Seventy-five-year-old Harclyde Sandiford and his family say they feel they have been under siege in their home at Bonnetts, Brittons Hill, St Michael, for the past nine years.
A contentious relationship with a neighbour on the other side of the duplex, they say, means a constant barrage of hammering on the thin, shared wall, slamming of doors, rocks thrown on the roof and numerous complaints to the Hastings/Worthing Police Station.
This has spilled over to the next generation, with Sandiford’s son Curtis Robinson in conflict with the neighbour, resulting in several appearances at court.
He added that complaints to the police, Urban Development Commission (UDC), Ministry of Education, Child Care Board, Welfare Department and Members of Parliament Kirk Humphrey and Dr William Duguid have brought no relief.
Numerous attempts by the DAILY NATION to get the neighbour’s side proved futile. She promised to come to the office, sent correspondence of her ongoing court cases but could not be reached to respond to the allegations against her and her children.
“I am 75 years old. I contributed enough to Barbados that I should be able to live instead of dealing with people who want to disturb the peace,” said Sandiford.
Also of grave concern to him is his 53-year-old daughter who has cerebral palsy and is totally dependent on the rest of the family for care.
“My daughter can’t even do nothing for herself, nothing. She’s brain damaged and she’s got to go through this turmoil. The only thing she could have done by herself is that you could have put food in front of her and she would have fed herself, but now she has deteriorated a little more. This trauma that’s going on . . . she is already traumatised and brain damaged.”
Sandiford said they went to Humphrey’s office and two letters were written to UDC, but were disappointed more has not been done.
“He spoke out about the elderly being unfaired in Barbados and this is a classic story,” Robinson said in frustration.
Duguid, in whose constituency the home is located, said he was “well aware of the problem and the Urban Development Commission is working to resolve the matter”.
An official from UDC said the matter to relocate the neighbour was before the courts.
Robinson said he was also frustrated with the officers at Hastings/Worthing Police Station, adding he had a long list of names of people who responded to his complaints.
The family says the noise level has escalated and they are at their wits’ end.
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