CF's have been using my mums house as a hotel!!

[CustardCreamsfortea]

My dm died last year. Her house is currently empty and we're in the process of selling it (on the market but no buyer yet). The house next door is owned by a couple. I knew that DM was friendly with them, but (apart from first names) I don't really know them at all. I'll call them "Jean and John" for this

I went round yesterday to check on the property (we live about 45 mins away) and to do some gardening. When I entered the house I noticed immediately that there was a strong smell of cigarettes. Dm didn't smoke so I thought that was very strange.. 🤔

I went into the kitchen and there's dirty dishes in the sink!? My next thought was that squatters must have moved in. I went back to my car and called Dh and then 101 for advice. The police said they could come out but it would likely be a few hours (at least) before they turned up.

Dh arrived and went into have a look. Nobody appeared to be in the house. No obvious signs of a break in, though there's clothes and stuff everywhere. So we decide, ok fine - let's take this as a warning and get the locks changed before the squatters come back.

I called a locksmith and he's in the process of changing the locks. As he's doing this another neighbour from across the road (let's call her "Anne") comes over to ask what's happening. I explain that I think we've had squatters in the house.

Anne then proceeds to tell me that Jean and John (from next door) have currently got family visiting from abroad at the moment.

But it seems rather than pay for a hotel, The CF's been letting them stay in mothers house!!! 😡😡😡 Anne has seen them coming and going since they arrived on Friday. She didn't have our contact details to check with us, but assumed we'd given permission because they seemingly had a key. We had no idea that they had this key.

When the police eventually turned up we explained all this. They went round to speak to Jean and John but they weren't at home. Said they would try again later in the week. We've bagged up the relatives things and left them on their doorstep (I wanted to burn them but DH talked me out of it). 🙄

Will they police be able to charge them with trespassing or something similar? Or are we just going to have to accept that we were (admittedly) stupid for not changing the locks in the first place and move on? I'm beyond angry with them. 😡

Thanks for coming back @CustardCreamsfortea, it can't be easy dealing with this whilst also grieving.
Hope all goes smoothly from now on 💐

Thanks for updating and I hope everything goes as well and as smoothly as it possibly can.

I'm so sorry @CustardCreamsfortea that you've had this extra distress. 😢

Thanks for the update OP.

As I said upthread, we had a situation where an elderly relative died and - understandably - left the bulk of her estate to the nieces who had looked after her.

Cue a neighbour becoming furious because (in his head) he was being left the house to thank him for giving the relative a few lifts towards the end. (Another elderly lady neighbour had apparently done just that.)

It was her nieces who had looked after her finances, accompanied her to hospital appointments etc.

Fortunately, in our case there was nothing more than a verbal explosion

Wishing you the best.

@CustardCreamsfortea It is also the cheek of the wife I cannot get over!! running in the house and not even answering the door to the police??? what was that about? she should have been apologising to everyone for their stupidity!

Sorry to hear about this. The level of disrespect and cheeky fuckery is sky high. John doubled down on being a cheeky fucker which shows exactly what he is like. The wife isn’t much better

Thanks for update. Hope everything gets sorted

Could be she's scared of him, @allthemiddlechildrenoftheworld. If that's his usual reaction to being crossed, I wouldn't blame her.

What a bizarre reaction? You'd have thought he'd mortified about being caught using the house not wreck it!
Hopefully nothing else happens.

Omg what the fuck! This is the most unhinged thread I think I've ever read! I hope you pursue this to the fullest extent of the law and don't back down. What an absolute nutcase!!

I know its not wise, as police are now involved, but If it was me - I'd want to throw paint all over their car and smash their windows and see if they like it! Cunts!

Is there any update? Did you manage to get any damage sorted by the neighbours? I hope it's all ok now.

This thread has been living in my head rent free. Much like the guests of the CFers. I wonder how it panned out. Still would just love to know why they felt so entitled.

Same! I check frequently

OMFG the nerve of some people!

OP has updated:

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5389793-remember-jean-and-john-that-used-my-dms-house-update

Oh, thank you!

Hi op, how are you? did you get insurance and repairs sorted?

The OP's update is two posts up from yours.

OMG OP I’m so sorry you’re having to deal with this. My jaw actually dropped when I got the part about him kicking the door down. Absolutely unbelievable. I hope he gets his just desserts!

Read the thread.