Police round would you think it was the new neighbours?

[quicklybeingdrivenmad]

Live on a small lane in a small village, where most people know everyone's business and who you are if not your name. Moved here 10 years ago as our family business is in the next village, so made home work life balance easier. Get one with all our neighbours and are one really good terms with them all (a lot are elderly so the 3 younger households - laugh at that we all turned 50 in the last couple of years have been helping out shopping etc putting bins out since lock down started)
We had a new neighbour move in across the road mid October never really spoke to anyone, we would wave, say hi and get no response (not just me everyone)
Well today I have had the police round I have been accused of flouting lock down because there has been so many different cars on my drive (police had a list of registration numbers) I must be having people round!!
We have not been and these vehicles belong to our business (which is shut due to covid) so when going up to check on our premises I keep alternating vehicles, to keep them running and charged (as I cannot just abandon our business) all our original neighbours know what we do and joke about different vehicles on the drive all the time, would you think it was the new neighbours?

I'm a fleet manager and regularly demo vehicles so one week I'll have an i8, next a Citroen van. One of our neighbours caught me in the street to ask me what I did for a living as she was intrigued. Think she was disappointed I wasn't up to no good 😁

OP, ignore it all. Whoever has done it has hopefully done it for the right reasons and you were able to explain. Life's too short, move on and ignore the shit stirring local showing you old FB posts

Your new neighbours did the right thing. Perhaps you could do more to make them feel welcome?

@quicklybeingdrivenmad I was on a previous thread of yours try your MIL, my money is on her or the new neighbours with a house grudge.

Hope you’re doing ok

Say nothing, you have given your explanation to the police and it has been accepted. You have no proof it was your neighbour and maybe they have underlying heath conditions and all these cars coming and going have been causing anxiety to someone.

Say and do nothing! who ever it was, be it new neighbour or not, it will drive who ever it was CRAZY because its not stopped!

A friend of mine had a neighbour complain multiple times because they didn't understand the concept of bubbles. After multiple complaints, the police went to the complainant and warned them about filing reports maliciously.

I'd leave them to it. Certainly would be posting any notes (it still might not be them).

Things always happen at the worst times.
The main thing is that the police followed up a complaint & are happy with your situation - in fact there is no situation!

Don't say anything to anyone about your thoughts on your new neighbours. They should have got the spite out of their system now & will not make any more complaints. If they do complain again then the police already know what is going on.
Sorry for your loss

Sorry OP how annoying for you. Def sounds like the new neighbours. I mean honestly if they’re that concerned why don’t they bother to spy and actually look for your supposed visitors before reporting you to the police. Dumb people! So sorry about your Mum 💔

Probably but 🤷‍♀️ They’ve made themselves look ridiculous. Leave it there.

Having watched Neighbours From Hell and the American version Fear Thy Neighbour I'd do nothing.
Its not worth starting a war over. The police have been satisfied with the explanation.

I have got the neighbours from hell, apparently because I rent and they own there's fuck all I can do.....

@Tiktokersmiracle

Just next time you see the neighbors you get on with, tell them what happened I dont know why people don't mind their own business, did they not see you getting out the cars? I wouldn't mind, but coming to you is such a waste of police resources when they could have looked up the regs. Yet two houses on our road have flouted every single time, have been reported by the neighborhood watch team and not once have the police turned up other than to warn the lady who coordinates the neighborhood watch that they feel she is harrassing the neighbors by reporting, even though one home has 20+ people in a night.

Your first sentence is contradictory, you wish people wold mind their own business but then reconnect d spreading gossip?

Are you quite sure your neighbours were "joking" about all your cars? Personally I think its just as likely to be one of them. Lots of people around whose public opinions dont always match their private ones. Maybe the cars are annoying them.

@MummysBusy why would someone parking a car on their own drive bother someone? Unless they were a nosy busybody a-hole?
OP is changing cars on her own drive. Driving one away bringing another back. She's not parking 50 on a residential road.

@squirrelloveranon

Probably. Why don't you go and ask them and explain why you have all the different cars there. instead of posting here? Perhaps you could have tried a bit harder to welcome them to the neighbourhood.

They said hello and were ignored, how could they try harder? Some people are just k nobs and need to be ignored rather than fawned over.

@BrassyLocks used to work for a garage. So went to work in one car, which may be sold during the morning, come home for lunch in another, which may be sold in the afternoon. come home after work in the third. part of his job perks was a company car, one of the ones for sale.

Don’t ever apologise @quicklybeingdrivenmad and I’m very sorry about your mum - I lost my mum three years ago and still miss her like crazy.
Could you write a letter to “The Residents of Village Lane” and explain about your business and the cars and that you were completely exonerated by the police? That way, every person on your road will know exactly why there are so many cars in your drive at any one time.
Good luck & much love ❤️