Or are my neighbours complete IDIOTS 😂

[Lilianna123]

Another neighbourly dispute, same neighbours that claimed our cat was teasing their dog, and the same neighbours who accused us of stealing blackberries off their bush that happened to grow over my fence.

Well if I hadn't thought they were ridiculous before, I definitely do now.

Woke up this morning to find a note through the door saying they have had a new piano delivered and due to space they were limited on places it could go indoors (not our problem) they are saying where they have placed it is under a window and their view from the piano is a large oak tree which is in our garden. Their problem is that they are saying the many birds nests that are in this tree are distracting and these wild birds are making too much noise therefore distracting them from the piano.

There isn't even a suggestion in the note of what they'd like us to do about it. Not that I would even consider taking any action towards the tree but FFS what on earth are they doing? They don't have a bloody leg to stand on??

Buy them a really ugly pair of curtains?

Thanks for the update! Now that we don't have to feel guilty for laughing at dementia, can we all call him an Entitled Plinker to his face?

Tree empties of birds with fifteen minutes.

The Op's neighbours do not sound like the are developing early onset of dementia. Even those working in this field cannot make a diagnosis based on a few posts. In fact, some people who do deal with dementia patients did not identify the behaviour as typical. There is a far more simple and obvious explanation for their twattery. Both are anal and control freaks. The wife might have an empty nest syndrome with the kid off to uni, while Andy no longer gets to jingle his cojones in the city. He's got too much time on his hand and an over-inflated sense of entitlement. The time span of them being neighbours isn't that long and the issues starting this summer show that cracks are now appearing with different personalities. Think that is quite usual with many neighbours beginning to squabble. And why on earth would you involve yourself in any personal, private matters, such as their health anyway?! They have no friendship where it might be appropriate. That would just cause a lot more problems if the OP went to Andy's wife and basically accused her hubby of being senile. Earlier incidents show that the wife is equally a few sandwiches short of a picnic!

Eeek missed the OP's update. That said, dementia can start a lot younger than most people would assume. But yeah Andy is one of those typical wanknoodles with red braces who had their power-trips enabled in the city. Now he can no longer bully staff, he probably tries to flex his muscles with you. Keep the notes, make a note of when and what was said. But ignore him. Don't give him attention. You need actual talent for music. He may very well get bored quite soon when he can't turn into a virtuoso on demand

That's hilarious ... I'd have thought it was a joke from very funny neighbours that I'd want to have over for dinner ... if you hadn't explained they had form for ludicrous behaviour. How do they survive in life?

This thread makes me so happy

Imbeciles. Please send them this:

We dearly love our oak tree
It should outlive us all
The birds give us great pleasure
From spring, right through to fall
We hoped you would see reason
This has not come to pass:
The place for your piano
Should be right up Andy's arse!

Maybe suggest they get better double glazing, they won't be able to hear the birds then

Yep. Madder than Maddy McMadfaces box of frogs. Either that or they are having great fun inventing ludicrous scenarios to taunt you with for their own amusement.

A piano outside isn't going to stay in tune long

You need to stop being so accommodating with them, as you're not telling them to stop being so bloody pathetic, they think they're in the right.

I would also complain about the noise at 7.30 in the morning.

MrsB

Wow just wow to this post are people so damn self entitled these days... I thought I used to have weird bloody neighbours but you win hands down!

I think Jojo's on to something there.

Assume she is on the money and they are just inventing ludicrous scenarios to see your reaction (albeit they can afford to buy a bloody piano as a prop!) but make it a game - see if you can top them, you don't have to buy props though. Just make stuff up and send them notes.

There is an element of 'have you cancelled the cheque yet' appearing in this thread:

'Why would they put a piano outside?'

Acat - yes, that will be our new catchphrase: "why would anyone put a piano outside?"

Please send the poem

I'm a bit when I hear about people retiring early from high-powered jobs because they don't need to work anymore. Of the people that I know who have done this they tend to fall into two camps. 1) those who have a reason not to work e.g. an ambition that they want to fulfil, family issues demanding more of their time, or alternative employment in a different field (possibly connected to a hobby or interest). 2) those who have been vigorously encourage to retire as an alternative to being sacked or facing disciplinary procedures e.g. because there have been multiple complaints about them, they have made bad decisions that have cost their company money or goodwill, nobody wants them and the company has run out of departments to move them sideways into.

Now it doesn't sound to me as though Andy is in the first category (unless he has a long-held ambition to be a concert pianist), so I suspect that he is in second category although he will never admit that to anyone.

My Mum is a committee member of a society. A new chairman was elected. It was made clear (mostly by the new chairman) that they were very lucky to have him because he had recently retired early from a very prestigious position and therefore everyone should do as he told them because he was a successful professional. He has, of course, made a cock-up of just about everything he's touched and pissed everyone off. Further investigation on the qt (asking friends of friends) has revealed that he was very much encouraged to take early retirement for making a cock-up of just about everything he worked on there.

MrsB

That is the most beautiful poem I have ever read ( wipes tears from eyes ).

I'm going to embroider it on a sampler and send it to Any with the Janet and Roy letter.

When I moved into my house 6 years ago I cut 3 trees down in my garden and one at the front of the house as the neighbours said they were blocking light. And they were right. My friend and her son and myself and my son dug up all the ivy in my garden (which originally came from another garden) because they said they were struggling to keep cutting it back. They said the guttering on my conservatory was over the fence in their space. They were right and I didn't like the conservatory so I took it down. I asked if they had ever mentioned any of these issues to the previous owner and they said yes but they just ignored them and said the ivy wasn't coming from them. They slated the previous owners of my house and said I was "soft" for allowing them to come round and collect mail. They then put their house up for sale. I came home from work after a 12 hour shift and had not even got out of my car when my next door neighbour appeared at my car window. She was that quick I didn't see her coming. She asked if I could cut a bush down on my front drive then stood back looking at my house and asked me to straighten the bedroom curtains (which the cat keeps messing with) as she had buyers round who didn't like the look of my house. My reply was "fuck off and get off my drive way NOW. When I came to look at my house I didn't like the look of yours. They are not buying my house so I couldn't give a fuck ya cheeky mare." She burst into tears and said " we've always got on. I shouldn't of mentioned it. I told her in no uncertain terms that no she shouldn't of. When she tried to say something else I said "are you still here". She literally ran back to her house. Please bear in mind I'm divorced. I had to give the knob head I married a shit load of money and I was starting again on my own. I then told the previous owners when the wife called AGAIN to see if there was any mail for them and I was trying to get ready to go to work a night shift that "no you can't come in. It's none of your business what I'm doing to MY house. Don't be so tight and pay to have your mail redirected like I did." When she started to get gobby she was told were to go too. I'm not soft. I'm far from it. I work in security and I'm the only woman on the door. I was just trying to rub along nicely with people and be a good neighbour but enough is enough. Make a stand. They are cranks. OR swop houses with me for a week and when you go back home they'll be that made up they will never complain again.

I just had to cut down a really amazing tree at the back of my garden because my neighbours said that their washing couldn't dry, it made their garden dark and some of the roots had slightly disrupted their patio. Fair enough, so it was removed. The thing that has annoyed me though is that even with it removed for some months now they've sat in their garden maybe 2 or 3 times over the summer, very rarely hang any washing out and haven't bothered to repair the small area of patio like they said they wanted to but couldn't because of my tree!!

THEY HAVE YOUR HOUSE KEYS????????????

Thank fuck I don't live next to annfield62.