Problem neighbours

SwordofLight

Issue with terrible social housing neighbours living in a flat two doors down from my house. Pretty much low-lifes and I don't say that lightly.

They have their 5 year old lighting fireworks randomly off a flat roof at the back of the house. The other day he was urinating on another neighbour's house wall, the mother kept walking looking totally unbothered. There is a constant smell of weed down the street I need to close my windows. Often, there are random shout matches down the street. The list goes on. It infuriated me today because I was giving a relative an important injection and the firework suddenly made me jump and jolted the needle.

I'm hesitant to approach the guards as it's a small city here and they'd probably soon know I'd said something due to some garda blunder.

Previously the landlord damaged my car and denied it, so relations aren't great.

Not sure what my options are but to ready for sale. These people are more-than-likely-benefit cheats who will be here for generations.

endofrainbow

And you know they're benefit cheats how exactly?

SwordofLight

6 people in a 2 bed flat. Occasionally sub let it for weekends despite it being council provided. None of them work. Anything else you'd like to know or is your specialty being an unhelpful twat.

EoghanConway

Sorry to hear about your troubles OP, many friends and family have been there done that.

Does your local council have an anti-social behaviour strategy? They should. The document will set out what actions by your neighbours constitute asb and how you can request the council to investigate. I understand your reluctance to put your name or details on a written complaint but to be honest it's the only way to get things moving. Hopefully you have other, nicer neighbours who are just as infuriated by the bad behaviour who can support you. No harm to have a few local councillors on side as well, they all attend the housing meetings.

Hope this is some help, all the best

Quitelife

it’s people like this that give social housing a bad name …. Especially when the council are so slow to do anything about it.

People getting houses for 45 Euro a week should be grateful not ruining their neighbours lives !

SwordofLight

Thanks Eoghan and Quitelife for the helpful replies. Yes exactly, we have a housing crisis and people need to be better tenants! They really treat the street with complete disrespect night and day.

I might speak with the other residents although a lot of the street has now become flatland, the older people have kind of been slowly pushed out.

That ASB strategy at the council may well be worth a try, problem being they are notoriously difficult to engage unless you are spending money.

SwordofLight

Been looking at the ASB strategy. I wonder if it is a case of reporting incidents each time they happen so that they are recorded?, rather than showing up at the Garda Station or Council Office and speaking about a litany of past events from drug selling to disgusting rubbish all over the path.

I have had to contact the Guards before after there was a related stabbing.

advisemerite

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122669414#Comment_122669414

No one gets a house for €45 a week.

Mrs OBumble

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122709445#Comment_122709445

Low income people may well pay that, or less.

There areca few older people on UK pensions who have remarkably low incomes.

xyz13

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122709445#Comment_122709445

True! It's less than that. ☠️

€29.50 in Dublin- standard rate for social welfare dependents/unemployed.

Quitelife

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122709445#Comment_122709445

I know plenty - people who never worked a day in their lives - and their getting flats in Dublin City centre for 45 Euro, so they can buy their drugs on O Connell st or Marlborough street and commit loads of shop lifting in the city centre .