To be concerned about my neighbours?

She's done so already ! ! !

What?! I'm going to say, that's really very unusual. Didn't you have to go to work? Take the child out for exercise and fresh air?
Also, why naked?

Death in the family and curtains closed as a sign of respect?

Do people actually do that? Do the deceased appreciate it?

Lots of posts on here that have made me chuckle. Do you all watch a lot of detective programmes?

Has anyone suggested that the foxes may have got in and eaten the entire family?

Are they maybe toilet training their child? We spent over a week in the house with the blinds shut as DC was naked and peeing everywhere.

Knock already ! ! !

im sure everything ok years ago my m8 was not responding @ hoose i eventually broke the back door window got in no sign got glazier oot to fix window £75 2 weeks ltr he comes round with receipt for bloody window moaning its not the same type of glass!!!! 2 weeks in corfu spur of the moment gratitude 😎😎😎

Just knock the door. It's neighbourly, not nosey, to be concerned when things are unusual.

why not contact the council let them know you are a concerned neighbour and things are not normal tell them its stressing you out and do they know anything if they are a decent person they should help!!! hope everything ok

I’d have called the police by now. I live rurally too and feel quite protective of neighbours since we are quite isolated. I would be worried about carbon monoxide poisoning.

I would be calling the police and social services and hammering on the door, you cant be too sure nowadays as lots of crazies about.

Sorry just seen it was the living room light that’s on at night, not the landing (ours is always on all night for DC but we wouldn’t leave it on while away).

So you will have seen that because they had it on in the lounge in the evening.

So there is a possibility that they turned off light before going to bed and have not been downstairs since the last night you saw them then.

I’d definitely call police and ask for a welfare check quite urgently.

It is not unreasonable to ask the police to do a welfare check.

Kind of changes things if landing light is normally on at night but now isn’t as it indicates they’ve gone away, although if it was a last minute trip that they didn’t ask you to keep an eye out on the house for, it begs the question of where’s the dog as a taxi wouldn’t take a dog, I’d have thought, and their cars are still there. Family could have picked them up though.

Did they ever mention family in the area?

I would err on the side of caution and call the police for a welfare check anyway. They know what to look for and can gain entry without causing too much damage hopefully. Family may be annoyed but I couldn’t have a potentially tragic outcome on my conscience, although it’s probably past that stage.

Do you know the full names of the couple to look them up on social media or any friends of theirs that they link to before doing that?

If you don’t know, you could check the land registry website and get the title info of the house which will give the name of the owner/s. Costs about £3 I think.

If it’s a council property, I would have rung the council today and asked for a housing officer to check.

But you still haven't requested a welfare check? Surely there have been enough posters with negative experiences of missing/deceased neighbors and relatives to convince you to do that?

Do they own the house, OP?

I was wondering whether they needed to be re-housed because they were having financial problems. They may have been unable to take their cars with them. It might be a situation they didn't want to talk about.

the person from the Council may have been from Housing.

Does the toddler go to any groups? Might there be a local Mum or Dad with a child attending the group who could say that they had seen the child and all was well?

I had to get a welfare check done for my next door neighbour, the police smashed his front door in (sadly he had died) .

Can you have a look in the windows or through the letter box?

if the council were coming round maybe they had to move out for repairs?

Sorry if it has been mentioned but the police will do a welfare check if you ring the non emergency number

Do you have social media like FB or insta? Maybe look them up on there and see if there's anything posted about a holiday?

Call the police and request a welfare check.

If they've asked you to keep an eye on the house before, haven't you got their phone number? Not much point keeping an eye out if you can't contact them.

I did also think of that, a chilling thought.

The dog would surely bark?

Gosh, I have no idea what the op can do. I just hope they suddenly appear, alive and well.

It's four days today.

OP needs to speak to other neighbours who may know something.

Any movement since 10am?

Done a moonlight flit?

Death in the family and curtains closed as a sign of respect?
Sick with flu and just wanting to huddle down and get over it?