Am I unreasonable to be getting annoyed with my neighbors?
We live in a semi detached house with another detached house to the other side. We have lived there for 5 years.
Our neighbors on one side (the house we are attached to) like to think they are good at DIY. They may be for all I know, but I am yet to see one of their projects finished. They built an extension off the back of their house which has never been finished externally, so from our back garden we are towered over by their concrete block walls. They started building a porch in 2015, again never finished so for the last 2 years we have had their blue tarpaulin temporary roof covering blowing around every time the wind blows. Their garden is an overgrown tip, but we have put up a 6ft fence so we don't have to look at it all day. We have never objected to their planning applications and are supportive of home improvements as we have renovated properties ourselves, but we weren't objecting on the basis that the jobs would actually be completed as they have been specified in the applications. I appreciate that time/money sometimes mean you can't do everything at once, but why take on new jobs before finishing those you've already started?
The neighbors on the other side rent, but they have been there for a long time and are unlikely to move on. Their property is a complete tip, their garden is basically a scrapyard and they keep loud screeching birds in outdoor aviaries.
We've never fallen out with either of our neighbors, I wouldn't say we are friends but we exchange pleasantries. We get on fine with the neighbours behind us and further up/down the road - we don't make a habit of being overly picky about what other people are up to in their own homes!
I suppose this is a rant as much as anything, but am I being totally unreasonable to be getting fed up?