NEIGHBOURS FROM HELL.....or worse.

Living on good terms with your neighbours is not too much to ask, or is it?

You could be mistaken for being a nosy person,
but - just for being friendly and trying to be polite might just backfire on you.

Minding your own business and totally ignoring your neighbours as you enter and exit your own home, could one day also label you as ignorant.

EVERYDAY NUISANCE

TYPICAL OCCURANCES

Loud Music. Dogs continuously barking. Parents not capable of controlling their children. Vandalism to your property. Verbal and physical abuse.

These are to name just a few...


What does one do about these issues, you may ask.
There are various ways to put an end to the distress and helplessness you may feel.


- Environmental Health.
- Local Council.
- Police.
- Solicitors.
- Local M.P.


Patience and trying to make sense of other peoples behaviour, is one way of helping you to deal with what can be a long process in proving what is happening.

Neighbour disputes

If you are constantly disturbed by noisy neighbours, you should contact the environmental health officer at you local council. They can serve an 'abatement' notice or, in some cases, take away equipment (such as a stereo system). Or you can go to the county court to get an injunction to stop the noise. These procedures may also be used for some other kinds of nuisance.

In cases of harassment or anti-social behaviour by other tenants, you should tell your council or landlord. Some councils have mediation schemes to sort out disputes between neighbours. If the problem is serious, the landlord may take out an injunction to get the offenders to stop, or to evict them.

Some councils and registered social landlords have their own policies to protect tenants who may be harassed because of their race or, sex or if they are lesbian or gay