Neighbour disputes in Scottish social housing.

KxMx

I had my neighbour who got the hump over the shared garden try that one on me "you've only just moved in I've been here years", I just reminded him again calmly and politely it was a shared garden with equal rights. 

I had a word with my housing officer who is on my side 100%, she was due to do his property inspection so said she would mention the garden without naming names.

Few weeks later I noticed he'd moved pots away from one of the washing lines (although they've crept back recently) and he hasn't spoken a word to me since.

I would definitely get your landlord and housing officer involved again, you have equal rights to the garden and need them asserting.

My approach with neighbour now, should he start talking to me again with complaints is to say "take it up with the Housing Officer if you are unhappy" and walk away. My HO has encouraged me to do this.

Personally I'd not engage with them again, if you are forced into it do your best to remain calm and polite, reiterate your position and walk away. 

I know it's hard but don't give them any ammunition. 

dekaspace1

KxMx said:

I had my neighbour who got the hump over the shared garden try that one on me "you've only just moved in I've been here years", I just reminded him again calmly and politely it was a shared garden with equal rights. 

I had a word with my housing officer who is on my side 100%, she was due to do his property inspection so said she would mention the garden without naming names.

Few weeks later I noticed he'd moved pots away from one of the washing lines (although they've crept back recently) and he hasn't spoken a word to me since.

I would definitely get your landlord and housing officer involved again, you have equal rights to the garden and need them asserting.

My approach with neighbour now, should he start talking to me again with complaints is to say "take it up with the Housing Officer if you are unhappy" and walk away. My HO has encouraged me to do this.

Personally I'd not engage with them again, if you are forced into it do your best to remain calm and polite, reiterate your position and walk away. 

I know it's hard but don't give them any ammunition. 

That is what my HA said to me too, its just hard when they are trying to turn other neighbours against me.

I even said earlier to speak to the landlord as they will confirm its communal, each time I say its communal they say "no its OUR garden"

I forgot to say they also tried bringing up that the guy is old and had a stroke in past and is diabetic as if that means he has more rights, yet any health issues I have aren't valid, oh well

I find it funny this bin storage area they also used to put their garden waste in and dead plants, wheelbarrow etc and they haven't cut the grass, if its communal as they say why haven't they cut it?

I mean common sense, why would I have to exit my home walk around their fence and into "my" garden yet they have access straight by their front and back door, and why would they have over double the amount of garden than me when the neighbours on the other side have a garden split exactly in half.

I think they are just old people with old views, not to be ageist but they did use age against me with the "I worked all my life" and when I heard them later they implied I had mental health issues and that meant I got a lot of freebies, and in past when puppy is excited, they told me to slap her nose to tell her whos in control.