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Things your neighbours do that annoy you

230 replies

Moominfan · 19/05/2018 10:11

Such as playing happy hardcore in their garden at 10 in the morning.

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Mathmatical · 19/05/2018 17:11

@ImPreCis SadSad

Heismyopendoor · 19/05/2018 17:16

Jet washed their decking and all their crap came into my garden and all over my washing hanging on the line :(

We jet washed ours last year when it was rainy and they didn’t have their washing out.

AwkwardSquad · 19/05/2018 17:23

Almost nothing. It’s bliss and it’s why we moved so thank goodness it’s working out (so far). I had to have counselling because of previous neighbours and I’m still twitchy about sudden noise.

Lowdown · 19/05/2018 17:28

I'm not happy with my neighbours. They just cut down my hedge.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/legal_matters/3251368-Hedge

chockaholic72 · 19/05/2018 17:42

Parking his massive pickup truck thing outside my house on a single track road instead of up his own drive because he can't be arsed to put it away/get blocked in by his wife, meaning I have to do a ten-point turn to reverse into my drive and get knocked up by an irate farmer at sparrows fart because he can't get his tractor past what he thinks is my pickup.

KetchupOnRoastDinner · 19/05/2018 17:46

Put their doormat out so it reads ‘Welcome’ to people leaving, not arriving. I’ve tried turning it around for them, but it gets moved back, so it’s must be intentional.

SlowlyLosingMyMind · 19/05/2018 17:51

Drug deal at all times of night so there is always people coming and going slamming their door. And are forever beating each other up. Angry

BeyondThePage · 19/05/2018 17:52

runs and revs his engine for 20 min every month on his driveway between our houses - turns it round first though so the exhaust is pointing at OUR airbricks instead of his.

love that toxic fume stench... NOT

He says he is "turning it over" - but what happens is he forgets to take it out for a run, so ends up with AA round to recharge/replace the battery every so often too...

JuneBalloon · 19/05/2018 17:56

Best thing we ever did was move to a house in a field... nearest neighbour is only diagonally opposite, but far enough away to allow us total privacy. Never ever want to live next door to anyone again.

Prior to this we lived in a small new build on a big new estate. Lovely neighbours one side, and the cast of Shameless on the other...

LolaLouise · 19/05/2018 18:00

Next doors feral bratts kick a ball against my fence for hours every day they are not in school and i work nights. I hate ear plugs they make me feel dizzy so have to suffer. I actually hate my neighbours. She is well aware i work nights and sleep days but allows it anyway. Shes also on of them mothers that stands on the drive supervising all the kids on the estate and instantly disliked me as i refused to do the same. My kids are 11 and 9 and more than capable of playing on the street and park unsupervised. I think this is why she allows the fence football

TorviBrightspear · 19/05/2018 18:06

My neighbours are quiet, and I just say hello now and again when we actually meet outside.

Sometimes, we hear lawnmowers, but this is fair rnough and not excessive. We mow too, so fair all round.

It's nice and quiet today.

FairfaxAikman · 19/05/2018 18:13

NDN never mows his lawn - it's overgrown with bloody dandelions, which means I'm forever having to remove the ones that spread to our lawn.

Rudgie47 · 19/05/2018 18:24

One of the neighbours wont stop boasting all the time and its really getting on my nerves. She said daughter x, has massive pension. Daughter Y, got an 80 grand payoff then was re-employed with an even bigger wage.She even said when you win the lottery you can actually go to my daughter and get some financial advise off her etc.FFS!
Who on earth would boast like this? are people really that lacking in basic manners? yes they are.
Also she doesnt know how to have a conversation and just talks at me. From now on it will just have to be the basics from me like Hi and Bye and issues about the bins. I've had enough of being boasted and rabbitted at.

romany4 · 19/05/2018 20:29

NaMajesty
I do have a revving neighbour next door but one! Spooky Smile

Ariela · 19/05/2018 20:36

Our previous NDN was lovely but the young couple that replaced have not a clue about DIY/gardening, they rip everything out and wonder why a new hedge doesn't grow overnight and are upset because people walking by can see straight through their house. I would say they are nice but pretty clueless.

PositiveVibez · 19/05/2018 21:09

Luckily, living in a mid terrace, we have pretty good neighbours. But we have nicknames for the all. One sis is Mr P (Mr Perfect). He leave the house each morning for work at 7.15am. he has his outfit for cycling. His outfit for golf. His outfit for manual work around the house.

He washes his car every Saturday.

He leaves his leccy/gas meter reads sellotaped to the window.

I wish I was as organised as him sometimes 😂😂

PositiveVibez · 19/05/2018 21:10

Omg, my terrible typo's then. Soz. Fingers too fat. One sis = one side

For the all = for them all

RaptorInaPorkPieHat · 19/05/2018 21:41

Bloody hell Lowdown, just read your thread, I'd be raging Sad

The worst thing our neighbours have done is burn down our greenhouse/fence, but it was accidental (stray cigarette butt). They did replace it though, so I'm not overly mad (I adopted a zen attitude over it - it was very close to both our houses so it could've been a whole lot worse).

On the plus side, our neighbour on the other side of us vaulted our high fence (barefoot and in pyjamas lol) and put it out before the fire brigade arrived, so we've definitely gained a friend for life over it Smile

condepetie · 19/05/2018 21:57

In a flat. Downstairs neighbours have just moved out - they were great, they had a 1-year-old who cried a lot but that never bothered me at all, never woke me at night or anything. Will miss them, so quiet otherwise.

Next door feels the need to drill on our shared wall from 8am on random days of the week. For hours. Every ten minutes the loudest possible noise for 10-30 seconds, then nothing for a bit, and then repeat. I have no idea what he could be doing but it shakes the entire wall and sounds like an earthquake, and he's been doing it for over a year. It has to be something that actually contacts the wall because it echoes and vibrates the whole thing. What on earth is he up to?

sanityisamyth · 19/05/2018 22:01

One side is lovely. The other are benefit scroungers who smoke a lot of cannabis which then sweeps into my house (in mid-terrace) and accumulates in the loft, where my DS sleeps. Great. Have called the police many a time who can't do anything about it 😡😡😡

Dibbosteme · 19/05/2018 22:17

We have a lady of eighty living next door, a widow. She is a nice lady, but a few years ago she got a boyfriend just a couple of years older than her, who has moved in, but still keeps his own home.

At first he was OK, but then started getting more eccentric. We found out that he had entered our garden whilst we were on holiday to cut branches off her tree, which were interfering with their satelite signal.
In doing so, one of my hanging baskets was knocked down and destroyed, then disposed of, with no apology. We found out what had gone on from another neighbour who had seen him and then helped to move the large branches from our garden.

He created a large rubbish tip in her back garden. It got worse and worse and talking to them last year about it, he made it clear that he was not prepared to shift it. The whole patio was covered in a 3 foot high pile of garden rubbish, tree branches, plant pots, plastic bags from compost, carrier bags and other rubbish. They did not pay for a green bin, which is a chargeable service from the council in our area, so everything was dumped in the garden. We were increasingly worried about rats taking up residence, creating a threat to our own garden and property.

The matter was reported to environmental health and they were ordered to clear up the mess. The lady made him clear all the rubbish away, but blamed us for reporting it. At least they aren't noisy, I suppose it could be worse.

Ariesgirl1988 · 19/05/2018 22:49

Where do I start!

Neighbours upstairs used to play loud crap music all hours of the day and night to the point where I got zero sleep and had to go on sleeping pills! Landlord did nothing as per usual. I did get some revenge on them though bought a cheesy 80s CD put it on full blast on repeat and went out all day long and when I got back home at 9pm apparently they were pissed off (my NDN told me they had been banging my door down for it to stop Grin). Neighbour a few doors down is a drug addict and whenever there's an argument that's nothing to do with him he comes out with a big kitchen knife mouthing off. Neighbours downstairs are a bit loud on the weekends but they are reasonable if u ask nicely to keep the noise down they do. The neighbours at the back used argue all night long one would lock the other out and the other would spend hours banging on the door screaming "let me in" Thank god they moved. Thankfully its gotten quieter here but I could go on forever with the bad neighbour stories LOL

Twofurrycats · 19/05/2018 23:06

My neighbours are generally fine. Apart from the dog problems. They went on holiday and left 3 large dogs in the house with their adult children 'popping in' twice a day. The dogs are used to someone being in so after the last visit of the day, about 8pm, they barked continuously for 4-6 hours.

We were very relieved when they came home but then they started putting the dogs out at 6am when they got up until they set off for work. 2 hours of bored barking. Every. Damn. Day. Until my housemate went ballistic. No more barking and the neighbours avoid me

Littlecaf · 19/05/2018 23:25

One side is an older lady & her divorced son. She’s a bit racist & homophobic but we’re a nice white couple with two blond haired boys so we’re ok Hmm She’d blow her lid if I told her we’re not married.

The other side is a couple in their 30s. Bought the house 18m ago, did about 80k of total unnecessary work (rebuilt perfectly fine garage, replaced new bathroom with something v similar, re block paved driveway, replaced perfectly sound gutters & down pipes, rebuilt porch with something about 10cm bigger). Then split up. House now on the market for less than they bought it for. V sad.

Sidelook · 19/05/2018 23:32

Never knowing how to just simply close any door quietly. All doors must be slammed and slammed loudly going in or out,especially the front door. It is so fucking annoying when my pictures fall off the wall because of it.

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