I am completely fed up to the back teeth of my foul, inconsiderate neighbours smoking weed (or something stronger.
It fills our garden (prevailing wind is to us), we're attached, so it goes in through all the windows, including my workroom upstairs. Probably even come up from the small recess underneath the floor.
The couple are in their late 30's early 40's with 2 young children (aged 2 and 7) and don't give a toss about anyone except themselves.
She's irrational, so I can't talk to them. I honestly thought they would grow out of it by now. He just says it's non of my business. The neighbours on the other side are fed up with it too.
Please don't tell me to move as it's not possible at this time in my life.
Also don't tell me to live and let live as I'ts been going on for years.
Is there anything I can do?
You can report to police and local authority as antisocial behavior and begin the long process of recording evidence but could take months. Or you could phone social services and report drug use in front of children.
Well, funny thing is, it's illegal you know. Cops might be interested, or at the very least they'll send round a PCSO.
What size is his joint that it's filling the whole house....
Have you actually got windows or just holes in the wall.
Are you sure it's not actually someone inside your own house.
Unless this joint looks like the Saturn 5 it's not filling your house.
It's still a nicer smell than a cigarette or cigar.
Do they own the property or rent? If the latter try talking to their landlord as may be breach of contract. Not that they may care.
It's The Sun, but still - https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3444555/smoke-weed-cannabis-legal-uk-law-neighbours/
Going the police route, while the above says they won't let them know who grassed them up, it would be fairly simple to work out that the only likely people to complain about the smell is going to be a neighbour!
No room for compromise, as in could they do something to keep the smell from wafting or smoke away from the house/garden?
I'd be conflicted personally as I feel class B is way too harsh and should even be made legal with controls on supply and regulation on the strength, but yes the smell can be a problem. Legalise and turn into vape with a pleasant or zero smell in my opinion.
It’s still a nicer smell than a cigarette or cigar.
Cigar in particular. I get a neighbour smoking one which wafts up and across into my upstairs windows, which are open in the hot weather. Can't stand the smell. Thing is, they smoke it outside to avoid it stinking up their own house, but smoke next to their door.
I'd avoid going down the anti social behaviour route as it may have to be declared if you sell. The social services option is the route I would take. Also, if you haven't already, start keeping a detailed diary. Good luck.
Is there anything I can do?
Chill, Winston?
You have to report it. They may well be driving after smoking and are definitely affecting the health and wellbeing of their children. Would everyone turn a blind eye to alcoholic parents neglecting their kids, drink driving and being anti social. Same thing in my view and they need to be made aware of the law.
Report it to the police immediately.
It's unacceptable that you have to live with this .
For clarification my user name relates to my focus mtb not a misspent youth and how niave I was when selecting the user name lol
Would everyone turn a blind eye to alcoholic parents neglecting their kids, drink driving
No.
But you’ve made a quite enormous leap of “logic” from what the op actually said.
So I don’t see how that question is relevant based on what we know.
You have to report it. They may well be driving after smoking and are definitely affecting the health and wellbeing of their children. Would everyone turn a blind eye to alcoholic parents neglecting their kids, drink driving and being anti social. Same thing in my view and they need to be made aware of the law.
FFS. That's like something off the Daily Mail website. Unbelievable.
Feel your pain op at this time of the year with all the windows generally flung open. We have a neighbour in our little street constantly sat out the front smoking weed.
I hate the smell personally. It's not like resin used to smell back in't day. It's pungent and sickly and makes me feel sick.
I've no idea how these folk function. Many do though although our neighbour doesn't really do anything.
Worst of it is, I used to feel sorry for him standing out the front all the time so I made him a bench to sit on. Doh! 😂
As for what you can do, not sure. Not many folks GAS it seems.
Murder them.
Polis.
Personal use the police won't give a shit.
Me I'd check the seals on windows as if they're letting in smoke then they are certainly letting heat out.
You have to report it. They may well be driving after smoking and are definitely affecting the health and wellbeing of their children. Would everyone turn a blind eye to alcoholic parents neglecting their kids, drink driving and being anti social. Same thing in my view and they need to be made aware of the law.
I'm at a modern drugs party.
They're taking charlie, he's got spliff smoke coming out of him, there's someone there smoking a crack.
This isn't the exception any more, it's how people live today.
Get some of your own.
Lace it with some nasty spicey shit, let them have it & film their vomiting/convulsions/frothing.
It'd be a right laugh.
Me I’d check the seals on windows as if they’re letting in smoke then they are certainly letting heat out.
It is summer. People have their windows open.
Indeed but I read that coming through Windows not open windows, even some how gets through the floorboards. This isn't just in the summer as it's gone on for years.
It's the gaps in the floor that worry me perhaps the floor is open for summer too
Jeez, bunnyhop, surely you’ve been on here long enough to know hoe these threads go 😂
Absokutely report to local authority and also to their health visitor service (simple google) as they have a 2 year old will be covered by HV. They should not be doing drugs around their children.
Also people saying its how people live, not when you are a responsible adult with young children in your care.
It’s still a nicer smell than a cigarette or cigar.
That’s your opinion though and that’s fine as it sometimes smells nicer just it is damaging to children psychologically.
Not to mention anti social shite that comes with it.
I’m at a modern drugs party.
They’re taking charlie, he’s got spliff smoke coming out of him, there’s someone there smoking a crack.
This isn’t the exception any more, it’s how people live today.
Many won't recognise this behaviour, but in the circles I move in I'm aware of this going on a lot. I'm quite partial to getting wrecked, but the frequency of coke use of some people I know is worrying.
The casual crack & meth use, by fewer people, is much more frightening. I just can't comprehend why anyone would take the risk of getting hooked.
God there are some contrary bell ends on here.
Sympathise with you OP, people like your neighbours can make life unnecessarily stressful.
Can't offer any useful advice but suggest getting together with the other neighbours to go over the options re. Anti-social behaviour.
Hose pipe...
God there are some contrary bell ends on here.
You do know it's ok to have a different opinion.
Can you and the other neighbour call around and have a word? Threaten to dob them in for being shite parents if they don’t act reasonably? That or burning dog shit in your own garden as a form of petty revenge.
Yes she smokes every morning after the swearing episode we put up with, then drives the eldest to school.
They have all their friends round and then I have several of them at it.
Maybe going down the social services is the best route. I've spoken to other neighbours and some say they wouldn't report it, others have said go ahead.
No I don't like the smell of cigarettes or cigars, but the smell of this stuff is vile and a stench.
Many won’t recognise this behaviour,
Well because they haven't seen a 90's comedy TV series.
Ah! More details does sound a bit shite.
then drives the eldest to school.
I’m an expert on this having watched many episodes of Police Interceptors.
If you can be certain they are using drugs then driving them keep reporting to the Police. Eventually they will have to do them for drug driving. (At least that’s what they do on the telly)
I’d take the smoking and driving route. That is a child protection issue.
I am not against smoking weed, but if it is first thing in morning, chances are there’s some poor child care going on in general as well.
Absokutely report to local authority and also to their health visitor service (simple google) as they have a 2 year old will be covered by HV.
Reporting it to the Health Visitor Service would likely be completely useless. Health Visitors have no right of access and are now instructed, where there is potential for a child to be in danger, to pass that information on to Social Services in order to avoid conflict with parents in order to maintain some form of access.
Far better to cut out the middleman and go straight to Social Services if you believe there is a child safety issue.
When on secondment to a Health Visiting Team we visited a number of homes where the scent of weed could be detected, but all we could do is pass on the information to Social Services lest we lose access.
You do know it’s ok to have a different opinion.
Of course, it's the "being a condescending bell end about it" bit that I find objectionable.
Wasn't primarily thinking of you but you've stepped up superbly.
Report it to social services and I suspect - based on MrsMCs current workload - that it will be a low priority.
I'm liking the drug driving option
Chakakhan, seems you have a bad attitude and towards mods too.
Sounds to me that they are growing it and have a massive drugs empire 😁.
Have you tried speaking to them, asking them nicely not to do it.
If that doesn’t work try medieval with ski mask and baseball bats.
smells nicer just it is damaging to children psychologically.
Perhaps that's why she does it in the garden. Being a. Responsible adult n all that.
Chakakhan, seems you have a bad attitude and towards mods too.
That's quite the compliment coming from the forum's most prolific shitposter.
Own them with your Bombers?
We are in the same situation so can understand your problem. Got new double glazing but the smell gets in through boiler flue and in summer open doors and windows 24/7. Both the adult and their 4 children and friends.
The social services must be turning a blind eye as Ive seen them visiting before.
I have had similar issues with my next door neighbors they are all out there creating a stink, forcing me to breath in their burning animal flesh makes me sick!. As if it's normal and execptable behaviour! The whole town sticks of it!
Rang the police, social services and the RSPCA but they don't do anything about
Get some of your own.
Lace it with some nasty spicey shit, let them have it & film their vomiting/convulsions/frothing.
It’d be a right laugh.
Does Old Spice have that effect? Guess it might smell nicer, but not so sure about the comedy value.
