Many of us cannot do without neighbours. This is because some neighbors are like families.They have become so close to us that we cannot bear to watch them move away from our neighborhood. However, some are a pain in the ass.
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Do you live where neighbors are stalking you, wanting to know the kind of job you do? Is the noise from their house or music, deafening and makes it difficult for you to relax? Without knowing it, you are being harassed.These are annoying neighbors.
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Harrassment is any behavoiur , verbal or physical which threatens a person. It is an act which makes someone unprotected and unsafe.Several forms of harassment exist, verbal, sexual, personal, marital, neighbour harassment, harassment through tresspass, mischief etc.
But for the purpose of this post, I am going to look at the neighbor harrassment.
Neighbour harassment could be in form of damaging your property repeatedly, noise pollution, tresspassing or someone passing lewd comment each time they see you. That neighbor that borrows items from you and never returns or the neighbour who uses vulgar words on kids in the compound is annoying. In some environment some neighbours drop garbage on people's property.
Some neighbours go to the extent of sending children on errands without their parents knowledge or permission. Recently i saw an eight year old girl on a commercial motorbyke, running errand for a neighbour. Thats risky. We have them so many, in the neighbourhood.
I wouldnt know if this is harassment but i know a neighbour who knocks on people's door as early as 5:00AM to say she ran out of match stick. Hmmm. Imagine a friend telling me her neighbor called her up while she was in a ceremony to ask for yam pounder. She told the neighbor she was still in the ceremony but the woman insisted that her yam was almost cooked. She had to run back home to give her the yam pounder and thats over for the ceremony.
How about the neighbor who eavedrops on your conversation every other night and make some remark about it in the morning.
Let me not mention the ones who have plenty kids and play rough, throwing things at their doors, just to disturb the peace. How about Some busy bodies in the name of neighbors who want to know what you do with every visitor that comes in especially the if its the opposite sex. Is it their business?
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Such behavior is much more than annoying and some even make you feel unsafe. How can you deal with an annoying neighbor or his harassment? Should you go legal?
It could be legal but it has to be proven in court (in order to have a viable case ) that you have suffered some economic, property, financial and emotional damage leading to mental health conditions confirmed by a medical practitional.
HELP FOR DEALING WITH ANNOYING NEIGHBORS WITH THEIR HARRASSMENT
- Dialogue with the neighbour-- Visit the neighbour and if he is not violent and you know your life is not going to be threatened, discuss and let him or her know your stand about the issue on ground
- Keep a record-- Document your visit and discussion. Keep a log of your visit and dates. If you have a log of complaints along with the dates, it will help build your case if you decide to go legal.
- Seek help--- where you live, find out if there are social workers who can mediate and look into the case
- Go Legal. If things go out of hand, and there seem to be no change about the harrassment you get from your neighbors, dont just get mad. Get a lawyer. If everybody in the building or neighborhood knows him/her well to annoy or harass people, then your case is easy. You might have witnesses. Police intervention can ease up things too and he could be given a warrant to stay away from you and your property.
- Move out of the house if you do not want any trouble.
ARE THERE NEIGHBOR HARRASSMENT LAWS?
If you get in touch with relevant authorities of your state or your country, you could find temporary warning orders which may resist your annoying neighbor from his place of residence .
Depending on how severe the level of harassment is, the harasser could be charged with a disorderly person offense or assault.
Neighbor harassment can be enhanced to a felony if the offender act involves an imminent threat of violent action. If it involves a threat of violence that may lead to severe physical harm, or the victim believes that communicating or dialogue with the harasser is likely to cause a violent response, then a felony may be charged. Other states may require the threat to be immediate for a charge of felony.
Although problems from annoying neighbors may sometimes be overlooked, any act from any neighbor that poses a threat to your life or repeatedly annoys and irritates you is criminal, a harassment. Do not allow any one make you feel uncomfortable, however dont get mad, follow the steps above or get a lawyer.
More so, if you are aware of of harassment faced by people in your neighborhood, mention and sudggest how such case can be tackled.
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Neighbors can be a burden sometime. I have heard a ton of problematic stories...
It getsreally crazy sometimes, thanks for stopping by
When you get a good neighbor around your neighborhood, you will enjoy it but if unfortunately you get the troublesome type around, going home at close of work becomes an issue.
lol, i still believe no one has the right to make you uncomfortable
@adore-eu the noisy neighbours at times might be useful. So is normal to have noisy neighbour, you yourself have to know the way you intarract with them. The more you become friendly the more your issue got raised.
Really?I hardly can cope with my own children noise. some noise are unbearable, you know
I think the best and first plan of action if you do have neighbors which destroy, damage, or just piss you off is to open a line of healthy communication. Try to explain to them why some things are bothering you.
The worst thing you can do is fight them as you do have to live next to these people every day. If nothing else works you can use legal power But, by doing so it will not fix your relationship with neighbors, but it will probably strain it even more.
My opinion is to ignore if it is possible. Don't let them ruin your day. Of course not if they are violent or harassing your family. That is a whole different story. Protect yourself and your family by any means necessary.
This is a sensitive topic. In a perfect world simply by talking to them would fix the problem but that is unfortunately not the case some times. So just use your best judgment is my advice.
Great article, well written, deserves an upvote. Have a great day. :)
I appreciate you. some of your suggestions are same as my opinions too, at worse move out but if its your property and you cant move, if communication didnt work, then i will go legal, i tell you. Its my right to enjoy life, not to be in fear of neighbors
If nothing else works to let the authorities deal with it. That is all you can do. I hope you find a solution fast and without too much disturbance to your life.
Have an amazing day. :)
Thanks so much
Thankfully I've never had neighbors like that! Although a few years back we've had a few run-ins with our current neighbor - nothing too serious, but the relationship was... strained. We haven't heard anything from him for a long time. Thanks for posting this! @ironshield
Its good to have you here again sir, thank God you situation didnt go worse and you are fine
Hmmm..... I once had one that was so much pain on my neck that I had to go down on my knees, praying that God should intervene and He did. They were evicted. I won't be able to stand another one o. Thanks for sharing this.
Thank God for his intervention, some could really be nasty