Anyone know what to do about arsehole neighbours?

Question

I won't go into detail be we have some neighbours who are making life in our house unbearable by winding us up at every opportunity. They really are horrible people and I had had to go through a solicitor at one point top stop them pinching my land.

I know we should try and ignore all this but trust me it's not easy.

Has anyone had any similar problems and what did you do to make them sit up and take notice that you will not take any more crap?

Answer 1

a gun works well

Answer 2

I know exactly what you mean!
We have had similar problems with my neighbours....
to quote but one of the many incident.....I was having terrible problems with the house roof drainage finally called the house maintainers and asked them to replaced the whole system and updated it....job half way done one of the workers came to me and showed me a block of concrete removed from the rain-down pipe that was blocking the drainage from my house...my neighbour's husband (a retired old man) had at some point mixed the cement etc. got on to the roof and deposited the block...
I took the evidence to a solicitor and asked for advice::::
There was only two choices
1) He would write a strong letter to my neighbours, to which their solicitor would answer and so on will carry-on for years until something terrible would come out or one of us moved house.
2) I could ignore it and accept the fact that we had nuisance neighbours.

I chosen the 2nd option and let the hedges grown tall in the garden.
The result: I now have a matured secluded garden and 22 years down the line my old neighbour is deceased (God rest his soul) ....."end of problem"

Answer 3

Hi you have my sympathies, take no notice of some of the prattish answers on here, although several of the good ones, are along the same lines as mine, I have been thro all that several years ago, did everything in my power to the letter of the law,they were banged to rites by the environmental health people & the police, but u will never win, u mite get some peace for a while but it will flair up again, I got my own back by selling my property to some lovely people ( they were real hard Bastards) & knew exactly what i was going thro, u have to tell them by law now, so if u want some peace then move out into the country somewhere, as i did, we now have terriffic neighbours, noboby cares about boundaries to much out here, if u want more advice please feel free to contact me, & i will try to help you

Answer 4

Yes, I've had this sort of problem a couple of times. In our old house, we had a big dog pen in the backyard that we would put our dogs out in for a couple of hours every day. Our dogs would never really make too much noise...the occasional bark and growl while they were playing, but that's all. Our neighbor on the right side of the house had dogs as well, but they were mean and loud and made TONS of noise all day. So, our neighbor on the left side of us would actually call the POLICE about OUR dogs making tons of noise, when really it was OUR neighbor's dogs making all the noise! She did this just about every day for a couple of weeks, claiming she was trying to nap (she was pregnant at the time) at the time of day our dogs were out. Finally, my dad went over there and told the idiot that she HAD to quit calling the police because it was stressing my mom (who was also pregnant) out. It didn't hurt that he was looking extra threatening with a newly-shaven head! After that, no problems!

Now, in my own house, the neighbors behind us are trying to take what land we KNOW is ours. We dumped leaves in our woods, and they walked all the way through the woods, to us, to tell us that those woods are theirs, so we can't dump leaves in them! What the heck is the big deal? The woods are so overgrown I have no idea how he could even tell I had put leaves back there!!

Anyway, try putting up a fence if these people keep trying to take over feet of your land at a time. This will establish a clear boundary, but you may need to have a surveyor come up and tell you and your neighbors exactly where the property line is. Then you have to also put your fence a number of feet away from the line, so be careful and check out your zoning laws before putting the fence up. Good luck!

Answer 5

I feel really sorry for you. A few years ago i moved into my house and for four years I had to put up with the woman next door and her then boyfriend playing really loud music, really thumping music. It took m countless times of asking politely to turn it down. Eventually I could see that this person was not going to keep it down so eventually I got in touch with Environmental Health (UK) and was advised to keep a diary for a few weeks, they needed to witness the noise, it was not long after me contacting E H that the music went on one afternoon, I gave it a while but it did not stop so I called the officers to come out and fortunately they were able to witness it. They then served a noice abatement notice. A week later they went to see her and warned her that they had the power to confiscate these goods and would if it happened again. They convinced her to work with them and let them set a reasonable level. So far so good, that was 3 years ago now and only on the odd occasion has it gone on. Sooo if you have a council department which deals with your problem, keep a diary and try and get witnesses to these events and then ask for help. Alternatively you could also try mediation if you have that service available, it really is a very good way of resolving issues without going to court and is not about blame but remedying the problem and moving forward. Good Luck

Answer 6

Are you aware that there are people in this world that have a severe medical condition which causes them to be that way? My mother for instance is one of those people. She is a truck driver that has bad knees and a bad back from driving the truck but you probably do not care about that case either. Oh well I am not one of those people I am 6'4" 245lbs and I exercise every day. I would love to see you say something like to my mother in front of me. Probably never happen though you are probably just an internet tough guy. I doubt very seriously you would say that to someones face. Just my thought.What do you think. Oh I am sorry you probably do not have a brain. I on the other hand will be happy to buy you a plane ticket to come here and see if you have the nerve to say that to someone I know.

Answer 7

If in UK then the neighbours actions might amount to harrassment under the 1997 Act this makes it a criminal offence. Keep a diary of events and contact the police each time anything happens, they will eventually act and your neighbours may be arrested if they continue to cause you problems.

Also try contacting the local council, they may have an ASBO unit set up who can also help.

Answer 8

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The new puppy is certainly one of the most adorable and cuddly creatures that has ever been created. It is the most natural thing in the world to shower it with love and affection. However, at the same time it is important to realize that if you want to have a well trained adult dog, you need to begin the training process right away. The dog, like its related ancestor, the wolf, is a pack animal. One of the features of a pack is that it has a single dominant leader. Your new puppy is going to want that leader to be you, but if you do not assume that role from the very beginning, the puppy’s instincts will push him to become the leader.

The most important thing to remember about training the puppy during its first six months of life is that it must see you as the leader of the family pack. The essential thing is gaining the trust and the respect of the puppy from the beginning. You will not do this by allowing the puppy to do whatever it wants to do whenever it wants to do it. On the other hand, a certain amount of patience is required. Most people err in their early training by going to extremes one way or the other. Although you need to begin the basic training process at once, you can not expect your dog to do too much at first. Basic obedience training is fine and should include simple commands like sit, stay, and come. Remember that trying to teach the dog advanced obedience techniques when it is a puppy is much like trying to teach a five year old child algebra.

It is also important to restrain from cruel or abusive treatment of the puppy. You can not beat obedience into your dog, and it certainly is not going to engender feeling of respect and trust. House breaking is an area where this usually becomes a problem because of the anger that is triggered when the puppy fails and creates a mess inside the home. Although this issue must be addressed without anger, it most be addressed. If you allow the puppy to eliminate inside the house, it will continue to do so as an adult dog. The same thing is true of other destructive or dangerous behavior such as chewing and biting. Do not expect the puppy to grow out of it. You are going to need to train the puppy out of it, but you should do so firmly but with a sense of play and fun using positive reinforcement and lots of love and praise for good behavior.

Answer 9

Have you tried a mediator. The council will have details on this. The more this escalates the worse it can become and if you start showing force its going to get worse. This can also affect you if you decide to move house as you have to disclose neighbour disputes when you sell your own home.

You can start winding them back up but it sounds like it could get nastier in the long run.

Take the high ground and dont get drawn into confrontation. You call yourself jedi than act like 1 and i dont mean by cutting off his arm with your light saber which I know you own. (I have 2)

Answer 10

I have had a similar problem. What worked well was to get a few friends around one night and start to have a few drinks etc, now instead of going to the toilet to wee, have some good sized bottles to relieve yourself in.

When your pain in the arce muppet has gone out proceed to take the bottle(s) and squirt your wee around his door frame. It will ming like the the back end of a buffalos bum and the flies will hum for days especially when its hot, he will not take the piss any more!!!

Answer 11

If you get the local sector of the council i.e. un-sociable behaviour they will get you to keep a diary of events for a few weeks, then they will act on the information give- if they feel its valid they will do something- don't speak to them directly (your neighbours) go through the council