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New neighbour AIBU?

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Foxyloxymoxy · 04/10/2025 09:31

Our new neighbour knocked on the door just a while ago asking if my Dh who they’ve never met would come in and help them erect their shed. I said that we have plans and we would be out for most of the day. To which she replied “I’d like to do it before it gets dark, we have lots to put in there so we can sort out the house”. To be honest, I didn’t know what to say to that. At this point my dh came to the door , she repeated the question and he hesitated (diy is not his forte!) and said pretty much what I had said. She asked, could he do it later and he replied not really because he has to pack because he’s going away tomorrow. She got a bit upset, said okay and walked off. Are we being unreasonable to have refused?

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CinnamonBuns67 · 04/10/2025 09:35

Yanbu it's not yours or you DH's obligation to help her build her shed, she needs to learn to do it for herself.

Foxyloxymoxy · 04/10/2025 09:35

Ciderapplevinegar · 04/10/2025 09:34

She can do it herself or pay someone to do it. Cheeky cow. It's hardly a two minute job!

I think she underestimated the task or thought it would arrive made…I’m so confused at the request to be honest. And now I keep thinking is she going to keep asking all week?

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Ciderapplevinegar · 04/10/2025 09:34

She can do it herself or pay someone to do it. Cheeky cow. It's hardly a two minute job!

Littlefish · 04/10/2025 09:34

Absolutely not unreasonable to have said no. I would be a bit surprised if a neighbour I’d never met before knocked on my door to ask for a favour like that!

If I was confident with DIY and had nothing else to do, I would offer to help, at a time that was convenient, but it doesn’t sound like this is the scenario.

LoughboroughBex · 04/10/2025 09:33

How cheeky! I think if they needed an extra person to help with one specific fiddly bit for a few minutes to hold it all together then that would be ok but not to do the entire job, that could take hours!

Bombshelter · 04/10/2025 09:32

Not in the slightest.