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Things your neighbours do which are reasonable but irritate the bejesus out of you

292 replies

nibdedibble · 03/12/2019 11:30

Mine trundle their bins out at 11pm. Under my bedroom window. Wakes me up every week.

He has a banjo which he plays badly. He's playing it now. At least he practices?

Not the crimes of the century but I do want to give them the stink eye.

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Charm23 · 04/12/2019 19:14

Two things our neighbours do that are perfectly reasonable but slightly annoy me and DH:

  1. Warms up his motorbike before work for what feels like 5 minutes of rumbling but is probably only 30 seconds. It's loud and it's annoying.

  2. Running up the stairs. I assume this is their kids - it's BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG as they stomp upstairs, usually followed by a SLAM of the bedroom door. Not the end of the world but we do wish they'd walk or be a bit lighter footed!

I'm pregnant with our first child and really hope that once shes here they don't wake her up with the noise. I doubt it will because it's not that bad and doesn't last long but DH and I still mention it every time it happens.

purplepentagram · 04/12/2019 19:16

Our house is the end of terrace in a culdesac. The one attached to ours is a nightmare, the constant screaming, shouting, kids crying, doors banging goes on for hours every day.

The house the other side well he’s a bully and down right nasty. Try’s to pick arguments, leaves vans and cars directly outside mine so I have to park at the bottom. Has thrown drinks and stuff over my car.... I goes on... never spoke to the rest due to the bully telling loads of lies.

LittleTopic · 04/12/2019 19:19

Park their cars outside my house (and theirs) so I have to park uphill and lug a 6 month old and all my shopping across a potholey road whilst they waltz into their house.

I know I don’t own the road outside my door etc etc, but they have five vehicles Shock

cleanasawhistle · 04/12/2019 19:22

My neighbour skips down her driveway to greet her visitors

bmbonanza · 04/12/2019 19:27

Sit out in the garden every evening in summer braying like a donkey till midnight. She cant help her laugh but god its irritating.

Fluffiest · 04/12/2019 19:29

My neighbour's across the road sometimes park outside the vacant house next door and leave a space for me to parallel park in front of my house.

But I'm awful at parallel parking so it takes me ages or sometimes I give up and park down the road.

I don't own the road and they always leave at least a little space so it is absolutely unreasonable of me to be annoyed...and yet I am

Barney60 · 04/12/2019 19:42

live up dark country lane, moved here for that very reason, I REALLY struggle to sleep, always have done, has to be dark, quiet cool room so leave window open every night. (that funny age). builders built across lane from me, which is fine but they have BRIGHT outside lights fitted to outside ( those like those headlights that blind you when driving )they are on ALL night which shine in my bedroom window. bought blackout curtains, which are great but I now boil as they also block the cool air, so bought a fan, now fan noise keeps me awake! I have been round numerous times politely asking if they would mind turning them off to no avail. im thinking of joining local shooting club! (for lightbulbs) why dont folks put outside lights on PIR or a timer! also with jasminapashima bloody BBQ,s !! feel better now .for good old moan.

Krate · 04/12/2019 19:44

Allow their dogs to bark non stop
Chopping wood all summer
Revving stupid motorbike and constantly tinkering with it
Always trying to get something for nothing and constantly pestering
Stupid high pitched giggle that literally goes through me
Tonnes of crap under a tarp and general untidiness at front of house.
Having curry nights and making everybody dress in saris
(this is all from one neighbour )

TellySavalashairbrush · 04/12/2019 19:50

Mine has issues with his back and regularly lets out very loud groans (which sound like orgasms!) when getting out of bed or a chair- at least that’s what he told me Blush

ALemonyPea · 04/12/2019 19:51

Smoke weed next to my living room window. Not so bad in the winter, but awful in the summer when it wafts in through my window.

My other neighbour takes his phone calls outside his front door in his front garden. Every single phone call. And very loudly.

MatildaJane · 04/12/2019 19:57

We live in the corner of a cul de sac and have no road space for visitors to park if they choose not to park on our drive. If a friend occasionally parks in front of next door's garden, the neighbour (a bloke) comes running out and asks them to move. It's not blocking them in, they still have space to park. Odd.

stereolovely · 04/12/2019 19:59

Neighbour A parks his 3rd car on the narrow private lane right next to our driveway outside our houses making turning in or reversing in our out really awkward. And his dogs bark for hours at toddler bedtime. Otherwise he's fine.

Neighbour B is the local army reserve centre. The caretaker's a jobsworth who made our removals van reverse down the lane so he could move his car. There's a second exit he could have used! Also, the cadets like to march a couple of nights a week.

Neacy · 04/12/2019 20:08

Mine constantly shout, slam doors , row, fight, barbecue every Saturday and Sunday with family turning up (about 20 of them) then shout over each other with music blaring away, this goes on from 10amish until late, regardless what the weather is like, come rain, snow, biting cold winds, we haven’t sat or used our garden on the weekends now for 3 years, I hate them.

StoneofDestiny · 04/12/2019 20:22

Complaining about yapping dogs that disturbs others in not unreasonable. Yapping dogs are anti-social.

PepsiCat33 · 04/12/2019 20:32

The house behind ours, with an adjoining garden, let their dog into the garden at 7am every morning, including weekends, to bark it's head off. Sadly not literally.
The actual barking doesn't really bother me as I'm awake anyway but the sheer lack of thought for others does.

MatildaJane · 04/12/2019 20:34

Ican'ttakethiscrapanymore that is spooky, we had the same neighbour but he moved to Australia. Shirt off if it was remotely warm, and if not warm enough he would lift up his tight t shirt as if stretching, but really to display his gym honed torso. Very vain man, a horrible bully to his kids. Always belittling other people's car cleaning (we do it about once a year), he would be out there in all weathers, cleaned the car Saturday AND Sunday, and some weekdays too. And talk about frantic Christmas lights, the fastest flickering and most colourful of any I've seen. Ghastly, they lit up the whole street. Wonder if he's up to the same thing in Australia...Wink

MinTheMinx · 04/12/2019 20:34

Slam their back door so hard the walls shake. They never use the front door.

Let their kids run around all night. Then scream at them all day when they misbehave (presumably because the poor kids are exhausted).

countdowntochristmas · 04/12/2019 20:38

My NDN never ever closes her blinds . It annoys me !
I think she does it because she's a nosey so and so , but coming home earlier bringing my shopping in I can see right in her house and her looking out .
I know it's up to her and none of my business that she chooses to keep blinds open but it annoys me .
I think they only close when they go to bed as seen closed late at night if I've been out somewhere.

Mamabear144 · 04/12/2019 20:39

Sings or prays or serenades some whales quite regularly. There is a keyboard and some bongos involved. Unnecessarily loud and quite annoying. Sometimes it starts at 5:30am some times it's still going at 11pm.

Jack80 · 04/12/2019 20:41

Used to have neighbour's shagg**ing all night and the on a sunday mowing the lawn

Cauliflowerpower · 04/12/2019 20:42

When we moved here our really lovely neighbours Mary and Mark had 2 teenager sons maybe 16 and 18. A bit ragamuffin but not too terrible. Mary used to yell at them and her husband....

Readers we didn't have children ... I thought "Mary, don't apologise for any noise! You make most of the noise!" her boys have moved out and so have they... I now have 4 year old girls.... now I AM Mary..... although current neighbours have no kids and assure us they cant hear (oh the irony)

The current neighbours need those felt pads under their dining chairs.... they scrape them across the floor at about 9pm every night!

ememem84 · 04/12/2019 20:44

Our neighbours are lovely. Very kind. Retired couple. Grown up kids. They babysit their granddaughter (who is 14 so doesn’t really need it) loads.

The husband is a keen “must keep busy” type. Every day he’s up to something else. Today he was refelting the roof on his shed. Yesterday he pruned the trees in the front garden. He also did ours which was kind.

But it makes me feel lazy!!!!

TulipsTulipsTulips · 04/12/2019 20:44

My neighbours are angels, so I’m reading this to see what I could be doing to annoy them!

FelicisNox · 04/12/2019 20:49

My elderly neighbour has a rickety wooden fence he built himself and it's ugly and keeps falling apart.

I wouldnt mind but my dog keeps exploring his garden and he gets really cross (fair enough) but he is refusing to maintain his boundary appropriately and he won't let us put a proper fence in (at our cost).

So for now my doggo will have to wander around (and piss on) his cabbages until one of us dies or gives in.😂

user1497787065 · 04/12/2019 20:51

My neighbour rakes the leaves from
her lawn and drive (admittedly from our tree),sweeps them into a dustpan and puts them back on our lawn. I know technically that is the correct thing to do but how smallminded. By the way she's 92!