To be concerned about my neighbours?

It's great you care, for sure knock on the door. Being such a young family, hopefully they've just gone away and someone picked them up.

My neighbour (before monsters moved in) used to be a man in his mid 60's. I'd not seen him for a couple of days, normally saw him in the kitchen or in the garden. Asked around, nobody had seen him so phoned the police for a welfare check. He'd passed away upstairs. If it doesn't feel right, for sure knock.

Me too. We noticed exactly the same thing about our downstairs neighbour, his car hadn't moved for a few days which was really unusual for him and his curtains had been closed constantly. His front door was unlocked so my husband stuck his head in, and we found him dead on the floor. I dread to think how long he would have been there if we'd decided it just wasn't any of our business

Obviously not saying this is what has happened here, but if OP has noticed something out of the ordinary then it's nice to know that she cares

Agree with others, I would knock. If I were then I would also appreciate the knock even if it turned out to be nothing!

Of course, knock! I’d have done so before starting a thread tbh.

Try knocking. The most likely explanation is they've gone on holiday, and were picked up by someone else (taxi/relative), hence why the cars are still on the drive. Some people do close the curtains when they go away. My neighbour opposite never seems to open her's from one month to the next, regardless if she's there or not, they're always closed!!

Perhaps they have just gone away for the weekend. Someone may have fetched them because they needed to get to a railway station or airport and didn't want to drive. By all means keep an eye out, but don't become the nosey neighbour. They will think you are a bit of a dippy old dear net curtain twitching. I would worry after about three weeks but certainly not before. For all you know, they may be somewhere really exciting and not evening thinking about you.

I really hope its nothing OP, but I'd definitely knock this morning.

We had a colleague not turn up to work and she'd died of CO poisoning. That was my first thought when you mentioned the dog not barking too.

God bless you. I wish we all had neighbours like you. Please check on them, I hope they are all ok

Another here to suggest you check on them and, if you’re still concerned, ask the police to do a welfare check. Observant neighbours saved my dad’s life earlier this year by raising the alarm when he stopped following his normal routine. The emergency services broke in and got him to hospital.

I think you’re lovely to be concerned. You could ask other neighbours if they think these ones are away. If worried still, let your local police know if your concerns.

Definitely check on them 💜

Today rather!

Agree with others and check tomorrow. Hope all is ok.

Could you call the Police and explain. They could do a welfare check. It's good of you to care

My neighbour always opened her bedroom curtains, I noticed they were shut one day.

I popped over to another neighbour who I knew had her son's number.
When he came later in the day, she was immobile because she'd had a stroke.
Had I not been that 'nosy neighbour' she would probably have died there because she had no regular visitors and her son only rang once a week.

Knock on, see if you get a reply.

Some of these comments are awful. Caring about neighbours being a bad thing!
Just knock and if they answer ask if they've took in a parcel for you, perfectly good excuse to knock.

They took a cab and went away to see one of their family members?
I dont think they need to tell the neighbourhood about every time they plan to leave the house. (I never tell anyone if we go away).
Hope it's nothing sinister, just holidays.

Knock on first thing - probably fine to do this early on since they have a young child who would likely be up early

Nosy neighbours are a blessing in disguise! Had one call me at 10pm last winter. They had noticed my elderly mums front door had been slightly ajar for a few hours. Investigated and she wasn’t in the house, but her keys and handbag were. Mum had had a funny turn (reaction to pain meds, sent her a bit bonkers!) and took herself out for a wander at that time of night in the snow - with no coat as we discovered. Thankfully we were able to find her and she was none the worse.

I think its perfectly acceptable you are concerned (sad some people can’t see that). Most likely illness and all are in bed (although you would think the light would be on for abit in the evening) or you’ve missed them going away.

As others have said, just make up an excuse to knock (have they taken in a parcel for you?).

Please do knock and check. We are forever grateful to the ‘nosey neighbour’ who called the police on a relative whose curtains hadn’t moved and light stayed on overnight. The behaviour was unusual, and the loved one had collapsed and died at home. Otherwise very fit & well. The police did a welfare check, couldn’t get an answer & phoned us to get a key before breaking in. It was terribly sad, but thanks to the neighbour they were found within 24hrs.

I'd check too.Nowt to lose,more to gain.

Weeks? DH's aunt broke her hip and couldn't get to the phone in her pocket to call for help. NDN noticed her newspapers weren't being taken in and called BIL. The police helped him get into the house.

They found her on the floor, unconscious. One of her cats lay dead on the floor beside her, and the other was near death. Aunt Coral died at the hospital shortly after she was rescued ON THE MORNING OF THE 4th DAY.

@Lynn981 It's kind of you to check on your neighbors. I hope you find them safe and sound.

They may have a ring doorbell and if they are on holiday, they may talk to you on that?

They've gone on holiday and the dog's in kennels.

go and check. Last Christmas eve a friend messaged me to say she had messaged a mutual friend and no reply. I wasn’t concerned as I knew my friend was struggling with menopause and I also knew she wasn’t always keen on meeting up with mutual friend. Plus I was away. A few days later she messaged again, saying she still hadn’t replied. I checked facebook and saw she had been active that day so didn’t worry. When I got home I messaged friend as I needed her to take a delivery for me for my dog. When she didn’t reply I was a bit concerned and thought i’d pop over the next day. Next day I received a message from her phone from her DD, saying friend was in hospital and had some lesions on her brain. She had been found in a state of confusion, left alone for a few days. Sadly it was cancer spread to her brain and she died 2 months later as too late to treat. I’ll never forgive myself for not going round. It wouldn’t have made any difference to the outcome but I’m still so upset she was there alone with two dogs for a few days. Yes she has family (who eventually found her) but I still should have gone over. We all felt incredible guilt. And yes, don’t let the GP fob you off with the whole menopause excuse for any illness when you’re in your 50’s.

Different situation here but please go and knock. Just ask if they took a parcel in for you if you’re embarrassed but nothing wrong with being a concerned neighbour.