Problem neighbours

[b3kaw]

Hi all, we've had a bit of an on going problem with a neighbour recently, mostly parties Friday and Saturday night 8 till 11pm then they go out for a couple of hours and the return home, and commence the party.

It's an earlier twenties girl.

Last night two male friends of hers climbed my fence and urinated in my back garden.

How would you handle it?

[knight]

Electrify the fence!

[disco!!!!]

burn her house down
problem solved

[chr15b]

For a start i'd be keeping a note of everything,in case it does escalate.

[b3kaw]

Would the police do anything?

My wife wants to go round and have a chat but she's got a short temper and will probably end up slapping her.

[dowahdiddyman]

Wait until the end of september, then when the girl goes back to college/uni, imagining she`s a student, have a massive bbq/party in the middle of the day, that`s when most students sleep. If not have one on a Sunday night that carries on until 3-4am,just make sure you book the Monday off work.
Another idea is buy a couple of Rotties.

[Liquid Knight]

When reporting these incidents to the Police it's important that you word it correctly...

"The two males exposed themselves and you are concerned that they were targeting your niece/nephew/child/children/grand children etc".

...either that or get a big dog/gun.

[hdrflow]

Is she renting? Complain to the landlord. If she owns it have your solicitor write her a letter. Of course none of the above may help not to mention any legal action can be quite expensive.

Some snow foam and a pressure washer and it should be quite fun when they're on your side of the fence.

[P1H]

For gods sake, go and talk to them, they are human beings.

[MrsThatcher]

Pics of said early 20 yo? Is she fit?

[Hoofy]

Got anything that needs nailing together or sawing in half on a Sunday morning?

[The Vambo]

Lets just see how long it takes....

[Adenauer]

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[Losangeles]

Sadly, you should also bear in mind that if you are the owner of your house, when it comes time to sell you are obliged to reply honestly to pre-contract enquiries from the buyer. This would include disclosing details of any issues you have had with the neighbours. By far best to keep it low key and avoid the police. A good line of non aggressive questioning is to ask them 'how would you feel if I climbed over your fence and relieved myself in your garden?' I can almost guarantee you will get a response that is not a valid reply to that question....keep asking the question calmly.....if they are half decent, at some point they will eventually say they wouldn't like it very much......job done.....shake their hand if you can, and forget about it.....

[stevenjhepburn]

b3kaw said:

Hi all, we've had a bit of an on going problem with a neighbour recently, mostly parties Friday and Saturday night 8 till 11pm then they go out for a couple of hours and the return home, and commence the party.

It's an earlier twenties girl.

Last night two male friends of hers climbed my fence and urinated in my back garden.

How would you handle it?

1. Speak to her
2. Contact your council anti-social behaviour team and ask for guidance
3. Keep records (dates/times/noise levels - you can use an iphone app for the last one)
4. If the records show that she is behaving outwith the guidelines, report to anti-social behaviour team
5. If she or her friends are displaying unlawful behaviour (i.e. urinating in public/public indecency) report them to the police

[stackmonkey]

b3kaw said:

Hi all, we've had a bit of an on going problem with a neighbour recently, mostly parties Friday and Saturday night 8 till 11pm then they go out for a couple of hours and the return home, and commence the party.

How would you handle it?

Lots of machinery based early morning gardening; hedgecutters, petrol powered lawn mowing, that sort of thing.
Plant particularly thorny plants where they climbed the fence.
Have the garden rose ready and set up for easy access in case you need to do some late night garden watering..

[Frances The Mute]

Are they renting the house? I would imagine they are which is what helps you.

Note instances, times, dates and get photo/video evidence. Then pass it to the council/housing authority.

[8potdave]

Just have a quiet word, try to be reasonable and just ask them nicely to keep it down. People react better to reasonable behaviour than going in all guns blazing. Then if it continues they can't say you didn't ask nicely when they get a brick through the window

[itcaptainslow]

b3kaw said:

It's an earlier twenties girl.

How would you handle it?

Smash her back doors in.

b3kaw said:

Last night two male friends of hers climbed my fence and urinated in my back garden.

How would you handle it?

A sniper nest.

[V8RX7]

My brother was on the other side of this when he was in his first house

"Neighbours complain if I have a few mates around or play music and banging doors when we get back from the pub"

"But when their kids wake me up at 7am on the weekend or generally making noise in the garden when I'm trying to relax - I'm the one being unreasonable"

Problem really is different people live different lives - talk first and see what happens.