Mimi is a smiling mum I know from the school gate and is looking to move house. They want to buy somewhere for the first time. They’ve just had a second child so their two bedroomed house is too small. But mainly they want to move because of the neighbours.
‘Are they noisy then?’ I asked, thinking of ‘normal’ reasons for the neighbours to be difficult.
‘It’s the drugs.’ she replied. ‘And it’s so dirty, I won’t even go down the shared passageway between the houses.’ She scrunched up her face in disgust.
Private landlords mean that you can’t just call up the council to remove your neighbours. You have to move yourself in the end.
The Vicar's Wife 
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