Odd things your neighbours do?

[r3g]

Baroque attacks said:

I thought you were against laws enforcing people to do things

I will definitely make an exception here .

[272BHP]

r3g said:

There is nothing delightful about having small boys shrieking and screaming next door.

There should be remote islands specifically for everyone that decides to have kids and dogs, with a law that enforces them to live there. Then the rest of us can enjoy some peace and quiet.

You sound a real sweetheart

[UTH]

Dr Murdoch said:

UTH said:

That was my fulham days

Phew, not me then

Haha.
I reckon your neighbours might not like you either

[UTH]

Dr Murdoch said:

UTH said:

That was my fulham days

Phew, not me then

Haha.
I reckon your neighbours might not like you either

[eldar]

r3g said:

There is nothing delightful about having small boys shrieking and screaming next door.

There should be remote islands specifically for everyone that decides to have kids and dogs, with a law that enforces them to live there. Then the rest of us can enjoy some peace and quiet.

What was it like being created by parthenogenesis aged 63?

[Alex_225]

thepeoplespal said:

We have had a family of 3 small boys move next door but one and they are odd because they actually play outside, it is a delight to see and hear small boys outside having fun!

It's interesting you say this, I have three children now 3/6/10 and we're always very mindful of them being overly loud, in our last house which had a relatively small garden and was a semi detached we'd always say to them that others don't want to hear them whining or fighting. That said they love to play outside and they do make some noise albeit usually laughing and giggling at each other. They're by no means perfect angels but we're aware of how noisy kids can be.

Our old neighbours commented to us how nice it is to hear them having fun and we had an older couple invite us round for a drink and to let the kids play in their garden partly for the same reason.

By contrast, the next door neighbour we used to have had two kids, the oldest must be 22/23 now. They were just noisy all the time, shouting, fighting, whining, slamming doors etc. Astounded us how the parents never felt the need to tell them to be quiet, lived next to them 14 years and the noise levels never died down and the parents were oblivious.

[Rusty Old-Banger]

Cotty said:

As for noisy kids I think the parents just get de-sensitised to all the banging, crashing, screeching, shouting etc and just let the kids get on with it.
I think some have the opinion "I have to put up with my kids noise so everyone else can". tts

I've got 4 kids. Ages spread out between 2 and 14. If they are arguing outside, or making too much noise I will ask them to keep it down - but that only generates "he/she started it", and another ensuing argument. And then, when I go back in, they will goad each other in to shouting/screaming some more - and then my raised voice adds to the mix telling them all to pack it in. So usually best to leave it, and they will pipe down after a few minutes.

However, other neighbours have dogs, grandkids, etc so it's not like we are the beacon of noise and antisocialibility.

[Error_404_Username_not_found]

thepeoplespal said:

We have had a family of 3 small boys move next door but one and they are odd because they actually play outside, it is a delight to see and hear small boys outside having fun!

They can bounce on their trampoline for hours and hours at a time and not fight or they race up and down the hill on their bikes without a care in the world, dressed up as spiderman, superman and woody etc. I know they'll likely change, but for now it is a delight to hear their absolute enthusiasm for life, it's life affirming.

This all day long.
We have fairly new neighbours, since October last year, with two wee boys. A four year old and a six or seven year old.
Nice family and the kids are delightful. They have beautiful manners and always ask if it's okay to play with Cookie, my terrier. They were helping me to pull weeds at the weekend and they have taken to visiting me in my workshop. I went and checked with Mum that she's okay with them hanging out with me. She said it's good as the boys don't have any living grandfathers.
(Yeah; cheers for that, lol!)
You're right; life affirming for an old retired bloke. I like having them around. For now anyway - they'll turn into strop-monsters soon enough I suppose.

[Rusty Old-Banger]

Error_404_Username_not_found said:

She said it's good as the boys don't have any living grandfathers.
(Yeah; cheers for that, lol!)

[Cotty]

[Spare tyre]

My sister is considerate of others when it suits her agenda

She was moaning about a neighbours kid on their trampoline, few year later she moves after having a kid and shoves the trampoline right down the bottom of the garden as the noise is annoying - fk the neighbours

Some with her bloody barking dog, kicks up a fuss over other dogs, but forgets her dog yaps all the time, selfish tt. Don’t know where she gets it from as both my folks are considerate of others

[Some Gump]

Baroque attacks said:

r3g said:

There is nothing delightful about having small boys shrieking and screaming next door.

There should be remote islands specifically for everyone that decides to have kids and dogs, with a law that enforces them to live there. Then the rest of us can enjoy some peace and quiet.

I thought you were against laws enforcing people to do things

I thought he was just an arse.

[Spudgunassassin]

Living in rural Suffolk I’m usually awoken by the delightful sounds of birds singing. However at 6.53 this morning I wasn’t awoken by the sounds of delightful chirpings but instead the dulcet tone of a fking lawnmower! 6.53am you fking cretin!

[cliffords]

We are on our final house we expect, during our younger years we have had some truly terrible neighbours for noise and general antisocial behaviour.

Right now where we live is bliss, generally mature/ old couples no children around . For the last three years since we moved in it's been fantastic, but I know this can change anytime by a house sale so I never say never .

We have two grandchildren, here once a week and this summer I visited both immediate neighbours and said the moment the noise annoys you text me immediately, and I will get them inside. I stressed do not put up with it , if it annoys you tell me . I told both the boys this too. So far despite reminding the neighbours, I have not had a text.

What does happen a bit too frequently around here is burning garden rubbish, even on rare sunny days . I have yet to be offered the resiprical text option for that.

[Billy_Rosewood]

cliffords said:

We have two grandchildren, here once a week and this summer I visited both immediate neighbours and said the moment the noise annoys you text me immediately, and I will get them inside. I stressed do not put up with it , if it annoys you tell me . I told both the boys this too. So far despite reminding the neighbours, I have not had a text.

You probably won't ever get that text.. It's often enough just knowing your neighbours are considerate and won't take the piss that you can let things like this slide.

Good neighbouring

[Cotty]

Spudgunassassin said:

Living in rural Suffolk I’m usually awoken by the delightful sounds of birds singing. However at 6.53 this morning I wasn’t awoken by the sounds of delightful chirpings but instead the dulcet tone of a fking lawnmower! 6.53am you fking cretin!

I have heard my neighbour jet washing his car at 6:30am . They went out for the day and assume he wanted a clean car for the trip. He could have washed it the day before tt.

[Sheepshanks]

Billy_Rosewood said:

cliffords said:

We have two grandchildren, here once a week and this summer I visited both immediate neighbours and said the moment the noise annoys you text me immediately, and I will get them inside. I stressed do not put up with it , if it annoys you tell me . I told both the boys this too. So far despite reminding the neighbours, I have not had a text.

You probably won't ever get that text.. It's often enough just knowing your neighbours are considerate and won't take the piss that you can let things like this slide.

Good neighbouring

Blimey - our grandchildren can be playfully noisy but I’d be pretty miffed if a neighbour complained about it. There’s a house behind ours, offset by one, with a child who has the most piercing voice but thankfully they disappear somewhere at weekends.

[OMITN]

I turned into one of those neighbours yesterday.

This is the second full weekend free of other commitments/being away since the start of June. As a consequence we are desperately trying to catch up. Saturday was spent in the garden retrieving our hedge from an invasion of brambles, nettles and weeds from the field behind.

Sunday I decided that the last of the three cars had to be washed. It’s an old shed and regularly does duty for all the dirty jobs. I don’t think it’s been washed or cleaned for many, many months.

I thoroughly hoovered and cleaned the inside. Then I set about getting the green out of the window surrounds, door handles and filler cap. Then it was the turn of the wheels. Finally it was time to spray it with snow foam before washing it thoroughly.

You guessed it: it started raining part way through this. Cue the ridiculous sight of me washing a car while it was pouring down. Neighbours must have thought I was insane….

[Gary29]

We've recently moved into a new neighbourhood, although I know the area very well as I grew up there, the neighbours are all amazing, couldn't wish for better.

Except for one house, the stereotypical nosy neighbour, Hyancinth Bucket type, I'm sure she means well and is actually ok to talk to, but you can just tell she's the gossip behind your back type and self elected queen of the estate. Caught her on our doorbell camera face pressed against our living room window, presumably looking in to see how our decorating was getting on? Seemed odd, but she's retired and bored most likely. Every street up and down the land has 'one of them'.

[Antony Moxey]

Gary29 said:

We've recently moved into a new neighbourhood, although I know the area very well as I grew up there, the neighbours are all amazing, couldn't wish for better.

Except for one house, the stereotypical nosy neighbour, Hyancinth Bucket type, I'm sure she means well and is actually ok to talk to, but you can just tell she's the gossip behind your back type and self elected queen of the estate. Caught her on our doorbell camera face pressed against our living room window, presumably looking in to see how our decorating was getting on? Seemed odd, but she's retired and bored most likely. Every street up and down the land has 'one of them'.

I might be tempted to print off a still from that footage that clearly shows it's her and post it through her letter box with 'mind your own fking business' written at the bottom.