1st of all - appologies for a super long post.



Gawd.. after 10 yrs next to a noice neighbour he has sold up and an incredibly arrogant, selfish new neighbour (NN - New Neighbour from here) has moved in.

Some advice is needed here as things have (within 10 days) gone from an ordinary start to the NN's super dodgy 'partner' (we'll call him SDP from here) abusing and threatening us!

A little history...

Before settlement of the property it came to our attention that NN wished to operate a business (child care - bizarrely in hidsight) in the other half of the duplex. Prev owner (who never has a bad word to say) also let us know NN had been very difficult and demanding to deal with.

Setllement day arrives (after a hefty 'cash' sale) and NN visits the propert daily getting alterations etc done. Never once making contact. Assessors for NN's child care come and go.

OK - strange, as consultation is usually required, probably best to make a connection and see if we can find out some info we thought. Got a name (1st name only) and made a meet n greet'call. NN almost laughed at our interest and made no commitment to meeting or passing on any info, stating that she didn't need to and could do what she liked as she has approval. Oh dear.. not a good start.

So I leave it a few days and call again, attempting to resurect a chance for dialogue and a better start. NN is extremely arrogant and evasive, but says she will sit down to meet when she has time.. maybe in 4 days time. I also asked NN to request a tradie who was working on the property being VERY loud and dropping the 'F' bomb 3-4 times per sentance in full eashot of my kids on the backyard trampoline. I now realise this was actually SDP.

In the meantime I think, better check with council and outline my concerns about noise, parking and the usual stuff, as no info has been available.

4 days time comes, and I call her on the evening of the 4th day and she immediately hooks into me tirading about me "going behind her back" to the council (WTF?? how did she even know about contacting the council?? Who haven't returned my email BTW) and ranting about not needing to talk to me etc etc.

Er.. so I calm NN down and try to get her to understand our natural curiosity and desire to talk about the plans and potential problems. After about 20 mins NN is in a normal state and we find some common ground. We talk about the common asbestos fence that she tells me she wants to remove in 3 days time (despite this being contrary to all common fence protocols i say Ï'll talk to my partner and get back to her). This was yesterday.

Sooo.. this morning I hear SDP in the NN's backyard talking loudly, swearing a LOT and making it obvious he is taking the pizz out of me and the requests I have made to NN. After about 10 mins of this I go over to the fence and ask him if he can watch his language as we have young kids. One look at SDP confirms he is from the very shady side of the tracks.. think bikies - serious ones. This dude has without doubt been inside.

At this point I still think he is a tradie, yet he hooks into me using language, gesturing and generally being as intimidating as he can be. He tells me I cannot contact NN anymore and "You will kn av to kn say any of ya kn sh!t to m - right!" "Scuse me but I don't know who you are and I only have things to taalk about with NN." I say. "You don't kn hassle her, kn contact her or "kn nothin!" "Look mate - you are not a part of this and I'm just trying to communicate with my NN - like a normal neighbour would." I say. I am not happy, but calm as a mildly shocked cumcumber during this. 3 other tradies in close proximity shuffle their feet and look anxious, and like they have seen this before.

And it goes on like this with him generally attempting to convey intimidation as much as poss. He he - thank gawd for the 4.5 foot fence.

Then a bombshell, "She is my partner and you can kn only kn contact me - right!" he says. NN appears at that stage - they embrace and NN steps in and starts to talk reasonably. In 2 mins it is apparent she has decided to keep the fence, as I was going to suggest. I thank her for clearing that up and suggest things should be that easy in future if she wishes to talk and communicate.

SDP, has been eyeballing me, muttering under his breath and snearing during this time.



So, it appears there is suspect neighbours and equally suspect money involved in the new venture next door. There appears to be some info and priority coming from the council (renown in Perf as dodgy) and there definately appears to be a 'we operate outside the boundaries' philosphy to life from NN and especially SDP.

So far,
council procedure has been ignored
I suspect so have assessment for the child care set-up (child care from these dodgies - WTF??)
abuse, intimidation and language have been issues
any hope of even a workable relationship is down the flusher
the cash money used to buy the porperty is a concern (who has $700k in readies)
the haste and attitude to setting up the business is very odd.


So what are the suggestions as to Police/Council (not much faith in the council avenue) etc?

These jokers have already impacted on our home life big time, in a matter of a fortnight, and I really can't see it going anywhere but worse from here.

My plan BTW is to lay low (uncharacteristically form me) and stockpile the abuse etc for use later. In the meantime I'd like to make a note with an authority in case things go truly pear-shaped and their is action from SDP or his cohorts. This dude is capable of anything and thinks he can do what he likes.. I have seen his type at close hand before and in Perf it is likely he can do pretty much what he likes.

Advice needed please.



Bit of a worry folks like this being in charge of kids too I have to say.