Anyone with any ideas, knowledge or experience.
Next door is tenanted. We’ve regularly been denied driveway access and daily denial to the path to our front door. I’ve spoken to her about the path but she was very entitled - told me to walk over her grass and even told me this place costs twice as much as her previous home. The path access is generally better now.
The parking blockages seem to be due to the sheer volume of cars dropping and picking up children from there before and after school.
There have been other niggles too and it’s now exceeded our tolerance due to at least one car being damaged. Recently installed CCTV confirms the second vehicle damage - adults chatting and unsupervised children running a-mock made their car door bounce and take the paint off our car door.
My husband approached her asking for children on the driveway to be supervised. Showed her the footage. Within an hour the driver arrived, she was hostile and threatening. Her husband sent her inside during the exchange. This was followed by teenagers that attend there before and after school coming over the front gardens, mine included, to get to the tenants home and going out of their way to walk by the damaged car, stop by it and stare at the cctv.
We’ve written a letter of concern over nuisance behaviour due to physical damage, harassment and an excessive number of visitors straining the shared access drive for two ‘residential’ properties.
Two agents have refused to be responsible; but have been empathetic and helpful. The second agent said they do know the landlord and if we emailed would pass on. The second agent told us the tenant has been in to see then and tell them she looks after her grandchildren. Also that we have refused to contribute to driveway remodelling costs. The drive hasn’t been remodelled. Though she/landlord has replaced grass for gravel on that property’s front garden.
Turns out the landlord manages his own properties. He, recently, didn’t forewarn us that the fence was being sorted and workmen would need to work from our back garden. I came through my front door and there they were! My rear ground floor windows were open.
The agent good to their word contacted the landlord and he has messaged asking what’s the problem. My husband was at work and sent a brief reply saying there’s been problems and the tenant has become hostile and we need to log a complaint. My husband that evening messaged to say did the agent pass on the emails. The landlord replied to say ‘yes have documents but haven’t looked at them’. Three days on and not heard a dicky bird…..
So I guess what I am getting to….if he is this uninterested where do we stand? Can we do anything else? The agent was very bothered by the footage of the teenagers but can the landlord really ignore it?
We cannot afford another car body shop bill, and with this cake and eat it attitude she has, and the deployment of her visitors and teenagers crusade of antagonism and hostility we, me particularly, are feeling very vulnerable.
I am fully aware there are legal options but all of which I believe black-list the property if we want to sell. Which we weren’t planning on but have to be mindful of. Plus it appears the cost to move is money better spent. I have always loved this house and it’s been my safe space but someone ‘borrowing’ next door seems untouchable….