To say I wish I had no immediate neighbours?

[solitarybliss]

[Throwaway due to the off chance of being recognised] Both sets of my neighbours are away this holiday weekend. We live in very small terraced houses and, especially since I WFH, I really notice their noise. Dogs, door slamming, shouting at each other, power tools/DIY, car engine revving, shouted phone calls on the phone on speaker for hours. You would think "children, too", but actually I scarcely notice their children or maybe their noise just doesn't grate on me.

Anyway, I'm sitting here and thinking how heavenly it is to just hear nothing for once. I just desperately wish it could be like this all the time, like maybe I could win the lottery and buy them out or something? 😭

I don't know why I feel like this, perhaps something is wrong with me? I somehow feel oppressed by the presence and noise of other people but why? They're not that bad, despite what I've said about them.

And it couldn't be argued I should "move to the countryside"- this is the countryside! 😆

Moved from a semi detached in central England to a lone farmhouse in north Scotland last year. No neighbours. Noises are sheep, birds, tractors sometimes.
didn’t need a lottery win either.. it’s possible but often means a whole lifestyle change.

I would absolutely love to have no immediate neighbours. Even living in a semi-detached house doesn't suit me. I wish I could live in a detached house, in the middle of nowhere at times. I hate noisy, inconsiderate people.

I'm in a lone house surrounded by fields nearest neighbour is about 200 meters away, the next one is out of sight 1/4 mile away. Yes it's lovely not having near neighbours although the vixen who woke up the other night calling for a mate was a bit irritating. The down side means popping to the shop is getting the car out and driving a six mile round trip but I love it.

I was just about to say this! I was desperate to move from a semi where I could hear next door through the walls. We've now moved to a detached on a quiet street with fab garden.... with loud neighbours and on a flight path and lots of very noisy cars in the area whose owners set off at 5.50?!!!!

I think we should have housing areas segregated for different types of people. I'll join you all in the 'peace and quiet' estate....anyone with kids can live in the 'family estate', party people can live on their party estate 😂😂

As I went out to the shops, one neighbour (who always does this) was standing outside revving his engine for no reason! What is it with men and engine revving with the bonnet up? 😆

Is anyone married to a "revver" that would care to explain this mystery?!

I tried to shoot him a disapproving look but no doubt he thought I was admiring his massive engine and revving "skills"!

@solitarybliss we get a few revvers around here too. And a couple of very annoying motorcyclists, who keep their motorbike on tickover, and keep revving it up. A couple of car drivers do it too. Like, for 10 minutes at a time! Occasionally 15. I am sure there's a bloody law against it! 🙄

I waited ages to find an affordable house with nobody overlooking and only one party wall at the back away from living and bedrooms.
i totally get it.
there may well be things you can do to soundproof your windows and doors etc I would defo look into that.
Also, please don’t take this the wrong way like I’m making it your problem at all, but SOMETIMES there are physiological reasons we may be more sensitive to irritants noise etc.

I tend to see most mental issues as physical but I would check things like your vitamin d and calcium and iron and b12 levels just to make sure you are the best version of yourself so to speak. And that you are sleeping well (if they let you lol) I’ve had anemia and other issues in the past that made me crawl the walls about such things when maybe I just wouldn’t be so fired up about it otherwise.
But it is normal to get annoyed ESPECIALLY working from home.

I don’t know if you could go and find. A shared office space or cafe but that will have its own distractions. Though maybe a different form of distraction even would help??
It’s hard to wfh regardless though imo so you deserve to do what you can to give yourself a break from it. X

We've moved from a semi on a very busy road to a detached on a very quiet cul de sac.

I love it, it's so quiet one day I couldn't figure out what the irritating noise was in the garden and it was the bees!

Such a change from lorries hurtling past at 40mph.

We barely notice the neighbours and they're lovely anyway.

I know what you mean though, peace and quiet makes such a difference!

Hi. I always wanted my own house with own land around it. Unfortunately dreams dont always happen. Where am now neighbours are nice. Had a new family moved in on the side with a kicking ball. Which previous family had which kept hitting our fence. The man was chucking ball right up high in a cul de sac area. Yes a grown man. Not kids. Our garden backs onto a public walk way where car park is. I saw someones home in USA online, of whom they were famous. He had land, gates a lovely large house. But this is in the States not UK. UK has always been rather squashed up. People seem bundled all on top of each other here. Where we are now is very nice. But it only takes one neighbour to ruin it...

You and 90% of the UK population I reckon, OP.