This is more of how can I support my brother and sister in law who have moved house and ended up with the worst neighbours ever!
They bought a house and one selling factor was that the house had a pre approved planning permission to extend which they had every intention of doing. They waited six months to settle in before a starting any work and even then it was slightly halted as they had to then apply for a pillar to be removed, which wasn't in the existing permission - this is where it starts:
(Just FYI Neighbours 2 are perfectly fine, very friendly and no issues.
Neighbour 1 are a couple who are close to retirement, they were very friendly at first but when reading their objections to the pillar being removed it felt like a personal attack on us and we were also told by others on the road they were asking other to oppose too, of course the Council approved and the work started soon after.
My god, they have been a nightmare since, firstly they have stopped talking to us and are constantly hurling abuse at our builders (who are from a South Indian background so we do feel this is slightly targeted), the wife has removed my SIL from the street WhatsApp group which left her upset because she says it make her feel like she is not part of the community anymore, they put up a camera in the living room window which we've reported to the Police as it's a webcam and concerning that it's facing our property, where children are present etc...
Despite this upsetting my brother and sister in law, the neighbour has turned on the children and recently came out of his house to tell my brother (who was doing the school run) that his son is constantly screaming, day and night - my nephew has speech delay which is hard because his frustrations lead to screaming so how on earth do you tell a 3y old to be quiet? He's put to bed by 9pm just to make sure the neighbours have no more reasons to kick off.
Hope the above gives you an idea of the situation so far...
I started this topic to lift spirits a home because during the Platinum Jubilee we had a street party which was nice and we had family come over to attend so we had a fun day! Now it's been announced that there will be a Coronation Street party and my SIL feels like she doesn't want to go because she doesn't think we'll be invited. My thoughts on this are firstly the neighbours do not own the road and secondly we shouldn't have to sit inside whilst everyone is outside having fun, imagine my two nephews seeing it all and not being able to join in but more so I really want my SIL to believe that she doesn't have to be in a WhatsApp group to be a part of the community and that it's just the neighbours being petty that we are having an extension.
What do you all think... Do we still shows our faces or shall we sit indoors during the street party?