Myself (27) and bf (28) bought our home (upper cottage flat) in 2023. Both work Mon-Fri 9-5, average social lives, do not party, consider ourselves usual, respectful neighbours? Cat mom to 2 baby angels.
Last week as we returned home, we were approached? More so pounced on? By our downstairs neighbour, she was stretched out her car window screaming at us. Why do we “slam” our door? Why do my parcels get put in our garden box near her child’s window? Why do we watch tv at 9pm? Why do we have work going on? (it’s a full reno of a 3 bedroom) Why did we have friends around 2 Saturdays ago? Why do we HOOVER?! 🥲 imagine that? I know 27 year olds that don’t hoover but hey ho!
Not a chance to respond, I let her rant before asking why not just come to our door? Her response, because we have a ring camera? So she’s aware she’s unable to have normal, calm conversations and this would be recorded? For reference we told her we were installing the ring and she ok’d.
Everything she said we can also hear but this is all environmental and quite simply people just living?
I attempted to sympathise with her as I said I work with children and feel we are respectful, this was met with a threat of “wait until I find out where you work with children”
At this point it dawned on me, we do not need to be stood here, listening to this. I told her this was not an appropriate “conversation” to have in the street nor infront of her 3 children sat in the car.
As we gracefully bowed out, she jumped out her car following us up the path screaming at us to “get back here now you s**bags”. The minute I closed my door, I bawled my eyes out, shaking like a leaf.
I called 101 next day as encouraged by family and manager at work. I cried the full call, as I didn’t know why I was calling or if it even mattered. But as a young girl, whose BF works nightshifts 2 months of the year and we live over an hour away from all family and friends. I was concerned that this woman is beginning to pattern our movements, when we go to work, get home from work, when we do X Y Z. This is not normal behaviour? Do I just need to wait on her jumping out her car at me everytime I walk along the street? The threat to find out my workplace? Unlikely I know but you can imagine how this would make you feel.
4 days later she waited for us to leave and minutes later posted hand written note demanding we move our garden box by tomorrow or she would do so herself. We checked the deeds and of course, my property so we weren’t moving anything. The next day herself and her man moved all of our stuff, which has been caught on camera and saved. Moving our stuff, on our property without our permission? Hmm. We have decided to take the silent and walk away approach so we went back outside 20 minutes later and moved it all back. Roll on garden box gate / wars?? Hehe.
Tonight, I am sat home alone, and they have walked back and forth across my front door, alerting my ring doorbell 11 times in 12 minutes? How is that normal behaviour? I think they know exactly what they are doing. Trying to flex their muscles? Trying to intimidate? Looking for a reaction? Your guess is as good as mine.
The urge to stay quiet is wearing thin, I wish I could send a copy of the deeds and go HAHA SEEEEEEEEEEE
Anywaysssss, Mum told me to post here for the best chat, that you’ll give it to me straight, either tell me I’m a silly wee girl, that they are absolute rockets or just make light of it? All or one of those would be lovely 🤣
p.s I am not moving, this is our home until it’s not!
Who said moving out was fun?! 27 and I wanna go homeeeeee!!!!