Somebody keeps knocking at my door

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I’ve no idea who it is. Peeped outside without them seeing me and they keep knocking hard 3 times. Then again 3 times then again 3 times. They left and now half an hour later they’re back. Would you answer? I’m worried as I really do not recognise them

Maybe the OP lives in a bungalow or downstairs flat😁

I thought this was a mumsnet myth!

Just open the door. You'll be making your anxiety worse by worrying about who it could be.

I am on a different continent so I can’t tell you who is at your door. If you are scared to open it, shout from inside or through a window as PP suggested. Do you live in a very dangerous area? If so should you invest in a camera or a ring doorbell?

I never answer the door unless I'm expecting a delivery/visitor.

If someone doesn’t text/call before or it’s not a delivery and I don’t know them I rarely answer the door. Especially if they’re persistently banging it just unnerves me and I think of the worst case scenario (person wants to break in and murder me) 🙈 I have anxiety though and am aware I’m not normal. 😂 I grew up in a house where we never locked the doors (countryside) and people were always coming and going so no clue why I’m like this!

Is someone ringing the bell? Just open the window if they come again.

It’s probably someone selling something, or a neighbour with a question. You’re not obliged to open a door but is there a reason it’s making you so anxious?

The only way of finding out who it is and what they want is to answer and engage. The "anxiety" thing is a red herring as it is making the OP more anxious to have someone repeatedly banging on her door. Had she answered the first time, she would have discovered that it was a delivery for next door / the Gas Board / Police or any number of other explanations.

I'm always an advocate of "don't answer it" but even more so at this time of year

In this case, I would shout "go away".

You don't know if they're casing the joint for one. I don't usually think of this but Mum's road has been targeted by a really nasty aggressive chugger this week -one of the neighbours is trying to check if he's really employed as he's been so aggressive, apparently.

You don't want him to keep coming back though, so unfortunately you need to say something. You also don't want him to think it's an empty house.

Instead of opening the door to - wait for it - find out who it is and what they want, you've started a thread on here. Just answer the bloody door and have done with it.

OP, did you answer the door?! If they're back, I'd assume it's important.

And if this is a recurrent problem with not wanting to answer the door, I'd suggest looking into a ring doorbell. You can see who's there and also talk to them through the intercom so can find out who is it is before deciding whether or not to open the door.

I don't answer the door to people I don't know either but it's not because i'm anxious its because if someone I don't know knocks on my door it's because they want me to give them my money.

No one ever knocks on my door to give ME money.

There are a myriad of reasons someone would knock at your door and many have nothing to do with money.

The OP may be afraid of debt collectors. If you've never been in that position, you wouldn't know how frightening that is.

Bailiff?

The OP needs the CCTV from the other thread that says 'get back you bastards, I'll break your legs'

Open a upstairs window and shout down to them.

Ignore them, probably a wrong address.

Odd that she wouldnt inlude that vital bit of information in her post and if it was that then she knows who it is so the whole thread is redundant

Have they stopped?
If they haven't then shout through the door or out of a window.

I don't answer my door if it's not convenient and the whole "never seen it in real life" thing baffles me. Do you think we're lying?

If I am alone I usually open a window and ask what they're after. Could you do this?

People on this thread are being a bit harsh.
You need a ring doorbell op, I never answer the door unless I'm expecting someone/something, everything else gets answered through the doorbell.
Until you have one then I'd just shout out of the window and ask what they want.
There's been 3 break-ins in my area in broad daylight in the past couple of weeks, 1 rung the bell and then forced entry once the person answered. I'm not taking the risk with two babies at home.

Yes but @pinkcandycane if they are burglars and think you are out, they are more likely to break in!

How some people cope in life I've no idea

Really? If someone you don't know knocks your door you shout at them to go away?? You sound delightful