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Did you give your neighbour a thank you gift

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mirry2 · 04/12/2013 09:36

Or even say thank you for putting up with all the disruption caused by major works to your house? So major that you moved out for 6 months? Ours didn't.

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Livinginlimbo2 · 04/12/2013 14:23

Sorry, who's house was having major works, your or the neighbours?

allthatglittersisnotgold · 04/12/2013 14:27

I guess you moved out?

We are planning some "major" works as you might see (loft conversion). We will certainly be communicating as much as possible and I've already planned a hamper/gift for them once we've done.

It's definately the right thing to do, but people don't always do the right thing. :(

Livinginlimbo2 · 04/12/2013 14:34

Sorry, who's house was having major works, yours or the neighbours?

ProfPlumSpeaking · 04/12/2013 14:37

I think the OP means that the neighbours moved out for 6 months because of major works.

YANBU

wonkylegs · 04/12/2013 14:44

I've just given our neighbours a gift to say thank you for putting up with a week of noise & letting me park on their drive whilst they dug up ours for the new water main.

Flossiechops · 04/12/2013 14:50

Ours moved out for four months whilst having theirs done. We experienced a lot of inconvenience not just from noise. We have very long (150ft) drives - in my neighbours wisdom they had theirs landscaped some years ago so now they can't drive up the last 100ft of it. Cue their house renovation and they knocked and asked if THEIR builders could put skip after skip on OUR drive as it easier access for them. Not only this but all deliveries of materials/appliances etc came up our drive, I had builders knocking my door several times a day grrrr! When the neighbours moved back in they did come round with chocolates and wine but it was a major pita at the time!

GeeinItLaldy · 04/12/2013 15:02

We gave ours some wine and a houseplant (they like that kind of thing) after our renovation work.

The awkward bastards ones on the other side got their gable wall re- rendered and painted even though our work didn't interfere with that wall at all just to stop them moaning and keep them sweet.

PestoFestivissimos · 04/12/2013 15:12

We gave both sets of neighbours half cases of wine.

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mirry2 · 04/12/2013 16:00

Yes I meant our neighbours moved out. We live in a semi and noise during the day was truly horrendously as they practically gutted the place. We never knew when the hammer drills were going to start so couldn't even plan to go out when the noise was at its worse. I work at home a lot of the time and couldn't hear myself think and we couldn't hear ourselves speak over the banging and crashing. Igot really behind schedule and at times had to work in our local pub. I assumed the neighbours would say something to us when they moved back but not a dickybird. I've got over it now but at the time I vowed to get a hammer drill of my own and drill our party wall just so they could experience the noise for theselve.

Ok - as you were - rant over!

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Madmog · 04/12/2013 19:12

No, we didn't give them a gift, but did keep them fully informed and apologized. Both sides have since got their own back (in fact, one side are doing it again for the second time). It doesn't actually bother me as it's positive that neighbours want to keep their house in good condition.

Sundaedelight · 04/12/2013 19:50

Yes took over big box of chocolates as apologies for any disruption, only to be told they hadn't heard a thing! But good to keep in with the neighbours, they are nice and don't want to take them for granted.

whats4teamum · 05/12/2013 20:51

I had exactly the same thing mirry2. 6 months of noise including weekends, knocked the plaster of inside one of our walls, demanded everyone cut trees down to give them more light, removed ridge tiles without warning, total disregard for the party wall act.

Not an apology apart from when they wanted to paint something that was ours.I could go in for hours with other stuff.

Now a fucking dog barking all the time.

I would never dream of treating people (apart from them) like that. Why don't they figure that they have to live next to the people they have pissed off.

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