To ask about nice neighbour stories?

[PurpleMac]

So many threads on here dealing with CF or nightmare neighbours. I know this is only a small sample because those who aren't having problems won't post, so thought I'd start a thread appreciating our lovely neighbours!

I'm currently a SAHM to DS(20mo) although returning to work in a few months. My NDN has had building works being done since April, six days a week. He has asked his builders if they can try to take a tea break at 11am as that's the time my DS goes down for a nap - he can sleep through anything once he is down but getting him to sleep when it's noisy can be difficult. I have never asked him to do this or complained about the noise, hes just done it to be kind. If hes around and i have to park a bit further up the road because of work vans etc, he always runs up to my car when I park to see if I need a hand carrying anything.

Anyone else have nice stories to share?

Aw so many lovely neighbour stories! Warms my ice cold heart

We try to be good neighbours. We take the bins down every week for our other NDN as she is elderly and lots of steps, we did the same for her husband before he passed away last winter. We helped with a lot of the admin after he died (cancelling Sky, trying to sell the car etc) despite having our newly placed adoptive DS.

Funnily enough until all the building work next door started I thought our NDN was a bit of a wanker. Hardly ever there but when he was he wouldn't speak to us or anything, came across as quite rude. From the moment he met my DS, he's a changed man!

Ours are great. One side let the kids play in their garden and give them Easter eggs and things. The other side have slightly older children who occasionally play with ours and they offer/give us things that they have outgrown. I think the people who lived in our house before us were nightmare neighbours (going by the state of the place before we moved in) so they are probably glad we are normal!

We have lovely neighbours on both sides. We had a nightmare with overrunning building work due to incompetent builders. It took 2 years instead of 6 months. This includes there being scaffolding in one neighbour's garden and the fence being down the entire time. Other neighbour has the party wall and had to put up with the noise, dust, poor satellite cover (due to the scaffolding). Etc.

They were lovely throughout. They all felt sorry for us living in a building site for so long. Never complained about the noise. Came round and fed the cat when we had to get away for a few days periodically. Bring us veg from their allotments.

i knew my neighbours before i moved in and weve now become very good friends.
Sometimes if they hear lots of stress happening with the children I get a knock at the door and a gin and tonic handed to me or a glass of wine

All ours are great. We have some neighbours whose garden runs across the bottom of ours at right angles, so live on the next road so I didn’t know them. However, when we had works done on our garden recently they allowed us to cut down an ugly tree in their garden which was blocking our evening sun. Totally nice about it.

This is a good thread. We have lovely neighbours too but my favourite moment was when DS was tiny, we had a huge power cut to our road. Our NDN was out there calling them and insisting they come because of the baby. And when they managed to restore power to every second house (oddly) they invited us over to theirs until the power could come back on at our house.

They also feed cats, give gifts to children and generally are very kind. We try to be helpful to them too but they're very self sufficient so mostly it's just doing their bins and post when they're on holiday.

I've lived here 3 years. We put each other's bins, recycling etc out and get it in- not on a rota, who ever is first out in the morning and first back. Next door looks after our pets when we are away. When next door were unwell I went and bought all medication for them all (parents and children) as they were all very poorly with temps etc, and cooked for them for a few days. When ever anyone's needed lifts to take a car to the garage etc, we just knock on a door and ask each other. I've looked after dogs in the day and walked them because some have been out for the day. We are forever lending each other things, from a cup of sugar to a lawn mower! The more I'm thinking there's actually loads of stuff I could keep writing. But basically yes, I have ace neighbours, all 4 homes and from what I've read on here, I count my blessings!

Our neighbours are now our friends. We regularly have get togethers, look out for one another, check each other’s houses when someone’s away, take parcels in, feed cats and generally enjoy spending time together.

We're very lucky and have only ever had amazing neighbours.

The day we moved into our first house, it was a baking hot day & the lady next door brought us a tray with lemonade & biscuits. They would help us out with anything and were generally lovely people.

Our next neighbour was the village busybody, but she was basically kind and helped me out when I accidentally locked DC2 in the house and was hysterical.

We live on a close now and I can honestly say hand on heart that every single one of our neighbours is fantastic and I could call on them in an emergency. They are all kind and have helped us in various ways over the years, as we have to them. We look after each other's pets when we're away, help each other out in the houses and gardens, share food, resources, invite each other over for drinks, BBQs etc.

Everyone in my street is pleasant and friendly, and my immediate neighbours on both sides absolutely lovely. We are very different ages but get on really well.

The threads about vile neighbours are really distressing. I feel so sorry for anyone suffering that.

We were the last to move in on our new build street and I discovered that my neighbour 2 doors down and across the road were both also pregnant. One of the other neighbours with a wee boy got us all together and now we're all firm friends. The one who originally got us together has moved away but the 3 of us have play dates with the boys all the time and they'll all be in the same class at school as there's only 2 months between them. Can't wait to see them all growing up together.

My neibours are perfect, on one side a young single bloke, away with work alot, whilst away we take parcels and keep an eye on his house, repaid in nice bottles of wine 😁
The other side an elderly couple who have taken a shine to my kids (No gc of there own) they regularly pop round for cuppa and bring cookies and cakes and we mow their lawns for them and any diy my partner does.
I couldn't ask for better

Oh I love coming on these threads to boast! on one side is a wonderful older lady, she throws chocolate over the fence to the children, invites them in to 'play' and every couple of weeks she pops a bag in my porch with flowers, a posh cake and a magazine for me, with a lovely card saying how wonderful I am (I'm really not)
The other side, lovely retired couple who let the children over the fence a la Mrs Cocoa Jones, bake us delicious cakes every week, send flowers from their garden, plant cuttings if we comment how nice they are.
Opposite, retired copper, boss of the whole road - puts everyone's bins in and out, keeps an eye on houses if we're away.
Honestly I don't think I'll ever move - unless they all do.