Neighbour and management threatening fines and eviction

sal_III

gomer wrote: »

Perhaps he didn't misunderstand you at all & now thinks it will be less trouble to him if you leave early. Truthfully i don't see this ending well. The neighbour has clearly taken a rather strong disliking to you and is prepared to cause serious problems for you & your landlord clearly doesn't want to be dragged into it.

Fortunately for OP, the neighbor is on the receiving end, being downstairs and the LL is on their side, so not much that can happen.

gomer

That sadly doesn't stop the neighbours bullying them with solicitors & harassing them to try and drive them out.

Mojisola

gomer wrote: »

That sadly doesn't stop the neighbours bullying them with solicitors & harassing them to try and drive them out.

It would be worth keeping a diary of every contact the neighbours make with a view to reporting them to the police for harassment if it get too bad.

Annastin

That's a great idea. I'll start recording any and all interactions with her, starting with the visit when she first threatened us with fines and eviction.

Mojisola wrote: »

It would be worth keeping a diary of every contact the neighbours make with a view to reporting them to the police for harassment if it get too bad.

phill99

Comms69 wrote: »

Not the right topic for this, but just to be absolutely clear a fixed penalty notice is not a fine. It's an out of court disposal.


You agree to it. A fine is imposed.

Ok. Acknowledged.

princeofpounds

Well done for addressing it directly. Maybe you’ll get a lawyer’s letter, it is highly unlikely to mean much but they often are designed to sound threatening (to please their client), so don’t get shocked or worried if one lands on the doormat. Hopefully that’s the end of it.

Comms69

CJRyder wrote: »

Agreed, Common Law and Article 8 are not statute but certainly more legally binding than constant harassment regarding fines and eviction. If the neighbour wishes to involve the Council or any other public body then that is their prerogative. If a public authority wishes to involve themselves in this then yes, the second half applies. I doubt the neighbour themselves is a public authority though. I would also argue that the OP has taken steps to minimise disturbance and is abiding by the second half of Article 8.

I would love to see the common law on WOIRA?


As for Article 8 (and the rest of the ECHR) - it doesn't apply to private individuals. It's about the state vs public dynamic.

Comms69

princeofpounds wrote: »

Well done for addressing it directly. Maybe you’ll get a lawyer’s letter, it is highly unlikely to mean much but they often are designed to sound threatening (to please their client), so don’t get shocked or worried if one lands on the doormat. Hopefully that’s the end of it.

You can usually tell if the solicitor takes it serious by the wording.


If it says "My client intends to / claims / etc." the solicitor doesn't think it has legs.

RelievedSheff

Jox wrote: »

Not a practical option always (not living in a flat), we can't all afford to rent a house, plus even if you live in a house you may still get a moany neighbour

They could have rented a ground floor flat for example where the noise of their children running on the floor would not have been a problem to the neighbours.

No need for it to be a house.

And yes you can still get noisy neighbours in a house. We were subjected to them for 12 years!

Out,_Vile_Jelly

Let's hope they waste money on a solicitor's letter. Just pass it straight onto your LL.


I'm saving furiously with the aim of moving to a detached house as far as possible from any neighbours. This country is just getting more and more choked with tiny, flimsy properties crammed together. Hideous way to have to live.