neighbours huge decking

annie206

trex227 said:

I wouldn’t bother trying to plant anything to block the view- I can imagine whatever you plant “mysteriously” dying. Just go straight down the council route

Hi trex227, just came on here to update the situation and re read your comment. So, your prediction came true, she has actually poisoned my plants. I've lost 3 young trees and the shrubs planted in front of them. That could be put down to the heatwave, but in front of each shrub is a dead yellow line in the lawn. A gardener said it was a dead giveaway to weed killer. Looks like it was either squirted over or under the fence. Things have turned bad.

DoaM

What about the very first reply to this thread?  

annie206

Hello everyone,  I thought I'd give another update on the fence/decking nightmare. So lots has happened since my last update. I've had to put the decking situation on hold as the fence situation took a pretty sinister turn. We had workmen arrive to do some work on our wall, this wall runs inside our boundary and is concreted to our steps that lead into our garden, these steps are concreted to our house. She had her grey plastic fence erected so it runs in line with our wall, clearly in our garden. We were going to live with it to save the peace but when we started working  on our wall her and her daughter came out screaming that it was their wall and so were the steps and they would be taking them. They then stood swearing in my husbands face from less than a foot away, the 3 workmen all witnessed this and said it was disgusting,  so I contacted the mediator again and told him. This was in June, he came out and told us and her that the wall was ours and her fence was trespassing. She disputed it and went to a solicitor. To cut a long story short, shes tried everything and is about £6000 down so far, but her solicitor finally conceded that her fence will have to come down as we have a Determined Boundary registered at the LR. During the last few months she's thrown weedkiller over the fence, killing 3 of my trees, various shrubs and parts of the lawn. Also, about 3 weeks ago her daughter painted a huge pentagram on the lawn in gloss paint, then 3 of them dressed in stupid black duffel coats stood around it chanting. In the middle was a casserole dish, obviously meant to be a cauldron, which they set fire to. All this was aimed at us. My sister pointed out that this could have scared someone half to death. We have the whole thing on film and I'm considering going to the police and reporting them for harassment. So regarding the decking, I have discovered more by talking to other neighbours and it appears that just before we moved in 2 years ago she extended it out by about 3 feet. So I went looking on the Internet and as she used to run her house as a B&B I found photos of how it used to look, so I now have photos of it before she extended it. Now the fence debacle is over I will be going to the planning office about her decking. Maybe if she hadn't been so spiteful we wouldn't be where we are now. Thank you all for your comments, I hope to update you again soon.

sweetsand

Thank You OP. I've read most of the thread but not all of it. Are they renting?
Seems like a nightmare. Please take care and if they try to pick a fight with you, call 999.
x

annie206

sweetsand said:

Thank You OP. I've read most of the thread but not all of it. Are they renting?
Seems like a nightmare. Please take care and if they try to pick a fight with you, call 999.
x

Hi sweetsand, no, she owns her house unfortunately. Her Son in Law has already threatened my husband, but since then I've discovered he is awaiting trial for GBH, so I will go armed with all my photos to the police and see what they say. I have photos and videos of them staring in our windows and the silly seance on the lawn and of the stripes of weed killer across the lawn. Im way past the scared and intimidated stage now ive realised they're just a bunch of idiots with not a brain a cell between them x

AdrianC

annie206 said:

During the last few months she's thrown weedkiller over the fence, killing 3 of my trees, various shrubs and parts of the lawn.

Criminal damage...

Also, about 3 weeks ago her daughter painted a huge pentagram on the lawn in gloss paint, then 3 of them dressed in stupid black duffel coats stood around it chanting. In the middle was a casserole dish, obviously meant to be a cauldron, which they set fire to. All this was aimed at us. My sister pointed out that this could have scared someone half to death. We have the whole thing on film and I'm considering going to the police and reporting them for harassment.

Scared to death? I'd be more likely to die of laughter... And the only place that film'd be going is youtube and FB...

annie206

AdrianC said:

annie206 said:

During the last few months she's thrown weedkiller over the fence, killing 3 of my trees, various shrubs and parts of the lawn.

Criminal damage...

Also, about 3 weeks ago her daughter painted a huge pentagram on the lawn in gloss paint, then 3 of them dressed in stupid black duffel coats stood around it chanting. In the middle was a casserole dish, obviously meant to be a cauldron, which they set fire to. All this was aimed at us. My sister pointed out that this could have scared someone half to death. We have the whole thing on film and I'm considering going to the police and reporting them for harassment.

Scared to death? I'd be more likely to die of laughter... And the only place that film'd be going is youtube and FB...

Yes, my sister said it could have scared someone, and my other neighbour said it was disturbing but it'll take a lot more than 3 clowns in duffel coats setting fire to a casserole dish surrounded by cheap candles to scare me. I have 30 minutes of the madness, and yes, it's hilarious to be honest. But i can see how it might scare some people. I bet they were devastated the next day when we appeared fit and healthy

Jeepers_Creepers

My jaw was on the floor reading your posts, Annie. Unbelievable - I mean, "I'm considering going to the police and reporting them for harassment."?

What?! You are considering going to the police?!

As said above, the weedkiller was criminal damage and, I suspect, criminal trespass (they effectively came on to your land). The shouting and swearing is - what? - harassment at 'best' and threatening behaviour almost certainly; "The offender is determined guilty if they are found to have intended to cause such offence by the use of words, behaviour or written signs and other representations" (like trying to excise you via the occult... :-) )  

Be brave, be strong. You know this needs to be tackled now, and bullies only respond to one thing. Record, note down, record. Let them rant, and you be totally reasonable - most bullies simply cannot cope with that as they expect - hope- to bring you down to their level of behaviour.

Have your local Bobby on speed dial and do not hesitate to call them for each and every unacceptable bit of behaviour from them. 

Good luck with the Planning Dept, but you do have tree screening as a fall back - although it'll now require CCTV and possibly soil samples to be taken at regular intervals. (Do a Google for 'chemical testing' or similar, and have all this sort of thing ready for if it's needed.)

annie206

Jeepers_Creepers said:

My jaw was on the floor reading your posts, Annie. Unbelievable - I mean, "I'm considering going to the police and reporting them for harassment."?

What?! You are considering going to the police?!

As said above, the weedkiller was criminal damage and, I suspect, criminal trespass (they effectively came on to your land). The shouting and swearing is - what? - harassment at 'best' and threatening behaviour almost certainly; "The offender is determined guilty if they are found to have intended to cause such offence by the use of words, behaviour or written signs and other representations" (like trying to excise you via the occult... :-) )  

Be brave, be strong. You know this needs to be tackled now, and bullies only respond to one thing. Record, note down, record. Let them rant, and you be totally reasonable - most bullies simply cannot cope with that as they expect - hope- to bring you down to their level of behaviour.

Have your local Bobby on speed dial and do not hesitate to call them for each and every unacceptable bit of behaviour from them. 

Good luck with the Planning Dept, but you do have tree screening as a fall back - although it'll now require CCTV and possibly soil samples to be taken at regular intervals. (Do a Google for 'chemical testing' or similar, and have all this sort of thing ready for if it's needed.)

Thanks for that comment Jeepers. It did make us laugh "excise you via the occult". But seriously, yes, i must go to the police, i just hate being a victim, but enough is enough. There was a time 6 months ago when I hated going in the garden, and everytime i saw her daughters car pull up my heart would race and I'd feel sick. But the seance changed it all for me, it was so stupid and comical that I can only see them as the fools they are. 
I have had all my photos printed and ill take them along to the police next week, and then I'm off to the planning department. 
Thanks for all your advice, it's really appreciated. It's nice to know I'm not going mad! X

Mojisola

annie206 said:

But seriously, yes, i must go to the police, i just hate being a victim, but enough is enough.

There was a time 6 months ago when I hated going in the garden, and everytime i saw her daughters car pull up my heart would race and I'd feel sick. But the seance changed it all for me, it was so stupid and comical that I can only see them as the fools they are.

By taking action and going to the police, you will probably feel more in control and less like a victim.