Neighbours are playing nasty tricks on me, what should I do???

[marcs_sp20]

Hey all,

I didn’t know what section to put this in, and mods if you think this is inappropriate you can delete this thread if necessary…

As some of you might already know, I recently moved house from a nice townhouse in East Ipswich to a mid 70’s home in Silkstone within the last 2 months, and well things haven’t really been that great with the neighbours so to speak. I start work early at 7.30 and so I leave around 7.15, and Tash does morning shift work at 7, so leaves around 6.30. A week after we had moved in, Tash left for work, and beeped the horn, just once and not very loud, but was enough for the neighbours directly across the road to ring our rental agency regarding revving of engines in the morning and beeping, I took this a bit of tongue and cheek and so did the real estate.

What bothers me is that I told tash no more beeping (although it was just once), but I really cant help the noise of the exhaust (mines 2.25� and tash’s lancer is a 2.5� system), and well I leave normally if I were at my parents house, in second gear and doing no more then 30km/h so not to make a noise…

OK, here is what im getting to. I have met quite a few of the neighbours now, and I have found out that the bloke across the road is a compulsive liar, and will do anything to get you in trouble, and call police for whatever he can think of. I know for sure that he certainly doesn’t like us being in the street as we’re hoons cause we own hotted up cars, mind you there is a few skylines and a Pink Honda Prelude in show condition as well (who have all had complaints about them aswell).

Anyways, Went to leave for work this morning, I said to tash that I would take the astina to work as she wasn’t working, that was fine, but what bothered me was when I went to get a CD and my bag out of the lancer which is parked in the carport, I noticed that a metal grate that sits over a gutter so that you can drive over onto the driveway was moved, not just to the side, but to under the house! Someone had moved it last night while we were out, so when I would leave for work tomorrow morning, I would go down into the gutter and potentially scrape the new bumper bar that I had installed 2 weeks prior! This is the worst part, the bloke across the road was outside waiting for me to leave this morning, making it even more suspicious that he had something to do with the potential damage of the car, not something I want to go down the track again as it was $550 to repair and respray the bumper!

Now saying all that, what should I do to potentially stop this from happening again, cause the worst part would be having someone come into our property and start doing stuff to both of our cars, im just a little concerned… Has anyone else had similar things happen with there neighbours?

Sorry for the long post, just needed to vent

Marc

[Dogo]

Attach mains power to the grate
See what happens if he tries that again.

Lol no if you try to 'get him back' , the problem will just become bigger.

Have you talked to him ?

Try to catch him in the act, and make sure the neighbours are on your side.
Catch him, report him, and let the police do their job.

[mill_mobile]

Well, i know if he is a tool this may not work...
But i think you should just go and have a chat to him, see exactly what his beef with you is. Maybe if you go and introduce yourself and let him see that you're a reasonable person he may back off and leave you be.
Just a suggestion that may be worth a try.
J

[bourbon]

theres always 1 in each area haha i mean hoons!!!

its your own fault marc for driving an astina with an exhaust...ask him if he wants you to get rid of the exhaust

[Rupewrecht]

That's a bit dodgy!

As someone was intending to cause damage, i'd be inclined to report it to police. they then have a record of it, and if he plays up again then there's prior knowledge/record of it.

[outbakoz]

I'm with Rupe on this one, report it

[RedLineResident]

ok your real estate agent should know what kind of people you guys are by now. regular rent, clean house, nice attitude all build raport with your agent.

trust me i would know so they won't listen to hear say if they know you and you are honest and genuine in the way you come accross, they will see that and believe you, hence you shouldn't have trouble from that side of it.

as for the neighbour. mate i don;t know what to tell you.

you can try the talking approach, but some people are just miserable low lives who enjoy being dicks.

if it was me id hit back, but im in no way suggestin you do that.

id probably blow up his letter box, put sh!t all over his porch etc. just things to annoy him and do it in a way in which it can;t be traced back to me, but he knows its me.

if he inconveniences mefor no reason what so ever, why should he get away with it and live a pleasant and easy life, the miserable old fcuk.

We've all got mates who are a tad crazier than the average folk, id give one of them a buzz and just get them to drop a clutch on his front lawn or something.

(ps if ive gone to far, please delete my post, however i in no way condone or suggest any of the above, its just what i would do)

good luck with it mate. remember we all deserve to live in peace, why let somene ruin that.

[bourbon]

report him...rupe is the smartest on here hahahahahahahaha well most common sense anyway

[andrewck]

My advice is just ignore the idiot this is more effective, if he see's that you havent taken the bait he will just give up, if by any chance you can rig up a fake security camera this will deter him from trying silly pranks

[RedLineResident]

^ why fake.

real operating one is better.

gives you hard evidence and a legal leg to stand on in case anything of yours gets damaged.

[mill_mobile]

Originally Posted by RedLineResident

^ why fake.

real operating one is better.

gives you hard evidence and a legal leg to stand on in case anything of yours gets damaged.

Dollar factor!

[RedLineResident]

sensor light?

enough of a deterant?

[marcs_sp20]

Holy Crap! I go and do a couple hours work and come back to heaps of responses

Originally Posted by Dogo

Attach mains power to the grate
See what happens if he tries that again.

Lol no if you try to 'get him back' , the problem will just become bigger.

Have you talked to him ?

Try to catch him in the act, and make sure the neighbours are on your side.
Catch him, report him, and let the police do their job.

Im not the kind of person to retaliate, and yeah I think it would just provoke more of a battle.. I forgot to mention, this is a bloke that likes to keep to himself, and doesnt like talking, the other neighbours come up to us for a chat if they see us doing stuff to the cars or mowing etc. Dont worry, I have tried the path of trying to talk to him, with no such luck, i just get a evil stare...

Originally Posted by bourbon

theres always 1 in each area haha i mean hoons!!!

its your own fault marc for driving an astina with an exhaust...ask him if he wants you to get rid of the exhaust

Lets not go down this path again please, I see myself as a enthusiast and dont associate with such people that give us car lovers a bad name.

What do you mean its my fault that I have an exhaust? Am i not allowed to have one? The lancer and the prelude down the road are far far noisier! Mine is only noisy up top if you stab the throttle, which I dont do anyways as I have a nice enough reputation with all the rest of the neighbours and want to uphold that..

Originally Posted by Rupewrecht

That's a bit dodgy!

As someone was intending to cause damage, i'd be inclined to report it to police. they then have a record of it, and if he plays up again then there's prior knowledge/record of it.

Yes I feel compelled to go to the police, but on what grounds? all I really have is a hunch and the wording from other neighbours...

Originally Posted by andrewck

My advice is just ignore the idiot this is more effective, if he see's that you havent taken the bait he will just give up, if by any chance you can rig up a fake security camera this will deter him from trying silly pranks

Thats what I intend to do

Originally Posted by RedLineResident

sensor light?

enough of a deterant?

We have one, but its such a pain in the ass to get working, although i could just put the carport light on if it happens...

I just dont get how people can be such assholes, I mean for one to come into someones elses property to potentially harm someones stuff is just beyond belief! I mean I pay my rent, keep the house in a very very neat manner ( and I have condition reports to prove it ), its not like we have partys every weekend and loud music blaring. This world is just getting sadder by the day...

[Cosmo Dude]

I've been there and you have to be the bigger one. Setup a webcam with motion triggered capture, put a lock on your mailbox (my ex-ex neighbours stole my bills so they didn't get paid and I almost lost all my utilities).
Report the gutter thing to the police because as sure as hell if he hasn't reported your exhaust to them he soon will.

Most importantly ignore him. If he thinks he can bait you he will.

[marcs_sp20]

Bloody hell cosmo, sounds you had dreaded neighbours! Looks like im headin to bunnings after work and getting me a lock!

[DavoAust]

if you know a sparky get him to install one of those motion triggered spotlights near the driveway and wire a beeper too it. The moment he does anything near the cars the spotlight comes on and the beeper goes, it should be enough to deter him if hes not determined to cause ****.

Friend from work had one installed when he got a skyline, his brothers supra got the stereo stripped whilst sitting on the footpath but they didn't go near the skyline

[DVS]

hire a hitman?

[newman]

you say all the other neighbours get crap from him too? go visit them, get them to sign a petition, take it to the cops/local council.

do you know if he is renting or does he own his property?

[mrpayner]

Screw the plate into the concrete with dynabolts.. that'll f#$k 'em up!

That's pretty much hard luck man.. thankfully our surrounding neighbours look out for each other. We have a neighbourhood watch flyer in our mailbox every quarter.. i'm thinking of attending the next meeting if i get notified about it.

Make the police aware about it, say to them that you suspect this particular individual.. Then if it happens again maybe they can investigate further.

Best of luck
Adz

[pr1mo]

did they remove the grate and stick it under your house or his? either way its either tresspass or theft.

i wouldnt bolt it down just stick a webcam in with motion detect and see if he takes the bait.