AIBU to ask if I can report my neighbour's bright blue house?

Preferable to the ubiquitous grey with white accessories that was popular and now not being painted over.

The neighbour did really well in her response. Did you really think telling her it wasn't to your taste, i.e. she has terribke taste, would make her repaint her whole house?

I would imagine that she found your request rude.

I love that blue colour and, like your neighbour, I really hate beige.

You're making yourself sound slightly mad OP ... well not even slightly, barking mad more like.

Are you bored? How have you got the time to get het up about this sort of thing!

Don't look if it bothers you, or grow a hedge. I like bright colours and bright blue sounds lovely. Some of the nicest places have brightly painted houses. YABU and your neighbour is entirely right.

What 'compromise'? That they would repaint their home after getting your approval over the colour? Cover it up with a giant curtain every time you want to sit in your garden?

If they suggested a 'compromise' over your bland beige that entailed you repainting it much brighter colour to meet them half way, I'm fairly sure you'd think they were nuts, so why would you imagine you could ask them to do the equivalent?

Is it not quite rude to tell people you don't like what they've done with they're own house? We've one like you over the road. Issues with very normal things. No-one like her and now everyone is also less accomodating when she isn't being unreasonable, because she's annoyed everyone so much!

Here's a good compromise - they keep their blue house and you pretend its beige.
Seriously, you can't go asking them to change the colour of their house, your dislike of the colour is not their problem at all. You'll get used to it soon enough, I'm sure.

I do love colourful houses though, mine is red, other houses in my street are green, blue, yellow and more reds. Love it.

Ooh, I know! You paint the back of your house blue, they paint theirs beige! Then you can each look at your favourite colour! Job done!

This is a wind up right

“I spoke to the wife earlier this morning and said it was not to my taste and would they consider changing and she said ‘the beige of your house isn’t to my taste but it’s your house. This is my house.’ And shut the door in my face.”

Absolutely bravo to your neighbour 👌 I want to be friends with that woman - she sounds great 👏

I love painted murals on houses, they are a point of interest and not just colourful.

Baaalllaaamorrrrrryyyyyy.

OP, plenty of houses are painted in all sorts of colours. There are some great ones in Bristol for example. And by 'compromise' did you really mean 'my own way'

Half a blue house. The real question is would it be horizontal swathe of blue, or a vertical one? Or maybe a mosaic?

I’m overthinking this.

It's giving Jack and Vera 🤣

Lots of rude people on this thread.

The resolution is 100% on your side -get over it or move. No need for them to even entertain a conversation with you about it.

You're actually way more interesting and odd than this paint colour. Why would you assume that the wife didn't choose the paint colour even if she wasn't the one painting it. I choose all paint colours for our house as DH is colour-blind. We hire people to do the actual painting. Why would you assume that a 'reasonable and tasteful' person wouldn't have a different opinion to you about what looks nice on a house?

What was there to discuss? She summed it up succinctly. It’s her house. You don’t need to like the color she’s painted it any more than she needs to like the color of yours. That’s really all there is to it.

This is a you problem to figure out for yourself, nothing to do with her.

The fact that it is the colour of houses in Greece or swimming pools is that it looks great in bright sunshine. However such a cool toned blue will look garish in an English autumn and winter spring and half of summer.

Also, in the photos of painted houses, they tend to look good in a row, rather than one bright blue sore thumb.

My neighbour opposite painted his house bright purple, then bought a bright yellow sprinter to park on the drive, other than that he's an ok neighbour, DH made a joke to him about loving bright colours and he said oh I'm colour blind it doesn't really matter to me...... About a year ago the scaffolding went up and the painters arrived and we were taking bets what colour it would be this time, he's just doubled down on the purple and given it a refresh. It's an eyesore but what can you do about it 🤷🏼‍♀️

Whatever you do OP, don't visit Chefchaouen in Morocco.

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You are the rude one wanting her to converse
You are rude wanting to chat about it (force them to repaint)
You are a right rude, interfering busy body
You need to mind your own business
Get a hobby