Carmarthenshire gets tough with bad neighbours
Carmarthenshire Council’s Housing Services is getting tough with anti-social tenants who make their neighbours lives a misery. The local authority successfully applied for a court order to evict a family in the Cefncaeau area of Llanelli who were persistently engaging in anti-social behaviour. Local residents worked with the council to provide the evidence used to successfully evict. Area housing manager Les James said: “The family had been causing problems for some time including noise nuisance, friends coming and going causing disturbances, dumping rubbish, having an untidy garden, being abusive to neighbours and generally being a bad neighbour. “This family were making their neighbours lives hell and thought we couldn’t touch them.” The eviction process involves going to the County Court and asking the judge for an order for possession of the property. After this we can apply for an Eviction Warrant. The court bailiff goes to the house with officers from housing services to carry ou...