Q: What can I do to get my neighbor to stop stealing & breaking my decorations I have in the front of the house?
I live in a house that was split into 2 apartments. I have lived on the second floor for 10 years. Last year a couple moved into the apartment on the first floor. Just recently she started stealing the decorations I put in front of the house. When I finally confronted her about the missing items, and she told me the decorations "clashed with her decor" so she threw it in the trash. I have also watched her and husband from my window intentionally stomping on my solar walkway lights. Sometimes they will leave the broken lights where they are, or they leave the broken pieces next to my car. I have spoken to my landlord, and I spoke to the police. However everyone seems to just shrug it off because the items are not really that expensive, but the cost of the items is not really the issue here. It has gotten to the point that I feel what this woman and her husband have have been doing is no longer a petty isolated incident. It is now bordering on harassment.
A:
Look at your lease. If the decorations are in a common area, then you don't have a right to have them there and they don't have a right to trash them. Talk to the local police and the landlord.
But if they are like that you may want to consider moving as they sound like they will be trouble throughout and the law is not good at getting people who are not nice to be nice.
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