Graham writes:

Well, there I was surfing for help on bad neighbor’s and hit your spot. I don’t think my story compares with some of the stories I have read, but here it is. My shitty neighbor(s) are a white trash family living across the street. They are classic piece of shit neighbors with eight cars but all shitty and only three of which actually run. If a piece of siding blows off their house from wind they just leave it. Weeds? Forget about it. Lazy, you know it.

My bitch is with the Red Truck. A real beauty, this 1976 rusted out crap is parked across the street (right in front of my house). Why? I don’t know, they have always parked it there even when there is room to cram it in their driveway. They sometimes decorate this shitty truck with garbage in the back of it for up to four moths at time. This thing only moves about 4 times a year, why they keep it insured is a joke.

The problem is that it is legally parked and it is in driving condition, (it needs a boost everytime but otherwise). The law says if it is on a public street within 100 feet of the registered address and they are able to prove it is drivable then it is ok. How would you like a really ugly truck full of garbage bags and junk parked in front of your house?

Any ideas on how to get rid of this thing?

Ca1v1n replies:

I say disable the car in the middle of the night, then phone the cops and report it as abandoned junk. They will be forced to prove it runs but it won't. You could do something as simple as pulling the spark plugs or disconnecting the battery. Better yet grab the battery one night and run it down then replace it the next night. Disconnect the starter would be another option. How about unbolt all the tires. When the cops come and they start it up and try to drive it away all the wheels fall off. That would be classic.

Of course all of the above is vandalism and you could end up being charged criminally so I don't seriously recommend you do anything listed above. You could put a For Sale sign on it? You never know, perhaps some guy who likes to restore old trucks will ring their doorbell and offer then $500 bucks for it (and who knows they may accept).

Whatever happens, good luck, you'll need it!

Cassie writes:

My husband and I just bought our first house, and our neighbors are the WORST. The woman next door runs a day care, and not a licensed one. The children are HORRIBLE. It seems to me they are forced to stay outside all day. I once saw one of the youngest girls go into the house and heard someone inside yelling and she came back outside crying.

Our houses are both close to the property line, their car-port and part of their house is right on the property line. There is a strip of yard about 4 ft wide and 8ft long that belongs to us, and the children play on it. It wouldn't be a big deal except the children scream and hit the side of our house with objects (balls, wooden boards, etc.). The boys even drop their pants right outside our window and pee on our yard. All the grass in that area is now dead.

They leave trash in the yard, and we will find items like childrens clothing in our bushes. If they are outside playing when a friend or family member comes to our house, the children yell at them, and cuss at them while they are on my front porch waiting for me to open the door. They are loud, rude, and unsanitary.

I have a 4 month old daughter and I cant even put her in her room for naps during the day because they are so loud. I just don't know what to do. This is supposed to be a happy time for our new family. Our house is very nice, new siding, new roof, etc. The house next door looks like it is about to be condemed.

Once I did talk with the woman next door and she said she understood. She made the children pick up all the trash but that isn't good enough damn it! All our grass is gone on that side of the house and I still can't put my daughter in HER ROOM for naps. I can not handle those little boys pissing in the yard and on our house!

I'm not sure what to do now, I was thinking I could call SRS on the woman (and she would deserve it too, there are children out there in diapers with absolutly no supervision, except some older children that are mean to them and hit them constantly). If I could find out that they rent that house I could try to get them evicted but if they own the house, I just dont know what I am going to do. I fear calling the police becasue if they don't do anything it could just cause the children to destroy more of our property and be even louder.

Finally this tops the cake... Earlier I looked out and seen a cross dressing black man pushing a grocery cart full of trash up the ally and into their house with it! WHAT THE FUCK!!??? Please do you have any advice for me? I would be forever grateful.

Ca1v1n replies:

No doubt you have quite a situation on your hands. Little can be done about the noise (unless you can get the daycare completely shut down but as you mentioned that could backfire and make the situation worse). I'm not sure about the laws where you live but in Ontario (Canada) a daycare with up to 5 children can be run without any license from any residence.

At least the trash is picked up. Now as they say, good fences make good neighbours. Your best bet may be to now put up something (chain link may be ugly but its cheap and you can get it done in a weekend).

Liz writes:

Speaking of shitty neighbors, WE HATE OUR NEIGHBOR.

She wears a different wig everytime we see her. Along with her sex call job she has a different guy and different group of friends every weekend. We can not figure out if she used to be a man or is just a very confused 34 yr old.

The only reason I know about her job and age is because when she first moved in we met her thinking she may be kind of normal. She plays music and sings at the top of her lungs on Saturday and Sunday morning. She has no respect for any of the three other tenants and smells like absolute shit. The hallway picks up the stale smoke and old lady perfume and our walls vibrate to 80's rock mixed with folk music. (The only thing worse then somebody still living in the 60's is somebody still living in the 80's - Editor) I hate her, I have asked her nicely to keep music down at 3am and 5am and she still considers herself above and beyond everyone. In reality she is just uneducated and slutty.

We want to call the cops but we live in Philadelphia, I mean will they really do aything? (Ask the members of MOVE about what cops can do - Editor) Our previous neighbour was a crack dealer and now this girl. It has been the worst 2 years of our lives.

Evelyn writes:

Fuck do i hate my neighbour, but I hate his mother more! Let's begin with all the bad points of the actual neighbour.

1) He is a filthy pig. The garden is in disarray, with dog shit everywhere. I can sit in my front yard on a warm day when the sun is beating down on the poo, wafting beautiful smells my way.

2) He contributes nothing to society. He is a dole bludger, sitting on his lazy arse all day, doing nothing except doing and selling drugs. Really adds to the neighbourhood.

3) As mentioned above, his selling of drugs. People come and go at a rapid pace. They leave looking like they are in a different state of mind. People sit in their cars whilst he goes over leans through the window reaches in, stands up, places his hand in his pocket and then goes inside.... until an hour later when the next visitor comes.

4) He has a dog the cries from the moment he leaves until he returns. It would be ok during the day, because we are at work. However, it also occurs during the evening.

I HATE HIS MUM MORE!

What a stupid woman, leaving her 21 year old son in her house. She pays the bills and he pays no rent. They bring food to him! She has to be as thick as dog shit to be unaware what her son is up to. We even tracked this woman down and tried to explain the situation to her but to no avail. The lip service was good but that was it.

Just wanted to moan because no one seems to care when you phone. You have to keep noise diaries or take down rego numbers with times. Seriously, I don't have the energy anymore.

Ca1v1n writes:

If your neighbour is seriously selling drugs you won't get him busted by calling the cops and saying something like "my neighbour is selling drugs". The cops will just think they have some small-time weed dealer and it is not worth their time or energy. Frankly that sounds accurate from your description.

If you really want to get this kid busted your best option is to call an anonymous tip in from a payphone across town. Phone the police main telephone # (not the emergency #, find out the main station telephone). Call and ask to speak to someone in narcotics. Don't take no for an answer, demand that they get you on the phone with a Detective from narcotics. Tell the detective that you have evidence that if they go to blah blah address and look under the loose floorboard in the kitchen (or something specific like that) they will find a large amount (say a specific but not ridiculous amount... like 1/4 lb) of crystal methamphetamine (or heroin or cocaine). I recommend crystal meth because its all the rage these days and has a fair amount of media attention. Cops will salivate at the chance of a major meth bust making the evening news.

The cops will stake out the house first. The short-stay traffic plus your tip will be enough to get a warrant. Just to remind you, when the cops bust him he will be out of jail that same day, so don't get your hopes up (because he will only have some weed and that really isn't serious). However, this may get the attention of his mother.

Just to clarify... the above is very mean and heartless and I do not encourage or recommend you do it.

Eastinurban writes:

I just need a suggestion, I have a neighbor that plays her music too loud. Christmas day the bass from her stereo knocked a picture off my wall. I hammer the picture back on the wall. You know what this heffier did? She called the apartment manager on me.

Now prior to this incident I have tried to ask her to turn it down but she just does not answer the door. I once called the police and again she did not answer the door. The she told my son she was going to dot my eye if the cops were called again.

Now I live in a predominantly black neighborhood and I am not black. I have however lived here 16 years. I never have had a problem like this! I have had my windshield smashed in, window broken and egged but never anything as annoying as this.

I know if I call the Police my tires probably will be slashed or worse. Management refuses to do anything about it what now what can I do. It is now April and I don't know what to do.

Ca1v1n replies:

I would think your best bet is to play similar music. If she is playing hip-hop then break out some serious gangsta rap. How about Dr. Dre's 1992 classic 'The Chronic' which should be in the collection of every white person in America? Buy yourself a Raiders cap and some baggy khakhi pants (make sure they have a cuff and a crease).

But seriously... I once had a neighbour who was always complaining about my music. I tried to be slightly respectful, keeping the volume down after 11pm and I never really cranked the stereo unless they were at work.

One day I was listening to the new Eminem album at top volume. It was during the day, I knew he was at work because his car wasn't in the parking lot out front of the building. Turned out his girlfriend (or the ho' from the night before at least) was still in his apartment. She knocked on the door and complained about the music. I turned it down. She knocked again and complained. I thought she couldn't be serious so I questioned how loud could it possibly be? She invited me into their apartment and I must admit I was suprised, the sound was louder then I thought it would be.

So my suggestion? Next time she is cranking the music invite her over to your pad. Be nice about it. Have her sit down on your couch and show her how difficult it is for you to watch Dancing with the Stars with the sound coming thru the wall. Take this time to get to know each other and bury the hatchet (I recommend a nice blunt to ease the tension). The whole point is that you want your neighbour to think twice before they crank their stereo the next time.

Bonniesqueak writes:

The people who live above us are the worst! During the day when the apartment manager is here, it isn't too bad, but as soon as she leaves watch out. The noise starts at 4:01. It sounds like a sofa being dropped on the floor over and over again.

Then the exercising, jumping jacks and running in place. She must weigh 300 pounds. Then it's singing along with the stereo. It quiets down for awhile after that. Then pacing from living room to bedroom for at least 30 mins. At bath time the shampoo bottles are dropped in the tub, then after she has to run to the bedroom again. Now it's time for company. They all start laughing & talking over each other.

About 10:30 it gets quiet and at 11:00 he comes home. Now there is an argument, doors slam, they stomp from room to room, argue some more. At about 6:00 am they shut up. When we (the other neighbors & us) complained to the manager, they said it had to be the people on the 3rd floor