We have been having problems with our neighbors. At first it was because of bin bags left to rot in their back-garden. It attracted rats obviously. Rats enjoyed our decking as a nice place to snack and indeed live under. We called the council to have rat catchers have a look, we asked them to be more careful with their bags, even gave them a spare main bin we had. It got a bit better then it started again earlier this summer. We called the council again, this time attaching pictures of the situation. Nothing happened as far as I know but one day we both saw a rat helping itself to a bin-bag content and go under our decking. The local feral cats were seen hanging around too. The next day we contracted someone to rip the decking, flag the area and change the fence to an enclosed one. We explained this to them but he blamed another house who is also having a rat infestation under their decking. It’s like they don’t understand their habits caused the rats to come.
At the start of the year they had a baby. Baby cry, we expected that and we are ok with it. Except when the baby cried, the man would start shouting abusive stuff at the baby, “Shut the fuck up you little dick” and the likes. He also shouts at his partner and we are not quite sure if their dog (a yappy, annoying little creature) is called “Diesel” or “Shut the fuck up you little cunt”.
Whilst I can manage the situation better as I can wear ear plugs, my wife has had terrible sleep problems as their shouting woke her up. She has a job that needs her to be rested as it is mentally very demanding.
Then, a few weeks ago, I got approached by the man and explained that they could not watch Sky anymore because a tree in our front-garden was blocking the antenna line of sight to the satellite. We had in mind of changing our front garden a bit and said that the tree problem could be sorted in due time. There is absolutely no legal obligation on our part to do anything, it’s essentially tough luck to them but I was conciliatory. On Friday, the man contacted my wife by txt, demanding when the tree would be dealt with. My wife explained to him it was not our priority and we could not afford at the moment the cost of our project. She was told he did not care about that, that he would chop it himself (he has no experience as a gardener) and he had enough paying for Sky but not being able to watch it. Shortly after that we could hear him in his front garden talking about the tree over the phone to someone and he then let my wife know that the council will be there the day after.
My wife then went to knock on their door to try to discuss the situation. The discussion quickly escalated into a confrontation when she lost her rag and told him he had some nerves demanding this from us considering the shit we had to go through with the stuff described above. He was right in her face with his hand, threatened to knock her out and insulted her in every possible way. My wife was very upset and shaken by this. The day after, she heard them talking to another neighbor and essentially describing my wife as a nosey parker, that we were not aware of all the facts as to why he shouts abuse as his infant son. His partner stands by him, despite being herself regularly at the end of abusive tirades. The other neighbor can’t be unaware of his shouting and chooses to nod along. She is not aware of the bin-bag issue which is likely the root cause of her garden rat infestation. I’m minded to talk to her about this, dealt with her a few times and she seems pleasant enough.
My wife has now gone to her mum and dad for a bit as she is very wary of him and just hear him gives her the shakes. I wish I could play the hard man but he is a big bloke and I would not stand much chance against him as he would not doubt assault me if he lost his temper, he was very close to physically attack my wife. Maybe a punch in the nose would be worth it to bring assault charges against him…
We have arranged for a gardener to come, turns out there is one two houses down. The tree won’t be touched, in fact the chap suggested pruning another tree would allow it to flourish. I half-suspect the oaf next door still expects us to deal with the tree but this won’t happen now. I do hope he has sussed out that his behavior is not likely to induce us in obliging him but he is not the brightest of men.
I’m quite in the mind to report him to the police for his behavior to my wife and to alert child protection services. My wife testimony would carry a fair bit of weight due to her job. My wife simply wants to ignore him. Reporting him would no doubt cause a lot of repercussions.
I hope this matter has blown itself out really and we both agree we need to move out asap….We did not expect this, the neighbours were home-owners, worked, seemed like a pretty standard couple. At first we got along well with the man, he proved very handy to sort out car issues at a discount and he seemed nice enough if very loud. Then it went wrong…
At the start of the year they had a baby. Baby cry, we expected that and we are ok with it. Except when the baby cried, the man would start shouting abusive stuff at the baby, “Shut the fuck up you little dick” and the likes. He also shouts at his partner and we are not quite sure if their dog (a yappy, annoying little creature) is called “Diesel” or “Shut the fuck up you little cunt”.
Whilst I can manage the situation better as I can wear ear plugs, my wife has had terrible sleep problems as their shouting woke her up. She has a job that needs her to be rested as it is mentally very demanding.
Then, a few weeks ago, I got approached by the man and explained that they could not watch Sky anymore because a tree in our front-garden was blocking the antenna line of sight to the satellite. We had in mind of changing our front garden a bit and said that the tree problem could be sorted in due time. There is absolutely no legal obligation on our part to do anything, it’s essentially tough luck to them but I was conciliatory. On Friday, the man contacted my wife by txt, demanding when the tree would be dealt with. My wife explained to him it was not our priority and we could not afford at the moment the cost of our project. She was told he did not care about that, that he would chop it himself (he has no experience as a gardener) and he had enough paying for Sky but not being able to watch it. Shortly after that we could hear him in his front garden talking about the tree over the phone to someone and he then let my wife know that the council will be there the day after.
My wife then went to knock on their door to try to discuss the situation. The discussion quickly escalated into a confrontation when she lost her rag and told him he had some nerves demanding this from us considering the shit we had to go through with the stuff described above. He was right in her face with his hand, threatened to knock her out and insulted her in every possible way. My wife was very upset and shaken by this. The day after, she heard them talking to another neighbor and essentially describing my wife as a nosey parker, that we were not aware of all the facts as to why he shouts abuse as his infant son. His partner stands by him, despite being herself regularly at the end of abusive tirades. The other neighbor can’t be unaware of his shouting and chooses to nod along. She is not aware of the bin-bag issue which is likely the root cause of her garden rat infestation. I’m minded to talk to her about this, dealt with her a few times and she seems pleasant enough.
My wife has now gone to her mum and dad for a bit as she is very wary of him and just hear him gives her the shakes. I wish I could play the hard man but he is a big bloke and I would not stand much chance against him as he would not doubt assault me if he lost his temper, he was very close to physically attack my wife. Maybe a punch in the nose would be worth it to bring assault charges against him…
We have arranged for a gardener to come, turns out there is one two houses down. The tree won’t be touched, in fact the chap suggested pruning another tree would allow it to flourish. I half-suspect the oaf next door still expects us to deal with the tree but this won’t happen now. I do hope he has sussed out that his behavior is not likely to induce us in obliging him but he is not the brightest of men.
I’m quite in the mind to report him to the police for his behavior to my wife and to alert child protection services. My wife testimony would carry a fair bit of weight due to her job. My wife simply wants to ignore him. Reporting him would no doubt cause a lot of repercussions.
I hope this matter has blown itself out really and we both agree we need to move out asap….We did not expect this, the neighbours were home-owners, worked, seemed like a pretty standard couple. At first we got along well with the man, he proved very handy to sort out car issues at a discount and he seemed nice enough if very loud. Then it went wrong…
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