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Nice neighbours thread, something to warm the cockles

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Slothkin · 02/04/2021 15:12

My lovely new neighbours popped round the garden yesterday to ask about our new plants and are going to knock on for a cuppa in the back garden on Sunday. My neighbour the other side and I always take each others parcels and wave on a walk. Does anyone else have lovely neighbours?

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Orangesarenottheonlyfruit · 02/04/2021 15:13

Yes! We had a SD hot cross buns and chat on the street this morning. We are inner city but everyone knows everyone on the road. It's very friendly.

Iwantacookie · 02/04/2021 15:27

They dont keep us up at night, no noise complaints, basically no issues whatsoever ok they smoke weed but doesnt bother me if it means I get a peaceful life. They are genuinely lovely people I only know them to say hello to but I dread the day one of them moves.

Splann · 02/04/2021 15:30

Aw lovely thread. Yes we’ve got lovely neighbours. There is a family next door who we socialise with (in normal times) and chat regularly to. The couple over the road we see most days on our walks and they look after our pets when we go away. The old man who lives within sight of our house we wave and chat to all the time. He keeps chickens (for eggs) and grows lots of salad and veg which he is very generous with. He also buys the kids chocolate every Christmas and Easter. We know lots of the others round about and everyone looks out for each other, especially during this last year. We live in a seaside town which is small and very friendly. Saying that we used to live in London in a terrace. Everyone in the terrace and the opposite terrace were really friendly too.

PleaseReferToMeAsBritneySpears · 02/04/2021 15:55

I'm very lucky to have lovely neighbours too.

With one side we take in parcels etc. and have a friendly chat if out at the same time.

With the other side we're more friendly. We text, we have coffee, wine in the evening, we've had Sunday lunch - all pre-pandemic!

We have a village Facebook group which has been fantastic this year. It's helped enormously. We've got to know so many more neighbours and made some lovely friendships. I'm looking forward to spending more time with them, when this is over.

Monkeytapper · 02/04/2021 15:58

My neighbour goes round to my house and checks that my son (aged 12)has locked the door when he has left for school on my work days (Thurs and Fridays).
She takes my dogs for a walk on those days also and then leaves me a plate of food for my tea in the fridge on Thursdays.

LaBellina · 02/04/2021 16:01

Yes we have.
They are elderly and very friendly.
They love DS and always gift us fruits from their garden for DS. Neighbor spend 45 minutes playing outside with me and DS about 2 weeks ago and didn’t mind at all that DS who is nearly 2 ran to her front door all the time to bang on it and tried to destroy her flower beds. They are very very lovely.

Slothkin · 02/04/2021 16:05

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AlfonsoTheTerrible · 02/04/2021 16:08

My lovely neighbours take in packages for me. Thanks, lads!

PleaseReferToMeAsBritneySpears · 02/04/2021 16:14

Oh yes, my friendlier neighbour gives us fruit and veg she's grown. We bake for her!

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Slothkin · 02/04/2021 16:18

My husband is the baker in our house but I’ll ask if they’d like some spicy pickle sauce...I mean they should find it delicious on a cheese toastie!

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Brainfogisreal · 02/04/2021 16:20

I have some lovely neighbours too. Two of them offered to have ds round for lunch when he was home alone for months on end whilst I was out at work. One of them is forever trying to stuff money in his hand 'for a wee treat'
We look after each others pets/properties and share a g&t in the garden in the summer. Very civilised!

Easterbunnyishoppingmad · 02/04/2021 16:21

When we hadn't long lived here the ndn insisted they wanted to feed our dcats etc when we were away. When a bulb when in our reptile vivarium they went straight out and replaced it at their expense.. Reimbursed when we got back of course...

TressiliansStone · 02/04/2021 16:36

Timely thread!

My lovely neighbour was out there weeding my flowerbed just yesterday. (He knows I can't manage it.)

His wife and another lovely neighbour are competing for who gets to take my bins out.

I'm the taker-in-of-parcels because the postie knows I'm always here.

I'm very grateful for my neighbours.

Curlygirl06 · 02/04/2021 17:20

We all take parcels in for each other here. We chat a lot to the neighbors either side. A lady across the road is half blind, I started to do her shopping for her during the pandemic as she had to shield. I take her free flowers from work, sort out things for her like when her phone went wrong and her family live a way away and couldn't get here to do it. Mind you, she's always been lovely to my grandson, even before, buying him a little present at Christmas and Easter. We love her.
All the rest of the neighbours are on saying hello terms, we share parking if needed and it's generally lovely.

UhtredRagnarson · 02/04/2021 17:26

My neighbour washed my car for me when he was doing his own a few weeks ago.

AIMD · 02/04/2021 17:27

Yep. I live on a street that a lot of people would turn their nose up to as well, but aside from a issues we have a couple of years ago, our neighbours are friendly and kind.

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Slothkin · 02/04/2021 18:12

I think for me it’s just feeling so very lucky we all look after each other a bit. Not all up in each others lives but those little kindnesses (my husband was away when I’d twisted my ankle and my neighbour brought my bins in for me when he saw me struggling).

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BluntlySpoken · 02/04/2021 19:07

Yes we do. We only have neighbours one side but they're lovely. Take in parcels. Stop to chat. We moved here 6m before covid. But have said the dcs can come play in the garden and me and the mum will have a cuppa. Kids are slightly older than my preschooler but they always wave when getting in the car etc and dd always is excited to want them to play

LadyJaye · 02/04/2021 19:07

I live in a tenement flat and my entire close is lovely. We're all very friendly, but also very respectful of boundaries.

I'm actually putting off moving, as I worry I might never be so lucky again.

pumpkinpie01 · 02/04/2021 19:11

Yes , I have become really good friends with my neighbour . She has 2dd's similar age to my son we help each other out with school runs , go on days out together but we aren't constantly in and out of each other's house it's the perfect balance . I actually told my DH the other week if we ever won the lottery and moved we would be buying them a house too 😀

GrouchyKiwi · 02/04/2021 19:13

Lovely thread.

All of our neighbours are wonderful. We've had help picking up medicine during snowstorms, they chat to our children through the fence (and to the dog when she demands attention), we take in parcels for everyone since even in the before times I was usually home, and then get baking in return (totally unnecessary but always appreciated). Some neighbours have looked after our children when emergencies happen and we had to take one to A&E. Another jumpstarted our car this morning, loaned us the jumper leads for the day, and has now loaned us a machine to charge the car battery overnight.

Always lovely to talk to, always willing to help out. I love the community we have here.

Longdistance · 02/04/2021 19:24

I live on a private road. There’s only 5 houses. We take parcels and post for each other, if there’s a large truck doing a delivery we park our cars to stop the people from the next road parking there, just so the truck can have the space to manoeuvre. My neighbours dog went missing, he was in our garden pooing, neighbour came to fetch, picked him and the poo up, we laughed, no issue.
We let each other know we’re on holiday just in case there’s someone suspicious and not meant to be there.
We have cctv, neighbour at other end has same system and if there’s dodgy people we look at each other’s cctv. My last lot was in lockdown 1.0 and caught a thief hiding his goods at the bottom of our quiet little road. He did other burglaries and got 2 and a half years. Also, fly tippers by our communal bins. Found out it was someone from the next road 🙄
As it’s a private road we maintain it so we all chop in pruning bushes, sweeping the road. If there’s snow I have a huge bag of salts and my neighbours will open my gate at 5am and salt the road as they head to work earlier.

Beachhuts90 · 02/04/2021 19:51

During the first lockdown when there were food shortages our lovely neighbor gave us extra potatoes from her farm shop order. It was so lovely of her. We frequently chat and when it's nice enough to sit outside will have her around for a garden gin, now that she's been vaccinated.

MaudesMum · 02/04/2021 19:53

Very lovely thread. I'm on a terrace, which is also a cul-de-sac - so basically a road shared by everyone. There's a good mixture of ages, but probably a predominance of families with younger children. There's a slight alternative vibe and although we don't always agree about everything, everyone is tolerant and generally supportive. Pre-Covid we had the occasional party, and during Covid we started a gmail group, and have also been very relaxed about children from different households playing together outside which has kept a lot of parents sane. Its particularly good in warm weather, where there's a lot of chatting outside. I have one neighbours keys - as they're worried about being locked out - and have a mutual watering pact with another neighbour. When necessary we take in each other's parcels and never worry about it. I love it!

Bloodybridget · 02/04/2021 20:03

We have lots of brilliant neighbours on our inner London street, two households we are real friends with and socialise with in normal times (can't wait to get together again for dinner eventually) and several other kind, helpful and friendly people. DP and I have had a pretty challenging time with illness and injury over the past few months, and we've been overwhelmed with offers of help. It's the first time in my life I've known a lot of locals to say hello to, it makes such a difference. Of course we try to be helpful in any way we can too.

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