AIBU to find this strange?

[SuperEkstra]

We moved into our house in South London in February. Previous owner was downsizing and moving to Surrey, so, not round the corner, but not the other end of the country.

About once a month, she will come and park up outside our house. I think she then goes and walks her dogs in our local park. The first time I was going out and just said a quick hello, and she commented on the changes we've made to the house. Nothing rude just "ooh, it looks very different".

I think she's outside now. I want to pop out but I'm waiting for her to go first. I just find it really weird, and a bit invasive! I don't want to encourage friendship with her, etc.

It is odd, isn't it?

Perhaps she’s meeting a friend and just through force of habit/comfort she parks there

My mum got caught out snooping around outside our childhood home. My parents built it themselves and raised us there. It's the emotional attachment - the new owners very kindly invited her in to see how it looked now. I am guessing it comforted my mum in some sort of way. It's very innocent.

When I moved from my last house I would always drive or walk home past it. It was a huge part of my life.

That was until the new tenants moved in and totally destroyed the place. Now I avoid that street at all costs. When I saw what they did to it it severed the emotional attachment I had to the house.

One day I'm sure she will stop. If she lived there a long time and has a big emotional attachment it may take time.