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neighbour harassment.

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TB2013 · 01/03/2018 01:13

My neighbour has been constantly harassing me for the last 4 years. We live directly next door to each other so there is literally no escaping him. He bangs on my walls from anytime between 10.30pm night up until 4.30am he will do it every 20-30 minutes or so. It's constantly waking me up then making me late getting up for work and the school run. He also shouts abuse to me and calls me really horrible nasty names. He's reported me to the police many times saying i do drugs in my home. (i absolutely do not do any drugs what's so ever) the police have been round id say at least 20 times in the last 3 years, each and every time they have been lovely and polite and saw for themselves i wasn't a drug nor did i live in a drug den. I actually offered the officers to have a look around my home to show i have nothing to hide. When he realises his game isn't working he goes back to banging the walls. Every room in my house conjoins with his. My living room and his hallway share a wall. Our kitchens share a wall. And my sons bedroom conjoins with his bathroom and my bedroom and his bedroom share a wall and he will literally go around his house banging all our walls so loudly its even knocked a photo frame off my living room wall once. Lately he started putting his hoover on and putting it next to the his hallway wall and it really does sound like its in my room. He did this up until 2.30am then continued banging until 4am. I never did anything to this man and he's just making my life such a misery. I feel like I'm just constantly drained and fed up. I keep my TV really low when my son goes to bed at night and try to make as little noise as possible because i dont want him to know I'm in. I'm constantly on egg shells and my anxiety is through the roof. The police do nothing to help. My housing won't help, I've been bidding for homes for 3 years now and I've never even managed to bag even a single viewing. I just don't know how much more i can take this. I have nobody me and my son can go and stay with we are just stuck here suffering. Does anyone know of any help what's so ever to get help to move, i only work part time and every house i find for rent wants at least £600 rent upfront and £600 deposit. I will never be able to afford that kind of money. I really do need any help or advise anyone can give me to help me. I dont want my son to have to live with this anymore ☹

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notsodimwit · 06/04/2018 05:48

Flowers hope you are okay OP. What an awful situation to be in Sad and what good advice from some of the wonderful mumsnetters on here! I hope you have managed to get things sorted out xxFlowers

StoorieHoose · 06/04/2018 06:16

Doesn’t matter if the police take ages to come out you need to log every single incident every time he does it

I too have lived next door to awful neighbours and it is souls destroying being constantly on edge waiting for the noise to start up

Gran22 · 06/04/2018 06:52

Your local authority may have a private housing standards section, perhaps find out if they have any strategy for supporting you. It's worth contacting a local councillor, especially as you have logs, recordings and records of police contacts. Is there ever anyone else in your home when the neighbour is making unacceptable noise?

Noise nuisance and harrassment are horrible and draining and you've had this for a long time. It's possible that previous occupiers of your home have had the same issues. have you asked any of your other neighbours if they know if previous issues?

Gran22 · 06/04/2018 06:52

Of previous issues.

SM2132 · 06/04/2018 08:15

I feel for you, it sounds horrific. I would be trying to save the money needed for a deposit to get the hell out of there! I know you said money is really tight though. I would try beg, borrow and steal (I joke) to raise the money.
Does your local area have a facebook page? Could you post there for help and advice? There could be a local landlord willing to help you out without needing a hefty deposit (or let you add a proportion of it to your rent each week).

mrsoutnumbered · 17/04/2018 20:51

Hope you're okay OP, is he still at it?

Sounds like your best bet is to save the money to move, although it's awful being forced out of your home.

Some estate agents offer a 'no deposit option' in which you don't pay a deposit, and pay a small fee for insurance instead (so the insurance will pay out for anything at the end your tenancy rather than a deposit). Have a look and see if any local agents offer it.

PoisonousSmurf · 17/04/2018 20:56

Sounds like HE DOES DRUGS! Or is he very old and going senile? Why is he up all night?

ConkerTriumphant · 22/07/2018 04:04

How are things now @TB2013 ?
I was thinking about you today.

LuvMyBubbles · 22/07/2018 04:10

You have to get out. Can you speak to your landlord? Are you locked into a lease?
Landlord may have another property to move to?

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