Your neighbours!

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We generally only get to hear the horror stories connected with neighbourly relations, but does anyone actually genuinely like and get on with their neighbours?

Ours are okay but our house is uniquely positioned askew, so no direct neighbours either side of us, and our drive is opposite green space so no parking wars either.
To be perfectly honest, this was a major deciding factor for us when we bought this house.

Do you have good neighbours and do you think you are a good neighbour?

We have one neighbour one side and one opposite , then a few more further down the road , I think we have nice neighbours, friendly enough to say hallo and pass the time of day , quiet with no loud noise , no parties , all off street parking so no parking wars , no inconsiderate mowing of the lawn at 6am , we don’t socialise with any of them but happy to take in parcels etc if asked .
everyone keeps their house and garden well maintained and the area looks well kept and cared for , no tatty old junk about or rubbish/ litter dumped .

we moved previously because of not liking the neighbourhood or the neighbours, no altercations but just not our type of people or place

Sorry only answered part of the question, I think we are very much similar in type to the others living here , quiet , considerate , neat and tidy , happy to help if needed ( parcels etc) but keep pretty much to ourselves so yes I think we are probably good neighbours too

I like my neighbours. The ones on either side of the house I have the occasional chat through the garden hedge, and the ones directly across the road I know a bit more as their grandson is the same age as my DS so when he's visiting them the boys play together all the time and I'll often hang out in their garden with them and have an ice cream or a drink. They've babysat him a couple of times too when I've needed a last minute babysitter.

The whole neighbourhood is pretty nice, people are generally considerate of each other, there's never trouble with loud music or anything like that, everyone nods or says hi when walking past and we organise a ski race for all the neighbourhood children every winter.

As a middle ground - ours are perfectly pleasant on both sides, seem like nice people and are friendly when we see them.

We aren't friends though and don't socialise at all other than the very occasional stop to small talk for a minute or two if we happen to get to our doors at a similar time. There seems to be a bit of an unspoken rule that we don't bother each other and don't infringe on each others privacy in the garden etc (eg no calling out over the fence to say hello if we are both in our gardens), everyone deals with issues with their respective property without having to be asked and I'm very happy with that.

I think all being said we're very fortunate. I do feel if something urgent happened I could knock on either door for help and would be given it.

2 out of 3 of our neighbours are lovely and we get on really really well.

the other set aren’t so nice. They constantly park on our drive as “it’s bigger” (yeh cause I paid for one that was enough for us!!) and they have visitors so they want to accommodate them (?!) Plus apparently it’s a faff to swap cars around. (They have smaller drive)

when they can’t park there they park wherever they want. Blocking roads, other cars, etc.

he’s ok to talk to. Her not so much, her entitlement enrages me

Both sides are pretty similar - we get on okay and communicate when necessary (eg around trees / fencing / occasional late night noise etc) but would never socialise together or anything.

Our little crescent is great, we've stayed there for 11 years and are friendly with pretty much all of our neighbours. No parking issues as we all have drives - ours is the largest as it was a showhome but we have no problem letting visitors park on it

Been here for 12 years. Thankfully pretty much all the people in our street are pretty nice. We're in a mainly detached bungalow road so lots of oldies, including us. Infact people here don't usually move they just stay until they pop off. Last was next door at 99! New chaps is a youngster at 63. Everyone keeps their places and gardens nice so thankfully don't have the issues you sometimes read about on here.
I speak regularly to my most immediate neighbours but we don't really socialise. I also speak to about half a dozen others further up the road. One of my neighbours used to care for my cat when we went on holiday and we'd do the same for her but those days have passed with the moggies. I get given excess garden produce, if I'm ill they'll offer to get shopping etc but we certainly don't live in each others pockets. Perfect arrangement really, having had awful neighbours in the past, long may it last!!

Im lucky that i have decent neighbours either side of me street of semi detached houses so one attached to ours and the other one ours and theirs pathways in the middle of our houses, been here four years and its one of those streets you say hello if your on the pavement at the same time but other than that most people keep themselves to themselves

Only been here 5 years. I never really met any (except the 2 next doors) until I got a dog when we retired. Now met lots of lovely people who have helped out and I have helped others.

We are all mostly oldies but the young ones are lovely too.

We have wonderful neighbours. Two houses are exceptionally wonderful and I count them as good friends. We help each other out. We have about 12 houses in our part of the street and have a really good WhatsApp group.? I am sad that my neighbours are going to put their house on the market and move away to the west country. They will be sadly missed they do such good in our community. We have actually got new neighbours close by. I popped over with a plant and a card this morning.
We use to have a yearly street gathering but the ladies who organised it have passed away or moved on.

We have a real asshole neighbour who - at the first glimpse of sunshine - can't help but stand at the fence talking to our other neighbours literally all day long. Goodbye, any glimpse of privacy.

New builds are truly the worst for these types of things. Many regrets!

I've lived in my home since the 1980s. So I've had a few neighbours over that time. They've all been lovely.

we are not in their pockets in fact I've been in each house once or twice in all these years.

we can contact each other via emial, face book ect if there are emergencies. I wouldn't change them for the world. Both sides are considerate and nice. I think (hope) we are too.

I have so many nice neighbors! I just walked out the door of my house to return a rental car. I didn’t have a ride back so was planning to Uber. My neighbor drove by, stopped to chat and offered to pick me up. It was prob 40 minutes round trip.

We have dinner once a month with him and another neighbor on rotation. We sometimes just order pizza or sometimes have a fancy meal. It’s wonderful.

It really seems extraordinary to me how many nice neighbors we have now.

Very lucky where we live now. We are sort of askew to neighbours too. Those opposite are great since the last lot went, and we don’t really see either side. Although the previous renters opposite were fine, their parking caused difficulties getting on and off our drive. We never said anything though. People over the back have an annoying yappy dog but the street, and neighbourhood, is lovely. We did get a valuation recently as we were contemplating a bungalow, we just couldn’t find one in a position as nice as this.

We moved here because our last neighbours we were attached to (semi) were inconsiderate arses. They blared the tv so loud and she bellowed like a fish wife rather than talking. The non attached neighbours and their attached people were lovely, and it was a nice street, I just couldn’t listen to them any longer.

I have good, kind and friendly neighbours, and they have one in me too!

I think the trick is to be there in time of need, but also to remember that we are not family or friends. Keep a distance and respect privacy.

We're really lucky to have ours. We're in a bit of an odd set up. Where we live is 15 houses in a sort of C shape with a garden in the middle at the front (we all have back gardens as well. It means we see our neighbours fairly frequently during the day.

Everyone is a fair bit older than us, we have primary age children and 2 other houses are families with older children (Secondary school age) but most of our neighbours are between 60 - 80.

We're really lucky that everyone is lovely. We had a bbq for the coronation which was nice for some of the newer people to get to know everyone.

We have a whatsapp group which is handy, my neighbour asked today if someone could give her a hand getting some things out of her loft. Within 10 mins 4 people had offered.

They are all lovely people though and I'm glad my kids have such a nice place to grow up.

We have fantastic neighbours we'd now count as friends after bonding over our same aged young families.

My neighbour is a considerate neighbour and I'd say we are as well. She would possibly like it if I was happy to chat (she chats with everybody on the cul de sac) rather than the brief "Good Morning" that I say if unavoidably face to face but I'm not wanting a friend and like my privacy.

I don't really interact with my immediate neighbours other than a polite hello.

The ones immediately next door to us are a bit of a nightmare - nice enough people but so noisy with really noisy children (beyond the norm imo), constant parties/gatherings which go one until late - my poor 8 year old has to wear ear plugs sometimes and needs to keep windows closed - they either have no concept of it or consideration for others - thankfully they spend most of their time abroad as husband works over there but when they are home (like right now) it's a bit of a shock to the system to go from peace and quiet to constant noise from 7am til 10pm! All the other neighbours are pretty quiet - occasional gatherings but always respectful of others.

Ours aren’t too bad. We have young children but they are both quiet and don’t scream. The rest on the culdesac are retired so quiet. Next doors not attached we are friendly with. Next door attached are quite nosy and stand in their back garden staring into our garden a lot. Bit weird but we ignore them. Elderly man few doors away very lonely, family don’t visit him much. Dh checks in on him every day and once a week dh goes over for a few hours to watch tv with him and have a cuppa.

We have a lovely neighbour who grows fruit and veg and will leave it outside in baskets on a weekly basis. They advertise the produce locally in community groups.

It's free, of course.

The one Next-door is an old cantankerous old arsehole!
The other Next-door think that they can do whatever they want (diy at midnight,drumming 24/7 and there dog keeps getting into my garden to fight with my dog!
The family over the road are lovely and we often babysit each others children or do the school run for each other.

We have an amazing little commune going on. We are away from the road and all face inwards in to a long courtyard area. During lockdown we all started sitting out in our own sections having a cuppa. This has continued and we have bbqs, birthday parties, takeaway nights. The kids all play out together and run in and out of the houses. If one of us ever needs anything, we just ask.

I grew up somewhere almost identical and it was great!