I've found the best flats to rent are in areas with a lot of Eastern Europeans.

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I think it is partly due to cultural difference, especially with people from former communist countries. They naturally mind their own business, and will not stick their nose into yours unless you are causing them some kind of a problem. Not like us brits who love snitching, bitching, and curtain twitching...

Haha Paris.

Lady Frog, so true and I wish I'd known this ages ago. The flat I work from has been a working flat for eleven years and no one knows. There are always new people moving in and moving out which is another good thing. If there were Brits there, they would soon be curtain twitching (sweeping statement I know) or be sitting on my doorstep doing a crossword or something. Ground floor flats work best in my view. Short of having an underground tunnel, where I work couldn't be better for discretion. So OP I really do feel for you because I've been in a similar situation before and it's just not nice, especially if you are a nervous type as I am.

Okay that was a poor choice of words, obviously you can't stereotype people by their nationality, but cultural influences do have in impact on people's interaction with each other, as I have noticed in the many many places I have rented, and various nationalities of people I have rented to/from, mostly outside of escorting. I definitely wasn't suggesting the OP is somehow to blame for this man's behaviour.

It seems very clear from the fact he spoke up in a defensive way "it's okay she just likes to play with the play with the pebbles" that he was well aware he was in the wrong; that is very defensive - not normal neighbourly conversation at all. He knows you know he's up to something.

Definitely move when your lease ends... even if nothing happens, staying put may cause you stress and paranoia. As far as what to do in the meantime, before the lease is up, that really depends on the potential consequences of this situation escalating: ie. depends on the legalities of escorting in your country.

One option would be to move and sublet the flat for the remainder of the contract term, again that depends on the legalities of subletting where you are. Seems like your neighbours would potentially grass you up to your letting agency or landlord if you sublet and tried to hide it.

More immediately, it might be worth putting up a dummy CCTV camera over the entrance way? They cost £5 i think, it might put him off hanging around.