Annoying Neighbours (drug use etc)
@vicky_lane4987 (980)
November 10, 2010 9:28am CST
We have very troublesome neighbours. My husband, our son and I live with my husbands parents, and were having alot of problems with neighbours. The house next door is a private rent, and so we have found that there are alot of problems in trying to do something about them. Firstly the tennants play VERY VERY loud music, which is disrupting all of our sleeping patterns. Also, the couple are always having very violent arguements, which involve them throwing things at the walls etc, and we have heard the bloke hitting the woman. We have tried to deal with this in calling the police, but when the police come out the tennants simply claim that nothing is happening. But the police have told us that they can sense that someething that something is going on in ths house. I would guess from the atmosphere from the couple.
Added to this now, we have also had the bloke from next door come around threatening our family, that he would have us killed or kicked out of the house etc (which would be hard as my father-in-law owns the house). And the police didn't come out to deal with this really either. They are now smoking drugs (aswell as using other drugs) which is affecting us. The smoke and smell of the weed is getting into the house, which means that we cannot go to bed, or take our son to bed. We have almost had to sleep on the sofa's a few times because of this. The police are looking into it now. And the bloke from next door has been arrested or taken away by the police a few times within the last month, but it appears nothing serious has been done by them.
To top it all off they also have a little girl, about the age of 18 months old. And you can tell their smoking and doing drugs is harming her developement. And we also have reason to believe that they leave the little one in the house alone. We have contacted child services about this, but they simply tell us to keep out.
What are we supposed to do? Are we supposed to just allow them to affect us and harm out life? Should we simply just get on with life? Or is there something that we can do to deal with next door?
HELP!
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9 responses
@buragee (172)
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11 Nov 10
We had also that kind of neighbor. But crazy family ones. Well, we can't pick our own neighbors. Di you said that the house is your father in laws? Well, better tell him that. Your neighbor is just a destructive ones. So tell him that he should priority your situation.
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@pogi253 (1596)
• Philippines
10 Nov 10
Most of us don't select who our neighbors are. Most of us don't even know the neighbors that we are obtaining when we move into a new place. We discover a home that we like and we move. It's easy as that. Preferably, we eventually meet the neighbors and find them to be friendly people who live and let live, for the most part. For a times, though, we move and then find that our neighbors are not the type of people that we get pleasure from being close to. Dealing with annoying neighbors can be tricky and stressful, especially if the neighbors seem to prosper on the drama that they are creating. Regrettably, there are people that really seem to like when problems are being formed for those around them. If this is the case, it is usually best to disregard them to whatever extent possible. This will daunt them from starting the drama with you since they aren't getting the reaction that they're looking for. They will probably move on quickly to someone that will cooperate with their desire for problems.
@vicky_lane4987 (980)
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10 Nov 10
thanks for your reply. i do think that landlords should really look into their tennants before allowing them to move in. because it can really affect people who live near them who own their homes. and surely it is in the landlords best interest to keep the poeple onside who own their home, so that when there are issues with tennants they can contact him before his house is ruined?
@lingli_78 (12822)
• Australia
11 Nov 10
i can't believe that the authorities actually do nothing to stop their behaviors despite of their repeated offenses and your multiple phone calls to the police and child services... what are the laws for then if they can just get away with their criminal behaviors??? i am really surprised to read this... hopefully this case can be solved soon and your neighbors get the punishment that they deserved... good luck... take care and have a nice day...
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@chipesterkhan (2925)
• Philippines
11 Nov 10
whatever you do, don't engage them
call the cops
let the authorities handle it
report each and everything you observe
but never let them know it was you
never exchange harsh words with them
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@DYAMIGA (64)
• Philippines
10 Nov 10
we have something quite common with regards to the loud music and the weeds... my neighbor is like that too, what we did we made attacks... when they open there music and argue at night we counter attack their moves, eventually they made a knock on our door to ask if we could lower down our sound and we made a deal, as long as they keep their end of the bargain will keep our system down too.
@academic2 (7000)
• Uganda
10 Nov 10
I am sorry about this but such neighbors I thing the law should be made to bear!
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@Professor2010 (20162)
• India
16 Jan 11
Hi vicky
Such neighbors do exist every where, better to maintain some distance from them, they may behave erratic at times
If you have good relation, and you talk to them, you may tell them explain them lol.
Thank you so much for sharing.
Professor ‘Bhuwan’. .
Cheers have a lucky day ahead.
@redmaryjane (891)
• United States
10 Nov 10
It's so sad that welfare services aren't doing anything. I think you should call a foundation or organization that deals with cases like this. Also, have you tried your local government? How about suing the tenants for disturbing the peace and threatening your well-being?
I'm so sorry to hear that you have to live in this kind of situation. I hope it gets resolved soon!
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