What can we do?

honeyD

carefullycautious wrote: »

Have they caused any criminal damage yet. If not I would try to ignore them to see if they get fed up. Have you spoken to the neighbours they are visiting. I would ask them calmly why they think these youths are targetting you like this. If they are as bad then maybe not such a good idea.

Not sure of your family dynamics but could you downsize to another property. Would the Housing association transfer you if they thought you had the size of home they need?

Yes, had the windows broken in the past. We have ignored it for 6 years, they dont seem to get fed up until they leave school though Im sure some of these lot have since they come round during the day/morning now too and not just later in the evening.
We are a couple in a 3 bed house so we could downsize and I am willing to but HA would only give us a flat in a high rise which is no good as we have dogs and Im not willing to give them up because of these idiots causing trouble. I would see about getting a house swap but the house isnt in that good condition although we try our best with decoration and everything. There is work that needs doing to it before we could even consider trying for a swap and we just cant afford to do it right now.
Id take anywhere as long as it had a little garden/yard and decent neighbours.

carefullycautious

I think I would be getting a hose pipe out of one of the bedroom windows and spraying the rotten ****** They make peoples life a misery.

We too at our last house had problems like this so downsized to escape it. Luckily a young family wanted our house and we had their flat. As the hubby was younger and fitter than either of us it never happened again. It really is a bullying tactic. As the above op said once they retaliated like for like it stopped, not saying this would be the solution for you. I wonder what would happen if you took a ball out and started kicking it at the neighbours window?

I would feel like doing this and saying for every football that hits my window another is going to hit yours same goes for egg throwing and paint.

carefullycautious

Just read your reply you are in the best position to get an exchange. Dont transfer into a high rise. I bet there are hundreds of people who need your 3 bed. If you advertise it you will be inundated. Dont worry about the decor people see through this. My property wasnt up to date decor wise (it was clean just a little old fashioned) and was due a new kitchen and bathroom but that did not put off the people viewing

There will be the ideal property out there for you and your dogs. I moved with two dogs into a GF flat backing onto fields and near woodland and love it.

Get your advert in!!!

also we moved off an estate onto a road that is really a feeder road to another estate. The advantage is that no children play or congregate out the front due to this. We are far enough away from the road for it not to make any problems. We also have a long rear garden that backs onto private fields so dont get any problems. Do your homework when looking at propertys. Keep away from housing that have high numbers of children and places they can congregate. You really are in a better position when downsizing to choose the best place for you. View at different times of the day and night plus weekends. Look for places where there are older residents. There is light at the end of the tunnel. Just make sure you do your homework.

Fire_Fox

Ward councillors or MPs can have a surprising amount of leverage when they need it, if they don't take you seriously get the press involved that often embarasses councillors or MPs into taking an issue seriously. Definitely speak to your neighbourhood policing team as well by ringing the non-emergency number and asking for an appointment.

honeyD

Can we still swap if we have taken over the property from someone else already? Would they just be given a new tenancy?

solodanceparty

poppysarah wrote: »

You know I was just going to ask what the police are doing, whether you have CCTV.

But I know sadly from bitter experience that the police don't always respond to incidents that get reported to them.

I'd say move for peace of mind and a better quality of life, but if that's impossible you need to find out where your local homewatch is and go and ask the coppers who go to those meetings what they're doing about ASB.

Ring and get a log number for every incident. Put CCTV up.

Mind you, we've got CCTV up here which has reduced the problems here but the same youths now shout at us when we go out in the car.
My next step is CCTV in the car.
The police haven't responded to the last couple of calls I've made - one including having one of the yobs spit at the car.

No wonder that poor woman killed herself in the end
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I thought of this story. What's the point of the police when they don't do anything?

carefullycautious

Can we still swap if we have taken over the property from someone else already? Would they just be given a new tenancy?


Not sure what you mean by this. Did you exchange to this property? You can do a mutual exchange as many times as you like. Why would the other people be given a new tenancy. Are you saying that you are not the tenants?

If you can clarify what you mean Ill try to help

honeyD

carefullycautious wrote: »

Can we still swap if we have taken over the property from someone else already? Would they just be given a new tenancy?


Not sure what you mean by this. Did you exchange to this property? You can do a mutual exchange as many times as you like. Why would the other people be given a new tenancy. Are you saying that you are not the tenants?

If you can clarify what you mean Ill try to help

Sorry should have explained better. We took over the tenancy from my parents as they moved but we had nowhere else to go. You can only do this once, so I was wondering if this would rule out swapping.

mumcoll

If the neighbour's house - where the antisocial people are gathering - are also tenants of the HA, they are responsible for the behaviour of any visitors to their property. Action can be taken against them if they are allowing antisocial behaviour to happen by visitors to their property. Also, I'm sure you can mutually exchange if you succeeded the tenancy of your current property.

honeyD

mumcoll wrote: »

If the neighbour's house - where the antisocial people are gathering - are also tenants of the HA, they are responsible for the behaviour of any visitors to their property. Action can be taken against them if they are allowing antisocial behaviour to happen by visitors to their property. Also, I'm sure you can mutually exchange if you succeeded the tenancy of your current property.

Hi thanks for that. I do note on the diary sheets which house they are gathered at and it seems to mostly be the same 2. The only problem is 1 own the house and other other is HA tenant. The only thing HA will do about the home owners is mediation which is not even worth bothering with really.
I do always say to my Husband though that its those who live there that will get in trouble for it since they dont stop them. These people should have enough respect not to cause trouble outside their houses but what can I expect when their kids do it too.
We live in an area that has a lot of kids/teens so if someone with kids around the same age moved in I think they would be alright but we have never been in the age range as these people so never really had any conversations or such with them which is why we dont know names.
My parents hated living here which is strange since this is the place we have lived longest ever lol. I dont know why but I thought maybe things would change for us and we wouldnt get trouble. I thought they may do it because my Mam was always cleaning the windows off after they threw eggs or mud so they would do it more but looks like I was wrong about that and they just want trouble no matter why!