Nightmare Neighbours?

[mickd1961]

I’ve had my fair share which is why I now live as rural as I possibly can with only one near neighbour.

On the news tonight there was the horrific story of this maniac in Gloucestershire who had made neighbours lives a misery for years and ended up stabbing a bloke to death as well as attacking other people in the same rampage.

It’s hard to fully explain how awful it is to have threatening, s h I t bag type neighbours and not only are the police useless but if you do call them you are then legally bound to declare this on the legal forms when you come to sell your house.

We had a horrible semi gypo type family who’s little bungalow was opposite the gates to one of our previous houses.

The father, son and the mother were all verbally and borderline physically abusive to my wife and verbally to my kids.

The father walked out in front of me as I came back from a run one day and stood straight in front of me ranting.

I was amazed at how little it fazed me in the moment and I just said “yeah, yeah, yeah.....whatever.....get a life” and then only felt spooked once I was back indoors.

Anyone else had previous or ongoing issues with near neighbours?

Al.......this thread could be dominated by you so could you give others a chance first please!

[Dubbag]

I have grown up in the same house here in Dublin.....Semi-detached...and our neighbor on our left side has also been in the same house...so we have been very blessed with good neighbors.........so thankfully the answer is No...

[baggieal]

I’ve had my fair share which is why I now live as rural as I possibly can with only one near neighbour.

On the news tonight there was the horrific story of this maniac in Gloucestershire who had made neighbours lives a misery for years and ended up stabbing a bloke to death as well as attacking other people in the same rampage.

It’s hard to fully explain how awful it is to have threatening, s h I t bag type neighbours and not only are the police useless but if you do call them you are then legally bound to declare this on the legal forms when you come to sell your house.

We had a horrible semi gypo type family who’s little bungalow was opposite the gates to one of our previous houses.

The father, son and the mother were all verbally and borderline physically abusive to my wife and verbally to my kids.

The father walked out in front of me as I came back from a run one day and stood straight in front of me ranting.

I was amazed at how little it fazed me in the moment and I just said “yeah, yeah, yeah.....whatever.....get a life” and then only felt spooked once I was back indoors.

Anyone else had previous or ongoing issues with near neighbours?

Al.......this thread could be dominated by you so could you give others a chance first please!

Dominated? Bit rich that word…..

[Omegstrat6]

Have only had bad neighbours once thankfully and that was years ago and was when I rented but can certainly understand how they can make day to day life pretty miserable. It's tempting just to lump them given how little the Police are able to do but of course this would just escalate things and you end up worrying what damage they might cause to your property/car etc. Feel for anyone who has this problem as it can be truly stressful. Fortunately, since then we have always had good neighbours which makes life so much easier. Where we are now, the whole village is pretty friendly and we get on well with all our neighbours. Many on our road are elderly and others have health problems but everyone looks out for each other which is good.

[Baggie Sharon]

Fortunately, I have never experienced this, must be awful. My neighbours are fine but I do like to keep them at a distance as they are very nosey! We did help them out lots during lockdown with shopping etc.

[boingy]

I had a neighbour who was a drug addict, she had blokes in and out constantly doing deals and ***. Gangs from Birmingham, big black blokes. One morning 2:30 when I was trying to sleep I was woken with hammering on the wall. She was putting pictures up. I lost it and kicked the door in and said what I thought of making that amount of noise at that time. There were three huge black blokes with rings on all fingers and wads of cash in their pockets. I made my exit and decided it was time to move as I could imagine being shot by one of them. 6 months after I moved so did they after a police raid. They even had a bloke living in the Garage. I felt sorry for the way her life had gone and after meeting her mother, I could see why. The truth is, you cant live next door to that. It was messing with my brain. Like Mick now I live in the country away from anyone. I need the peace.

[baggieal]

I had a neighbour who was a drug addict, she had blokes in and out constantly doing deals and ***. Gangs from Birmingham, big black blokes. One morning 2:30 when I was trying to sleep I was woken with hammering on the wall. She was putting pictures up. I lost it and kicked the door in and said what I thought of making that amount of noise at that time. There were three huge black blokes with rings on all fingers and wads of cash in their pockets. I made my exit and decided it was time to move as I could imagine being shot by one of them. 6 months after I moved so did they after a police raid. They even had a bloke living in the Garage. I felt sorry for the way her life had gone and after meeting her mother, I could see why. The truth is, you cant live next door to that. It was messing with my brain. Like Mick now I live in the country away from anyone. I need the peace.

Probably more white drug dealers than black and for sure some will be big too with rings on their fingers.

[mickd1961]

I had a neighbour who was a drug addict, she had blokes in and out constantly doing deals and ***. Gangs from Birmingham, big black blokes. One morning 2:30 when I was trying to sleep I was woken with hammering on the wall. She was putting pictures up. I lost it and kicked the door in and said what I thought of making that amount of noise at that time. There were three huge black blokes with rings on all fingers and wads of cash in their pockets. I made my exit and decided it was time to move as I could imagine being shot by one of them. 6 months after I moved so did they after a police raid. They even had a bloke living in the Garage. I felt sorry for the way her life had gone and after meeting her mother, I could see why. The truth is, you cant live next door to that. It was messing with my brain. Like Mick now I live in the country away from anyone. I need the peace.

Sadly mate, even moving to the country isn’t always a perfect solution.

I got chatting with a neighbour who lives 300 yards away from me a few days ago for the first time.

He’s Asian, nice enough bloke from what I could deduce yet his own next door neighbour is a nightmare.

Obviously racists and blanked him when he introduced himself to them for the first time and subsequently have battled with him over a fence they believe has overstretched their boundary by one inch!

She is a former quantity surveyor and is a pain in the a r s e about everything, he says it’s made him and his wife’s life a misery.

Both are living in £1m homes, it’s not just housing estates where you get these issues.

[boingy]

Sadly mate, even moving to the country isn’t always a perfect solution.

I got chatting with a neighbour who lives 300 yards away from me a few days ago for the first time.

He’s Asian, nice enough bloke from what I could deduce yet his own next door neighbour is a nightmare.

Obviously racists and blanked him when he introduced himself to them for the first time and subsequently have battled with him over a fence they believe has overstretched their boundary by one inch!

She is a former quantity surveyor and is a pain in the a r s e about everything, he says it’s made him and his wife’s life a misery.

Both are living in £1m homes, it’s not just housing estates where you get these issues.

Can be true too Mick for sure. I'm just glad to have some peace.