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Original poster

To think someone on our street doesn't like us?!

53 replies

athingthateveryoneneeds · 08/03/2018 16:44

We might be annoying. Dog likes to bark, though we bring her in when she starts. We live on the corner so perhaps our vehicle blocks people's view when turning into the road (we have a large van). We have small DC but they haven't been out in the garden to play for ages. We are end terrace and the ndn swear blind they can't hear us.

Recently our van has been egged (ndn informed us before it dried, luckily!), our recycling bins have been nicked, and today I noticed a pile of (full, tied) bin bags under our carport that aren't ours?!

AIBU to think someone nearby is pulling some mildly annoying passive aggressive stunts for some reason?

Fwiw if they had a serious grievance and just spoke to me about it I would try to come to an amicable agreement/solution. Just in case they are reading....

(None of these incidents are likely to be linked, it's just odd)

OP posts:
OutyMcOutface · 08/03/2018 16:45

How long have you lived there? Is it possible that they think that you are the previous resident?

Yumyumpigs · 08/03/2018 16:45

Look at's what in the bin bags and see if you can work out who it is. If you can add to it and return it!

YetAnotherUser · 08/03/2018 16:46

open the bin bags and see if they left anything identifying?

DragonBone · 08/03/2018 16:47

Open the bin bags and see if u can find where they came from.
Get some cctv as well - always handy when dealing with cheeky fookers

DalekDalekDalek · 08/03/2018 16:47

Possibly worth asking around other neighbours to see if they are having similar antisocial issues. It might be more widespread rather than you being targeted individually. I think I would try contacting your local neighbourhood police officer and see if they can advise. If your NDN is ok with you then I would assume you aren't pissing multiple neighbours off as either your NDN would be one or they would at least have heard something about it.

Original poster
athingthateveryoneneeds · 08/03/2018 16:48

I didn't think to look through the bags. Hmm.

We've lived here for almost 2 years.

To be fair, one of the recycling bins weren't ours at all - it blew into our front garden a few months back and didn't have a number on it. I looked around and couldn't see anyone missing one. So maybe we've been rumbled on that score!

OP posts:
SomeKnobend · 08/03/2018 16:49

I wouldn't necessarily link the incidents. Egging the van would seem a response to it blocking visibility (don't do that!!), but the other things are maybe just because you live on a corner so nicking/dumping is a bit easier to get away with!

MarkBorrigan · 08/03/2018 16:51

Mistaken identity? Kids mucking about?
I very much doubt it's anything to do with noise or any other complaint. If I had an issue with my neighbour I'd, you know, go round and talk to them instead of egging their stuff.

NotAllTimsWearCapes · 08/03/2018 16:51

Is your van overhanging the footpath? Or parked on the footpath? Can you move it?

blastomama · 08/03/2018 16:52

Your van might be blocking peoples views on a corner? I think that means that you know it does, in which case before you start stressing what other people are doing you need to fix this, immediately. It's dangerous and its twatty.
And how much does your dog really bark?

Bibibou · 08/03/2018 16:53

Could you put a camera up anywhere?

Failingat40 · 08/03/2018 16:54

Is the van being there a new thing or has it been there for the two years you've been there?

People are crazy towards perceived parking irks, I'd say since it was the van that was egged rather than your windows, it's the van that's the issue.

Look to see who is affected by its position and start there. Get cctv if it happens again, we installed cctv a few months ago it was the best thing we ever did. Great peace of mind.

Twoo · 08/03/2018 16:59

I’d say get cctv. Then monitor.

RingFence · 08/03/2018 17:04

Barking dogs are very annoying. How often does she bark? Have you tried training classes?

Can you park the van further away to avoid blocking other drivers' view of the bend?

Creambun2 · 08/03/2018 17:06

Barking dogs are really annoying for neighbours.

LauraRashley · 08/03/2018 17:07

We might be annoying. Dog likes to bark, though we bring her in when she starts

There’s no might about it, you will be annoying, even if you do absolutely always bring her in and never leave her home alone, she’s still bloody barking.

PompholyxOfUnknownOrigin · 08/03/2018 17:08

Is your dog a Jack Fucking Russell?

StaplesCorner · 08/03/2018 17:11

Are dogs not supposed to even go "woof"? RingFence what training do you suggest the OP has?

blastomama · 08/03/2018 17:13

OP doesn't say the dog "goes woof". She says it likes to bark at a level she knows is likely to annoy neighbours, so its hardly a leap to say the neighbours may be annoyed by it!

StaplesCorner · 08/03/2018 17:16

Where did she says it likes to bark at a level she knows is likely to annoy neighbours? So OP is doing it deliberately?!! Wow, she definitely needs some training.

Can't see where she said that though.

sleep5 · 08/03/2018 17:18

Where I live it's usually kids that throw eggs - so it may be unrelated to parking. Worth getting cctv.

blastomama · 08/03/2018 17:20

Where did she says it likes to bark at a level she knows is likely to annoy neighbours?

We might be annoying. Dog likes to bark right there.

purplecorkheart · 08/03/2018 17:21

Put up CCTV for the rubbish dumping. Sound like the owner of the recycling bin took back their bin, maybe they are leaving you the rubbish that they would have put in the bin when you had it!

Do you mean that the van is blocking people's view when pulling out onto the road? That is dangerous in fairness. Park the van on the driveway and park the car where the van is (if it doesn't block the view).

TheFirstMrsDV · 08/03/2018 17:25

And she said she calls the dog in when it starts barking.
So she stops the dog barking as soon as it starts.

You would have to be a right dick to get uptight about that.
The sort who would get annoyed at someone parking outside their house for a moment or walking past the house wearing an outfit you don't like.

Living with other people means we have to tolerate a level of stuff we don't like. Its different when its sustained.

StaplesCorner · 08/03/2018 17:29

You would have to be a right dick to get uptight about that ... blastomama?

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