Do you get on with your neighbours?

vroombroom

Yes we do. We live in a quiet cul de sac with three bungalows with OAPs opposite and we're an end terrace.

We bought our house two years ago after having an awful neighbour move in next to our rented house. She was awful - loud, brash, loads of kids, sat in her pjs drinking booze in the front garden at all hours - she was just generally an awful person who seemed to want to cause trouble. We were then getting the police turning up in the street on an almost daily basis due to her and her brood, so we made the decision to move.

The house came up - a repo via the council - and it's lovely. So quiet and peaceful.

I'll never forget about a month after we moved in, I was hanging washing out in the garden and heard a voice shout over the fence from the house next door (which had just been sold too) saying 'did you used to live in ***** Street?' Oh my god, I panicked and was scared to turn round in case it was the feral neighbour from our old street. :eek:

Luckily it wasn't but someone who lived on the same street and moved for the same reasons as us. Two years on and we're really good friends with them :-)

lizzy85

I think it is pretty normal to have a nosy neighbor. It may be annoying sometimes but I have come to appreciate on having a good relationship with your neighbors. You don't know when is the time that you might need them.

Chlorine7

I get along with one an older couple in my flats, they take my parcels and their cat constantly comes to visit

Other neighbours always smile and say hello.

The ones downstairs I could happily go without. They have two young children, one of whom cries a lot, play music so loudly it makes my floor vibrate, shout a lot and the wife always has a sour face though she does say hello. The husband is a little more friendly and says hello with a smile.

I used to live above a complete meathead who blocked the driveway so we couldn't park off road (we weren't going to anyway) blasted his TV late at night and when asked to turn it down he threatened my then OH even though he wasn't around and had nothing to do with the request.

Bangton

One neighbour is about my age and I rarely see her, if I do its a quick hello nothing more. My other neighbours are about 70..The woman is lovely but the man is a moaner. I get the impression he finds us messy. Our problem is we live in a terrace directly by the passage used by all neighbors so we have to allow them all access through our garden should they need to use the passage. The couple in their 70s chose a really low fence which we can't change as it's their land so we have a 6 ft fence on one side with a gap for those neighbors at that side and a 4ft fence on his side meaning he can see in our garden. I have a young son who plays with a sand table and makes mess and last year we played with water balloons and left them a few days before clearing up. Of course if my garden was private it wouldn't matter but because they can see in the man always makes sarcastic comments. At the moment I've been weeding the garden on a night and have about 3 bags full to go to the tip but working full time with a young son means I haven't got to tip yet and the bags are waiting to go. We've encouraged slugs apparently although I've been out everyday for the last week and not seen them.

We also caught someone breaking into our car and despite looking out of the window he didn't call the police or help us. I can't help but get annoyed with him with his comments!

But they aren't terrible and are mostly quiet. Wish I didn't have to have them watching us in the v garden in summer though with their low fence. .It's like a communal garden!

thorsoak

Bangton wrote: »

One neighbour is about my age and I rarely see her, if I do its a quick hello nothing more. My other neighbours are about 70..The woman is lovely but the man is a moaner. I get the impression he finds us messy. Our problem is we live in a terrace directly by the passage used by all neighbors so we have to allow them all access through our garden should they need to use the passage. The couple in their 70s chose a really low fence which we can't change as it's their land so we have a 6 ft fence on one side with a gap for those neighbors at that side and a 4ft fence on his side meaning he can see in our garden. I have a young son who plays with a sand table and makes mess and last year we played with water balloons and left them a few days before clearing up. Of course if my garden was private it wouldn't matter but because they can see in the man always makes sarcastic comments. At the moment I've been weeding the garden on a night and have about 3 bags full to go to the tip but working full time with a young son means I haven't got to tip yet and the bags are waiting to go. We've encouraged slugs apparently although I've been out everyday for the last week and not seen them.

We also caught someone breaking into our car and despite looking out of the window he didn't call the police or help us. I can't help but get annoyed with him with his comments!

But they aren't terrible and are mostly quiet. Wish I didn't have to have them watching us in the v garden in summer though with their low fence. .It's like a communal garden!

In your place, I would think seriously about erecting a higher fence on your side.

Andrew_Ryan_89

So been at my new house for around 9 months and the mentioned neighbour above is getting very annoying. At least once every other day she is knocking at my door at all hours; in the morning, whilst I'm working and in the afternoon and evening when I'm trying to relax. She knocked me the otherday to tell me my butterfly Bush was getting tall. It's not even on her side of the garden. We are getting the pond cleaned and left a couple bins out to collect rain water. She knocks me saying to move it. Other times she knocks she is asking for help as she has a physical disability or giving me food she doesn't want. Problem is, the knocking is 3-4 times a week and I find it weird that she notices every little thing that I do; when I pull up, when I leave the house, when we put the blinds up, had a painter, asking where we went when we go out and noticing when we are away for the day. Such a neighbour has its benefits but she's quickly getting annoying.

AylesburyDuck

Andrew_Ryan_89 wrote: »

So been at my new house for around 9 months and the mentioned neighbour above is getting very annoying. At least once every other day she is knocking at my door at all hours; in the morning, whilst I'm working and in the afternoon and evening when I'm trying to relax. She knocked me the otherday to tell me my butterfly Bush was getting tall. It's not even on her side of the garden. We are getting the pond cleaned and left a couple bins out to collect rain water. She knocks me saying to move it. Other times she knocks she is asking for help as she has a physical disability or giving me food she doesn't want. Problem is, the knocking is 3-4 times a week and I find it weird that she notices every little thing that I do; when I pull up, when I leave the house, when we put the blinds up, had a painter, asking where we went when we go out and noticing when we are away for the day. Such a neighbour has its benefits but she's quickly getting annoying.

My god im not suprised, i couldnt be doing with that.:(
Most of our neighbours are lovely, so much so that we have one of them spend Christmas Day with us every year since being widowed several years ago.
One however is a pure nightmare and we have endured building work , full scare extensions the lot, by his own hands, no building firms so no governments guidline to help us complain even.
No consideration for noise even upto 10pm at night and as early as 8am, 7 days a week (drilling, sawing, bricklaying, roofing blah blah) and bank holidays, we've had a separate store room at the end of their garden, then something else separate in the corner, then a vast extension joining storeroon and house (passed planning despite complaints from us and two other neighbours)). The list goes on, its endless.
10 YEARS he's been at it, ive got grey hairs and freyed nerves.
He gets blanked by me now and knows full well that i'd rather wipe my butt on a cactus than give him the time of day ,help, or anything even coming close to polite neighbourly chattings.
My only hope is that one day i'll have a front seat to witness the Karma.

Gloomendoom

We are lucky. All our neighbours are nice people. We have several of them coming round to dinner tomorrow evening.

With regard to building work, we have just received planning permission for some mods and it came with some very strict conditions on when the work could take place: weekdays 8:00 am to 6:30 pm and Saturday mornings only. Sundays and bank holidays, work is verboten. It might be worth checking with the planning authority to see if similar restrictions apply.

Marvel1

Andrew_Ryan_89 wrote: »

So been at my new house for around 9 months and the mentioned neighbour above is getting very annoying. At least once every other day she is knocking at my door at all hours; in the morning, whilst I'm working and in the afternoon and evening when I'm trying to relax. She knocked me the otherday to tell me my butterfly Bush was getting tall. It's not even on her side of the garden. We are getting the pond cleaned and left a couple bins out to collect rain water. She knocks me saying to move it. Other times she knocks she is asking for help as she has a physical disability or giving me food she doesn't want. Problem is, the knocking is 3-4 times a week and I find it weird that she notices every little thing that I do; when I pull up, when I leave the house, when we put the blinds up, had a painter, asking where we went when we go out and noticing when we are away for the day. Such a neighbour has its benefits but she's quickly getting annoying.

I wouldn't even bother to answer the door.

ska_lover

Andrew_Ryan_89 wrote: »

So been at my new house for around 9 months and the mentioned neighbour above is getting very annoying. At least once every other day she is knocking at my door at all hours; in the morning, whilst I'm working and in the afternoon and evening when I'm trying to relax. She knocked me the otherday to tell me my butterfly Bush was getting tall. It's not even on her side of the garden. We are getting the pond cleaned and left a couple bins out to collect rain water. She knocks me saying to move it. Other times she knocks she is asking for help as she has a physical disability or giving me food she doesn't want. Problem is, the knocking is 3-4 times a week and I find it weird that she notices every little thing that I do; when I pull up, when I leave the house, when we put the blinds up, had a painter, asking where we went when we go out and noticing when we are away for the day. Such a neighbour has its benefits but she's quickly getting annoying.

How irritating. I have a neighbour who notices every move we make. The most nosey person I have ever met. If we are in the garden he will be in a bedroom angling himself this way and that, to get a better view into the boot of the car we are emptying of shopping etc.

When we moved in, he behaved appallingly for the first few months which started on the afternoon of our moving in day and did not stop until I firmly told him to stay off my property and not to knock my door ever again.

I can't stop him staring every time we go out of the door though and it creeps me out.

I was furious as me and OH had both worked full time and saved for years to get a deposit together for this place and this nosey neighbour, he lives rent free in a council property.