Neighbor's cigarette smoke drifting into our yard and home
Secondhand smoke and strong fumes travel from neighboring properties and units into adjacent homes and backyards. This makes it impossible to safely enjoy outdoor spaces with young children or prevent smoke odors from invading living areas.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Passing on the house entirely
- 2Visiting the property at different times to gauge neighbor activity
- 3Installing air purifiers or fences
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
r/PropertyManagement1 person · September 2026
Where this came up
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