DO YOU LIKE/GET ALONG WITH YOUR NEIGHBOURS?

[MIKA27]

Hi all.

Another question from me, this one is about your neighbours.

Whilst some people are fortunate to have fantastic neighbours, others are less fortunate.

I have been living in a townhouse for the past 5 years and the group of townhouses I live in are pretty much interconnected.

Many of the previous 'Great' neighbours have come and gone as they were renting however my wife, two young children and I continue to live where we do as its our home.

Over the past 2 years, a few neighbours who have moved in are rather noisy of a late hour, the worst offender being a middle aged woman and her young daughter, approximately mid 20's of age.

The middle aged woman seems to imagine she is one of the Von Trumps and absolutely loves to sing. Not a problem you think...wrong!

She loves to sing very late in the evening at around and between 11:30 pm to around 2am almost every second day. What bugs me is that this in turn wakes my 22 month old son and then my wife and I are up most of the night trying to pacify him.

The daughter also loves to make a huge noise mid week very late in the evening at around 1am. It seems these folk don't understand that whilst they don't work, others do.

I hate neighbours that don't say hello.

Maybe I'm being picky, but I really do miss Europe where the neighbours are the kind that like to greet each other daily, often comming over for a coffee, chat etc as well as having courtesy for each others privacy.

My wife and I have had enough and after around 6 months, we've found a brand new home and will now move out in 2 weeks time.

Are you guys fortunate or unfortunate to have good or bad neighbours?

[El Presidente]

I am very fortunate in that I have had great neighbours for 20 + years. We look after each others houses, animals, yards when someone is away. Christmas and Easter drinks. friendly without anyone living in each others pocket.

You are moving out so relax.

If you weren't I would approach them and ask them nicely to stop, to be considerate etc.

If they didn't I would kill their pet and leave it on the front door.

She would stop singing soon enough.

[MIKA27]

I am very fortunate in that I have had great neighbours for 20 + years. We look after each others houses, animals, yards when someone is away. Christmas and Easter drinks. friendly without anyone living in each others pocket.

You are moving out so relax.

If you weren't I would approach them and ask them nicely to stop, to be considerate etc.

If they didn't I would kill their pet and leave it on the front door.

She would stop singing soon enough.

......well they do have a 'small' dog you know.

[Guest rob]

Ive got great neighbours on both sides.

What is weird though is that are both New Zealanders... this leads to some interesting 'discusions'.

For instance, the other day Donna was telling me that they Damien was soon going start work on the long awaited "**** extension". I did laugh quite loud at that one...

Aside from their questionable nationality, we trust our neighbours whole heartedly. Copies of our house keys, and alarm codes, are with both of them.

[cigcars]

*What a full-on type of subject!!! YES! I can concur. In my years I've been thru neighbors I've: 1)gotten into fights (physical) with: 2)Neighbors my brother-in-law has gotten into (physical) fights with: 3)Neighbors who've killed our beloved dogs - we strongly suspect - cuz it was done under stealth: 4)Neighbors with loud music/loud motor bikes/loud mouths...you name it. And we've had (and still have) some spectacular neighbors who are loyal friends of ours unto death. Sir: rather than move (although it looks like it's a done deal) have you guys found "ways" to let them know how disturbing they are? You can get in "chats" with your local neighborhood law enforcement about the noise ordinance...and arrange a visit...there are various ways to deal with such. The only thing that's risky in leaving your domicile is that you might run into folks even worse, God forbid. I do wish you well.

[MIKA27]

Sir: rather than move (although it looks like it's a done deal) have you guys found "ways" to let them know how disturbing they are?

Yes, I bit the bullet about 1 year ago, walked on over and had a chat to them however they just stared at me dumbfounded and may as well have asked me when I finished chatting. "What was the question!?"

Further to that, I have ventured onto a few web sites that deal in Singing tuition and asked them to send via mail, brochures, pamphlets etc for 'Singing in tune" lessons etc and I suspect they often receive in the mail the information. Nothing like subtle hinting!

All in all, I'm really relieved we are moving to a new home, much larger also which means I'll have more 'Storage' space/room for cigars.

[sloth]

My neighbor has a teenage son who like to use/play with gas powered yard tools... why yes he is helping his mother out and it, sort of, keeps him out of trouble... the thing is... he does it in the late afternoon...

Picture the typical Saturday afternoon... You have finish all the chores and projects around the house you wanted to get done. You had no futher engagments, you decide to call it a day. You make youself a drink. You find a cigar. Find the Hallmark channel is playing reruns of M*A*S*H. And....

BROAW ROAW.... BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

AAAAAAAAAA. BROAW BROAW....

Repeat about for about 1-3 hours.

like to ring his neck...

[cigcars]

you poor soul but eventually, he'll stop. he'll mature, his gonads will start to activate, he'll be out skirt chasin' - then he'll be too distracted to do chores at home.

[Ken Gargett]

have had fantastic neighbours and a fair share of idiots. and one who stole some of my cigars. even had one moron in a small block of flats who'd take my rubbish out of the bin and put his in and leave mine next to the bins. and he could never understand why i would not touch it again. once in the bins, no longer anything to do with me and his unit was directly above the bins so if he was attracting cockies and rodents, they'd go to him. he really was dumb as soup.

with those you have, if not prepared to compromise at all, get up at 5am a few mornings and crank some very loud obnoxious music to wake them. they'll get the message and you'll have some fun.

i work on the principle that my responses will always escalate beyond theirs.

currently, i have no neighbours where i am. that has disadvantages but in general, the world is probably a happier place.

[bolivr]

My neighbors are sweet. Hasn't always been that way but they moved away and surely the new folks appreciate the smoke from a fine cuban floating over the fence

[Kangaroo495]

Over here, neighbours generally hate each other, or so it seems. Very rarely do people say hello. I've only known the name of one of my neighbours (from my first flat 5 years ago). Maybe after 80 years of communal living, people just want to stay out of each others' hair. Plus the walls in buildings here seem to be thin enough. So you tend to hear most of what is going on in the neighbouring family, which greatly reduces your motivation to actually befriend them.

One time my neighbours even called the cops on me for having a party in my flat. It was probably fair enough, as it was 1am and we were making a lot of noise. Paid dearly for that infringement too (I think the cops got about $150 out of me!)

[anacostiakat]

Living in the inner city there are always good neighbors and bad ones.

Ones that don't keep up their houses/yards. Have too many cars and park them in other peoples spots, etc.

People don't seem to know what it takes to be a good neighbor. Or certainly don't want to make the effort.

[Chaki]

Is this in any way related to the thread on the Glock 19 pistol?

[samb]

The folks next to us arent too much of a bother, though my puppy likes to lick their pit bull through the fence. They keep to themselves, and give the occasional wave. Best kind of neighbor, IMO. The f-head across the street on the other hand is basically worthless. Blasts tejano late into the night and covers his piece o' crap car with a tarp and and boards whenever it rains. Ah, trailer park life..... I think we're pretty much the only people here with class, lol.

[smokem]

Moved into a new development about 15 years ago. Had great neighbors. we hung out at each others home and decks during the summer. It seemed like there was a party almost every week. We all got older, many moved on, now it's quiet, but good.

[brutusthebuckeye]

To type out all the things i HATE!!!!! Thats right i said Hate!!!! about my neighbours would take me days....so i will spare u all....

I have bitched about my neighbours a bunch of times in the chatbox....i can not begin to describe how pissed me and my wife are at our hillbillys next door......i have been MORE than patient with these people....i have taken there **** for 7 yrs....BUT about a month ago i ****in lost it....i got in my neighbours face with my finger pointed right in his face and called him everything in the book(there very religous BTW but his wife is a Vicodin addicted *****)) i was just hopin he would take a swing at me...but he didnt.....hes in his 50's average white guy...im 6'2 290 34 yrs old...i have been saving money so when me and him finally do tangle my wife will have money to pay the lawyers and his hospitol bills....and i wont even start on the neighbours on the other side!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will begin to build my fortress at the end of this summer....I am NOT an aggressive guy at all...and its not that im super anal about things either.....but these people have NO respect for us...so i show NO respect to them!!!!!!

Besides That.. all is good!!!!!

[laficion]

My neighbors are fine peoples and we get along just great, we even get along with

most of the village. It's great to live in a small town. Like Rob said, plus no one lives

in your pocket,or sticking their noses where it doesen't belong

With my close neighbor we even smoke and share cigars together and we have a blast

[PhiDelt]

I have 1 good one out of the three who border my back yard. And she is moving away this fall. One of them has 18" tall weeds in her back yard which are threatening to invade my yard now. The wife is not happy about that, as the yard is her domain, and weeds are the bane of her existence.

[puros1969]

Bought 3.5 acres and building my wife's dream house (with a nice cigar room in the basement for me) and will not have to worry about neghbors or associations. Moving in next month!

[gmoney]

If you weren't I would approach them and ask them nicely to stop, to be considerate etc.

If they didn't I would kill their pet and leave it on the front door.

She would stop singing soon enough.

I like the way you think!!!