Getting an ASBO for a neighbour.

King29 · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Oct 2017 Karma :

I'm at the end of my tether, for those that remember 'Doreen' the rat lover next door to me died of Covid. Her next door neighbour is an absolute nightmare. I've managed to access 'her' house back garden to photograph all the rubbish she has put out. Literally 50 or 60 bin bags that have decayed to the point of not holding the shit filled nappies and takeaway food she threw out in them.

Any idea how myself and the neighbour the other side of her could get an ASBO issued against her to help with a council eviction. She is Asian but speaks like she's a black woman. She thinks everyone is afraid of her she is a proper gangster in her book. She's 2 young kids that also look battered, police constantly on her door. She's going nowhere, oh an Mrs King has gone back to her mothers, I'm on my tod and can't sleep. Life is grim. Yes and the worst bit, the rats have babies now, hundreds of the little buggers terrorising the neighbourhood. Oh and I missed a mortgage payment last month.

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hellkat · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Have you tried mindfulness to calm your jitters?
I understand its very helpful.
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King29 · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Oct 2017 Karma :

Rishi is not my mate, 80% of a shit wage to live on, wife fucked off and probably won't come back and emptied the joint account before she left. The car failed it's mot and even Meg the cat won't sit on my lap anymore. Still chin up, life goes on.

Tracey Suntan-King · World Chat Champion Joined: 10 Nov 2012 Karma :

I'm late to this. I vaguely recall you mentioning rubbish issues before but can't remember what advice was given.

Only the local authority can apply for an ASBO, and they're not called ASBOs anymore. However, no matter......

You're looking at an environmental health issue here. Contact your local authority EH dept and report it. If the LA or a housing association is her landlord, report the situation to them as well.

Sorry can't help with the Mrs King situation, but for Meg, my advice to tempt her back to your lap is to put sardines (pilchards would work just as well) in your pants.

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King29 · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Oct 2017 Karma :

to v or not to v · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Nov 2020 Karma :

ditch the cat and get a dog.
would be a shame if all that rubbish caught fire.

P. · Red Rocket Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Karma :

Stuff like this makes me feel like I have a fantastic life.

Move out. Got nothing holding you there, even the Mrs gave up on your wasteman life.

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Robby · Dirty Old Man Joined: 16 May 2002 Karma :

Move. If you buy another house, get it properly surveyed and check out the neighbourhood before buying. It's a good idea to just sit outside the prospective house in your car for 15 minutes or so, window slightly open. If curtains twitch, it means neighbours are keeping an eye. If someone walks up and tries to sell you drugs, it means you can assess the availability and cost of drugs in the area.

The street is not going to improve.

Meanwhile, if the neighbour already has police at her door all the time then she's going to be on the radar of the council. Doesn't mean anything is going to happen. Councils tend to get entry into properties by consent, and she isn't going to give consent. To forcibly enter a property and take action is significantly more tricky, and is likely to require a co-ordinated response with the police to guarantee the safety of whoever is going in.

Best thing you can do is report it in to any part of the council who might have an interest, and hope they talk to each other. Environmental health for the rubbish and rats (which are linked), housing association because the condition of their property is affecting your house, and your physical and mental health. Child services is a useful angle - they probably already have a file on her.

Don't tell them you broke in and took photos. You're just a neighbour being concerned about yourself, your cat, and her kids.

And then watch nothing happen. You're already on the shit street where they put the problem cases. They aren't going to evict her - that would mean putting her somewhere else. Best case, environmental health may clean up the rubbish and the kids may get taken into care, at which point you have an angry neighbour with nothing to lose, blaming everyone around her. Stab vest recommended.

Move.