To ask.What sort of friendship do you have with your neighbours?

[PrincessHoneysuckle]

If any.
Growing up our neighbours on our street turned into our parents best friends and their kids were our friends.We spent NY eve together,went out the the day had barbeques etc.

I'm 40 now and I'm on "do you want to lend our jet washer?" " I've got this bottle of wine I wont drink if you want it" terms with both ndn.You?

One side I can't stand, we fell out years ago and she's told some pretty nasty lies about me, particularly to an insurance company. She was beyond pissed off to discover I own this house having assumed I rented it, and thats what started the hatred.

Didn't help that I bitched about her on facebook and six months later she discovered it (having been told by the one person who knows us both in the ENTIRE world)... (I posted that i thought it ironic that she was swearing her head off at one of her older children, whilst telling them off for swearing in front of the toddler.... in front of the toddler! No names or anything, could have been referring to lots of people!).

Then we had rat-gate where she blamed me as I then had pet rats, for a rat infestation in the whole terrace. Feud pretty much set in stone when EHO declared to the whole row that the rat problem originated in HER house, that is where they discovered rats nests (multiple) and a breeding colony, due to overcrowding and kids filling their rooms with uneaten food!

The other side we get on with fine, down to giving their kids spare arts materials and books - yes their kids are loud and frigging annoying, but our dogs are loud and frigging annoying and there's no point falling out over it!

Tbe neighbours to our right, we share connected porches for our semi dettatched home. I know we are not ideal neighbours as we are quite loud, but they treat us like family. We celebrate each other's birtgdays with cake and candles and we often eat meals together. this winter we shared the same xmas decorations and this summer since we can't sit on just my porch while distancing we have bought matching curtain lights and mosquito nets to make our porches match. We refer to each other as porch family, so she is my porch wife and they are my porch kids etc. We often sit out and chat and before lockdown we would have tea at her house almost daily and sew.

The other side neighbours we are civil with, although only by effort. They can be a little scary, but nice if they like you so we try to stay on their good side.

The new neighbours oposite are awful so far. There are at least 10 people most of the time and they are deliberately trying to cause drama. They have had several loud motorbike parties in the street till early morning and when we were sitting out chatting like usual tbe younger couple there stopped their car in tbe middle of the one way street, yelled at me to "watch the car for us!" And went inside for 45 minutes leaving it there blocking traffic. They did it deliberately knowing it would piss off anyone trying to drive down our street, sure enough a few minutes later someone was honking and playing loud music and revving to try to get them to come out. Nothing. The guy finally gave up and reversed back out of the street. 45 mins later the couple came out, laughing themselves sick and yelled at me "why didn't you tell us someone wanted to get past? We'd have moved the car!" Their front window and door were open the whole time, no way they didn't hear other cars come. It was just them trying to get a rise out of us because presumably they have decided since we sit out there chatting we are talking about them. Honestly I couldn't caee less about them so long as they bugger off and leave me be. Hipefully when our new curtains and lights are up we won't have to see them or be seen anymore.

Our neighbours are all lovely, our nearest neighbours are really nice, although I think he’s sometimes worried we’ll steal his dogs, they’re so cute.

Can’t stand mine, she throws cat poo in my garden saying it’s my cat pooing on hers even though I’ve got numerous photos of her own cat doing it and her cat shits in ours too 🙄

Old lady next door takes the dogs on the 2 days a month when we’re both at work. We do gardening for her and invite her for dinner/drinks occasionally and check up on her (obviously not currently)

Family next door are friendly, we chat, but we wouldn’t dream of going into each other’s houses. The dc are a delightful pair of boys. They are extremely respectful when using their garden, as are we. I try very hard not to disturb them. I don’t ever want to move, although I’m worried about who will move in when the older lady goes. Hopefully she’ll last forever.

I've just moved house. My ex neighbour was a nightmare. She was unhinged made all kinds of accusations about me which weren't true and was potentially violent. She threatened to beat up someone I know. Thankfully I rent so moving on wasn't difficult.

Much better after today😊

In our last house we would say hello to one side and take parcels in for them/they would take them in for us. On the other side it was the same but a bit friendlier and wed do christmas cards for each other. Now we've moved we're not friendly enough to have given them our new address.

In our new house (new build) one side the house is unsold and the other she hasnt moved in properly yet probably because she doesnt want to be living on her own during the pandemic but weve seen her a couple of times when shes dropped stuff off at her house.

My parents were very close the their ndn at one time, when me and my sibling were younger we would go on holiday together with them and their kids and we'd spend christmas and new year with them.

My ndn are my landlords.

They are absolutely fucking fabulous.
They are older so my girls shop for them. They are farmers and give us fresh veggies.

Couldn't fault them.

I'm a bit scared of one of my neighbours, but she's looked after my late cat a couple of times. My other neighbour is a nice bloke who's lived here longer than I have, and I've been here for nearly 11 years. We're not BFF but I've been to his house a couple of times. Tbh I'm surprised he's not organised anything for VE Day cos he's organised parties for people in our road before.

Ok. I mean we Smile say hello when we see each other and he throws the kids ball over when the occasionally boot it over, nothing more than that.

None. I wouldn’t recognise them in the street; I haven’t got a clue who they are.

And that’s the way I like it I’ve no interest in getting to know them.

One side great, same as you, kids almost same age, socialise lots and count them as good friends. Other side retired, say hello but that’s it, I did offer to get them shopping etc as I’m still working during lockdown in a shop.

My df made enemies of the neighbours 🙄
I bought my own house in my own and my neighbours were great, not pally but keep an eye out, gossip etc.
Moved in with dh and there’s only five houses on our street. Lovely neighbours. Look out for each other. Two of us have cctv covering our road. As it’s a private road.

One side I do not like at all, have had karaoke parties till stupid am, screaming teenagers outside house, screaming adult and boyf outside house / inside house for hours, mates using front of my house as their personal pick up / drop off point with music blaring, horn beeping etc. right outside babies bedroom window etc. Not outwardly nasty to us just inconsiderate twats. Has been relatively quiet past year or so so on better terms.

Older lady other side, lovely, couldn't get in with her much better. Other side of the nasty neighbour really good friends, kids are too.

We've got fab neighbours on both sides. Just had a lovely socially distanced VE celebration with them all today. Family with two children on one side and 90 year old lady on the other, both so so nice. It makes such a difference

We have a mix, keep to ourselves it seems. Over the road is nice, we chat a lot

Next door directly I do judge. Their house is run down, full of junk, they never go out or have anyone over (pre lockdown) but have 2 kids who they scream and shout at all day. From what I gather kids just play Xbox and watch TV for hours and hours and hours

It’s not the kind of life I would want for my kids although I do exchange pleasantries I have no desire to get to know them

Our neighbours are lovely. We share a low fence in the back garden and built a little step so both our children can come and go in each other's gardens as they please. We have children the same age so they'd always be in each other's houses, and we were both on-tap babysitters for each other, with sleepovers arranged on a very frequent basis. We have barbeques together and have spent NYE and birthdays together. They are ace.

We aren't living in our house at the moment as we are working abroad, and they really are missed. We've rented out our house and our tenants are isolating elsewhere. Our neighbour spent a day in our garden mowing our lawn last week.

All the neighbours on our street (not many houses) are all great tbh. Annual street barbeques and just an all-round considerate bunch of people.

Our neighbours are 300 yards away, after that theres no one for 2 miles. I like my neighbours but due to the gap I dont see much of them. I'm 30 they are 55/60. They're friendly, when we see each other we chat, sometimes for ages and I did ask her for some baking powder at the start of lockdown and she was happy to help, we also share a hobby and occasionally message each other about it.

This is about as close as I'd like to be to a neighbour distance wise though, I grew up in a town and hated most neighbours

I have the 'say hello and that's it' relationship with all my neighbours. They all seem nice enough but I don't want to befriend them. It makes it awkward if you then need to complain about something or ask for permission for something.
I'm also sure a lot of the awful neighbour wars you hear about started off as friendships.

I haven't spoken to mine for about 8 years. He likes to think he is in charge of the local
very rural area. He bullies the other neighbours. They complain about him but are scared of him. He is abusive to wife, we can hear them through the wall. But she is very loyal to him. I am the only one that ever seems to stands up to him. Now if he see's me coming he will run the other way. He tried to intimidate/ harrass me for a while. But I grew up in a tough city environment. I wouldn't be intimidated. He's calmed down now. I act like he doesn't exist to me. He moved his harrassment to a small local business. They have had to ring the police on him a couple of times. Their crime from what I can tell is opening a business without consulting him.

The other neighbours just go along with his shit. They either blank me because he's been making up stories about me. Or they will speak to me. But only if he's not around to see. Either way I have no interest in any if my spineless neighbours. I don't care about being popular. I am called the English bitch bitch around here. The business owner is also a newcomer to the area.

My neighbours are lovely. We socialise on the street/at the pub/ day trips, take parcels in for each other, offer to do shopping, look after each others pets when away, celebrate birthdays, weddings etc. Since lockdown we've had catch ups on a Sunday at 3pm on WhatsApp. A mixture of couples, single parent etc.. different age ranges (10 year old to 60s). We are so lucky

I hate my neighbour. He is my ex. He decided it was a great idea to buy the fucking house right next door to me.

Wtf????

Smile/nod/take parcels in one side.

Other side family with lovely 3yo girl who loves a chat and wibbles on charmingly while Mum stands behind rolling her eyes Love them.

“Hi, yes, lovely weather we’re having. Doing well thanks, you?” Suits us all perfectly.