How best to introduce yourself to new neighbor

Snookie12cat

We are moving into our new house soon and it got me thinking, what is the best way to introduce yourself to the neighbours?

I don't want to be best mates but in my current house I feel like we left it to late and didn't have that stop and chat relationship with most the neighbors. 

jonnydeppiwish!

As G_M would have said, tea and cake!

propertyhunter

Knock on their door once you're settled and invite them over for a cuppa. I hadn't even moved in yet and my neighbours asked us come over for a drink. 

user1977

Alternatively, a threatening letter from your solicitor!

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/79122504/#Comment_79122504

Grumpy_chap

jonnydeppiwish! said:

As G_M would have said, tea and cake!

user1977 said:

Alternatively, a threatening letter from your solicitor!

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/79122504/#Comment_79122504

Combine the two!

Dear neighbours,
My Client has asked me to write to notify you of their new residence next door with effect from xxx date and for an indefinite period.
My Client seeks a positive and friendly, though purely platonic relationship.  To further this aim, my Client is offering to welcome you to their new home for tea and cake.  My Client draws your attention to their absence of catering qualifications or Food Hygiene Certificate as such this offer of tea and cake is made without responsibility for any outcomes.  Further, my Client has no knowledge of any dietary requirements, allergies or religious preferences and will therefore be providing the tea and cake in accordance with their normal practices.
My Client requests your confirmation of acceptance to participate in this event and will take your positive response to indicate an acceptance of the potential risks that may be associated with tea and cake.
Yours at great expense,
Solicitor.

That should cover most bases.

TheJP

Have a party, turn the music up really loud. They will come and introduce themselves. *jokes*

Knock on with a nice cake and say hello, likely they will invite you in for a cuppa. Our new neighbours (when we moved in) dropped round a homemade Victoria sponge and introduced themselves, our 4 year old now plays with their 4 year old grandson when he visits. It all starts with a positive introduction.

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Thats something I have never done, you never know what your letting youself in for lol. 

Kyrae

Curious to read this thread too! I'm a quiet introvert sort of person, so my ideal neighbourly relationship would be say hi now and then when you bump into each other on the street and stop for a quick chat, and happy to give each other a hand with anything when needed, but not the sort of neighbour who pops around a lot and invites him or herself in for a chat and stays for hours  

Sunsaru

I went a knocked on the doors of my immediate neighbours to introduce myself. Also bumped into other neighbours whilst decorating the house before moving in. I find doing that tends to make everyone more approachable in the future.

TBagpuss

I would say jut introduce yourself - you may find that they pop round to say hello themselves, but if not, go round once you have unpacked, just say hi, tell them you name and that you've just moved in.
If you are planning to do any work on the house straight away then it may be sensible to mention that, especially if it's anything that involves power tools or anything else that may be noisy, or if you are going to be having tradespeople in , so you can mention this (especially if the house is somewhere where parking may be an issue) to ask them to let you know if there are any issues, or to ask if there's anyone they can recommend if you haven't already got it sorted.

I personally would take cake round to new neighbours, although I might offer it if I was the one already living someone and new people moved in next door. 

And if you have a housewarming party invite them - they may or may not not come, but it's friendly thing to do and also gives them a heads-up that there maybe a bit more noise that day on a one off basis. 

Mojisola

Snookie12cat said:

We are moving into our new house soon and it got me thinking, what is the best way to introduce yourself to the neighbours?

I don't want to be best mates but in my current house I feel like we left it to late and didn't have that stop and chat relationship with most the neighbors. 

When new neighbours moved in next door, I dropped a card round, welcoming to the neighbourhood and giving our names.  Perhaps you could do it the other way round with cards saying hello, we're the new people at no xxx, Snookie and partner. 
Like Kyrae, we're friendly with all the neighbours but don't go for the open house thing.