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What are your neighbours like?

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Sweetchocolatecandy · 19/07/2021 20:57

We live in a terraced house, the neighbours on our left are a lovely older couple who we (my partner and I) always say hello to and have a chat with if we’re in the garden at the same time. However our neighbours on our right are an awful family who are always outside in their garden screaming and swearing at their kids and are really just horrible. We have low fencing on either side and it’s difficult to avoid them but I feel like I can’t even bring myself to even smile at them. Is that really bad of me? What are your neighbours like?

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iwilldoitsoon · 19/07/2021 22:32

I keep myself to myself and have lived harmoniously next door to both sides for 20 years. I say hello in the passing and that's it. Never had any issues.

GroggyLegs · 19/07/2021 22:32

One side - lovely, normal, kids play together, we had a drink together at new year.
Other side - couple with a child, we all say hello BUT they have not returned our football! It was a one off occurrence, not a constant nuisance - no banging against the fence etc. What's that about?!

spotsoddsocks · 19/07/2021 22:43

Ndn on the right are lovely. Get on well. ndn on the left..... Hmm

Tangledtresses · 19/07/2021 22:44

Terraced houses but no one at the back overlooking... neighbours are lovely and quiet! One doesn't live there for 35 weeks of the year bliss! and the other side are yet to move in (building works ongoing )... all other neighbours are great

I guess I'll find out about the new ones in a few months 😱

InsanityOf2020 · 19/07/2021 23:19

Ndn 1 is a oively quiet couple of teachers that i chat to when i see either of them. Rarely see them together though.

Ndn 2, grandma, daughter, three primary school kids and the yappiest terrier dogs that start barking as soon as i poke my head out of the door. They have just moved in, before i had a lovely lil old lady that i used to help out... i miss her for so many reasons *sighs nonchalantly as i throw the football back for the sixteenth quadrillionth time while mutter "will you shut up" between clenched teeth

Silkiecats · 19/07/2021 23:30

We have lovely neighbours and each year there are street parties for everyone in the street. I feel bad we can be a bit noisy with 2 teenage kids, a howling elderly cat and chickens who go bork bork bork every time they lay an egg.

Letsrunabath · 19/07/2021 23:42

Have lived in a very quiet residential street for over 20 years as have most of our wonderful neighbours. We all help each other out as the age group is from a young 25 year old newly weds with a gorgeous daughter to a spritely 94 year old that is great company.
However last year a family have moved in and they let their dogs bark all day long. No appealing to them has made a difference and they had the cheek to say that they were so happy to move into such a quiet neighbour hood.

foreverandalways · 19/07/2021 23:46

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WhenPushComesToShove · 19/07/2021 23:57

Neighbours at the back: He's frightfully, frightfully ex Army officer and his (2nd) wife is as rough as a badger's arse.

Wineat5isfine · 20/07/2021 00:15

Very lucky with 99% of our neighbours. Detached house but both neighbours either side and most of the road are so lovely! Opposite neighbour however is a nightmare. A busy body drama llama who has managed to piss off most of the neighbourhood. We all try and ignore her 🤣

AlwaysLatte · 20/07/2021 00:19

We have a neighbour whose long garden backs onto our long garden with high hedges so we hardly ever see or hear each other, but whoever either of us wants to have a bonfire we text to see if it's ok. We've seen them to chat to occasionally and they're nice. None of us are noisy.

Heiferr · 20/07/2021 00:20

I'm very lucky with my neighbours. Family on one side who's two kids are in their early 20s, really friendly and lovey.
Elderly lady on the other side who always empties my recycling into her bin because hers is bigger ☺️

BillyShears · 20/07/2021 00:24

Live on a terrace of absolute bellends. London though, so ignore them.

notangelinajolie · 20/07/2021 00:25

All my neighbours are lovely apart from the ones next door who are very rude.
They smoke outside and make my house stink. It starts at 6am and (at gone midnight) I can smell it right now.
And they have a yappy dog.
They play bad music.
They can't have a conversation in their garden without shouting (over the music) for the whole road to hear.
They have no awareness of other neighbours (not just us)
Hottest day of the year and I have to sleep with the windows shut.

memberofthewedding · 20/07/2021 00:39

I live in a pretty diverse area where the different ethnic groups tend to stick together. Civil "hellos" but no neighbouring stuff (chats over fence/borrowing stuff/in for coffee) which suits me fine as Im a very private person and run a home business. NDN are vile over entitled people who have played a few dirty little tricks and have now been issued with a "cease and desist". The only thing I can say in their favour is that they are not noisy and go to bed early.

Kanaloa · 20/07/2021 00:44

One side is a nice family, their kids are similar age to my kids so they play together which suits me, we have also babysat for them before.

The other side is a couple who work nights, we see them maybe every few months if we take a package in for them or something, have to keep the kids quiet in the garden as I’m aware they must be sleeping at some point during the day.

SirenSays · 20/07/2021 00:52

One side is quite nice, but goes from zero to sixty if something bothers him and will start ranting out of nowhere and then sheepishly apologise.
The other side is very odd, the wife is incredibly jealous and started throwing things at him for speaking to me so now I avoid them both. I've reported him for hitting her before but nothing came of it and now they have three very young children so I hope things are better between them.

Susannahmoody · 20/07/2021 00:54

Fabulous for the most part. Couple next door we barely hear. Lady other side is rarely there. Back neighbours have a dog but he's friendly. Front neighbours are quiet and put Christmas lights up basically for our benefit. But we have the diagonal neighbour whose dog is an absolute nightmare, barks all the time. Really disappointing.

Whitedeer · 20/07/2021 01:33

Fabulous neighbours. Closest is a kilometre away. Very nice people. I've returned one of his cows and, bless him, he brought one of my blasted bulls home a couple of weeks ago. We're very, very lucky

Heatherjayne1972 · 20/07/2021 07:09

Grumpy single bloke on one side. He never goes out in his garden so the grass is 5ft tall and there will be many many blackberries soon. I say hello occasionally and he ignores me.
Other side have an ever changing number of children currently there’s 4 but they’re not noisy. Although someone is definitely living in the shed!

lollipoprainbow · 20/07/2021 07:25

We live in a mews in a block of flats at the end and we all rent where's the rest of the mews houses are owned. It's very clear there's a snobby attitude to us! The girl upstairs to me is amazing and so friendly and helpful.

MrsDThomas · 20/07/2021 07:34

Absolutely lovely. They bleat, they love petting, have babies every year and are really tough cookies.

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dubyalass · 20/07/2021 07:42

Fab couple with baby on one side; divorced bloke in 30s with kids on the weekend on the other. He occasionally has friends round for a noisy party and has just bought a hot tub 😬 but he's alright and the kids are very sweet. Newly divorced woman with daughters a few doors down, she's absolutely lovely; opposite neighbours keep themselves to themselves but we wave hello. It's a generally peaceful street with a few knobheads here and there but that's standard.

Hopefully I'm not one of the knobheads! 😁

MinnieMountain · 20/07/2021 07:46

We live in a terrace of 4.
Left hand neighbour is quiet, apart from her slightly yappy dog. WFH in her garden office and sensibly installed air con in it when we moved in with a small child.

Next right- he loves is power tools and spent the first lockdown using them all to re-do the garden. They are both lovely and friendly though.

End right are in their 70’s. Very friendly. We have a right of way over the gardens to a gate that comes out by their garage, so often see them. He’s made a few wooden things for DS.

Bythemillpond · 20/07/2021 08:04

One side the only interaction has been if we or they get parcels or letters by mistake. They seem ok. They have music playing in the summer sometimes and it is nice as they have similar taste in music

Other side is a home. The residents we see wandering up and down the road occasionally but never spoken to any

My idea of Hell is living somewhere where everyone knows your business. Wants to be friends and wants to come round for coffee.

When everyone was clapping for the NHS there was a video on the local Facebook page of someone driving around the neighbourhood showing everyone at their front doors clapping and cheering.
They drove up our road and not one person was out. Total silence.

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