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Was I in the wrong? Neighbour issue?

237 replies

hallogalorrr · 29/09/2025 10:05

I created a private Facebook group for the 3 streets on the new build estate where I live.

Most of my neighbours are on it.

My next door neighbour who lives next to me has stopped speaking to me now as from what I gather her and her partner were annoyed that I didn’t invite them to join the group.

I did ask my other next door neighbour to join.

Yesterday we got back at the same time in our cars and I could tell they didn’t want to acknowledge me or say hello as they just sat in their car until I had gone in.

My neighbour would also take by bin and parcels but has stopped.

Is my next door neighbour right to be annoyed and AIBU?

OP posts:
nosleepforme · 30/09/2025 12:56

You asked other people about them? You seem a bit much. You didn’t want them as part of your group, so now they don’t want to interact. Just leave them be.

Limeshot · 30/09/2025 13:45

Is it any wonder the neighbours hate living next to a nosy, I'll decide who is in the facebook group, spying, mean busybody. Learn from this Op, keep your nose out.

BriefEncountersOfTheThirdKind · 30/09/2025 15:51

Can't imagine why she thinks you're nosey and a busy body 🤔

hallogalorrr · 30/09/2025 16:10

Reading some of the comments I genuinely feel quite embarrassed.

I am concerned that these are HA properties and if she is moving maybe she has reported me to the HA?

Everyones Ringdoor’s overlook neighbours because these are terraced houses.

OP posts:
nosleepforme · 30/09/2025 16:15

Oh my…. So change your ring doorbell settings and leave them alone, if you’re so scared you’ve been reported and fear consequences.

AOIFEmissingUalways · 30/09/2025 16:19

You keep trying to excuse your camera's range with the "we're terraced" excuse - well that's not an acceptable excuse!
I live in a row of terraced houses, neighbour 3 doors down put up a doorbell camera that captured her direct neighbours - they complained and camera neighbour got a letter from the council telling her to either restrict the view or turn it off. She had no option but to turn it off.

You should be embarrassed - I can't believe you thought it OK to comment on her visitor. What were you thinking? 🙈

ClutchingPearlz · 30/09/2025 16:23

hallogalorrr · 30/09/2025 16:10

Reading some of the comments I genuinely feel quite embarrassed.

I am concerned that these are HA properties and if she is moving maybe she has reported me to the HA?

Everyones Ringdoor’s overlook neighbours because these are terraced houses.

I doubt it. She’s clearly felt this way for a long time, you’d have known by now if you had been reported. Maybe just reflect and learn from the experience. You obviously lack insight into how you may be coming over to other people and this is a good opportunity to think about how you are being perceived and what you can do to change that perception of yourself. It’s the unlikely she’s the only person on the whole estate to find you a bit overbearing so be prepared to hear some uncomfortable truths.

Protosaber · 30/09/2025 16:28

hallogalorrr · 30/09/2025 16:10

Reading some of the comments I genuinely feel quite embarrassed.

I am concerned that these are HA properties and if she is moving maybe she has reported me to the HA?

Everyones Ringdoor’s overlook neighbours because these are terraced houses.

I would have reported you.

why haven’t you used the functionality to mask off certain areas of view from the doorbell?

Protosaber · 30/09/2025 16:32

how did you not get a pure reddener as you messaged her or approached her to say “was that your sister visiting?”

Also you keep saying a Ringdoor? I’m assuming you mean a ring doorbell?

The instructions are here https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k9VZ4zk7_2M&t=6s&pp=2AEGkAIB and here ring.com/gb/en/support/articles/g4e2w/using-privacy-features-in-the-ring-app

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Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?pp=2AEGkAIB&t=6s&v=k9VZ4zk7_2M

Talipesmum · 30/09/2025 16:34

hallogalorrr · 30/09/2025 16:10

Reading some of the comments I genuinely feel quite embarrassed.

I am concerned that these are HA properties and if she is moving maybe she has reported me to the HA?

Everyones Ringdoor’s overlook neighbours because these are terraced houses.

I’m in a terrace and we can set our ring door bell to only sense movement if someone is on our path, but not in next door’s grass area right next to the path. Our doors aren’t absolutely next to each other though - I’ve seen some terraces where it’s like that and it’s much harder to separate the areas.
https://ring.com/gb/en/support/articles/85pqb/Using-Camera-Motion-Zones?srsltid=AfmBOop2Ks-jhcxOxy-XUrwrje4iHQPVWUaHz2doiwmEha3suKhtffNP

Using Motion Zones for Video Doorbells and Security Cameras

Set up, customise and optimise your Camera Motion Zones in the Ring app.

https://ring.com/gb/en/support/articles/85pqb/Using-Camera-Motion-Zones?srsltid=AfmBOop2Ks-jhcxOxy-XUrwrje4iHQPVWUaHz2doiwmEha3suKhtffNP

Hoardasurass · 30/09/2025 17:45

hallogalorrr · 30/09/2025 16:10

Reading some of the comments I genuinely feel quite embarrassed.

I am concerned that these are HA properties and if she is moving maybe she has reported me to the HA?

Everyones Ringdoor’s overlook neighbours because these are terraced houses.

You assume that everybody else is filming their neighbours just like you assumed that you could exclude your neighbours from the Facebook group because they wouldn't want to join.
Most people obey the law and will block out their neighbours property so its likely that your assumption about everybody else filming others is as accurate as your assumption about your neighbour.
You really are coming across as a nightmare neighbour and its amazing how entitled you are expecting a gift for your child just because they got 1 for their FRIEND'S child and only now worrying about your stalking, bullying behaviour because you might face actual consequences for it.
Please read back your own posts and think about your behaviour I'll list it below
You purposely excluded 1 family from a estate Facebook group.
You set up a camera that records and notifies you of their coming and going
You had the audacity to quiz them on said coming and going.
You have made them scared to talk to each in their own garden because of YOUR spying on them.
You expect gifts and help from people who you are bullying and stalking and have made their home a prison.
You have been asking questions about them whilst playing the victim to their only friends on the estate which comes across as trying to cut them off from their ONLY friends
But your embarrassed and worried that you might have been reported to your landlord not mortified or horrified about your behaviour and its impact on your poor neighbours

BriefEncountersOfTheThirdKind · 30/09/2025 18:47

hallogalorrr · 30/09/2025 16:10

Reading some of the comments I genuinely feel quite embarrassed.

I am concerned that these are HA properties and if she is moving maybe she has reported me to the HA?

Everyones Ringdoor’s overlook neighbours because these are terraced houses.

You still don't COMMENT on what you see FFS

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