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What is my neighbour doing?

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Lolincolin71 · 28/11/2025 19:33

For background, I live in a mid terraced house and the lady next door to me is a recently single 40 year old woman. She has always been loud but since she ended the marriage around 3 months ago it’s a lot worse. She has had 3 different people stay with her. The first one was there for around a month. The second was there for around for 2 weeks. The third has currently been there since the last one left.

The same thing happens with each. They argue throughout the day shouting at each-other. Sometimes they will stand on the street and do this. Then at night they stay up talking very loudly and banging around. They are up when I go to bed around 11pm talking / banging doors then if I wake up in the night they are still up talking / banging then when I wake up and leave for work at 5AM they are still up talking and all the lights are on. My neighbour is unemployed and the ‘guests’ have all been there 24/7 for the duration of their stay.

Her door was badly vandalised last month. The neighbours opposite are worried incase anything happens to their house.

A few nights a week they have other people join them and again just talk so loud and bang around. Last month the other people who join them a few nights a week entered my garden early hours midweek to hop the fence to get into her garden (no idea why but my other next door neighbour saw this and told me).

The neighbours the other side of the lady are really affected by the noise / comings and goings as they work from home and may speak to her.

All guests have been male and from what others on the street have said 2 are ex cons.

I don’t go out of my way to see / hear this. They congregate around her door which is next to mine and do a lot of the arguing / shouting on the street. So I see them as I leave / enter also the walls are thin. Well even if they were thick I’d still hear.

I’m just wondering what reason someone would be awake all day and all night and why these guests do the same. Surely they have a home / job / family that would mean they can’t just disappear for a week or month to be up all hours? And why are they hopping fences / vandalising her own door? When do they sleep?

OP posts:
Catpiece · 28/11/2025 19:34

Drugs, love

WeirdyBeardyMarrowBabyLady · 28/11/2025 19:35

Well it could be that’s she very vulnerable or has addiction issues and is being exploited by these men.

Or she could be an antisocial arsehole.

ProfessorRedshoeblueshoe · 28/11/2025 19:36

Drugs/alcohol

IndigoIsMyFavouriteColour · 28/11/2025 19:36

definitely off her face on something or other.

Sidebeforeself · 28/11/2025 19:38

It’s very common for people to “host” drug taking and drinking circles. Sounds like that is whats going on here.

Herbisaurous · 28/11/2025 19:44

Is she vulnerable? Cuckooing is a potential if so

Herbisaurous · 28/11/2025 19:44

Is she vulnerable? Cuckooing is a potential if so

unsync · 28/11/2025 20:40

I would suggest cuckooing too if she's vulnerable. Drugs in some form though.

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