I don’t think IABU but other neighbours say “don’t bother”.
So the back story is we live in social housing and recently DH came into some money. Not enough to buy a house or anything like that but enough that he could update his car which was high in mileage with a enter version and have the garden landscaped.
So we got several quotes and then the landscaper arrived and the work is now nearly done.
I have a shared drive wih one of my neighbours.
These neighbours are “odd”. They are reclusive and they deal in a minor way with drugs, I suspect they may be addicts themselves but they function. He works on and off but mostly they are in the house.
When the landscapers arrived they and I knocked to let the neighbours know that there would be a skip on the drive and some building materials but that these would be strictly kept to my side. They said this was okay and this has been done.
The workers are great and at the end of every day they have tidied, swept and hosed down residue to keep the path and driveway clean.
However the husband has been beyond rude to the landscapers. He has moaned, complained and sworn at them. If the landscapers truck is a smidgen over the front of their drive he is out telling them to “f**king move it”. And is moaning about any dust on his car.
Now I get that dust on his car is annoying....it’s not a brand new vehicle...it’s very old but it’s their only vehicle so it’s precious to them.
What I want to do is either pay someone to come and clean their car (or am happy to do so myself) and/or drop in a card and some biscuits saying “thank you for being patient” and acknowledging that the last week has created a certain amount of nuisance to them l
To be clear his partner/wife had not been out to complain.
So ...I said this to other neighbours who have said I shouldn’t bother. And it must be said they have caused real issues recently in the street BUT for the sake of being civil and acknowledging the inconvenience to them I feel I should do it.
Oh wise Mumsnet......what do you think?
Get the car cleaned and drop in a family box of biscuits and a card.
Not bother.
I’m going with the first one in my head.