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Contact neighbours landlady re anti social behavior?

mangadarkogirl
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Without going on and on, we've had consistent problems with our neighbours who rent well over 12 months. It's gotten much worse since our neighbours bf moved in.
The main problem at the moment is two things.
1) their kitchen drain at the back of the property is blocked and is now leaking under our fence, full of kitchen waste, and is smelling.
2) Our neighbour has done something with another woman's husband, and now said angry wife is coming round every other night, late at night banging on the door and hurling abuse. The police were here last week.
I've found the landlady via a bit of digging, she's on facebook. I have no other way of contacting her.
Since a disagreement last year, which ended in her tenants partner getting very aggressive with my partner, we now do not speak to our neighbours, we've tried to resolve matters to be civil, but we just get verbal abuse. It's really sad, our first house and it's been a ruined experience due to them. We tried to be good neighbours, bringing in their bins with ours, receiving parcels when they were out, being considerate with parking, giving her son cookies when I bake, sharing garden tools. But we've had nothing but abuse and lack of respect in return.
My question is do I get in touch with the landlady via fb to tell her of the current problems? I have no other way to contact her. How do I put it across without her being confrontational too? I need the landlady on our side, as her tenants are very anti social and I don't think shes aware.
We've tried to address small matters with the neighbours since the argument last year and all we get is abuse, so it's pointless going through them. The landlady doesn't check the property, haven't seen her in two years.
We need to get the drain at the least sorted. The ongoing domestics are causing me stress, but I'm more concerned with any damage to our property. thanks.
The main problem at the moment is two things.
1) their kitchen drain at the back of the property is blocked and is now leaking under our fence, full of kitchen waste, and is smelling.
2) Our neighbour has done something with another woman's husband, and now said angry wife is coming round every other night, late at night banging on the door and hurling abuse. The police were here last week.
I've found the landlady via a bit of digging, she's on facebook. I have no other way of contacting her.
Since a disagreement last year, which ended in her tenants partner getting very aggressive with my partner, we now do not speak to our neighbours, we've tried to resolve matters to be civil, but we just get verbal abuse. It's really sad, our first house and it's been a ruined experience due to them. We tried to be good neighbours, bringing in their bins with ours, receiving parcels when they were out, being considerate with parking, giving her son cookies when I bake, sharing garden tools. But we've had nothing but abuse and lack of respect in return.
My question is do I get in touch with the landlady via fb to tell her of the current problems? I have no other way to contact her. How do I put it across without her being confrontational too? I need the landlady on our side, as her tenants are very anti social and I don't think shes aware.
We've tried to address small matters with the neighbours since the argument last year and all we get is abuse, so it's pointless going through them. The landlady doesn't check the property, haven't seen her in two years.
We need to get the drain at the least sorted. The ongoing domestics are causing me stress, but I'm more concerned with any damage to our property. thanks.
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contact environmental heath at your local council they will start the ball rolling re the blocked sink..Sealed pot challenger # 10
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Landlords do not normally get involved with neighbourly disputes.
The drain issue is something she should deal with, but rather than approach direct (you need not tell anyone you have found her on FB which is a very inappropriate way to do this anyway), contact the council EHO, tell them about the drain issue and ask their advice on how to deal with it. They can trace and contact the property owner /person responsible and enforce repairs without you needing to get involved. Infact, many tenancy agreements make the tenants responsible for clearing blocked drains (depending on the cause of the blockage) so this may not be the LL's responsibility anyway.
As for the anti-social behaviour, the LL cannot take any action other than evict them, and depending on the terms of their tenancy, this may not be sufficient grounds to end it anyway. You would be better reporting noise issues etc to the Council or Police if it becomes serious, aswell.0 -
What a ridiculous idea.
How would you like it if your neighbours contacted your boss at work to tell them next time you had an argument with your partner?
Mind your own business. It isn't up to the landlady to teach her tenants how to behave nicely, they aren't four year olds.poppy100 -
If you have a mind to sell, don't forget a formal complaint/dispute ought to be disclosed to a buyer which is why many folks think twice before contacting Councilgiving her son cookies when I bake
How old? Could be worth an anonymous tip-off to child protection if the household is so dysfunctional. The police will already have noted a child was present when it all kicked off.0 -
I_have_spoken wrote: »How old? Could be worth an anonymous tip-off to child protection if the household is so dysfunctional. The police will already have noted a child was present when it all kicked off.
Wow that escalated quickly. The neighbour has a blocked drain and ended up choosing the wrong man, and this is cause to call in Social Services? Do you realise how difficult it is to get off their books and left alone even if you are innocent of any accusation?0 -
I_have_spoken wrote: »
How old? Could be worth an anonymous tip-off to child protection if the household is so dysfunctional. The police will already have noted a child was present when it all kicked off.
Tip off for what exactly?
What kind of an ar*e would even suggest this.0 -
Actually contacting he landlord isn't such a daft idea - I come across lots of landlords that definitely care about the neighbours of the properties they rent out (cue lots of opposing views). If you do this then don't FB, e-mail, write with the long list of complaints - just try to arrange a phone call.
Getting the landlord's number is the tricky bit, I assume you've done a land reg search - if you're lucky the proprietors address will be listed and won't be next door's address! Drop them a brief note inviting them to give you a call, be thin on detail and make no accusations.
If this doesn't work then try the Lettings Agent - if there is one, they may be able to pass a message on, even if they did a tenant finder only service.
If this doesn't work then get hold of the environmental health officer dealing with the drain problem and ask them to pass your name and phone number onto the landlady (EHOs will probably get the landlady's details quite easily, but clearly can't pass them on to you) - they might do this.
Finally you could ask the next door neighbour to ask their landlady to contact you - probably using the excuse that you need to discuss the 'insurance' about the leak - just be careful of which number you give them to pass on (new sim in old phone springs to mind)
Once you've got hold of the landlady - be reasonable0 -
The personal disputes etc are out of the LL's hands. All she might be ableto do (assuming she wanted to) is evict, and this
a) may not be possible and
b) costs a lot (lost rent; marketing; re-decorating etc)
The drain IS her responsibility to fix.
Personally, I would be delighted if a neighbour contacted me and told me of a problem with my property (drain, slipped roof tiles whatever), though of course I'd also be relying on my tenants to tell me and/or my inspections.
Indeed, I make sure I get friendly with neighbours and give them my phone number for exactly this reason!0 -
What a ridiculous idea.
How would you like it if your neighbours contacted your boss at work to tell them next time you had an argument with your partner?
Mind your own business. It isn't up to the landlady to teach her tenants how to behave nicely, they aren't four year olds.
It's not ridiculous at all. My friend is a LL and someone complained about her tenants making lots of noise at anti social hours, so she didn't renew their tenancy.
I would contact her OP, if I were her I wouldn't want people like that living in my house.0 -
Thank You for the replies. I posted here because there is an issue in how I would contact the LL, and I appreciate everyone's comments.
Poppy10 - I don't think it's ridiculous to contact to LL. Your right she is not responsible for their behavior. But if she took the time to even drive by the property she owns, she would see the amount of damage they have caused, and maybe she would fix it? Instead we live next to a tip full of broken old toys, rusty garden tools, beer cans, cig ends etc. I have tried to reason with the tenants and just get abuse.
I have looked at the land registry, and contacted the council. I can't find/obtain the LL's details. I don't know the letting agency's details as they were here before we bought, and I have asked the neighbours before. To which I got a ''F*** Y**'.
I've had to put up with a variety of anti social behavior from my neighbours for years. I too think it's not fair to contact someone via FB, as it's their private/personal site, that's why I asked for advice here. However, with no alternative contact I have no other way of contacting the, about this or the current situation with the police/disruptions at night.Debts to date: A&L Loan: Paid Off!, :TMMU:Paid Off!, :T
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