Someone IS living next door to me

[Searchingforananswer2023]

House next door converted to a HMO and I posted before as I was worried.

I've been hearing footsteps going up and down the stairs for a while and thought it was my imagination. No windows are open, no lights are ever on there is no sound of a toilet flushing and the bins are never put out.

Just after midnight a car was running outside my house across the drive. I turned on my camera and the door next door opened to accept a takeaway.

I have been off work for a week and have not seen anyone enter or exit.

Unbelievablely strange

Maybe a cannabis farm?

Does the mystery neighbour have a vehicle? Is the house directly opposite the dodgy HMO? It’s a bit far fetched but just wondering if there’s some kind of surveillance op going on.

thats actually a very good thought!! Definitely could be

Sounds like some one is squatting there and going in & out in the cover of darkness. I had a neighbour like that.
Turned out they just illegally squatted as their visa had been turned down.

We've loved here 13 years.

We have a family of 6 that lives next door, 4 kids,and 2 dogs... sometimes don't see them for weeks at a time.... Never seen them walk their dog.

Doesn't mean they don't live there 😂

I reckon a criminal hiding out

why the houses on both sides of you have been empty for two years

I have had a neighbours who kept all sorts of odd hours
One worked nightshifts at a hospital and used to keep the curtains drawn
Another was a journalist and used to come and go at all sorts of strange hours
Then there was the private detective.....

Or a cannabis farm (they screen off the windows so the lamps won’t be seen)

Long covid or other debilitating illness 🤷🏽‍♀️

If the family is known to the police then I would assume it’s one of them hiding while it’s empty 🤷‍♀️. What crimes are they known for??

They seem quiet and unobtrusive, not sure what more you can ask from a neighbour? HMO’s are often for young professionals, or they may work shifts.

Are you complaining that you have quiet neighbours who keep themselves to themselves & don't cause problems except be too quiet? 🤔 How strange!

Why would you list a number of things that you know are VERY normal and not REMOTELTY strange, and then post "very strange" under them. I don't see my neighbours for weeks.
Some days my neighbour and I both work, she goes out an hour earlier than me and comes back 2 hours later. If she's not working, she goes out after me and comes back before me. If her husband is working he goes out hours before me and comes back earlier (mostly retired though). At weekends we just all do different things.

What's an HMO?

I live in a terrace I can't see my neighbours' windows from my house. I'd have to go outside to look at them.

Could be a safe house. We had one in my street when I was growing up.

I bet your the sort of person who measures their grass with a ruler so it doesn't grow over a certain height.

I have so many questions. Who is in your garden? Why can you hear your neighbours flush the toilet? Why are you bothered how they dry their clothes?

OP this does sound really strange, and personally I’d want to know more too. Being aware of your surroundings is important for your safety. Wanting to know who’s living nearby and what’s going on around your home is just common sense.
To the people saying it’s “none of your business” or calling OP nosey maybe you live in a really quite area with no crime or have never felt worried or vulnerable in your own home, and if so, you’re lucky. But OP has already mentioned garden break-ins and a new HMO, so clearly being aware of who is on the street is sensible here.
OP - I’m not sure what specific advice to give, but maybe speak to some neighbours and, if possible, contact the building owner. Also, keep reporting the garden break in. Does your neighbourhood have a police officer you can email every time it happens

Not bizzare tbh not everyone lives the same i didnt put my bin out last 2 weeks why? Because i didnt need to due to it being very little in it

Exactly this ! Think my neighbour would call the police if I kept going out looking through their windows to see if I can see a light on 🤣🤣🤣

You really, really, need a hobby

The only thing strange about all this is you monitoring your neighbours.

Yes, ghosts always chow down on takeaway food. 👻