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Coincidentally I'm having similar issues with a neighbour who's being far more sneaky in his unwarranted complaints - I've had the police called at 8am as "someone has reported you have people staying with you who shouldn't be here" (my kids were playing in the front room...) and then a very disgusting and insulting note put through the door at 2am.

I've spoken to police and they say no offence has been committed (by him or me), and my letting agent who said neighbour had threatened to contact. Both advises me to ignore any and all further complaints from him, not to respond in any way.

If your neighbour reaches threatening or abusive territory then the police could be called. The fact that he's going tonto on neighbours means you'll have witnesses to back you up. Alternatively, if he does it more than once you can contact a lawyer (annoyingly this is a civil offence, so police can't help) and lodge a complaint about harassment. Google it for details.

Council are hit and miss. I had issues with a complete dick of a neighbour in Bradford many years ago. Council were nice but ultimately useless. I have a feeling with your situation you'll end up with the council telling you to go to police as it's not a noise issue. Unless he's a council tenant in which case it's worth a shot. If he's a private tenant then report to his letting agency if it's a concern - you can find this by checking the Scottish Landlords page ( [https://www.landlordregistrationscotland.gov.uk/search](https://www.landlordregistrationscotland.gov.uk/search))

I'm waiting for incident three and then I'm going the legal route.