My neighbours house absolutely stinks of stale smoke, to the point where when the windows are open you can smell the house from the street. To make matters worse I can’t have any of my windows open if they also have theirs open because my whole house stinks of cigarettes. It’s particularly bad in our upstairs bedrooms. We even had to relocate my babies nursery to the front of the house because of it.
I’ve contacted the council and they have said they class the smell as reasonable (haven’t visited) because my neighbour is entitled to use the home as they wish. I argued that we also have the right to use our home as we wish and shouldn’t be subject to second hand smoke in our house especially when we have a baby. I am genuinely worried that this could effect our health as we currently have no access to fresh air in our home at all during the summer months, and when we do open the windows we are breathing in smoke instead.
Has anyone had experience with something similar and was there anything you could do?
I want to add I am not complaining about my neighbour smoking, completely appreciate they are entitled to do so and I have no issue with it, as the smell would soon disperse after they finished, this is about the smell inside the property which then makes the whole of my reek.