Where do I stand on this
Hello guys, I'll try and keep it short and to the point.
Just to preface. I live in the UK in a house that's owned outright.
So I am a medical cannabis patient and im having some serious issues with one side of my neighbours. He is constantly complaining that "his house absolutely stinks"..
Now I'm very very polite as to when I do go outside for a smoke, I do not smoke in the day or unsociable hours, I am as far as I possibly can be on my property away from the house. I will go out once in the evening before bed for a smoke a day that's it I don't smoke all day everyday and of recent he's complained that much that it's actually getting on my nerves, I'm a genuine medical patient used to treat my chronic insomnia and severe nerve damage.
Where do I stand with what rights he has? He has threatened to make a complaint to the police and write a letter to the council, he has also verbally abused me and made several violent threats whereas I've been nothing but apologetic and tired my best to reduce the chances of it actually "stinking out his house".
And it's not as if they are the perfect neighbours, they have 3 children which he treats like absolute dog shit, screaming and shouting at them day in day out (these kids are all young and well behaved in my eyes, they're not wild or anything) he comes across as an absolute control freak, everything in his household has to be on his terms (I know this as I can hear him inside and outside my house when he can't get his own way with both his wife and his kids). Like kids will be kids let them make a racket and enjoy it while they can buy constant crying screaming and shouting from all of them doesn't seem like a valid excuse for all the noise.
So to reiterate, where do I stand on using my prescribed medication on my own property and secondly where do I stand on the noise? Would it be worth logging noise complaints taking recordings and calling child protective services. As the language he uses towards his kids is disgusting and I just know that it's got physical a few times also borderline being "reasonable punishment" like a smack on the bumm, rather a proper slap.
Thanks guys looking forward to your input