Hi,
My partner and I bought a house via the affordable housing last year. We've been going through hell since. Theres a group that continues to hang around beside our home and smashes up the vacant building besides us. They stare in our sitting room window and intimidate us. We call the Garda but when they come they just chase them away and say that they can't arrest them ( which in my opinion is BS) we've sent the council endless letters and emails but never get a reply. We went to a solicitor and she said she was sending the council a letter on our behave but then 2 wks later told us to stop contacting her as it was nothing to with her and we were to deal with the council directly. We later found out that our solicitor was the best of friends with the head and most of the people in the housing dept. Our home is currently on the market as we need to get out but we can't sell our home because -
1- The place is a kip with broken glass and blood everywhere.
2-We won't get our asking price which we need in order to pay the claw-back.
3-If we sell it at a lose we can't afford to pay the clawback.
We're terrified and go to bed every night with the alarm on and when were here during the day all the doors bolted. People shouldn't have to live in fear like this. We don't know who to turn too anymore as the guards, council and out solicitor are all unwilling to help. Does anyone know what are rights are here or who we can get help from. It's gotten so bad we don't even want to be here anymore and find ever excuse to stay somewhere else at night.
Cheers,
R
My partner and I bought a house via the affordable housing last year. We've been going through hell since. Theres a group that continues to hang around beside our home and smashes up the vacant building besides us. They stare in our sitting room window and intimidate us. We call the Garda but when they come they just chase them away and say that they can't arrest them ( which in my opinion is BS) we've sent the council endless letters and emails but never get a reply. We went to a solicitor and she said she was sending the council a letter on our behave but then 2 wks later told us to stop contacting her as it was nothing to with her and we were to deal with the council directly. We later found out that our solicitor was the best of friends with the head and most of the people in the housing dept. Our home is currently on the market as we need to get out but we can't sell our home because -
1- The place is a kip with broken glass and blood everywhere.
2-We won't get our asking price which we need in order to pay the claw-back.
3-If we sell it at a lose we can't afford to pay the clawback.
We're terrified and go to bed every night with the alarm on and when were here during the day all the doors bolted. People shouldn't have to live in fear like this. We don't know who to turn too anymore as the guards, council and out solicitor are all unwilling to help. Does anyone know what are rights are here or who we can get help from. It's gotten so bad we don't even want to be here anymore and find ever excuse to stay somewhere else at night.
Cheers,
R