I have posted on here before about my issues with neighbours using my garden as and when they feel like.
I had told my landlord in the past that in future I would not be allowing access after I got a torrent of abuse from one of the tennants. As I didn't want to antagonise the new tennant, I had to endure fairly frequent intrusions, so was looking forward to when they move out.
it was over 1.5 years before they moved out so great, I find neighbor has already used garden to move stuff without asking (I know theres limited things I can do to control it, so expected this abuse). Neighbor called to ask to use garden because I was in, and I politely declined saying "sorry I have had too much trouble in past". Actually I had to keep repeating that 10-15 minutes, as they would not go away.
Get phonecall from landlord about 30 minutes later complaining I refused access and was rude/abusive. I was not in any way and landlord beleived me, but shocked to find out she didn't want to back me up. She got very hostile about it, I have difficulty with phone calls and conflict.
It took a lot of energy for me to call her and we came to an agreement that any access should be requested from her and passed on to me. I wasn't happy about but I agreed to it. She said it was only fair for me to have notice of when they want to use it.
That was all last year which I have posted on here. I thought it would be an end to it.
Landlord has always been behind on maintenance, and I have been too frightened to call them because rent inctrease was overdue, and expect that would get slipped in to conversation.
I had phoned her about a couple of issues, one being locks on my doors being insecure, in that I found it opened one morning which latch was fully locked.
Anyway before christmas I get notice about dreaded rent increase which I know I will be difficult to meet, but there are no other options for me. So I wanted to use this opportunity to get some of the maintenance issues dealt with.
As I was being supported by social services, they offered to help me with my landlord, which I thought was a good idea. I have been messed around, the notice was in mid november, rent increase first of january, so was looking to get a meeting set up mid december. Simply to go over maintenance issues (I expect they wont do them all). First social worker said she would draft a letter for me to look through, then mid december, she said I will phone the landlord to arrange meeting. Just before christmas holidays she said I will have to do it in the new year. Way too late
So around boxing day I sent a letter to landlord, stating I have aspergers and communication difficulties, and would like to meet them with my social worker to discuss maintenance. I insisted that I wanted crtical ones done before any rent increase, but because of all the messing about with social services. I offered to withhold increase, but backdate payments when just the key tasks were done.
In new year, my social work is off work sick. So after a week another one steps in, said he would meet up with him following week. I phoned and emailed to chase him up, and got no response at all, and he didn't turn up for expected meeting. So I complained to social services asking for a different social worker who could communicate and assist me.
I met with her last week, she seems very nice person. After meeting her I discover in an email the previous social worker had contacted the landord to explain situation and say they would get in touch.
that sounded fine, but later I disccover there has been a conversation between landlord and the previous social worker with feedback from the landlord, stipulating following requests:
1) A new contract to be drawn up with estate agent (I have told her in the past I don't want to deal with letting agent or estate agent, had so many problems with last letting agent). Also they were using that as an opportunity to set market rent level, which will be a level a lot higher than even my recent increase, a level I know I can't meet)
2) For the garden to be treated as a right of way for the neigbours
3) Action plan in place to stop me phoning police when I find strangers on my Garden
4) To be more sociable and get on with the neighbors.
This has sent me in to a deep depression and I am struggling to deal with it. It seems now my support worker will be supporting my landlord against my interest
Just so angry about the situation and scared that I will be homeless. I have rented here for 19 years and they have considered me to be a good tennant
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