Can neighbour complaints get us thrown out?

Marvel1

LandyAndy wrote: »

No. This couple smoke and their neighbour finds it offensive to have to smell that continually. They have done little or nothing to address that.
You might also like to google 'straw man'.

They moved towards the back of the garden, didn't work, so OP is now vaping instead.

What more do you want?!!

Red-Squirrel_2

cjdavies wrote: »

They moved towards the back of the garden, didn't work, so OP is now vaping instead.

What more do you want?!!

Yes the OP is doing the right thing, and I wish her all the best in stopping and possibly saving her own life. It sounds like her boyfriend is digging his heels in like a stubborn child though, probably deliberately blowing smoke over the fence to prove his point that he can do what he wants without worrying about others!

martinbuckley

armchaireconomist wrote: »

write slanderous statuses on FB...

A screenshot and a court summons will sort this issue out.

prowla

I have to say that the smell of vaping is not half as bad as the stench of cigarette smoke.

Morglin

Rightly or wrongly, smoking, if not in certain public places, is a perfectly legal pastime.

Councils certainly wouldn't be able to do anything.

Ignore her.

Davesnave

Amazed this thread is still going!


As usual, GM made a succinct summing-up of the situation, which needs no expansion.


There is no more, other than people's own personal feelings about the matter, which I won't add to

Go out and enjoy the sunshine, with or without a fag....

G_M wrote: »

Yes. And no.


If you have a fixed term contract, you are secure for the period of the fixed term. She cannot get you thrown out. At the end of the fixed term (or after 6 months if your contract is currently periodic) the landlord could 'throw you out' (well, serve a 2 month S21 Notice) if he wished. So depends if he

a) cares about the neighbour
b) believes the neighbour
enough to lose a good tenant, incur the costs of a void and finding a replacement, and gamble on the next tenant not being worse.

PhilE

Morglin wrote: »

Rightly or wrongly, smoking, if not in certain public places, is a perfectly legal pastime.

Councils certainly wouldn't be able to do anything.

Ignore her.

No, you dont ignore things like this, you come to the best reasonable conclusion for all.

If you had a baby in a room that was inhaling cigarette smoke, would you wish to be ignored? This isnt the case here, but my point is you cant ignore everybody else around you. You have to consider their position.

rosyw

I see that, as expected, the anti smoking brigade on here have appeared in force.

OP, you've moved further down the garden, you're vaping instead of smoking. more than accommodating if you ask me! In my experience, once you start to give in against neighbours such as these, they'll never stop. If it's not the smoking, it'll be something else, maybe they'll say your too noisy out there, voices too loud etc. I've seen this all before The neighbour is nothing more than a bully.

I smoke, when I'm at home, in MY house, I smoke, I also smoke in my garden, if anyone were to moan about what I do in my own house or garden they'd be told exactly where to go! When I visit my daughter, who rents, I smoke in the garden as the landlord doesn't want people smoking in the house - fair enough, his house, his rules.

This last time I heard of a situation like this,the tenants, a very quiet family,were eventually forced to move due to the unwarranted complaints of a neighbour like this, the landlord, well aware of the situation, promptly moved the "family from hell" into the house and told the neighbour that ANY further complaints would be reported as harassment. KARMA!

lookstraightahead

Sounds like bullying and harassment to me. I am not a smoker but of course you can smoke in your garden. Never heard of anything so ridiculous.

PhilE

rosyw wrote: »

I see that, as expected, the anti smoking brigade on here have appeared in force.

OP, you've moved further down the garden, you're vaping instead of smoking. more than accommodating if you ask me! In my experience, once you start to give in against neighbours such as these, they'll never stop. If it's not the smoking, it'll be something else, maybe they'll say your too noisy out there, voices too loud etc. I've seen this all before The neighbour is nothing more than a bully.

I smoke, when I'm at home, in MY house, I smoke, I also smoke in my garden, if anyone were to moan about what I do in my own house or garden they'd be told exactly where to go! When I visit my daughter, who rents, I smoke in the garden as the landlord doesn't want people smoking in the house - fair enough, his house, his rules.

This last time I heard of a situation like this,the tenants, a very quiet family,were eventually forced to move due to the unwarranted complaints of a neighbour like this, the landlord, well aware of the situation, promptly moved the "family from hell" into the house and told the neighbour that ANY further complaints would be reported as harassment. KARMA!

I think the OP is reasonable in this case.

However, you should be aware of the karma caused by smoking. Your premature death.