Moved to a small cul-de-sac & Etiquettes

[LondonSuperTrooper]

Hi,

After 9 weeks of renovations we have finally moved into a small cul-de-sac. We moved in 3 weeks ago and have received 2 welcome cards from our neighbours. We thanked each one individually and would like to invite them over (separately) for a coffee.

Am I meant to introduce myself & family to all of the other neighbours? Or is it OK to just invite the ones that have actually welcomed us?

Thank you in advance :)

Aw, you sound lovely .

I tend to go for the friendly wave as you drive in/out. That's good enough for the first 3 years by my reckoning.

Our cul-de-sac is very social and its the thing I love most about living here. Especially when its good weather and light nights, can you (I'm presuming you have children) play out for half an hour or so, and then when you see other people, say you're the now owners of Number X. If you invite people for coffee, they'll probably give you the low down on your other neighbours and hopefully invite you to other things where you can meet more of them? Perhaps when you're more settled, maybe have a BBQ or Christmas Eve drinks? Our little road has a street party each year whic was just after we moved in so we met everyone very quickly.

I wish I'd made more of an effort to get to know my neighbours.... I didn't actually speak to my next-door-but-one neighbour until we had been here for about six years. I say introduce yourself to everyone and see what develops.

Thanks for all the replies.

I'm not sure that I am brave enough to invite 16 houses round for a BBQ!

I have done the waving and smiling at people as I come in from work etc but wasn't sure whether I should do more or not. Plus, I will invite the elderyt lady across from my house and I didn't wish to offend the other neighbours hence coming on here and asking for advice :)

OK, so it seems its OK to invite the ones that have welcomed us and leave the others to a later date.

Many thanks.

Cavell, I'd feel awkward knockiong on doors and introducing myself. At least with the card givers, I had a puropose in going over & thanking them and consequently my DS & I were invited in for a chat.

Hmm, feel free to reject this suggestion, but why not ask someone to come along one night and vandalise all the cars on your road?

This really helped our street bond together and get to know our neighbours properly, whereas before it had just been smile and nod.