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Neighbour troubles?

Okay so someone has been spitting on my car, but now it's been keyed. We've had nails put in the garden (near the tyres), our old internet wire has been cut, luckily it was our old one, and we think it's the neighbour who has done it. They are in their 60s and a few days ago I walked out of my house and they were outside and they muttered something under their breath. We don't have any proof that the neighbour spat on the car or keyed it but it only started after the neighbour had a disagreement with my father. What should I do? It's stressing me out and I don't feel safe knowing someone is targeting my family. I'm waiting for the day a brick comes through the window or a fire gets set.

Ps the police haven't done anything, all they've done is phone us and talk to us and the neighbours family.
you need security cams asap. not even kidding.
randompi · 22-25, F
We did have some but they were only a cheap job, some water must have gotten in and they broke
@randompi I have had the police set up cameras themselves. But the people stole the cameras. So you can ask the cops to set some up but there needs to be more than one an be well hidden. Or have an obvious one and then some hidden ones.
@canusernamebemyusername omg yes. we have three. you need to have them inside looking out, in windows for instance, or maybe hidden among vines that hang over your front wall (my friend has done this).
Jlhzfromep · M
Bake your neighbor some cookies and when you take them tell them to be watchful because some vandals have been damaging things and you just wanted to be a good neighbor and let them know.
Maybe this will shame them into stopping
wildbill83 · 36-40, M
If someone was stupid enough to key my Audi...

🤔[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6XNq3CrDBU]
randompi · 22-25, F
We have a Merc :/
wildbill83 · 36-40, M
@randompi must be why I'm never the target of vandalism, whatever someone could possibly do to me, I could think of hundreds of ways to do something much worse back to them...

now, many would consider such a thing as "uncivil", but the threat of retaliation is a great deterent imo... 🤔
similar stuff had been happening to us.
don't burst at them in anger. keep your cool. let the cams do the trick. they're probably doing this for attention, to trigger you. they might want to use your outburst as an excuse to play out something more severe on their list. don't do anything illegal as revenge. keep informing the police. if a fight does break out, let's say if they are really increasing the intensity of their "pranks", keep your phone on video mode.
you have no idea i used to do this everyday and it came in handy. i recorded the neighbor threatening to cause thousands of dollars worth destruction to our property.
We had some issues a while back, less severe, I bought a trail cam ($125) and hid it. However, the difference maker is likely the cheap (driveway) alarm from Amazon that would ring a chime inside when the sensor detected motion on our drive outside (mounted it up high over the garage door). Whenever it detected motion a blue light flashed on the outside sensor. Well, the sensor was going off so often, we unplugged the indoor chime. However, the detector flashing must have scared the neighbor kids away, so we just kept it out there, issues stopped.
midnightsun · 26-30, M
Use camera and hire a lawyer
SteelHands · 61-69, M
Nest or Blink or Ring cams. I thought that they had came on every house over there in Europe.

In fact I know they have them in tyre land.
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
Amazon do a really cheap camera system you can link up to your phone or website for about $40
That sucks. It's awful to have neighbours like that.
I hope it all gets worked out.
I'd set up a hidden cam to gather proof.
randompi · 22-25, F
Ikr, I hate it, were trying to move but we're having no luck finding a new house that meets our requirements. It seems a shame that after living here for 19 years we're being pushed out
xixgun · M
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDFHq-rrVxg]
SW-User
Tell em to fuck with your alowi

 
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