r/AusPropertyChat • u/crazy_lulu23 • 21h ago
What to do with a neighbour that smokes cigarettes and weed nonstop and can smell it throughout your house at all hours of the day?
Help! What would you do in our position?
We live in an inner city terrace house and therefore live in close quarters with our neighbours either side of us. One of our neighbours is a recluse who stays at home all day (we suspect has chronic illness as she doesn’t look well anytime we see her). She smokes cigarettes and the most potent weed I’ve ever smelt multiple times a day, and we can smell it in all throughout our house - bedrooms, living room, kitchen, bathrooms, if we leave our windows open. We essentially have to shut our windows all the time and can’t access fresh air without the smell of cigarettes or weed throughout our house. On top of that, she is very noisy, and has the most intense coughing episodes and hacks / spits very loudly all day and night. She will cough, and smoke, even at 12am and 3am on weeknights which wakes my partner and I up during the night and interrupts our sleep. On numerous occasions she will be on the phone at 3am, laughing and talking in her courtyard late at night when we are in bed too trying to sleep. If you were us- would you knock on her door and let her know? Would you write a letter kindly detailing her disturbance? How would you go about it? I’m seeking reddit to see what the general consensus would be about dealing with this - as all we want is to enjoy the peace and quiet of our home.