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Feel like I'm about to lose my home

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wherehaveallthegoodfolkgone · 18/07/2025 22:42

Sorry, not sure if I've posted in the right board..
Eight year history of ongoing abuse and neighbour harassment, started when my husband left - I think they saw me as a weak single woman and launched in . Couple, early 70s , constantly slamming doors, 3am, 5am - etc enough to make the whole house reverberate. Petty ongoing demands (you need to cut your hedge down it's over the legal limit -2.2m instead of 2) you need to deal with your wasps nest we can't eat in our garden, you need to sort your drainpipe it's dripping on our shed. I've immediately complied with every single request including putting their bins out for them and putting the bins back for over 10 years as they often visited their second home for the weekend.

In return I've asked that they don't slam doors in the night and be mindful of our thin walls but I'm met with blank stares & "we don't know what you're talking about it's not us". I have a disability that makes sleep difficult so the constant awakening has seriously impacted me.
Because of my disability I work from home and my (silent, unobtrusive) work is a blessing to me. To think of losing it would be heartbreaking, but I can't endure anymore.
My children are devastated. They've seen me shaking, frightened, struggling to breathe and (I'm so so ashamed to say) wishing I was no longer alive. I feel hopeless as everything I've tried - talking politely, messages, emails , letters, pleas , tears - everything is ignored and they won't leave me alone. It's like they're bored and malicious - but to me, they psychopaths. I lost my mother and father in the last three years and I'm completely broken.

I either move, lose my home and my income - or I take the plunge and have a solicitor serve them with a letter then injunction if they pay no heed. I played a recording to my doctor last week, she was horrified.

Should I fight for my home ?

OP posts:
CleverLemonCat · 25/07/2025 11:24

Beachtastic · 25/07/2025 11:19

Oh, I'm so glad your story had a happy ending!

Isn't it bizarre to think what complete psychos walk among us... and sometimes live nextdoor 😬

Yours will have a happy ending as well when you stand up to them. There is a certain type of person that enjoys harassing single women. I really don't understand it!

Beachtastic · 25/07/2025 11:24

CleverLemonCat · 25/07/2025 11:24

Yours will have a happy ending as well when you stand up to them. There is a certain type of person that enjoys harassing single women. I really don't understand it!

Luckily I have not had this problem in my own life, and hope it stays that way 🤞🏻

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