AIBU to be Mildly amused.

[mummmy2017]

My neighbour seems to remodel her house every few month, her DP is always doing DIY. It had cost then 4 thousands up till this point.
Shelves up, stair rails changed, Lastest colours.
This summer she knocked the wall out downstairs so her house is open plan.
She then spent thousands painting it and doing it up.
They wanted too sell the house and thought this would raise the value, as they have no equity, she let me see and yes it does look nice, but the Estate Agent has just been round and told her mine is worth the same as hers, I have never seen a woman have such a melt down before.

My mistake. I still think you sound really unpleasant. She has no equity and has tried to remedy this spending lots of time and effort making improvements, but this hasn't worked.

Oh how we laughed!

You are very strange, OP

happypoobum I would have loved that to be OP! "our house has gone up in value by 150K in three years". That sure would have been surreal

The estate agent can say what they want, ultimately freshly done up houses DO sell for more than ones that aren't done up even on the same street and sometimes even when they're smaller. Ultimately house prices are just a recommendation, people pay whatever they like. Case in point several newly done up 2 beds around me have sold quicker and for more a significant amount of money than a couple of 3 beds. So stop being so smug.

Ruined so many weekends

You didn't say in your OP that the DIY was loud, that was a drip feed.

Maybe they just enjoy DIY? And if you've never told them you don't want to be dragged over to see the results, then maybe think you like seeing what they do?

And how did the estate agent know that the price was the same as yours? You haven't answered that.

No one in the area has managed to sell their house for more, there is like an amount people are willing to pay for this area, and that's it no matter how nice the house is...

Our previous owners did DIY every Sunday without fail according to our neighbours they destroyed much of the house with their dodgy DIY.

Neighbours told us how glad they were to no longer endure drilling and banging each week!

RandomMess I can so understand your neighbors being happy the Drilling has stopped. I just hope this time will mean mine stop doing stuff..

Surely it would make more sense for you to be overjoyed at the sight of her happy at the price -meaning she is more likely to move on rather than stay put? If her house isn't worth what she thinks then she may well stay put and live in her immaculate house.

Bit late now, but I definitely remember this poster (not Mummy2017, mummmy whatever with three ms).

Op was on another thread a while ago making disparaging remarks about the written English of a poster whose language was not English; only saying so to prove I remember this poster and that I therefore don't think she is a hairy handed one. Or at least, she's been here a while.

Are you jealous op? You sound it a little.

I wouldn't be slightly amused that someone has tried to better themselves and not made it.
If I was you I'd tell her you're not interested in their home diy skills and keep a civil distance.

Decaffstilltastesweird your right that was me, in error.... as I really though it was someone pretending to be something they were not, and got flamed for it, never done that again...
Most of the time I do try to see both sides of an arguement, like the one where someone was chucked out of a car at 4 in the morning, which I always thought there was no way to justify.

Idontevencareanymore I always wonder how much to put in a post, and I have tried to tell this person I don't want to see but she drags you in to look, and I do mean drags.... maybe if I had said she boasts about it, and all the improvements she has done ,,,, but I thought you would just say I was jealous, I did add that even her mum had told it it wouldn't improve the house price and she still did it, I know I sound mean, but the banging does come through the walls, and it's a lot more than any normal person does DIY.

Semi, and we are all friendly round here.

Well most of the people are friendly. You, not so much. You just come across as jealous and one of those fucking boring people who go on about house prices constantly. I always think when people behave like you it's because they need something to take away their misery.

Try to be kinder to your neighbours, OP. Truly. Because they probably don't think that highly of you.

I'm with you OP - a show off neighbour and noisy with it. What a pain.

Mind you Thank god I don't live next to any of the pious humourless mnetters who posted on here

Grilledaubergines just because I use MN to air a view I would never state to hurt a person in real life doesn't mean your know me at all. I am friends with everyone here, and that is the reason I never would make a comment to a neighbor, it does look nice, and yes I told her so, because that was the truth but she knew it wouldn't raise the house price, her mother told her so.
She has a melt down because she still expected it to add masses to the value and was told no in the end by the one person who's job it was to know.
I said mildly amusing because after years of DIY, it has been pointed out to her that it was all for nothing.. because she just never listens... her mum is lovely and we often chat....

Well it wasn't all for nothing was it? She has a much livelier house regardless of estate agents predicted selling price.

*lovelier

Fingers crossed it will be more saleable due to her work and new neighbours will do no more than repainted!

Without her getting the 30k more than current value she can't afford to move, Which is why she was having a go at the Estate Agent outside in the back garden, I was in the garden when they came out, so not being nosey, just already there and I did go in as soon as she started shouting at him.

Yeah, course she did
Where do you live, Hollyoaks?

More like Corronation Street.
Everyone seems to know everyone elses business