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To ask what you call your neighbours

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winobaglady · 19/02/2019 21:15

Inspired by this thread I thought I would ask what names you have for your neighbours, with their specific traits.
We have
the ageing hippies, self explanatory
there's 50 pence, son of one set of neighbours who plays offensive gangsta rap really loud when his parents go out and smokes weed
the jacks live at the end of our shared drive, they've made a parking area where they shouldn't have, forked out for expensive drive resurfacing but won't pay towards the shared area and always put their bins on the edge of our garden on bin day

AIBU to ask for yours?

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Villanellesproudmum · 19/02/2019 22:32

I just have nice side and not so nice side, although not so are actually nice just inherited the name from previous home owners. I’m probably cat lady, or posh girl. Not posh bit just overheard one saying it once whilst in their garden talking about me. In a nice way. We all are pleasant to each other.

HazelBite · 19/02/2019 22:33

I've never given the neighbours names......However where we used to live I found out that the neighbours gave me names. For years the neighbours referred to me as Mrs William, my cat (with his name on his collar) used to extensively visit all the neighbours for a snack and a chat whilst I was at work.
After I had the DC's/ DT's the neighbours then referred to me as Mrs Fourboys!

Gooseygoosey12345 · 19/02/2019 22:34

Oh also have "wanker dog man" who actually lives further along the village but let's his old Labrador piss on everyone's garden and NEVER has it under control. It's tried to get in my front door when I've been coming out of it a few times. He's very "oh kay arr" and an absolute cockwomble. I can only imagine they have much worse names for us!Grin

TellerTuesday4EVA · 19/02/2019 22:35

Yo-yo knickers - over the road
Penfold - over the road
Bosshog - over the road
Tattoo - over the road
Goose (he's in the airforce) - next door
Dick head next door - next door on the other side

Dread to think what they call us

Gooseygoosey12345 · 19/02/2019 22:35

Oh oh and Porsche wanker is GB1's son. Constantly inspecting his car when he visits his mum, spends his time looking under the bonnet. Always wonder if I should tell him the engine is in the boot, I fear he may have lost it... Hmm

charlie10k · 19/02/2019 22:36

Jizz. On account of her name is Jill or Liz. No-one can remember.

TellerTuesday4EVA · 19/02/2019 22:36

We did have Lord of the Gnomes next door but he moved out & was replaced by Goose

Luglio · 19/02/2019 22:37

Professor Potts.

Lurch.

The Miserable Fuckers.

Mr and Mrs Overtheroad.

PlatypusPie · 19/02/2019 22:37

Everyone around by their names except the 5 student sharers next door, who all look bafflingly alike, who have confounded all expectations by being delightful and considerate neighbours. We call them The Boys. Together they make less noise than the single occupier owner turned landlord , who found it impossible to have a phone conversation at less than full volume. Himwe referred to as Foghorn Frank .

Stylinit · 19/02/2019 22:40

Their names on one side as they are very nice. The other side are the students, as that’s what they are.

Grumpy man lives 2 houses up, he gets stressed if anyone parks on the road in front of his house.

The students call our cat Mildred. That’s not her name.

GrapesAndCheese · 19/02/2019 22:41

'Chilli' because when we first met him he invited us round for a movie night and a chilli. He's a total knob and a massive busy body. But, he's Chilli.

'Dog man and dog lady' self explanatory really (though lots of our neighbours own dogs, they got the title first)

'Elvis' again quite self explanatory as the man styles himself head to toe as Elvis every day of his life and has a car to match. Funny thing is though he's a totally miserable bugger.

'The Drug Dealers' Cos yeah they used to sell drugs until they got raided in the middle of the night by the police. Now no one lives there cos the windows are boarded up with steel. Really adds to the neighbourhood.

'Flower Smeller' this young man across from us would always stop to smell the flowers on the corner house and it amused DP and I no end. Flower Smeller has a vast imaginary life we have dreamt up for him.

I wonder what our neighbours call us...

notacooldad · 19/02/2019 22:42

The ones next to us are know as The Dingles.

Pk37 · 19/02/2019 22:43

By their names?
We are friends with our neighbours on either side

Wincarnis · 19/02/2019 22:44

Phil Mitchell
Lady Gaga
The God Squad
Mrs Hat
Mrs Pisspot
Fitness Couple
Easy Rider

My Mum had the best one though, she had a very annoying neighbour Mr Kerr, so she called him Wan.

BillywigSting · 19/02/2019 22:45

Our immediate neighbours we call by name. They are actually really nice and we regularly have a brew and a chat.

Across the road is John the knobhead, who has acquired the name by doing some outright bonkers things, the latest of which is a hobo fire in a big steel drum in his front yard. No one is entirely sure what's fuelling it now. It's been burning for about a week

There's also 'that snotty cow' who once a week in summer will ask to borrow our lawnmower instead of buying her own, usually when we've just finished putting it away and cleaned up all the loose bit of grass, but doesn't even acknowledge that the my existence on the school run (her three kids go to the school opposite ds's but exact same route and time and we all walk)

My theory is that she fancies dp and is a bit jealous because if he's ever about she's all sweetness and light.

Other than that our neighbours keep to themselves which is pretty much how I like it.

ChorleyFMcominginyourears · 19/02/2019 22:45

We mainly know everyone now as been here a long time but a new family moved in opposite and we call them Jekyll and Hyde as they're either all over each other or shouting and balling at each other (they're naturally loud) so you can hear them when you're in the front garden and they're in their house with all the windows and doors shut, and were separated by a pavement, grass verge on our side, then the road, then grass verge, then pavement on their side! Dh will come in from taking the bin out or something and be like Jekyll and Hyde are screaming at each other again 😂 I'm just glad we don't live next door to them!

Idiota · 19/02/2019 22:48

John and Irene, because those are their names...

fleshmarketclose · 19/02/2019 22:48

Next door is "sweet sue" sarcastically because she is the most miserable and sour faced neighbour we've ever had.
Jovo's a massive family of Jehova's witnesses.
Scumbags which is self explanatory.
Half dressed a bloke who wears shorts year round and no top for at least 8 months of the year
The others tend to be referred to by their dogs tbh so we then have St Bernard, Jack Russell and two yorkies because they have two yorkshire terriers.

Haffdonga · 19/02/2019 22:50

The UKIP house.
The threesome house.
Gay's house - because that's her name.

BrokenWing · 19/02/2019 22:51

We are in a cul-de-sac, around 12 houses in/just off it. For the ones we dont know their names :

Mr fit (always off running/cycling) and Mr fits wife/son
Mr clean (handwashes car more than once a week, constantly tidying/cleaning around house)
The Chinese family
Guide dog people (foster guide dogs)
The ones with the bloody car alarm/Mr I've got a huge exhaust
Barky dog man/woman

All very nice apart from last two who I haven't met yet as only moved in a few months ago and our paths haven't crossed yet, but with their bloody dog or stupid exhausts I have already taken a dislike too.

StoppinBy · 19/02/2019 22:53

We have the two neighbours we know by name then we have 'grumpy old man', 'the old lady out the back' and 'the fruit tree people' we also have 'the lemon tree people' just down the road the we call our neighbours as we often get lemons off them when their tree fruits.

Lol, I have a couple of veg garden out the front currently growing tomatoes, corn, pumpkins, zuc's and cuc's plus seedlings for winter veg, I wonder what my neighbours call me.

Calvinsmam · 19/02/2019 22:54

We have Larry Plopper

He was called Harry Potter, then it morphed to potter, then Larry plopper.

We shout to each other what he’s doing.

Larry’s going camping! Look larry drinks full fat milk. Ooh look Plopper is taking out his bins. 👀👀👀

We both think it’s hilarious but I’d die if he ever heard us.

RelaisBlu · 19/02/2019 22:59

We had one who looked decidedly dodgy and my DDs decided he might have bodies buried under the patio - he was known as Ron the Serial Killer

We have another one who is early 30s, tall & attractive with a lovely open face and kind eyes - we call him Jesus

Itstimeslikethese · 19/02/2019 23:00

At the moment we have

'New neighbours'
The Burbs
Handsome & Princess
Avon Lady
Trampy
2 Top man

libertyminty · 19/02/2019 23:02

Winky and winkys wife
The mole and the moles wife
Gemma Collins and the Toad of Toad Hall
SuBo
The woman who owned the horse (wasn’t really a horse just a massive dog)
The jolly walker and the jolly walkers wife
The bleater
Angry woman
Chippy man
Robert DeNiro
The piper