Likelihood of neighbours exploding with rage

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The live next door. We both have detached houses. Gardens run alongside for about 40’ and then our plot has a field and paddock attached and then it’s open countryside for literally miles.

The neighbours hate forriners. We are forrin and slightly brown. They moved from their last house to “get away from that sort of thing” and must have been horrified to see us!

Anyway they have complained about pretty much everything they can. Noisy mower. Noisy children. Holiday cottage (tiny, for 2 people) at the end of the field. Our BBQ. Our chimnea. Not putting the bin away quick enough, and the outdoor solar fairy lights being too bright and on a flashy pattern.

They are only mid 30s and have two young children who they won’t let play in the garden in case someone from the holiday cottage sees them because literally any paedo could be in there, etc.

Latest was that they objected to me and DH quietly chatting on the patio at the outrageously late hour of 10:30, Saturday before last. They come round and stand with their finger on the ring doorbell, ranting.

Anyway, the local farmer has delivered two beehives and they’re buzzing away beautifully, in our garden. They are placed in such a way that forces them to fly up and over, away from the neighbours but some of them are quite disobedient.

I don’t think the neighbours have noticed yet. But they’re going to go crackers aren’t they?

I hope you have fun replying to them?

Mower too noisy - would you like to mow it for us if yours is quieter?

Pool heater noisy? Perhaps we could put up a row of different winchimes to distract you from it?

Holiday Cottage noisy? Don’t worry, we’ve got a lovely family having it long term and their foreign relatives will be calling a lot in their camper vans.

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Your post just made me realise the reason we have the saying “make a bee line for…”
It’s just one of this things I’ve always said and never thought about why and it’s just clicked.
A bit like when we exclaim “Gordon Bennett!!” or say “smart as a carrot” without ever really thinking about why!

Anyway…carry on….

Flashing lights give me migraines so yabu for that, but not the rest.

Another flashing lights hater here. Just switch them off. Different if it's something you can keep to yourself.

Flashy lights are fucking awful. YABU

I refuse to stop them flashing though. Season of goodwill and all that. They’re on the front of my porch. It’s my festive little “fuck you”!

How lovely

You have young kids. And teens? I'm trying to work out which.

Ok, so Christmas lights rather than the solar ones that are on all year round. You should have said.

OP, I sincerely hope you have two hives of the most disobedient bees ever! 🐝

Have you got hens? Fairly noisy and pong a bit. Just a thought.

Oh THEY have two young kids. Crack on OP.

No you don’t - you want nice calm ones if your kids are going to be looking after them. Better for the hive too.

A single peacock will pine very very loudly for a mate and are famously disobedient when it comes to staying in one place...

You need chickens or a pigeon coop....

You are amateurs. Amateurs I tell you. You need a pair of donkeys in the paddock. A framer friend had them and he had to always get dressed in the dark because they would start breying at the house if they ever saw a light on. And you need peacocks. Time to up your game 😀

I’m sure you’d love some wind chimes in your garden.
And pressure washers are soooo useful. Especially when used on weekend morning.

Ah good point. Maybe a couple of feisty ones just for the neighbours then.

or say “smart as a carrot”

are we all just ignoring this? I love a turn of phrase and sayings but I have never heard this!

Honestly you don't sound like a great neighbour yourself ... a lot of what you're writing sounds really annoying.

You need wasps. Maybe start a friendship with the local pest controller and volunteer a nearby bush or tree to any nests he gets called about?

I tend to agree. Sounds like they've got everything going on at their place including a holiday cottage at the end of their garden, flashing lights as a little "fuck you" and now they've introduced bees.

OP, how do you know they relocated due to non-white neighbours. Did they tell you this?

'I have been advised by a lawyer to only accept your complaints in writing so that they are able to keep a log of them for my case'

close door in face

😆😆yes!!!

Me neither….

Holiday cottage (tiny, for 2 people) at the end of the field. Our BBQ. Our chimnea. Not putting the bin away quick enough, and the outdoor solar fairy lights being too bright and on a flashy pattern.

In fairness all of these things could be annoying, especially the holiday cottage. If there are strangers in the vicinity of their children playing, then i can understand them not wishing them to play out unsupervised. Did you get permission for the holiday cottage?