Neighbour harassing me and accusing me

[MinnieRodriguez]

Long story short, I moved into a 1st floor council flat last month and since then I’ve had my neighbour who lives in the flat above has come round a few times to swear at me, throw threats of violence and accuse me of very loud banging early hours of the morning although I’m asleep from 10pm until the morning and I don’t hear anything although he wakes me up regularly banging on my bedroom ceiling threatening me and swearing at me. I’m getting a video doorbell put up next week, I’ve reported him to the police and the council and I’ve got mental health records on how it’s affecting my mental health, I have an abusive past so it’s causing ptsd and I’m scared in my own home now. Is there any chance of me getting him evicted? And how would I prove that I’m not making the noise early hours of the morning?

I was harassed by my neighbour for years. Council did nothing until I got my MP involved, and then they moved him. My advice would be to get a ring doorbell, log every incident and email your housing officer every time the neighbour threatens you. Ask what action they plan to take. If they don't take action and harassment continues, see your MP and give them your log of incidents. Good luck 💐

I don't think you can prove the noise is not from you. You can't prove you're not doing something. It's up to the neighbour to prove the noise is from you. Might be that they're imagining it. Might even be that they have a history of making malicious allegations against the previous tenant. Sounds like you're already doing the right thing in reporting them. Keep reporting every incident and like I say above, get your MP involved if council don't help.

I forgot to add the housing officer said he also had a problem with the previous tenant who lived at my address and he has come to a conclusion that me and the previous tenant are ‘linked’

Then it sounds like the neighbour has a history of harassment and making malicious allegations. I really feel for you. I've been there. It was awful and really affected my mental health. What has the housing officer said they will do?

Housing officer has said that he will speak to him about how the noise could be coming from anywhere because it’s a tower block although that was two weeks ago and I don’t think that would stop him anyway. What do these awful neighbours get out of this 😡

The neighbour would need to prove the noise is coming from you. He can’t because it doesn’t. Hopefully the authorities will be intelligent enough to realise what they’re dealing with and sort it out by the council evicting him or the police giving a warning at the very least. Keep logging everything with dates and times

I can't add much to suggestions already given but I just wanted to express my profound sympathies to you OP. I too have been there and I will never forget the fear and anxiety it provoked - I felt violated. I hope you find peace and the neighbour is thrown out.

Sounds like your neighbour has mental health issues. The noises he’s hearing are most probably coming from inside his head so little possibility for reasoning. There’s always someone like that in every building, yours happens to live below OP. Record with your phone every interaction with this nut job, every time he comes to your door, every time he says anything etc… you will need the evidence at some point. Total nutcase.