I have lived a n my first floor maisonette flat for 18 years. I love it and it's beautiful
When I first moved in in the flat below me I had a old guy who was lovely but sadly died. Then I had a family move in and as much as they were ok neighbors it was like living above Vicky pollard but with dramatics from eastenders. Then I had a creepy single guy move in who has let the garden become very over grown and very messy ( it still is very over grown). When he moved out I was quite happy and have being praying for a nice normal family to move in.
So today I noticed a young woman with a young child (6ish) . I want to make a good impression and start off on good terms (living above her/shared pathways etc). What's the best way to go about it? Do I nip round with some flowers and let her know that if she needs anything to pop up ? Or will that make me look like a nutty,nosy neighbors? I want to be friendly enough to have a chat should we bump into each other, I don't mind putting bins out, feeding cats etc I'll even lend out mower to get the garden tidy. I don't even mind noise as long as it's not a 3am rave BUT I don't want to be so friendly that that we end up too friendly (lessons learnt from the Vicky pollard neighbors 😂)
Reading this back I probably do sound like a nutty neighbor myself
Wwyd? Nip down with flowers or hide from the new people like I did the creepy single guy