Issue with "house guest" next door.

Rosemary7391

No, you contact the relevant authorities - police as you've done, and maybe social services now you say there is a child involved, and keep notes for them/do what they ask. Don't keep bothering the landlord - the only thing the landlord could do is evict the tenant (subject to fixed terms etc) and how does that help them? The landlord cannot stop the boyfriend living there if the tenant is happy to let him.

ReadingTim

The sad fact of the matter is that the police will have little time for what is essentially low-level anti-social behaviour: smoking a bit of weed, having a row with the missus and driving around and generally behaving like an @rsehole is far from uncommon amongst certain sections of 'the community' and sadly there seems to be precious little the rest of us can do about it.

It may sound defeatist, but I think you're on a hiding to nothing with this one OP

Guest101

elsien wrote: »

The police can take further action in domestic violence cases even if the person does not want to press charges, if there is enough evidence for them to do so. Saying that they can't is passing the buck. It is not the landlords responsbility to police the behaviour of her tenant and guests.

As above, keep a diary and keep reporting if it is getting out of hand. Report to social services if you genuinely believe a child is in danger.

No such thing as pressing charges in England. The police don't act because the gf would just say nothing happened in court.

kev-insted

Thanks to all for taking time to respond.

pmlindyloo

ReadingTim wrote: »

The sad fact of the matter is that the police will have little time for what is essentially low-level anti-social behaviour: smoking a bit of weed, having a row with the missus and driving around and generally behaving like an @rsehole is far from uncommon amongst certain sections of 'the community' and sadly there seems to be precious little the rest of us can do about it.

It may sound defeatist, but I think you're on a hiding to nothing with this one OP

We have no idea what drugs are involved, whether this was a row with 'the missus' (what a quaint phrase) and why the Op intervened suspecting abuse of the tenant and/or the child. You have made assumptions, all of which may be correct, but still assumptions.

OP, you have been advised about the tenant/landlord situation. The police will investigate any criminal matters. You can contact the NSPCC if you have concerns about the child. Keep a log of all incidents.

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/what-you-can-do/report-abuse/

getmore4less

kev-insted wrote: »

So we do stand by when we suspect a 4 year old is being subjected to some form of abuse?

do what other agencies like the public guardian would do.....

Report to the police and/or the the local authority children services.

Rambosmum

kev-insted wrote: »

So we do stand by when we suspect a 4 year old is being subjected to some form of abuse?

*Waves social work hat around* if you suspect domestic abuse and the child is a witness you should call your local social service. You'll need the child's name, address and school if applicable.

Witness means in the house when it is going on, not necessarily in the same room as evidence has shown that hearing DV can be as damaging or more so than seeing it.

Cheeky_Monkey

kev-insted wrote: »

Add to this: drug use in the property

Just curious as to how you know this?

LadyGMadameToThee

This is exactly the problem with private landlords. They run houses into states of delapidation and disrepair & then they lease them to the kind of people who would have originally been housed on council estates but are now destroying once well-heeled and HAPPY areas. I'm delighted to hear the banks have cracked down on BTL mortgages and the government are hitting them hard with taxation. They are a plague on the very fabric of our society!

Tammykitty

LadyGMadameToThee wrote: »

This is exactly the problem with private landlords. They run houses into states of delapidation and disrepair & then they lease them to the kind of people who would have originally been housed on council estates but are now destroying once well-heeled and HAPPY areas. I'm delighted to hear the banks have cracked down on BTL mortgages and the government are hitting them hard with taxation. They are a plague on the very fabric of our society!

Seriously judgmental - how would this situation be any different if the neighbor owned her house and moved her boyfriend in?


Also - how would it be different if the OP and the neighbor were both council tenants?


OP - the issue is nothing to do with the tenant/landlord relationships - the appropriate authorities for reporting this are police/social services (child protection) and council (Noise issues).


The landlord does not control what the tenant gets up to in their own home.


If you are actually worried about the mother and child - talk to the mother, let her know you are there to support her, and she is free to contact you anytime of the day or night if she feels in danger, and let her know there is support out there for her.