Life Would Be So Much Easier

Wednesday 27th at 16:14hrs a person not identifying themselves from Bristol City Council phones. Rent arrears. I repeat that this has been going on for years now, gets sorted but then starts again and six tomes this year.

Oh, really?  Well she will try to sort it out (blames another agency) but then says twice, as if trying to bluff me, that "We" will carry out a check on myself and account etc.

And after two phone complaints, two online forms filled out, my wheelie bin still has not been emptied ~after a month.

Bristol City Council is either THE most incompetent or, as three people have now pointed out, targetting me for harrassment and after all these years I don't know why or care.

Continuing Harassment

First thing: one week on and nothing from the Council re the complaint against me. So, no case again. Not a word to tell me whether a warning was given ~as promised~ that malicious complaints would not be tolerated....or to say she even came around that week.

Today, this makes...I just checked, 7 times in 2017, that I have received another Council letter threatening legal action over my non Payment of a rent debt that has never existed and that has been the case every time.

So now...more letter writing.

This is harassment.

And......

14:30 hrs the day after the Council official was due to visit the complaining neighbour and let me know if there WAS a reason for the complaint or if she had warned about malicious complaints....

Nothing.

That's...5 times (?) this year.

The Council puts NOTHING in writing just phones so that way nothing to show a solicitor.  From now on it's "But the matter in writing so that it can be forwarded to my solicitor. Thank you." and phone goes down.

Why are they scare about my recording their visits?

Hmm....?

As If Proof Of Harassment Was Needed

Harassment?

Rent arrears that do not exist.

And today, around 17.30hrs....a call from the council about ANOTHER complaint

We've had wind and rain since last week but when it was good I cut brambles and weeds for burning, did tidying up and waiting for the weather to improve to finish things off before Winter.

So....I just had a call from the council. A complaint about the state of my garden. As I said to my sister ~I garden and THEN the malicious little s~~~s complain. Every time without fail.

Council woman noted that her boss had put in the record that I was regularly harassed. Other visits ~no problem. She's visiting the "complaintee" on Wednesday. If she cannot see a major problem she is going to warn about malicious complaints.

Of course she will.

If a problem she'll come see me.

I told her that any problem the city council can concrete over the garden which only has a 7ft 2m) by 3 ft (90cms) strip of 1" (2cms) deep soil over....concrete. Through which the bramble grows.

21 years of complaints and all the visits and all the "no problem with the garden".

I'm getting too old for this shit over and over every year.

Oh, and no explanation as to why the last council official simply failed to turn up and never even phoned to cancel.

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Fourth Time....

For the FOURTH time this year and it's only September, more letters from Bristol City Council about rent arrears that do not exist.

Since I made it clear that more 'anonymous complaint' visits would lead to legal action no more of those.  Just "You are in arrears.  Each and every time I say "Take it to court and meanwhile I'm contacting my MP"....they suddenly discover its an error.  No apologies and always someone elses fault.

Explain to me how this is not harassment?

More Wasted Time

Following another "anonymous" complaint  (that makes 2 so far this year) Liz Joyner of Bristol City Council told me she would call around this afternoon (Wednesday, 24th May) to check the garden and take photos.

I waited until 1700 hrs/5pm and nothing.  No phone call or any other sign of her.  My solicitor was with me from 1430~1530hrs and had to leave.  He called back at 1625hrs and was annoyed at the "cavalier attitude" being shown by the council.

My solicitor pointed out that since 1995 the council had between 2~5 "anonymous complaints" and on each occasion a council visit proved the complaint groundless.  Also, had only one photo per year over 20 years been taken the council had 20 photos of my garden. But taken into account the visits he estimated the council has upward of 160 photographs of my garden.  Where are they?  Also it was pointed out that council officials had to get my approval for their photographing which they never have asked for and on four occasions council officers looked around the [property and took photos while I was not present.

In future I am to record all conversations and refuse to give permission to take photographs.

20 years and every time "all clear" ~and 60 visits at least.  THAT is harrassment.

And it continues....

I moved into the property in 2004. As we were moving in the council phoned as there was a complaint about the garden being a mess ~they were supposed to have cut everything back BEFORE we moved in.

Every year since then, that is 14 years, 3~5 times a year we get the call about the mess, someone calls round and "nothing wrong".  For the second time this year I have been told of another "anonymous complaint" and someone will call around Wednesday to take photos and close the case.

14 years.  This official will be told that the council must not phone or harass me with "anonymous complaints" again.  Everything in writing.  And next time I'll take legal action.  This is either someone at the council behind this....well, that's all I can come up with. 14 years of anonymous complaints resulting in nothing 3~5 times a year.  How thick do you have to be to not realise?

Try and get a repair done though.....nothing.

After the previous council official harassment I had the head of estate management Paul Bannerman call around.  He apologised for what his officers had said and done and even instigated long overdue repairs.  The officers were not punished in any way.