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Devils'Advocate · 10-09-2012, 05:26 PM

First let me say that I am in Ottawa - I don't know if the city bylaws differ between here and Calgary.

One of my employees is in a bad situation. Her neighbour moved out of town and is renting the old house to a family of 5. Mother. Father. Three boys: 17, 15, 12. My employee has 2 kids, both around 10.

Thus far:
- House has been egged 3 times
- Fence between properties was damaged
- Music is blaring from right after school until 10pm
- 17 and 15 year olds have been seen smoking pot and drinking in their back yard
- The 12 year old has been bullying my employee's kids

She talked to the parents and they claim their kids would never do this stuff... She has tried calling the cops, but they said that unless there is some proof that the kids did the egging and broke the fence, there is nothing that they can do. As for the noise complaint, if it's before 10pm, again, nothing they can do. My employee has said she comes to work to get away from the stress. She hates going home now. She has put her house up for sale, but even the salesperson has said that they will have to show the home during school hours since nobody is going to buy the place with the music blaring. Her kids don't want to change schools, so they are looking to move elsewhere in the same area... But really, what kind of place is this where good people have to take a financial loss to move away from bad neighbours?

I suggested that they ask their councilperson for help. She is scared of pushing this... When the police visited the neighbour in the past, the kids threatened to beat up my employee's kids to teach the family not to get the cops involved. Again, no way to prove they said anything. Anyone experience anything like this in the past?

10-09-2012, 05:26 PM	#1
Devils'Advocate #1 Goaltender Join Date: Jul 2005 Exp:	What to do about a bad neighbour? First let me say that I am in Ottawa - I don't know if the city bylaws differ between here and Calgary. One of my employees is in a bad situation. Her neighbour moved out of town and is renting the old house to a family of 5. Mother. Father. Three boys: 17, 15, 12. My employee has 2 kids, both around 10. Thus far: - House has been egged 3 times - Fence between properties was damaged - Music is blaring from right after school until 10pm - 17 and 15 year olds have been seen smoking pot and drinking in their back yard - The 12 year old has been bullying my employee's kids She talked to the parents and they claim their kids would never do this stuff... She has tried calling the cops, but they said that unless there is some proof that the kids did the egging and broke the fence, there is nothing that they can do. As for the noise complaint, if it's before 10pm, again, nothing they can do. My employee has said she comes to work to get away from the stress. She hates going home now. She has put her house up for sale, but even the salesperson has said that they will have to show the home during school hours since nobody is going to buy the place with the music blaring. Her kids don't want to change schools, so they are looking to move elsewhere in the same area... But really, what kind of place is this where good people have to take a financial loss to move away from bad neighbours? I suggested that they ask their councilperson for help. She is scared of pushing this... When the police visited the neighbour in the past, the kids threatened to beat up my employee's kids to teach the family not to get the cops involved. Again, no way to prove they said anything. Anyone experience anything like this in the past?