9/10 times it’s a legit problem, the neighbour would just ask you nicely. If some nutjob writes you an invoice, you can safely ignore it. Going through someone’s trash and photographing indentifying information on the other hand is a felony, so OOP might’ve just found a way to finance that lawyer for themselves.
But this is one side of a story in which the neighbour went from 0 to lawyer with no warning and OOP (presumed innocent and tidy) is apparently fed up with the entire country because of that. Seems to me pretty escalatory by the only side presenting the narrative.
So giving the benefit of the doubt to the othe side: if you are a messy tenant and do not listen to reason, good riddance to you.
The OP is living there for three months. Even IF they are the dirtiest of all tenants (which is unlikely, but still possible), if we take into regard you need at least a month or two to settle and get your essential furniture in place, the remaining time is WAY too short to state something like “kind” strikes or advisories first - which is kinda required for such a formal step through a lawyer if you want to make it grounded and with actual reason.
The whole matter does sound like a xenophobic lady with too much time and a very short fuse - and a personal friend of her or her family being the lawyer responsible for the whole matter. That’s why I would simply ignore it for the time being.
you can ignore it if it isn’t a court mandated order. the lawyer wants to be paid, but they don’t need to be paid by OOP. they’re perfectly fine being paid by the harassing neighbor, which is what will happen eventually. there are always some of these harassment cases, and generally they go away if you just ignore them because there is no legal backing. the lawyer just scares you into compliance and if you pay that gets seen as an admission of guilt. there are several types of legal letters but most of them don’t require responding at all.
9/10 times it’s a legit problem, the neighbour would just ask you nicely. If some nutjob writes you an invoice, you can safely ignore it. Going through someone’s trash and photographing indentifying information on the other hand is a felony, so OOP might’ve just found a way to finance that lawyer for themselves.
But this is one side of a story in which the neighbour went from 0 to lawyer with no warning and OOP (presumed innocent and tidy) is apparently fed up with the entire country because of that. Seems to me pretty escalatory by the only side presenting the narrative.
So giving the benefit of the doubt to the othe side: if you are a messy tenant and do not listen to reason, good riddance to you.
Disagree: You cannot safely ignore this, because it is not a normal invoice and not some primitive nutjob.
There is a lawyer behind it, and this lawyer wants to get paid. Something that does not go away by itself.
It is just a lawyer - they can ask and demand anything they like. If it’s unjustified (like here for example) just ignore it.
If it’s something from COURT, you HAVE to answer it. But lawyers - don’t give them more credit than they deserve
What do you know about this case that we don’t know?
Context
The OP is living there for three months. Even IF they are the dirtiest of all tenants (which is unlikely, but still possible), if we take into regard you need at least a month or two to settle and get your essential furniture in place, the remaining time is WAY too short to state something like “kind” strikes or advisories first - which is kinda required for such a formal step through a lawyer if you want to make it grounded and with actual reason.
The whole matter does sound like a xenophobic lady with too much time and a very short fuse - and a personal friend of her or her family being the lawyer responsible for the whole matter. That’s why I would simply ignore it for the time being.
you can ignore it if it isn’t a court mandated order. the lawyer wants to be paid, but they don’t need to be paid by OOP. they’re perfectly fine being paid by the harassing neighbor, which is what will happen eventually. there are always some of these harassment cases, and generally they go away if you just ignore them because there is no legal backing. the lawyer just scares you into compliance and if you pay that gets seen as an admission of guilt. there are several types of legal letters but most of them don’t require responding at all.
I’m with you on this. Nothing screams entitlement more than throwing uncut/unfolded boxes in the bin.
From how the neighbour is acting it might actually be the landlady. In that case it would be legal for her to do so.