be sitting in it and having a drink if I fancied one!

The op is the one doing the staring. They're probably looking at them thinking wtf is that woman's problem tbh.

If it was real... Which is why I've reported the thread. Created just to start a good froth

If they are problematic drunks- aggressive, vomiting in the street etc - check with your local council. Some towns have alcohol free zones where people are prohibited from drinking in the street.

Do they approach your children though?

I'm not sure why this needs to be Reported. It's fairly easy - if they are just having a quiet drink in their front garden, they are doing nothing wrong.

You can report antisocial behaviour to your local borough or county council they have powers to issue fines etc where they believe it's needed and are will likely be aware of HMOs in their area because of their housing department.

People are deliberately being obtuse. I lived in a street with a house like this, unkempt, piles of cans in the garden, two blokes who’d sit out front smoking joints and beer all hours of the day. It was intimidating when I walked past, they leered and called me names. I used to walk the long way to avoid them. But Op, you really cannot do or say anything.

I wouldn’t want people who had been solidly drinking approaching me or my children.

I wouldn’t want people who drank solidly from lunchtime/late morning until early evening or later living near me.

I definitely wouldn’t want people who spent the day drinking, living in an HMO in my street where previous residents were working professionals, for exactly the reasons OP has stated.

Drunk men who looked at me every time I leave my home would make me nervous.

When did societal standards become so low that just being pissed all day was ok?

I agree with you OP. It brings down the tone of the neighbourhood. I honestly don’t care if I’m a snob about that sort of thing.

It'll be raining again in a few days, so there won't be a problem any more.