Noisy, abusive & rude council tenant neighbours
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Hi,
I live in a small cul-de-sac of 9 houses. I think 4 are council houses of less than desirable tenants. I really like our house but I hate the street most of the neighbours which is a real shame as it’s in a really nice area.
A couple of months ago one of the council housed tenants moved out and the house was renovated by the council and in moved a couple (maybe 30 years old or so) and their baby. Pretty rough looking and seemed to know the people next door to them (who also live next door to me on the other side). They seemed ok, didn’t really have anything to do with them much and never really saw them. However, a little while ago the couple were having a really mad row and the man was shouting at the top of his voice “get out of my F***ing house” and such like. He was enraged and I’ve not heard people yelling like that before. Shortly after there was a police car outside their house. Not much happened for a while, but last night at around midnight it happened again. There was lots of yelling, door slamming, then the man said “get back inside you f***ing t**t”. I’m not sure if he was yelling at his wife/girlfriend or another neighbour. Car doors slammed and then he drove off.
I’m a bit worried about several things really. Firstly for the safety of the baby, then the wife/girlfriend, then finally our cars in the street. Car doors were being slammed last night and I park next to their car. I don’t want things being thrown across the car park etc in their rows. Also, it was loud enough to wake me up last night and keep me awake until they parted company. Not too sure what to do about this.
On a similar note, there’s another council tenant who has lived in there house longer than us (so over 3 years) who seem to have a problem with us for some reason – although I’m not sure why! They scowl at us and watch us everytime we get in or out of our cars. They’re one of only 3 houses on the street with a drive, although they don’t have a car! I’m not sure if it’s jealousy as we’re aged 23 and 25 and have probably the nicest house on the street and a nice car outside, I’ve not done anything to wind them up as far as I know. I’ve had several notes put on the cars in the past telling me to not park my f****ing car here as slightly on the (council owned) grass, even though there were no parking spaces left. Their kid has put his middle finger up at me in the past too!! Don’t even know why!
I don’t feel happy where we are and I don’t know what to do about it. We often have our little niece over to stay who’s around 5 years old. I wouldn’t want her listening to the neighbours swearing at each other or reading notes left on our cars with swear words on. I’m sure I could complain to the council about the arguing neighbours but not sure I could complain about the other neighbours “giving us evils!” “or leaving the odd abusive note on our car, but it’s these things that make us feel really uncomfortable about going out in the street and cleaning the car for instance.
Any advice?
Cheers,
Dan
I live in a small cul-de-sac of 9 houses. I think 4 are council houses of less than desirable tenants. I really like our house but I hate the street most of the neighbours which is a real shame as it’s in a really nice area.
A couple of months ago one of the council housed tenants moved out and the house was renovated by the council and in moved a couple (maybe 30 years old or so) and their baby. Pretty rough looking and seemed to know the people next door to them (who also live next door to me on the other side). They seemed ok, didn’t really have anything to do with them much and never really saw them. However, a little while ago the couple were having a really mad row and the man was shouting at the top of his voice “get out of my F***ing house” and such like. He was enraged and I’ve not heard people yelling like that before. Shortly after there was a police car outside their house. Not much happened for a while, but last night at around midnight it happened again. There was lots of yelling, door slamming, then the man said “get back inside you f***ing t**t”. I’m not sure if he was yelling at his wife/girlfriend or another neighbour. Car doors slammed and then he drove off.
I’m a bit worried about several things really. Firstly for the safety of the baby, then the wife/girlfriend, then finally our cars in the street. Car doors were being slammed last night and I park next to their car. I don’t want things being thrown across the car park etc in their rows. Also, it was loud enough to wake me up last night and keep me awake until they parted company. Not too sure what to do about this.
On a similar note, there’s another council tenant who has lived in there house longer than us (so over 3 years) who seem to have a problem with us for some reason – although I’m not sure why! They scowl at us and watch us everytime we get in or out of our cars. They’re one of only 3 houses on the street with a drive, although they don’t have a car! I’m not sure if it’s jealousy as we’re aged 23 and 25 and have probably the nicest house on the street and a nice car outside, I’ve not done anything to wind them up as far as I know. I’ve had several notes put on the cars in the past telling me to not park my f****ing car here as slightly on the (council owned) grass, even though there were no parking spaces left. Their kid has put his middle finger up at me in the past too!! Don’t even know why!
I don’t feel happy where we are and I don’t know what to do about it. We often have our little niece over to stay who’s around 5 years old. I wouldn’t want her listening to the neighbours swearing at each other or reading notes left on our cars with swear words on. I’m sure I could complain to the council about the arguing neighbours but not sure I could complain about the other neighbours “giving us evils!” “or leaving the odd abusive note on our car, but it’s these things that make us feel really uncomfortable about going out in the street and cleaning the car for instance.
Any advice?
Cheers,
Dan
Edited by danyeates on Wednesday 1st September 10:05
You sure you're 23 & 15? Sounds a bit norfolk-ish if you know what I mean.
Regarding the unpleasant neighbours, no idea, I had one living in the house next to my flats shared car park. He has since been kicked out by his missus though and it's just her looking after the kids now. Isn't Karma a b
h!
Btw remember you from the vx220 forums - still got yours?
Regarding the unpleasant neighbours, no idea, I had one living in the house next to my flats shared car park. He has since been kicked out by his missus though and it's just her looking after the kids now. Isn't Karma a b
h!Btw remember you from the vx220 forums - still got yours?
Ewan S said:
You sure you're 23 & 15? Sounds a bit norfolk-ish if you know what I mean.
Regarding the unpleasant neighbours, no idea, I had one living in the house next to my flats shared car park. He has since been kicked out by his missus though and it's just her looking after the kids now. Isn't Karma a bh!
Btw remember you from the vx220 forums - still got yours?
Oops, I'm 25, not 15, I'm sure!Regarding the unpleasant neighbours, no idea, I had one living in the house next to my flats shared car park. He has since been kicked out by his missus though and it's just her looking after the kids now. Isn't Karma a b
h!Btw remember you from the vx220 forums - still got yours?
I don't find the arguing neighbours unpleasant to me, they've said hi and seem friendly enough, but he seems scary when he's rowing with his OH. The fact the police have been round worries me. Don't think it's a very good environment for the baby to be growing up in, but then, what's it to do with me? Should I just keep out?!
The moody neighbours do bug me. Tempted to move but struggling to afford anything decent around here. It would mean moving quite a distance from work to get something better in our price range. Funny, I always thought £200k would buy you a fairly decent house!
Haven't been on VX220.org for a VERY long time! I needed something more practical and something that would tow so I bought am Audi S4 Avant. My dad still has a couple of VX220's including one mad stage 3 turbo. Both are SORN at the moment though as he's not had the time to use them
It's not a sh*t neighbourhood and maybe I made it sound worse than it really is. The other neighbours are lovely, it's just these two I have problems with. The gardens are very well kept, the street is block paved, clean and tidy, there's no broken cars or engines left in gardens or drives etc and it's right on the edge of the New Forest so it's actually quite nice on first impressions. The houses of these people are actually quite nice!
danyeates said:
Nimbus said:
Move.... and next time, be more careful where you buy.
Thanks, will bear that in mind! 
Some people are just a
holes.. They are in their own little world, and don't give a monkeys about you, what you think, or whether their behaviour is in any way impacting you.
No amount of reasoning with them, complaining, or anything else will make a difference.
Targarama said:
1. Invite the ogling neighbours around for a BBQ, even if you don't get friendly with them it may break the ice and they will learn that you are reasonable humans getting on with life and not some rich gits to envy.
2. The arguing couple will probably split up soon, bide your time.
1. It's something I had considered, but since their little kid started swearing at us (he must have been influenced to dislike us by his parents for whatever reason) and they started leaving abusive notes on our car, I've gone off the idea!2. The arguing couple will probably split up soon, bide your time.
2. You're probably right.
Nimbus said:
danyeates said:
Nimbus said:
Move.... and next time, be more careful where you buy.
Thanks, will bear that in mind! Some people are just a
holes.. They are in their own little world, and don't give a monkeys about you, what you think, or whether their behaviour is in any way impacting you.
No amount of reasoning with them, complaining, or anything else will make a difference.
danyeates said:
Nimbus said:
danyeates said:
Nimbus said:
Move.... and next time, be more careful where you buy.
Thanks, will bear that in mind! Some people are just a
holes.. They are in their own little world, and don't give a monkeys about you, what you think, or whether their behaviour is in any way impacting you.
No amount of reasoning with them, complaining, or anything else will make a difference.
jshell said:
danyeates said:
Nimbus said:
danyeates said:
Nimbus said:
Move.... and next time, be more careful where you buy.
Thanks, will bear that in mind! Some people are just a
holes.. They are in their own little world, and don't give a monkeys about you, what you think, or whether their behaviour is in any way impacting you.
No amount of reasoning with them, complaining, or anything else will make a difference.
danyeates said:
Any advice?
Move. Seriously. Reminds me of my first home (ex-council property) - jealous neighbours (usually the wives), noisy neighbours, having to larf at their chav humour to get on with them. Just keep friendly with them, save up and move on because they won't change.Edited by fido on Wednesday 1st September 17:15
I had a woman living next to me who was a council tenant. She was a nightmare. The thefts of post from the post boxes on the lobby and attempts at ID fraud started quickly enough after she moved in and it quickly escalated into screaming matches and fights with her bloke where I twice had to call the police out. She would yell 'Get in the fking car, you fking ' at her 5 year old daughter in the car park and shout out her window to ger friends parked outside her flat with music blaring in their cars late at night. There was also smoking weed in the hallway and rubbish strewn over the floor outside her door.
I once went and knocked on her door because she was making so much noise and she told me to fk off and slammed the door in my face, then confronted me the next day to tell me to 'Back the fk off'.
Eventually, I wrote to her landlord, guessing that there was a mail redirect in place and told them what was happening. She was evicted, but apparently decided that she could take all the furniture with her (which the landlords didn't know until I told them). The landlords changed the locks and she came back and kicked off because she couldn't get in after she'd been evicted.
The landlord's mother came and knocked on my door afterwards and told me she was gone, but seemed quite pissed off that they'd lost their tenant and said 'well, at least she didn't spill a glass of red wine on the carpet'.
There's no helping some people.
king car, you fking ' at her 5 year old daughter in the car park and shout out her window to ger friends parked outside her flat with music blaring in their cars late at night. There was also smoking weed in the hallway and rubbish strewn over the floor outside her door.I once went and knocked on her door because she was making so much noise and she told me to f
k off and slammed the door in my face, then confronted me the next day to tell me to 'Back the fk off'.Eventually, I wrote to her landlord, guessing that there was a mail redirect in place and told them what was happening. She was evicted, but apparently decided that she could take all the furniture with her (which the landlords didn't know until I told them). The landlords changed the locks and she came back and kicked off because she couldn't get in after she'd been evicted.
The landlord's mother came and knocked on my door afterwards and told me she was gone, but seemed quite pissed off that they'd lost their tenant and said 'well, at least she didn't spill a glass of red wine on the carpet'.
There's no helping some people.
danyeates said:
Targarama said:
1. Invite the ogling neighbours around for a BBQ, even if you don't get friendly with them it may break the ice and they will learn that you are reasonable humans getting on with life and not some rich gits to envy.
2. The arguing couple will probably split up soon, bide your time.
1. It's something I had considered, but since their little kid started swearing at us (he must have been influenced to dislike us by his parents for whatever reason) and they started leaving abusive notes on our car, I've gone off the idea!2. The arguing couple will probably split up soon, bide your time.
2. You're probably right.
£200k and you live on a council estate! jees life can be crap sometime you would get a 4 bed detached with double garage up here.
Rent it out to the council and rent another house in a nicer area, you would still own the house the council will look after it, refurbish it and decorate it after each eviction and you get to pick your new neighbours in a different area.
Rent it out to the council and rent another house in a nicer area, you would still own the house the council will look after it, refurbish it and decorate it after each eviction and you get to pick your new neighbours in a different area.
danyeates said:
It's not a sh*t neighbourhood and maybe I made it sound worse than it really is.
No you really didn't.You live on a road full of council tenants and the sum total of your complaint is that one couple has had 2 arguments and another bloke doesn't smile at you.
I think you are weird.
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