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So I (30f) live alone in a fairly quiet mobile home community. I like where I live and get along with most of the neighbors pretty well. We all generally keep an eye out for each other. However, the people living directly next door to me are a constant problem. They’re I guess I could call it inconsiderate and entitled? They think they rule the block. There are three adults (20ishf)(25ishm)(60ishm) and two children (2-4m). Every interaction with the adults they’ve been rude and dismissive. Anyway, I mostly can ignore the adults, but the children are another story. I try not to bother with any of it unless it directly impacts me. The children are allowed to run wild on our block most of the time. If there’s any supervision it’s in the form of an adult sun bathing in the yard. The kids play in the road a ton and have absolutely zero concept of vehicles and roads being dangerous. They won’t move when there’s a car, they just stare at you. If the adult is confronted about this they act as if it’s your fault for driving on the road… where cars belong not children. So, most of the time in the summer the kids are in the yard playing with the hose and a kiddy pool (alone of course. No supervision) and they LOVE to spray that entire side of my house including my air conditioning unit. I normally ignore this but it’s incredibly loud having your windows and siding blasted with a hose constantly. Yesterday I was mowing my lawn and as I got to their side of the yard I caught the kids spraying my house and AC and they almost sprayed me. At first I was annoyed but I let it go because I didn’t want to deal with the adult. But when I got around to the front yard my other neighbor stopped me and said it’s ridiculous what I put up with them and that I should say something to them. He saw me trying to mow while dodging the water. So I took his advice and I knocked on the door. The older male answered and I explained that I’d appreciate it if he could make sure the children didn’t spray my house. He scoffed and says, “I doubt it happens as often as you say” I said, “I wouldn’t have bothered you about it if it wasn’t an ongoing issue” he continued to make lame excuses and saying “it’s just water”. I told him it’s loud as hell and disruptive. He didn’t care. I walked away as he continued to babble and I went “mhmm ok” and he decided it was appropriate to mock me going “mMmHmmMm” in a high pitched voice. I immediately spun on my heels and looked him dead in the eye and was like, “really? You’re resorting to mocking me?” And he says it’s because “I decided to come over here acting like that” I was like “oh no I was politely asking you to manage a situation like an adult.” My demeanor immediately changed. He continues his excuses and all I said as I walked away was, “maybe just watch the damn kids”. I’m just so over it. I don’t know what to do because the community manager has already tried to legally remove them from the park but lost the case over something entirely petty. We’re stuck with this mess. There are other examples of them being a poor neighbor but I’ll leave it at this for now. What would you do? I feel like such a Karen saying something but I’m at a loss.

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Put up cameras. Hardwired with 24/7 capture are the best. That way you can document what’s going on with video evidence. Definitely be ready to play the long game. We went a year of battling before we finally got what we wanted. Be prepared to get the police involved, especially if there is an endangerment to kids. As always talk fences make the best neighbors.

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It sucks that it has to be this way. It took us a year just to prove we were the victims. It was also gratifying to know we did things the right way.

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If the kids are that young and running unsupervised, especially in the street, I would stay on that. Anything that disturbs your property even if it’s “just water” document that. Don’t go over and communicate anymore. They can treat that as both being hostile and harassing. Look for escalation in negative behavior towards you.

In our case it was the neighbor complaining our dogs would always attack the fence when he was out and that they were vicious. On camera we were able to record multiple events in which he kicked the fence to try and anger the dogs. He would also yell and scream at them to get their attention. In the videos it showed them ignoring him and no barking at all. We also had a good microphone on the camera and could catch him cussing because they wouldn’t react.

At some point it may come down to hiring a lawyer. Our was able to help us settle the smaller issues outside of court. At this point it’s just mostly gathering enough evidence to show there is an issue and being able to back up what you are saying.

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Hopefully everything works out for you. I can definitely sympathize with the stress this causes.

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