Neighbour Rage

[matt]

Originally Posted by xelasnave

Do you think that a nice letter to him explaining why it is a problem could help.

and hope like hell that you don't get a 'nice' letter back, wrapped around a brick tossed through your front window, politely telling you where to go!!!

But seriously, i'm with you Alex. Try being reasonable first....

[xelasnave]

I feel I little hypocritical given my post re kids and tagging.
alex

[tornado33]

I have an elderly lady's property at the back of my place, she turns on a floodlight to see when she goes into her backyard or garage at night but she is very frugal with it, turning it on only long enough to see what she is doing, always turning it off immediately she is finished, so its usually on for only a few mins at a time. I do dred when she departs this mortal coil, we will surely get electricity lovers who will leave it on, if that happens I will make up a tarp that I can put up on poles whenever I am observing to block the light. Because I mainly do imaging, as long as the light doesnt fall directly onto the scope or lens, it wont cause too much problem.
Scott

[Glenhuon (Bill)]

Don't know a lot about Aus law, but don't they have a law about disturbing the peace. If not, time they invoked one and made it stick. There's an ancient one in Scotland which is still on the statutes "Disturbing The Peace Of the Leiges" and the cops make use of it when required.
If I remember correctly it applies after sundown.

Bill

[Glenhuon (Bill)]

I have an elderly neighbour on one side, but although she talks at about 100Db through the day (sure she's a bit deaf) never hear her after sundown. The guy on the other side has 2 vicious dogs, one of them came over the fence and chewed hell out our little one, but we didn't see it so couldn't do anything. It got out again and did the same to my mates dog a few doors up, but this time it was seen and he got a visit from the cops and was forced to pay the vets bills. Pretty sure the vet would have padded it up a bit too as she treated our dog and knew the score
He used to have a bloody spotlight on half the night too, my lady had me extend the fence height by 400mm and it blocks that now. Since the dog incident he's been pretty quiet, and long may it continue.

Bill

[Ian Robinson]

Originally Posted by leon

Ian, don't put yourself in jail over some twit, is it really worth it. however, having said that, if there is threat to your family, then "WHACK HIM" hard.

Leon

He has threatened our lives , reason for the AVO , so if I catch him putting so much as a toe onto my property , or even looking at us , I will consider this a serious threat to my family and myself and any action I take will be in "self defence" , I will clobber him if I can physically catch him - and as hard as I can , I don't want him getting up again afterwards as he is totally unpredictable and crazy as they come.

[Ian Robinson]

Originally Posted by xelasnave

May I suggest you think kindly about him and take the approach in the Bible to love your neighbour.

Do you think that a nice letter to him explaining why it is a problem could help.

alex

Love thy neighbour be dammed .... I hate the SOB and want him gone , one way or another .

I have had a gut full of his bulldust and don't see why I should have put up with some mad cretin who should not be in general circulation but should be living permanently in the Loonie Bin.

You'd feel the same way if he was your next door neighbour too and you've had to put with his crazy crap for over ten years , and it is getting worse lately .

[Ian Robinson]

Originally Posted by matt

and hope like hell that you don't get a 'nice' letter back, wrapped around a brick tossed through your front window, politely telling you where to go!!!

But seriously, i'm with you Alex. Try being reasonable first....

With some people being reasonable does not work .... I tried that several years ago , not long after he moved in, I got really vile verbal abuse, and my car two bobbed one night as a response (never able to prove it was him , but I know it was), and an increase in the undesireable activity (very loud music all day every day and every night until very very late .... so I then involved the cops and have kept them involved since - they must have a very long dosier on him now.)

He played loud music to hide his ranting and screaming and raving (he lives alone except on those occasions where he has a tenant (which I now duely dob him to Centrelink for as soon as I notice he has paying tenant , sod him , he's on a pension and I'm dammed if I am sit by and let him cheat the system).

[iceman (Mike)]

This thread has gone too far, not just with the bypassing of the profanity filter in many places by a few people, but also the threats of physical violence amongst other things.

IceInSpace is not the place for such discussions.