Dreadful Neighbour Problems Involving Your Garden

He might cut an electric fence with insulated shears.
Razor wire is good, but again depending how determined he is, it could be cut away.
And then again would he revert back to targeting the car..
Pity he can't be sectioned under the mental health act.
Cc tv footage of the laburnum tree being pulled out would have been useful.

 

When the famous case of farmer Tony Martin went to court, the jury cleared him.
He'd shot a burglar.
I'd have to say that if I'd been in that jury I'd have agreed with them. Mr Martin had been targeted several times.
If trespassers walked into Buckingham palace gardens they would be arrested, so why can't that apply to anyone's private property.
Even more so when damage has been done.
One would not be amused if one's laburnum tree was pulled out I'm sure.
The law should be revised for everyone.
Every citizen should be allowed to live in peace.

 

I liked purple streaks idea,.. spreading some yucky substance on the fence tops.
A thick axle grease would be good.
Too heavy to wash away in the rain but very messy to grab hold of.
If you get it in black so much the better.

 

Returning to the photo of the offender climbing the fence. Just a legal quirk. The fence actually appears to be his.
Following on from my earlier post and Weedies question regarding enforcement. You'd be surprised at the power your local council/authority has in such cases. Also even your GP can help. This is all so worrying for you, and your general health is becoming affected, due to fear. Looking back over the comments. Abusive and even death threats shouted out by the offender. This will be taken seriously by the police.

If I may quote a personal case. My downstairs neighbour and her fancyman, were really going to town one night. The flats are not sound proofed. Now wishing to offend anyone but this is the absolute truth. They were making love or whatever. It sounded like a herd of elephants fighting. The dog was barking. This was in the middle of the night. It was so bad that it mad Valerie puke up. I banged on the floor and shouted out to pack it up. We wanted our sleep. Next morning I was in the garden and I heard the neighbour say. He's out there. Go on. Have it out with him. Then came the insults. Followed by threats. To him and his. I was the scum of the earth, I was a B*****d a C. and all manner of personages. Then he really put his foot in it. Come on. Come ouside and I'll kill you. you B...
That was it. I said to Val. Come on luv, I going to book this in. So at the police station. The story was told. Plus my addmitance that I was ex Job. Thankfully the young cop saw the importance.

A say or two later and we were intervied by the police. Then ameeting with a member of the housing staff. The neighbour also was interviewd. No messing about. She was warned that, one more complaint and OUT.

Had I not taken the matter to the police. Had it eventually come to physical, then if the boyfriend had come off worse. Me, muggings would be found guilty, as having been a police officer. I should have reacted differently. The British Justice System????????

 

You can get Anti Vandal Paint that doesn't dry properly.

 

For 20+years the police wouldn't do anything for us, plants spray, ripped up etc i won't go into detail about the other things that went on, it basiclly us like it or lup it even the police said "have a word with the CAB" when crimal damage was done

 

We had dreadful costly problems with our neighbour in Bucks. WWW (Wicked Witch of the West, a bitter jealous biddy). Stole a strip of our land, pulled up plants, broke garden lights, put glass under tyres and threw her dog poo over the six foot wall into our garden. At great expense (£2,000+ in the 90s) took her to Court and got injunction. She continued, we were told to start proceedings again. We were in the country and our cottage was the old stables to her property. This happened because I refused to chauffeur her around as I had been in the past. We were planning to move here so went down to our place on the IoW then onward to here. We sold to a lovely young couple from London (told them the drama) and they said she could not be worse than the neighbours from hell they were moving away from! We wished them well.

An old photo of a house we loved for 18 years ...

 

Perhaps weedaway you might consider listing your house for sale online yourself.
You could state the nutcase next door, and if you strike lucky (you deserve a bit of it) you might just find a robust young couple of buyers like Victoria did.
You may well have to offer it at an attractive price but life's too short to put up with an idiot like that.

 

I empathise with you weedaway. I see things haven't changed with the law there in the past 25-30 years! Our Police were great ... she would complain about us and the Police would come to us first and ask what we thought she was complaining about. One time apparently we had moved our brick built garage in the 40s with pit in it for working on cars onto her property which was actually on our property. But their hands are tied and the Court system has much to be desired.

Her property was around three sides of us, behind predominantly , to the left past our garage and those big trees to the right were hers.

I worked in law for years both in America and the UK, and was asked to join a renowned firm in Aylesbuury after I had done my own conveyancing faultlessly at a higher salary than offered, but I refused. I also got excused from Jury service because I expressed my views regarding the British law system.

weedaway, your health is not worth the stress of this moron. You seem to have a beautiful home ... where are you?

 

What a horrible situation. Mike's suggestion in seeking legal advise is a good one, even if you don't have insurance based cover, it's probably worth investing in a private consultation. They might not be able to solve the situation, but can certainly confirm what you are allowed to do to protect yourself and your property, such as taking photos and having a CCTV, and what the options are to take the situation further. A letter from a lawyer might put some fire under council's bum.

Building you own fence on your side could also allow more playroom with anti- climbing solutions.


Stay strong, @weedaway . All the best.

(Edited to remove comment on the medication. It's not my place to comment on such a personal matter, I didn't mean any offence. Sorry! )

 

Perhaps it will appear as a feature article in the Dialy whatsit.

 

Have you has a word with your local councillor or better stil, your MP?

 

What about the other neighbors?will they support you?