Your New Neighbours

LudaMusser

Just a question to anybody that has bought a property recently, did you make the effort to introduce yourself to your new neighbours?

I know a few ppl that have bought houses recently and they have`nt bothered. I`m moving into my first house soon and would like to be on good terms with the immediate neighbours, I think it`s quite ignorant to not at least introduce yourself

grimsalve

Yes, I said hello to my all neighbours when I moved in (not really "recent" as it was two years ago) - just to be social, and to ask about things like Neighbourhood Watch, when bin day is, and stuff like that. I often have a chat with anyone when I'm supposed to be tidying the garden, washing the car, etc. - it's a good excuse.

I think I'm lucky because all my neighbours are really nice and normal... so maybe I'm the weird one on our street.

BitterAndTwisted

I agree with you but trying to be friendly and direct is not everyone's style. Sometimes it's easier to have some pretext to knock on the neighbour's front door, so have a question about the local area to hand just in case.

Lori007

I held a couple of candle parties and found that really helpful to meet all the neighbours or invited them around in the summer for a glass of wine in the garden - again something I have done - really helps to be friendly with your neighbours believe me!

gratefulforhelp_2

It helps to be on good terms with you neighbours, but sometimes, especially if they are bonkers, which hopefully yours are not, it is possible to regret being too friendly with them.

kazwookie

The 8 houses in my street, all moved into new properties within about 6 weeks of each other, so we had a wine and street BBQ one night to 'get to know each other'

daisymay2008

luckily the people opposite the house we are buying are friends with my parents i will try and get on first name terms with my two next door neighbours but other than that i won't bother, i like my privacy however it is always useful to have nosey neighbours, my current neighbours are probably too nice.....

i know that sounds bad but you can't go into the garden without them expecting a full blown conversation which is not always what i want!

Lori007

My Dad always told me high fences make good neighbours - we changed our 3' fence for a 6' as soon as we moved in (needed doing so that was our excuse) - can talk at front of house when we want to and works best for all of us - our neighbours then did the same thing a little while later and I know they were happier as was their neighbour.

m_13

So true. We lived in rural Herefordshire and had only a low slatted fence between us and our neighbours on both sides. We had gorgeous views and a sunny garden but absolutely no privacy. As soon as we were outside they'd be straight over to the fence asking what were doing often with unwanted advice.

flora48

We are in the process of renovating a property and have already introduced ourselves to 3 of the neighbours plus a couple of dog walkers. It is a new area for both of us and so far the natives seem friendly! I def think we should go out of our way to introduce ourselves and pass the time of day.

Kara_P

We popped round when we first moved in to see our immediate neighbours and said hello in passing to all the rest. We got a dog last month and since then we know lots of neighbours as many of them also have dogs.

During the winter we helped our elderly neighbour and were thanked with many bottles of wine (not that we wanted anything but it would have been rude to refuse). We have popped round a couple of times to let our neighbours know when we were having a lot of friends round. Not really parties but just in case it got noisey. We were told our get togethers aren't noisey enough and were given a bottle of wine the second time! We have been very lucky with our neighbours... I just hope the feel the same about us.