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The nicest thing a neighbour has ever done for you?

118 replies

Heathofhares · 16/06/2021 19:21

Neighbours get a really bad rep on here. So I thought I might see if anyone else has lovely neighbours or is it just us?

So for starters not only did the neighbours stay completely positive, in the face of huge disruption during our recent building works, and look after our garden and pets while we were on holiday but they even dealt with the remains of a very pungent dead fox that crawled under our shed to die whilst we were away.

Anyone else have the antithesis of mums net neighbours?

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Bluntness100 · 16/06/2021 19:22

No to be fair, I don’t, 😂

Sometimesonly · 16/06/2021 19:26

My neighbours are mostly lovely. I have lots as I live in a big block of flats but we look out for each other and are so nice about my kids even when they are noisy. My nearest neighbour recently gave me a beautiful hydrangea to apologise for the building noise (which we had barely noticed).

Scarby9 · 16/06/2021 19:26

So many things!
Let me live in their extension for 7 weeks while I had building works.
Stealth weeded my borders while I was working away.
During lockdown, knocked on the door with Sunday lunch on several occasions.
Helped with DIY projects.
Just the best neighbours you could ever wish to have.

SarahBeenysBikerJacket · 16/06/2021 19:26

We were having our driveway redone whilst we were away on holiday.

Our neighbours not only let us park the car on their drive, but when it got covered in dust (from our builders) they washed it.

And they watered the vegetables too!

We love our neighbours.

Sometimesonly · 16/06/2021 19:27

Dealing with a dead fox is above and beyond!

HollowTalk · 16/06/2021 19:29

I have the best neighbours you could wish for - each side and facing me. We socialise and do favours for each other like looking after the house while the other is away, take in parcels, have free access to bins once they've been put out on bin day (if we need extra space, not to take things from!) It's what's keeping us all living here.

CeeceeBloomingdale · 16/06/2021 19:29

Rebuilt the knackered shared fence from scratch and wouldn't take a penny for it.

Given us large quantities of surplus freezer food that a friend had got from their work.

Passed on toys that had been outgrown.

Put the bins out when we are away.

We allow the neighbours to use our drive when we are away, put bins out etc. We live in a lovely street.

Alannawhorideslikeaman · 16/06/2021 19:30

We had some amazing neighbours in our last house, we've stayed in touch and I was very sad to leave them. Regularly looked out for each other but probably the 'best' was giving us the keys to their house when we were renovating our bathroom so we could use theirs even if they were out. They went away for the weekend when did the big work (unintentionally) and said they more than happy for us to use the toilet and shower. Made such a difference since we were one bathroom houses!

EddieVeddersfoxymop · 16/06/2021 19:31

Allowed us to share their drive while we had work done on the house, offers us spare food, looks after house and pets and are just lovely. To be fair, I hope they'd say the same about us as we've also shared our drive, rescued them when locked out, cleared snow for them 😀

MaMelon · 16/06/2021 19:31

Loads of things…Eg Ours look after our pets and garden when we’re away on holiday,
one kindly cut our lawn when we were away so we came back to a tidy garden,

we take each other’s bins down when we’re away, that sort of thing. During the last lockdown one neighbour made batches of the most amazing fudge and handed it out to us all. We’ve also got a street WhatsApp and share news and daft memes and things.

I really like our street - I’m very lucky to have such fab neighbours Smile

MaBroon21 · 16/06/2021 19:32

When in the Uk, sending round a meal when it was very obvious to the whole street that my son who’s severely autistic was having a very bad. Likewise phoning my dad who lives in the next street to tell him.

Seeing the look of sadness on my neighbours faces when they were told my son was too I well to travel anymore. It was genuine and he was obviously someone they looked very much forward to seeing every year.

MaBroon21 · 16/06/2021 19:32

Unwell. Not I well

hartof · 16/06/2021 19:35

We had a bbq last week for dh 40th (stuck to the rules less than 30 outside just before anyone pipes up!) and we woke up the next day our neighbour, who'd been at the party also, tidied all our garden, filled bags and put away folding tables and chairs! Made DHs birthday cake and didn't charge, stores our inflatable hot tube (or sexpond according to MN) in their garden to give us more space. We honestly have the best neighbours.

Tulipmonster · 16/06/2021 19:36

Ours persist in the brazen, barefaced lie that they’ve never heard or been disturbed by our baby, now toddler. I am so eternally grateful to them!

SweetestThing · 16/06/2021 19:38

We have lovely neighbours, especially our immediate next door ones. We look after each other's houses when the occupants are on holiday, put out and take in bins, take in parcels, now lawns and verges and water plants when anyone's on holiday. They were fabulous when I was undergoing cancer treatment, taking me to appointments when DH and DC couldn't, bringing round food and even doing our ironing.

We try to be good neighbours in return, especially when NDN was isolating for most of last year. Managed to organise a (socially distanced) surprise street birthday event for his 75th and decorated his house with bunting and balloons. I can't imagine living anywhere else.

MaMelon · 16/06/2021 19:40

Just thought of another thing - we cut down a whole load of lleylandii and we’re going to chop them up and take them to the tip. Our neighbour loaded them all into his van one morning and took them up there for us - we didn’t even know he’d gone. We thanked him profusely and offered to pay him for his time and petrol but he wouldn’t hear of it Smile

Lollypop4 · 16/06/2021 19:42

Last week, I mismeasured my new furniture.
It was never going to fit through door and the hassle of transporting to storage that Pm and then find someone to 'pop' the window next day, was going to be a task and a bit pricey ( I was happy to pay for my mistake)
I live on a v.friendly st though and within 20 mins on seeing my dilemma- 4 neighbours, inc the local window fitter ( Who I dont know well at all) came out to help 'pop' the window and help put the furniture in the house.
It was 8pm at this point , I was so greatful they gave up their time to help.
My one direct neighbour is very helpful- I've had to borrow all sorts of tools, a thermomitor late at night(mine broke) , she watched over Dc late one night as I had to take 1 DC to hospital.
( The only horrid awful neighbour we do have on the st though, lives the other side of me! Cant have it all😂)

InpatientGardener · 16/06/2021 19:42

Cross stitched a personalised blanket for our first baby. She drives me mad with her endless fag smoke but she's lovely, friendly and kind (neighbour not baby!)

Itsafineday · 16/06/2021 19:44

My neighbour saw I was looking shaky after a bad day.

She insisted I came in for tea and let me weep in her kitchen.

She's so utterly lovely.

I don't make a habit of it though!!!

SardineJam · 16/06/2021 19:45

Pre-covid DH and me commuted. DS1 had a football match and they were already short on players, so naturally that day he left his kit at home. Called my neighbour (he's in his 80s) and he collected the kit from our house and took it to school for DS!!

sunshineandshowers21 · 16/06/2021 19:47

one of my neighbours are a lovely elderly couple that my kids adore. we had lots of cups of tea and chats over the garden fence during the first lockdown and they’d often send round the amazing cakes and brownies. when i had my baby the lady brought round a huge bundle of beautiful hand knitted cardigans and blankets that she’d made. now they’re fully vaccinated they often pop in for cuddles with the little ones. i definitely lucked out moving in next to them!

78percentLindt · 16/06/2021 19:47

I had an elderly beighbour who left a bunch of sweet peas on the doorstep every Friday night when they were in flower. I mentioned I liked them once, so he grew them for me.
Still think of him when I see a bunch of sweet peas

Eileen101 · 16/06/2021 19:48

We have lovely neighbours. They put up with an entire house renovation in one go over 2 months just after we brought it, a garden renovation recently - insisted it didn't bother them in the slightest despite both working from home (pre covid too).
Insisted they didn't hear our first when he had colic and screamed for hours. Yet delivered me chocolate Smile

Just generally lovely people.

SardineJam · 16/06/2021 19:48

And that's just one of the many helpful things he has done. We're sure he's lonely so we always make time for a long chat with him at least a week.

SardineJam · 16/06/2021 19:50

@78percentLindt

I had an elderly beighbour who left a bunch of sweet peas on the doorstep every Friday night when they were in flower. I mentioned I liked them once, so he grew them for me. Still think of him when I see a bunch of sweet peas
Amazing!! How nice is that 😊