Please or to access all these features

AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Was I in the wrong? Neighbour issue?

237 replies

hallogalorrr · 29/09/2025 10:05

I created a private Facebook group for the 3 streets on the new build estate where I live.

Most of my neighbours are on it.

My next door neighbour who lives next to me has stopped speaking to me now as from what I gather her and her partner were annoyed that I didn’t invite them to join the group.

I did ask my other next door neighbour to join.

Yesterday we got back at the same time in our cars and I could tell they didn’t want to acknowledge me or say hello as they just sat in their car until I had gone in.

My neighbour would also take by bin and parcels but has stopped.

Is my next door neighbour right to be annoyed and AIBU?

OP posts:
New posts on this thread. Refresh page
BriefEncountersOfTheThirdKind · 30/09/2025 18:47

hallogalorrr · 30/09/2025 16:10

Reading some of the comments I genuinely feel quite embarrassed.

I am concerned that these are HA properties and if she is moving maybe she has reported me to the HA?

Everyones Ringdoor’s overlook neighbours because these are terraced houses.

You still don't COMMENT on what you see FFS

Hoardasurass · 30/09/2025 17:45

hallogalorrr · 30/09/2025 16:10

Reading some of the comments I genuinely feel quite embarrassed.

I am concerned that these are HA properties and if she is moving maybe she has reported me to the HA?

Everyones Ringdoor’s overlook neighbours because these are terraced houses.

You assume that everybody else is filming their neighbours just like you assumed that you could exclude your neighbours from the Facebook group because they wouldn't want to join.
Most people obey the law and will block out their neighbours property so its likely that your assumption about everybody else filming others is as accurate as your assumption about your neighbour.
You really are coming across as a nightmare neighbour and its amazing how entitled you are expecting a gift for your child just because they got 1 for their FRIEND'S child and only now worrying about your stalking, bullying behaviour because you might face actual consequences for it.
Please read back your own posts and think about your behaviour I'll list it below
You purposely excluded 1 family from a estate Facebook group.
You set up a camera that records and notifies you of their coming and going
You had the audacity to quiz them on said coming and going.
You have made them scared to talk to each in their own garden because of YOUR spying on them.
You expect gifts and help from people who you are bullying and stalking and have made their home a prison.
You have been asking questions about them whilst playing the victim to their only friends on the estate which comes across as trying to cut them off from their ONLY friends
But your embarrassed and worried that you might have been reported to your landlord not mortified or horrified about your behaviour and its impact on your poor neighbours

Talipesmum · 30/09/2025 16:34

hallogalorrr · 30/09/2025 16:10

Reading some of the comments I genuinely feel quite embarrassed.

I am concerned that these are HA properties and if she is moving maybe she has reported me to the HA?

Everyones Ringdoor’s overlook neighbours because these are terraced houses.

I’m in a terrace and we can set our ring door bell to only sense movement if someone is on our path, but not in next door’s grass area right next to the path. Our doors aren’t absolutely next to each other though - I’ve seen some terraces where it’s like that and it’s much harder to separate the areas.
https://ring.com/gb/en/support/articles/85pqb/Using-Camera-Motion-Zones?srsltid=AfmBOop2Ks-jhcxOxy-XUrwrje4iHQPVWUaHz2doiwmEha3suKhtffNP

Using Motion Zones for Video Doorbells and Security Cameras

Set up, customise and optimise your Camera Motion Zones in the Ring app.

https://ring.com/gb/en/support/articles/85pqb/Using-Camera-Motion-Zones?srsltid=AfmBOop2Ks-jhcxOxy-XUrwrje4iHQPVWUaHz2doiwmEha3suKhtffNP

Protosaber · 30/09/2025 16:32

how did you not get a pure reddener as you messaged her or approached her to say “was that your sister visiting?”

Also you keep saying a Ringdoor? I’m assuming you mean a ring doorbell?

The instructions are here https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k9VZ4zk7_2M&t=6s&pp=2AEGkAIB and here ring.com/gb/en/support/articles/g4e2w/using-privacy-features-in-the-ring-app

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?pp=2AEGkAIB&t=6s&v=k9VZ4zk7_2M

Protosaber · 30/09/2025 16:28

hallogalorrr · 30/09/2025 16:10

Reading some of the comments I genuinely feel quite embarrassed.

I am concerned that these are HA properties and if she is moving maybe she has reported me to the HA?

Everyones Ringdoor’s overlook neighbours because these are terraced houses.

I would have reported you.

why haven’t you used the functionality to mask off certain areas of view from the doorbell?

ClutchingPearlz · 30/09/2025 16:23

hallogalorrr · 30/09/2025 16:10

Reading some of the comments I genuinely feel quite embarrassed.

I am concerned that these are HA properties and if she is moving maybe she has reported me to the HA?

Everyones Ringdoor’s overlook neighbours because these are terraced houses.

I doubt it. She’s clearly felt this way for a long time, you’d have known by now if you had been reported. Maybe just reflect and learn from the experience. You obviously lack insight into how you may be coming over to other people and this is a good opportunity to think about how you are being perceived and what you can do to change that perception of yourself. It’s the unlikely she’s the only person on the whole estate to find you a bit overbearing so be prepared to hear some uncomfortable truths.

AOIFEmissingUalways · 30/09/2025 16:19

You keep trying to excuse your camera's range with the "we're terraced" excuse - well that's not an acceptable excuse!
I live in a row of terraced houses, neighbour 3 doors down put up a doorbell camera that captured her direct neighbours - they complained and camera neighbour got a letter from the council telling her to either restrict the view or turn it off. She had no option but to turn it off.

You should be embarrassed - I can't believe you thought it OK to comment on her visitor. What were you thinking? 🙈

nosleepforme · 30/09/2025 16:15

Oh my…. So change your ring doorbell settings and leave them alone, if you’re so scared you’ve been reported and fear consequences.

hallogalorrr · 30/09/2025 16:10

Reading some of the comments I genuinely feel quite embarrassed.

I am concerned that these are HA properties and if she is moving maybe she has reported me to the HA?

Everyones Ringdoor’s overlook neighbours because these are terraced houses.

OP posts:
BriefEncountersOfTheThirdKind · 30/09/2025 15:51

Can't imagine why she thinks you're nosey and a busy body 🤔

Limeshot · 30/09/2025 13:45

Is it any wonder the neighbours hate living next to a nosy, I'll decide who is in the facebook group, spying, mean busybody. Learn from this Op, keep your nose out.

nosleepforme · 30/09/2025 12:56

You asked other people about them? You seem a bit much. You didn’t want them as part of your group, so now they don’t want to interact. Just leave them be.

limescale · 30/09/2025 11:31

I think she is referring my Ringdoor capturing some of her property ( I asked her once if that was her sister visiting when it pinged on my Ring).

Errr yes. Rude and intrusive.
I live in a terrace house, my immediate neighbour has a Ringdoor bell and I know it captures me leaving and arriving home, and people visiting me. He would never comment on any of these things and I'd feel really uncomfortable if he did.
It's about respect.

GAJLY · 30/09/2025 11:07

Could you have a look at your ring door bell and make sure it's only recording your side? Then ask the neighbour to come and see for herself so she knows she's not being filmed. I would never ask her who is visiting her, that's just nosey and intrusive. If my parcel went to a certain neighbour, he'd seriously look at the packaging and ask me what was in it!

outdooryone · 30/09/2025 10:10

Some people are just odd.

AnotherForumUser · 30/09/2025 10:07

Dishwater · 30/09/2025 09:45

Well if you created a group for people that live on the estate and then invited people but purposely didn’t invite your next door neighbour that lives on said estate then yeah it’s poor form isn’t it? Like actually mean behaviour!

I would just invite them at this point and swallow your pride, it’s awful not getting along with neighbours.

Yes not getting on with neighbours is awful. But I think this situation has gone too far given the OP's updates. I just hope her neighbours find themselves lovely new homes without a judgemental busybody who spies on them and has the gall to quiz them on their visitors. A greedy judgemental busybody who has whined that her neighbour bought a card and gift for another neighbour's child but not for her child. An entitled judgemental busybody who isn't happy the neighbours she excluded no longer bring in her bins and take in her parcels.

Dishwater · 30/09/2025 09:45

Well if you created a group for people that live on the estate and then invited people but purposely didn’t invite your next door neighbour that lives on said estate then yeah it’s poor form isn’t it? Like actually mean behaviour!

I would just invite them at this point and swallow your pride, it’s awful not getting along with neighbours.

DottieMoon · 30/09/2025 09:41

Wow, I would not want to live next to you either. Very rude and nosy.

Protosaber · 30/09/2025 09:34

I would be reporting you for harassment and stalking for monitoring who my visitors are on your camera.

how dare you do that? Don’t you realise how deeply inappropriate that is?

Hoardasurass · 30/09/2025 09:30

hallogalorrr · 30/09/2025 09:03

So I spoke to the neighbour she is friendly with and the neighbour said that they both hate living here and that I made her feel anxious as she finds me over bearing and intrusive.

The main reason they want to move is because of my Ringdoor.

Apparently they both feel watched and don’t even like to talk when they are outside because in case I am listening and watching.

The lady has pretty much made it clear to the neighbour that until they move she dosent want to engage with me and wants to “keep out of each others way”.

I am actually floored by this and feel really embarrassed.
There is no way I am going to approach her now to given how much she dislikes me.

Will sending a box of chocolates and note be depended harassing?
I think it’s best to probably just leave it.

Honestly what did you expect? You've been spying on her and her visitors and having the audacity to quiz her on who her visitors are. Add to that the WhatsApp/Facebook group for everyone but them. You're the classic nosey judgemental busybody.
You do realise that if your neighbours complain to the police about you filming her on her property you'll get a visit from the police as what you are doing is illegal. Ring doorbells have a facility to block areas and prevent filming of those areas. Why did you not sort this when you set it up and what made you think that you had the right to question your neighbour about their visitors?
Also stop asking other people about your neighbours and leave them alone you are coming across as a stalker

Protosaber · 30/09/2025 09:22

I absolutely hate ring doorbells that view my property. I hate when people can’t be arsed to set them up correctly and block out the areas that don’t belong to them. It’s lazy and it’s imposing someone else’s assessment of risk on me and that’s not fair. (Risk re burglary and the like, risk re data protection in cloud services or wherever else the data is stored.)

Pancakeflipper · 30/09/2025 09:19

I would leave it. Don't send chocs.
Your future actions will be the only thing that makes them change their mind about you.
Just wave hello, smile and keep away.

Pancakeflipper · 30/09/2025 09:19

I would leave it. Don't send chocs.
Your future actions will be the only thing that makes them change their mind about you.
Just wave hello, smile and keep away.

LillyPJ · 30/09/2025 09:17

Leave her alone. You seem to have difficulty understanding how other people will react to you but you're right to think that sending chocolate etc now would just seem like harassment. I hope you get on better when you get new neighbours. Try to understand that people don't like to feel excluded or spied on.

Protosaber · 30/09/2025 09:10

Leave her alone.

You’re not supposed to capture any of her property with your ring door. Fix that pronto.

Swipe left for the next trending thread