Just to add, he says that he is my Patron, (not as far as I am concerned), and that I have to "pay" to live in the area. He also complains that I do not work and that I should be working for him. I work all the time, keeping a house together and looking after the animals that have been abandoned, 3 dogs and various village cats, and on my computer, but that is not work in his opinion and I am a "woman". Evidently only "Horta's", (that may be spelt incorrectly) are allowed to live in the area, (4 villages, populated by essentially, 1 family). I think that he is still fighting the 'Agrarian Revolution'. He shouts about "equal" but that is probably one way, he is essentially broke. Two examples, the first time that I met his son, he demanded my car keys as he needed to buy some ****, (he does not have a driving licence). Shortly after moving in, his father needed help and I took the battery off his microcar, charged and refitted it for him, the very next day he was shouting f. off at my house. Sorry, I know i'm venting but it's running me ragged.

 

**** Is cigarettes, I used a shorter word which I presume is banned.

 

Hi slighthitchmitch,
I'm so sorry to hear that...
It must be really hard emotionally to be harassed by your neighbour.

I wish I could give you some advice, but I am a foreigner living in Asia and I don't know much about Portugal as I am about to apply for a D7 visa, but your situation is so serious that I was concerned and wrote to you.

There are several communities of expats living in Portugal on Facebook, so how about asking for some advice there? There are many s on Facebook and I think you are likely to get a response.

I am in a group called Americans & FriendsPT and everyone is very helpful and informative. But this group is a community for foreigners who get Portuguese visas and strict on rules, so you might not be able to .But sometimes people post about their problems in life after getting a visa. The other day, a Portuguese foreigner who had his ID card stolen in Paris posted for help in dealing with the situation.

There are also other groups such as “Expats in Portugal Q&A " on Facebook.

Facebook requires you to enter your name (although you can under a pseudonym), so if you don't want to enter your name, there were other anonymous expat forums in Portugal like below.
Portugal forum, forum expat Portugal

If I have a problem like yours in my country, I would deal with the following.

・Write down everything. What he did, what time, what date. Keep a record.
・ Talk to the local community association
・Talk to the town hall or city hall personnel.
・Talk to the police
・Consult a lawyer.
・ Collect evidence of the harassment on video (e.g. hidden cameras or surveillance cameras so that the neighbour is unaware)

However, I have heard rumours that Portuguese bureaucrats do not work well.

'I will burn your house down and kill you', the neighbour says, which in my country constitutes a crime of intimidation and a high probability of arrest by the police.
You have already consulted GNR and I am so sorry that GNR unfortunately will not take up the matter.

Why don't you rent your house to someone else, e.g. on AirBNB or Flatio.pt, and you live elsewhere for a while? Living somewhere else for a while help you calm down and think of a way to deal with the situation.
Having crazy neighbours next door must be disturbing. For the sake of your psyche, how about living away from your place for a while?

Alternatively, why not ask your friends or family to come and live in your house with you for a while? I think it is more reassuring to have two or more people living there than one.

Or, why don't you try to find a roommate for a short term shared room on AirBNB ? It would be especially good if the roommate is a man. It would bring in some extra income and would be a good bodyguard.

Like you, I have been harassed several times by my neighbours. (He played blaring music every day from 11pm to midnight. Once, my neighbour got angry, probably because I invited one of my friends to my flat and we were talking until 2am. The bombings went on for two years until I moved out.) I took refuge in my boyfriend’s house and stopped going home.

My friend was being harassed by her schizophrenic downstairs neighbour. At 2am, the neighbour rang the intercom and told her several times that ' Water is falling from your room’. (The water is his hallucination.) My friend ed the real estate agent manager, who ed the neighbour's mother, who took the neighbour in and the neighbour moved out.

Neighbour problems are also common in my country. In my country, people are more likely to move out in order to solve the problem. I felt uncomfortable and not convinced why I move out, even though it was not my fault, but I really feel much better and calmer after moving out.(I once moved out because of neighbour trouble. Seven or eight foreign workers moved into the two-bedroom next door and they were noisy every day, so I moved out after I put up with it for about a year.)

My French friend also had a noise problem, when his neighbour was noisy he used to hit his neighbour's wall with a stick. We don't do that in my country. So I think different countries have different ways of dealing with neighbour problems. I hope you can get some good advice from Portuguese people.(The aforementioned group on Facebook, Americans & FriendsPT, has Portuguese people who sometimes respond.)

I hope the problem will be resolved soon and you will feel better.

What to do when your neighbours harass you
https://www.idealista.pt/en/news/le...ws/legal-advice-portugal/2019/05/22/343-what-do-when-your-neighbours-harass-you

Psychological Bullying by Neighbors – How to Defense and STOP Them
Psychological Bullying by Neighbors - How to Defense and STOP Them

 

Hi slighthitchmitch,
I'm so sorry to hear that...
It must be really hard emotionally to be harassed by your neighbour.

I wish I could give you some advice, but I am a foreigner living in Asia and I don't know much about Portugal as I am about to apply for a D7 visa, but your situation is so serious that I was concerned and wrote to you.

There are several communities of expats living in Portugal on Facebook, so how about asking for some advice there? There are many s on Facebook and I think you are likely to get a response.

I am in a group called Americans & FriendsPT and everyone is very helpful and informative. But this group is a community for foreigners who get Portuguese visas and strict on rules, so you might not be able to .But sometimes people post about their problems in life after getting a visa. The other day, a Portuguese foreigner who had his ID card stolen in Paris posted for help in dealing with the situation.

There are also other groups such as “Expats in Portugal Q&A " on Facebook.

Facebook requires you to enter your name (although you can under a pseudonym), so if you don't want to enter your name, there were other anonymous expat forums in Portugal like below.
Portugal forum, forum expat Portugal

If I have a problem like yours in my country, I would deal with the following.

・Write down everything. What he did, what time, what date. Keep a record.
・ Talk to the local community association
・Talk to the town hall or city hall personnel.
・Talk to the police
・Consult a lawyer.
・ Collect evidence of the harassment on video (e.g. hidden cameras or surveillance cameras so that the neighbour is unaware)

However, I have heard rumours that Portuguese bureaucrats do not work well.

'I will burn your house down and kill you', the neighbour says, which in my country constitutes a crime of intimidation and a high probability of arrest by the police.
You have already consulted GNR and I am so sorry that GNR unfortunately will not take up the matter.

Why don't you rent your house to someone else, e.g. on AirBNB or Flatio.pt, and you live elsewhere for a while? Living somewhere else for a while help you calm down and think of a way to deal with the situation.
Having crazy neighbours next door must be disturbing. For the sake of your psyche, how about living away from your place for a while?

Alternatively, why not ask your friends or family to come and live in your house with you for a while? I think it is more reassuring to have two or more people living there than one.

Or, why don't you try to find a roommate for a short term shared room on AirBNB ? It would be especially good if the roommate is a man. It would bring in some extra income and would be a good bodyguard.

Like you, I have been harassed several times by my neighbours. (He played blaring music every day from 11pm to midnight. Once, my neighbour got angry, probably because I invited one of my friends to my flat and we were talking until 2am. The bombings went on for two years until I moved out.) I took refuge in my boyfriend’s house and stopped going home.

My friend was being harassed by her schizophrenic downstairs neighbour. At 2am, the neighbour rang the intercom and told her several times that ' Water is falling from your room’. (The water is his hallucination.) My friend ed the real estate agent manager, who ed the neighbour's mother, who took the neighbour in and the neighbour moved out.

Neighbour problems are also common in my country. In my country, people are more likely to move out in order to solve the problem. I felt uncomfortable and not convinced why I move out, even though it was not my fault, but I really feel much better and calmer after moving out.(I once moved out because of neighbour trouble. Seven or eight foreign workers moved into the two-bedroom next door and they were noisy every day, so I moved out after I put up with it for about a year.)

My French friend also had a noise problem, when his neighbour was noisy he used to hit his neighbour's wall with a stick. We don't do that in my country. So I think different countries have different ways of dealing with neighbour problems. I hope you can get some good advice from Portuguese people.(The aforementioned group on Facebook, Americans & FriendsPT, has Portuguese people who sometimes respond.)

I hope the problem will be resolved soon and you will feel better.

What to do when your neighbours harass you
https://www.idealista.pt/en/news/le...ws/legal-advice-portugal/2019/05/22/343-what-do-when-your-neighbours-harass-you

Psychological Bullying by Neighbors – How to Defense and STOP Them
Psychological Bullying by Neighbors - How to Defense and STOP Them

Thank you for your reply, I also posted on a different forum and have had some useful advice. It helps just writing about it and I will sort out the recordings that I have and return to my solicitor. I have received reassuring advice as well regarding my house documentation and the legaç situation regarding that. Thank you for your time.

 

Wow that is crazy and yet not surprising. Thank you for the information.

 

No idea where you are from but if Os Bretoes (ie 'British' at the time of the 1890 Ultimatum - so including Eire) - ask around, such as your lawyer - about the original, until 1957 Contra os Bretoes national anthem. (and why didn't the lawyer mention it before?)

All about attacking the British on land and sea !

Sobre a terra, sobre o mar, As armas, as armas, Pela patria lutar! Contra os bretoes marchar (repeated as the chorus etc)

So your neighbour agitating you and no-one offering constructive help - this would tick the box for 'attacking on land'. Poisoning pets and livestock with contaminated water would nowadays qualify as 'attacking on the sea'. Getting a chuckle from other locals.

Keep us all up to date - on your loony neighbour, here and on any other sites you have told your 'harassment' story to !

 

It's life.
Also got a bad situation with neighbors.
Decided to move out

 

I have decided to stay as I have legal residence and legal ownership. I have also decided to resist strongly, it's life.

 

Hi, how are things going? Is everything OK now? Hope the crazy neighbor gets sober now.

 

Wowee. I'm just thinking of moving to Portugal, I'm a British lady, alone. I'm just reading through all these posts and this sounds particularly hellish. Please can you tell me the outcome. I hope you are well and it got sorted. X

 

Hi there and thank you for your kind remarks.
The verbal abuse continues on a daily basis, but I am confident that my home is secure. Despite their comments becoming more unhinged, i.e. "You don't need documents to own a house" I feel that local opinion is finally turning in my favour. I had my brake lines cut a year ago and ended up driving onto a main road which could have been very bad. The GNR archived the case due to 'lack of evidence' but I know the son was responsible as he and his father had a blazing row upon returning from a day at the local GNR office. I have that recorded somewhere, also they lied to the GNR about many things and I could probably prove all of those lies as well. The good thing is that they have not tried anything else, I think that incident shook them up a bit, they know there is an archived case hanging over them now. So it continues but this year it will stop one way or the other as I am bored of them after 6 years of idiocy. Thanks again for asking.

 

I'm single women going thru the immigration process now. bringing my big 13 lb schichon dog and 45 years of psych nursing experience with me ! LOL. I'm going to stay out of the rural areas because I do believe it is not as safe in those situations and I certainly hope she is safe. it doesn't sound like the police or community are setting limits with that neighbor clearing making threats. I hope she has gotten a couple big bad dogs to protect her!