Physical Damage

Apart from the emotional damage, the physical damage caused by a neighbour from hell also takes its toll.

Some of the damage caused includes:

• Eggs thrown at our house
• Door locks jammed
• Bits of steel in our yard caused by a slingshot
• Fence damage by pushing and climbing over a wire fence, and by kicking and cutting a timber fence (the cutting was done by a chainsaw)
• Damage caused to air conditioners - fumes from burnouts being sucked in
• Damage to our health by breathing in the fumes from burnouts - (in one instance the fumes could be smelt on our towels the next day)
• Damage to our animals - they are terrified now of any noise - and our dog wets on the floor.
• Plants damaged by people urinating on them and ripping them to shreds.
• Smashed bottles in our yard and on footpath.
• Damage to road - smashed bottles, painting sign on road and rubber left behind by burnouts.
• Damage to other neighbours property - slingshot damage to shed and house, smashed bottles, smashed fences.
• Damage to property values in the area.

Then there is the damage to their property:

• Damage caused by setting fire to grass in their backyard with a flamethrower.
• Damage caused by them smashing doors and walls including screen doors, windows and garage door
• Damage caused by car trying to drive sideways into their driveway - major damage to car and gate
• Damage to their sheds - caused by throwing timber and steel at them.
• Damage caused by parties - Parents are only concerned with what is damaged of theirs.

Then there is the possible damage that luckily never occurred.

Including the things we located in our yard:

• finding used condoms
• glass fragments from smashed bottles
• steel spikes from someones fence
• medicine bottles
• half eaten food including sandwiches and fruit
• old cat food

 These could've caused long term damage to our dog if she had found any of it before we did - especially if the food had been poisoned.

The cost financially to our property caused by the damage is not great.  We have had to:

•  replace door locks
• clean our house
• build a new fence
• clean out our air conditoners
• and replant plants

Emotionally though is another matter.  My next post will be on the emotional turmoil the neighbours from hell have caused.