Would you live next-door to a sibling? Lighthearted.

[dontcomeatme]

Okay so my DB and DSIL are looking for a new house to rent in my area. Literally this morning, the one right next door to me has gone up for rent! It fits 80-90% of my DB criteria and as a laugh we, as a family, joked about him moving there. When I got home I realised it just wouldn't work (not that he is seriously considering it), but I just don't think the dynamic would work, its far too close.
It got me thinking though, could you live next door to a sibling? We are both married, both have 2 DC of similar ages for context. Would you be happy if a sibling moved right next door?

YABU - Sounds like the dream team, can all help with DC and enjoy each others company.

YANBU - My version of hell, me and my siblings vary hugely in personality and it wouldn't work.

Sibling yes, his wife, no.

With ground rules, this could work great.

Wouldn't bother me in the slightest though I guess it depends on what your relationship with your sibling is like really

Depends on how you all rub along together. I would hate it. I am not close to my sister.

No way would I want to live next door to any of my siblings I love them dearly but like a bit of distance between us.

Of course I would, I adore my younger sister who has no children but is the most amazing Aunty to my now adult children and also amazing with my grandchildren. We are, and have always been chalk and cheese and our houses would be completely the opposite of each other. There would be no issues with interfering in each others lives, we would probably just pop round to each others homes with what ever we had baked or a bunch of flowers. She would be living in the mansion house and I would likely be in the gatehouse or cottage in the grounds. She describes me as her "weird" sister and I love her to bits!

If it was detached yeah but not if any walls were shared.

With one of my sisters and three of my brothers. The other two, no.

Agree with a lot of PP here, if it was my sister, 100% she would have already picked out the curtains. My DB isn't the issue though, it's the wife. @Justmuddlingalong hit the nail on the head for me!

Either of my DB's no problem, DSis - No way

Not in a million years. If they moved next door I’d sell up and move myself.

I wouldn’t even like to live in the same town as my siblings.

I would love to live next door to my little sister. We did in our 20s - rented flats in blocks next to each other.

I could never live next door to my BIL though!!

No chance, we all get on fine because we're hundreds of miles from each other.

Depends how thick the walls are.
id love my siblings to live down the same street.

Yes sure. Not their partners though.

Yes! I love my brother and his wife. My brother might not be as keen as me and his wife get along too well and agree on most things, including his faults! Plus he’s very handy and my boys adore him. So he would be babysitting while me and his wife went to New York or something.

Yep! Next door is too close but alogm the road would be nice

I know brother snd sister who lived next door to each other, both married with fc if similar ages. They loved it but because everyone got along great. They holidays together too. When one couple moved, the others bought the house over the road a few months later. Everyone thought it was perfect.

I’d live next door to my sister, in a heartbeat, but my BIL would be a struggle, I love him but just no, he’d judge my gardening skills and find them lacking. And I doubt we’d find a mansion for them and a little regular house for us side by side, lol

My husbands sister, my house would be on the market within minutes, no no no!

Dear god, no.