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Help me annoy our neighbours

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NeighbourTrouble63 · 31/07/2024 20:48

Lighthearted (ish!)

I don’t say this lightly but we have the most truly horrible couple (‘young professionals’, although they don’t act like it) that I have ever met living beside us - even since the day that we moved in they have completely blanked us, anytime I have simply waved over or said ‘good morning’ I get ignored. In the 4 years that we have lived here neither of them have ever even made eye contact with me. It is bizarre and I have no idea what their problem is. I feel like they automatically see us as below them since we are renting (I have just gotten through a messy divorce, it is only my very sensible teen DD and I living here)

They have constant, wild parties going on into the small hours. It’s a 1930s semi so very poor sound insulation - we hear everything. I went round and politely knocked their door one Friday party night as DD had just had an operation and really needed her sleep - the door was slammed in my face. Their Range Rover (definitely heavily financed) is constantly parked right over the pavement, forcing buggies and wheelchair users onto the busy road.

They are vile people and I want a petty yet harmless way to get my own back when we move out in a few months. Any ideas?

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Muffit · 01/08/2024 22:47

NeighbourTrouble63 · 01/08/2024 17:22

Of course they’re free to, they’re (supposedly) grown adults - that doesn’t change the fact that intentionally blanking someone for no apparent reason is the height of rudeness. A touch of common courtesy would be nice. The rest of the neighbourhood can manage it so why can’t they?

Good luck Op, tje posters pretending it's okay to be rude and ignore your neighbours,well I'm glad I don't have them as neighbours or have to have anything to do with them in real life.

I understand what you mean about these snooty types.I wonder which of these ideas you'lll choose.
Some of them made me roar with laughter, especially the music throat by Lirtle women, and it sending peiple out of the shop.

I might try that for my noisy neighbours.😂

NeighbourTrouble63 · 01/08/2024 22:28

Hmm1234 · 01/08/2024 19:40

You care too much about what these people MIGHT think of you and it sounds like you are holding it against them they seem to be KEEPING UP APPEARANCES better than yourself.

If by keeping up appearances better than myself you mean I don’t look like a chav - then yes, I’ll take that as a lovely compliment!

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Packetofcrispsplease · 01/08/2024 22:23

I’m Scottish , perhaps bagpipe lessons at home for your daughter 🤨 or practice tap dancing 😉
My neighbours are generally quite friendly , thank goodness 😅

Sakuem · 01/08/2024 22:05

Duckmylife · 31/07/2024 21:43

The Barney song on a loop! 😂

Teletubbies 😂

Holycows · 01/08/2024 22:04

Gather a load of dog shit and spread it around their front garden,and through the letter box as you leave.

BlueMoanday · 01/08/2024 21:59

TheThreeCheesesOfTheApocalypse44 · 31/07/2024 21:26

I once podged an old mobile phone behind a chest of drawers against their bedroom wall with an alarm set to go off at 3am every morning.......then fucked off on holiday for two weeks.......we had extremely thin walls which those absolute dickheads had no respect for.

THIS..... IS GENIUS.

Greenshed · 01/08/2024 21:35

Be the bigger person and move on. Leave them to their petty behaviours and hope that the person who moves in after you either has equivalent noisy parties and behaviours or finds other ways to deal with them - it won’t be your problem.

Sakuem · 01/08/2024 21:29

Apparently you can report cars to 101 or your local police, that are parked blocking pavements and forcing prams and pushchairs into the busy road.

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Southener · 01/08/2024 21:14

Iloveburgerswaymorethanishould · 01/08/2024 20:30

Are they home owners??? Maybe create a situation where they have to disclose a neighbour dispute… or source and plant some Japanese knotweed…….will take a while but fuck shit right up!!

Love this, fuck shit right up, dark.
My neighbours are so bad at the moment, I suggested this to some friends. Plant knotweed in the garden where our houses join. Yeah, it'll take me down, but those fuckers will be coming down with me

FeetLikeFlippers · 01/08/2024 21:01

Omg they sound just like some neighbours I used to have. They had these horrific karaoke type parties about twice a week when they had loads of people round screaming along to Abba etc. I got so sick of it I recorded them through the wall so I could play it back to them and show them what I was putting up with, but they moved before I plucked up the courage to do it. I also fantasised about playing it back to them on my Bluetooth speaker through the wall - I mean, they could hardly complain about the sound of their own voices! That’s what I’d do if I were you anyway - record the noise from one of their parties and leave it playing where they can hear it - preferably through the wall if your properties are adjoining and then hopefully it won’t disturb anyone else and you can just leave it on for them alone to enjoy when you go out.

MaroonedinWales · 01/08/2024 20:54

Get yourself a tin of the rotting fish Swedish delicacy Surstromming. A small amount down around the doors and infront of the wipers, as well as through the letterbox will create a vomitorium for all to marvel at. Ensure you do not become a victim yourself. Or just open it and chuck it in their garden.

Iloveburgerswaymorethanishould · 01/08/2024 20:30

Are they home owners??? Maybe create a situation where they have to disclose a neighbour dispute… or source and plant some Japanese knotweed…….will take a while but fuck shit right up!!

Southener · 01/08/2024 20:10

Well depends how evil you're feeling. I've had to deal with very unpleasant neighbour dicks before, and regular parties can be absolutely soul destroying.
Personally if they shut the door in your face, I'd report to the council for noise.
But if you don't fancy that, there's always the options of keying the car (bet it'll end up on the drive then), placing a speaker against their bedroom wall nice and early playing jungle (post party obvs, and just for a few hours so the council can't attend in time) and dog/cat shit on the doorstep.
But I didn't suggest that 🤣

Hmm1234 · 01/08/2024 19:40

You care too much about what these people MIGHT think of you and it sounds like you are holding it against them they seem to be KEEPING UP APPEARANCES better than yourself.

PotatoLove · 01/08/2024 19:33

Definitely get some windchimes, potato up the vehicle exhaust pipe, put speakers against wall and play a good selection of Thrash Metal, put a speaker outdoors directed to their garden as well 😌

PixieLaLar · 01/08/2024 19:20

I think you sound incredibly judgemental and quite clearly don’t like them - which I imagine they picked up on so can’t be arsed being fake unlike you wanted to be.

You are in two different worlds, they are a young working couple enjoying themselves having friends round and driving a nice car (which you apparently KNOW is on finance) Your a complaining single Mum who’s feeling insecure and bitter after a break up and fixating on whether your neighbours say hello to you or not….

Yourdemonsyourproblem · 01/08/2024 19:19

Neighbours don't need to speak to you if they don't want to, they don't know you're renting or probably care, they are just private,
However the slamming the door and parties is unreasonable and I would report to council

Werweisswohin · 01/08/2024 19:09

NeighbourTrouble63 · 01/08/2024 17:22

Of course they’re free to, they’re (supposedly) grown adults - that doesn’t change the fact that intentionally blanking someone for no apparent reason is the height of rudeness. A touch of common courtesy would be nice. The rest of the neighbourhood can manage it so why can’t they?

Some people just keep themselves to themselves. Trying to force interaction is pretty rude too.

ThistleTits · 01/08/2024 19:08

@TheThreeCheesesOfTheApocalypse44
Fantastically creative 👌 🤣

AngelinaFibres · 01/08/2024 18:47

BlimminCat · 31/07/2024 20:59

Throw bird seed or similar near and over their Range Rover! See how they like the white and yellow splats.

Apparently the current thing to do is to find a handy turd and smear small amounts of it on the underside of the door handles. They'll never be able to clean it off completely and they'll get it on the steering wheel and seat belts before they notice. Just a smear not a clod or they'll feel it when they touch the handle.

WoosMama13 · 01/08/2024 18:46

Get a water pistol and fill it with weedkiller.
Spray (from an upstairs window ideally) a penis onto their lawn.

Roll on when you leave and hopefully get some lovely neighbours! X

Allyoudoistalktalk · 01/08/2024 18:33

NeighbourTrouble63 · 01/08/2024 18:09

Nouveau riche = new money. Overly flashy. Nobody needs a massive Range Rover for 2 people living in the middle of the city.

Re: heavily financed - the shoe fits, especially in NI where next to nobody buys new cars outright. I had fellow school parents genuinely shocked that we owned ours. There’s nothing wrong with it but there’s certainly a type of person who buys a ridiculously large SUV that they can’t really afford.

Is this what people call a reverse ..

if is not and you are genuinely caught up in this then I say go high or go home!!

leave them a lovely card through the door saying something like: that you know you’ve never spoken but your moving out soon, and you wanted to let them know about all the times you’ve admired their success from afar, and you noticed how much effort they put into their appearance, the car they drive and thought yould say “ good on you for having such a zest for life” That you hope their drive for success catches others attention as much as it caught yours and you regret not having tried harder to get to know them , that although you have not seen eye to eye with them on some things that you hope they find a community that accepts and supports them as you know how valuable this can be at different stages in life…

it 👀might change their life and yours…

Ilovecleaning · 01/08/2024 18:24

I’m responding only to the first part of your post. Why do you actually care that a neighbour doesn’t respond to your waving or saying good morning? Stop caring what other people think. I couldn’t give a stuff if my neighbours say good morning or not.

NeighbourTrouble63 · 01/08/2024 18:09

Allyoudoistalktalk · 01/08/2024 18:01

Here to ask wtf Noveau Riche means?

and

why financing a car is bad?

i think my breathe is financed at this point .. im
in a bit of a bad financial hump… it will pass..

also what does heavily financed mean ? how do you know..

if your whole street talked about me like this then i wouldn’t want to talk to any of you either ..

planning revenge after you move out..

I think there are better choices to be made in life than this…

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Nouveau riche = new money. Overly flashy. Nobody needs a massive Range Rover for 2 people living in the middle of the city.

Re: heavily financed - the shoe fits, especially in NI where next to nobody buys new cars outright. I had fellow school parents genuinely shocked that we owned ours. There’s nothing wrong with it but there’s certainly a type of person who buys a ridiculously large SUV that they can’t really afford.

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