neighbour dispute

somethingcorporate

No harm in extending the olive branch now, before it tips him over the edge.

Any dispute (which sending a letter from your solicitor would certainly be considered a dispute) would need to be declared when you sell your house.

Worthy trying the softly softly approach one more time? You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar.

gutter1

That's what we tried to do last night, I recieved an F off for my troubles. I really cannot expain how unreasonable this man is except that even his grown-up children want nothing to do with him!

Fire_Fox

If he is abusive or threatening call the police, won't do his career any good.

somethingcorporate

Can you not ask him what would resolve the situation or what outcome he would like to see? Try and work with him rather than against him

It's great getting heavy and legal, until your buyers solicitors see you have an injunction against a difficult neighbour and pull out just trying to think a bit about the broader picture here and trying to solve amicably.

NeverEnough

He obviously hates OP due to past history and will do anything to spite and damage them, so no point in constantly putting themselves in line for his abuse and threats. Quite honestly, I think the time for that is over. Speak to the builder to see if the wall setup can be changed in any way to block his pathetic behaviour.

Don't enter into any more conversations as he is likely to just become unpleasant and abusive, as those of his ilk tend to do. Unfortunate that so many whose behaviour is like that, seem to be drawn to become police officers, as its a shame that decent, well-mannered and polite officers tend to get tarred with the same brush as the thugs and yobs that hide out under the guise of being a police officer.

I would take photos and video of the behaviour, as you are doing, and send a solicitors letter outlining the issues and the proposed resolution - your household insurance may offer some legal service or at least a free consultation. You can opt for arbitration, it is less expensive than civil court proceedings - although still costly - but both parties would need to agree.

Clearly, reducing it to writing is better in a situation where he cannot talk to you without behaving like a yob.

So sorry to hear about the problems - we have a similar nightmare of a neighbour who hates us and will do anything to damage us. She contacted my employer and made all manner of defamatory allegations, nothing at all to do with the issues. Only 6 months later I was suddenly made redundant. Police refused to charge her as they claimed she had a right to contact anyone about anything she wanted, even though they acknowledged it looked spiteful and wrong, but that it was a civil case. (They love to trot that one out)

Unfortunately, you need to take action in the end, to protect your property. And collect the footage of the bad behaviour as much as possible, it will help in getting an injunction granted. Hopefully he will be unable to pay his wife out and will have to move!!!!

Kynthia

Have you spoken to the CAB yet?

mrschaucer

Plumb bob. Hacksaw. His guttering is trespassing and causing damage. He refuses to remedy it. Every time he pushes the guttering over your boundary, use the plumb bob to determine the boundary line, and cut it to this point. Keep doing it. He'll soon run out of guttering ...

Fire_Fox

mrschaucer wrote: »

Plumb bob. Hacksaw. His guttering is trespassing and causing damage. He refuses to remedy it. Every time he pushes the guttering over your boundary, use the plumb bob to determine the boundary line, and cut it to this point. Keep doing it. He'll soon run out of guttering ...

:beer::beer:

Hump

I'd pursue the issue with the employer - namely his force's 'Professional Standards' department. Essentially a Police Officer is supposed to main high standards in his/her personal/ private life - petty damage, swearing etc - might be deemed to have brought his profession into disrepute...... he could be on the wrong end of a disciplinary- this might mitigate any backlash i.e. sanctions at work vs going back to ignoring the neighbour (you)

Good luck

Fire_Fox

Hump wrote: »

I'd pursue the issue with the employer - namely his force's 'Professional Standards' department. Essentially a Police Officer is supposed to main high standards in his/her personal/ private life - petty damage, swearing etc - might be deemed to have brought his profession into disrepute...... he could be on the wrong end of a disciplinary- this might mitigate any backlash i.e. sanctions at work vs going back to ignoring the neighbour (you)

Good luck

Except there doesn't actually seem to be evidence of any of this so it would just be an unsubstantiated allegation.