Nightmare Neighbour

[Neighbours12]

Hello

Please can I have some advice.

We moved into out new home 2 years ago. I live with my husband and two young girls. Unfortunately our neighbour us constantly rude and runs us down at the the top of the voice and shouts things over the fence when our young children are playing. They are an elderly couple and I know the women falls out with everyone and by her own admission her children, grandchildren and great children have nothing to do with her. Her partners children also have nothing to do with him so clearly she has issues.

We are a quiet family, the girls play out between 4 and 5:30pm in the summer months ( they are in bed by 6:00pm) and the minute we open our door to out garden she's shouting abuse. It even happens if I simply go to let my dog outside for a wee.

I'm aware they drink heavily and often are very drunk by the afternoon.

I have reported it to 101 however nothing comes of it.

What are my next steps as I'm pretty sure they are taking pictures of my kids in there bathing suits in the paddling pool also.

You are right. I have reported this morning via 101 for now. I can't have her filming my children. She is totally deranged x

I never said OP couldn't report to police.
Sorry for sharing my experience.

I do appreciate you sharing your experience, it's all being really helpful, thank you to everyone xx

It's good you have reported it, hopefully the police will go round and check her phone.

I’ve read most of the thread, not sure if a large umbrella had been mentioned? You could get the big ones and angle it so that the have limited view of the garden, your daughters can freely play underneath without being viewed.
what is the height of the fencing? Place bamboo fencing along to invest in quick growing shrubs.

It feels like you have to be at the point where the council and police are sick of hearing you, for them to do something. In my case, they were given a harassment warning after about 15 years of constant abuse that escalated over lockdown.

The key points that I was always told were that you can't stop them from talking about you in their garden and you can't make them like you. The things we could do something about was when the talking was threatening, when they were clearly monitoring your activity and when they are watching you.

Record record record. Cameras, phones, diaries.

Thank you, recording now, she sounds drunk already.

Google garden sail op. Possibly angle it so from her upstairs window she can't watch your dc in certain areas of the garden. They aren't expensive..

Definitely will get one of these x

I can’t add anything to advice that’s already been given, but it sounds awful for you. Some people are just utterly dreadful.

That's what I was going to suggest. Anything to block her from seeing into your garden.

She sounds deranged.