Odd things your neighbours do?

[Lemming Train]

Sat here working on the PC whilst looking out of my lounge window and there's a bloke here from the estate management company "washing" all the windows in the opposite block with a water hose on an extending brush pole thingy. He's done all the windows except the bathroom windows . I've just asked him why he's ignored all the bathroom windows: "we don't bother with those as there's no point with them being frosted glass. I mean it's not like you can see out of them is it?".

[Blown2CV]

Lemming Train said:

Sat here working on the PC whilst looking out of my lounge window and there's a bloke here from the estate management company "washing" all the windows in the opposite block with a water hose on an extending brush pole thingy. He's done all the windows except the bathroom windows . I've just asked him why he's ignored all the bathroom windows: "we don't bother with those as there's no point with them being frosted glass. I mean it's not like you can see out of them is it?".

more like it's not like he can see in them.

[KAgantua]

Lemming Train said:

Russian Troll Bot said:

I've just moved into my first house, thus far haven't spotted any odd behaviour, but in the spirit of the thread there are a few odd things about the house and it's previous owners:

- the kitchen has two sinks but no draining board. What need could anyone have for this combination?
- the bath had a shower head but no bracket or rail, so could only be used if you sat down in the bath and held it over you. It's not that they took the rail with them, there's no evidence of one ever being there.
- no shelves, and again no signs of them ever having being fitted
- no exterior lights
- fireplace blocked off by duck taping some perspex over it, then painting it
- a summer house in the part of the garden that doesn't get any sun


All but the last one I can or have already sorted, but still strikes me as a bit weird you'd live in a house for 6 years and do nothing to it to make it your own.

Just moved in to your first house you say? And needs some modifications? That sounds like the perfect opportunity to start a build/renovation thread in HGIY!

TBF they might have used the shower head for hosing down the bath afterwards, I do the same, use the shower for showering and... the shower in the bath for hosing. Mines mounted though cos I have OCD

[thismonkeyhere]

Our neighbours - middle aged childless couple who both either don't work or WFH - appear to have recently bought a second car for the sole purpose of stopping anyone parking on the road outside their house. I would add that we live in a small close of only four houses, so hardly anyone did anyway.

Reasons for believing this:

Car is not in any way a hobby or enthusiast car. (Small Peugeot base model hatchback).
Both cars are never out at the same time. Largely because couple do everything together.
Both cars are same size and type so not a 'big car for long journeys, small for local' situation.
They will, if wanting to use the car parked in the road, move it up the close a bit first so they can move the other car off the drive and into the road space.

Additional crazy points, I might add, for the fact that they have grown large bushes at the front of the house that largely prevent them seeing any car that is parked there anyway.

Maybe there's another reason I am not aware of, but I doubt it.

[Pebbles167]

One of my mum's neighbours has a cat that likes to sit behind her car on the driveway and bask in the sun. The woman routinely starts her engine at 10am, and begins to reverse, only to stop after remembering the cat is there. She gets out, and instead of moving the cat, has what looks to be a pretty deep discussion with it, giving hand gestures and everything. Sometimes this takes 5 minutes, sometimes 15, until the uninterested cat has enough and walks away. I can only assume the woman doesn't have anywhere important to be, since she's probably very late.

My mum and I are waiting for either the cat to get ran over, or the woman to have a nervous breakdown.

[austinsmirk]

KAgantua said:

Lemming Train said:

Russian Troll Bot said:

I've just moved into my first house, thus far haven't spotted any odd behaviour, but in the spirit of the thread there are a few odd things about the house and it's previous owners:

- the kitchen has two sinks but no draining board. What need could anyone have for this combination?
- the bath had a shower head but no bracket or rail, so could only be used if you sat down in the bath and held it over you. It's not that they took the rail with them, there's no evidence of one ever being there.
- no shelves, and again no signs of them ever having being fitted
- no exterior lights
- fireplace blocked off by duck taping some perspex over it, then painting it
- a summer house in the part of the garden that doesn't get any sun


All but the last one I can or have already sorted, but still strikes me as a bit weird you'd live in a house for 6 years and do nothing to it to make it your own.

Just moved in to your first house you say? And needs some modifications? That sounds like the perfect opportunity to start a build/renovation thread in HGIY!

TBF they might have used the shower head for hosing down the bath afterwards, I do the same, use the shower for showering and... the shower in the bath for hosing. Mines mounted though cos I have OCD

the sink might have had an insert over one of the bowls, to hold plates/draining rack. was chucked before you bought it.

the shower- might have been a household that used the head for cleaning after w.c use, as oppose to w.c paper. thus no requirement to wall mount.

[Ash170990]

One of our old neighbours used to be so petty about "her" parking space, which wasnt actually her space, just at the side of the road next to a dropped kerb so she'd be at the end of the line of parked cars. If anyone took her spot she would literally sit in her kitched watching out the window until they moved and shed be straight in her car moving it a space or 2 up the road.

the spot happens to be right out the front of our house, so i used to like parking there to wind her up and would mean the car was then visable from our kitchen too. she soon taught me a lesson when i left it there for a few days when on holiday and came back to some lovely key marks all down the side of the car....i assume it was her anyway as no one else cared where they parked as long as they got a spot.

[thepawbroon]

thismonkeyhere said:

Our neighbours - middle aged childless couple who both either don't work or WFH - appear to have recently bought a second car for the sole purpose of stopping anyone parking on the road outside their house. I would add that we live in a small close of only four houses, so hardly anyone did anyway.

Reasons for believing this:

Car is not in any way a hobby or enthusiast car. (Small Peugeot base model hatchback).
Both cars are never out at the same time. Largely because couple do everything together.
Both cars are same size and type so not a 'big car for long journeys, small for local' situation.
They will, if wanting to use the car parked in the road, move it up the close a bit first so they can move the other car off the drive and into the road space.

Additional crazy points, I might add, for the fact that they have grown large bushes at the front of the house that largely prevent them seeing any car that is parked there anyway.

Maybe there's another reason I am not aware of, but I doubt it.

Our neighbours have a similar situation of 2 normal cars, never both used (the bloke has a works van) which is explained by his mother giving up driving and giving them the car F.O.C.. I think they don't want to sell it too quickly, for fear of upsetting her.

[anonymous-user]

thismonkeyhere said:

Our neighbours - middle aged childless couple who both either don't work or WFH - appear to have recently bought a second car for the sole purpose of stopping anyone parking on the road outside their house. I would add that we live in a small close of only four houses, so hardly anyone did anyway.

Reasons for believing this:

Car is not in any way a hobby or enthusiast car. (Small Peugeot base model hatchback).
Both cars are never out at the same time. Largely because couple do everything together.
Both cars are same size and type so not a 'big car for long journeys, small for local' situation.
They will, if wanting to use the car parked in the road, move it up the close a bit first so they can move the other car off the drive and into the road space.

Additional crazy points, I might add, for the fact that they have grown large bushes at the front of the house that largely prevent them seeing any car that is parked there anyway.

Maybe there's another reason I am not aware of, but I doubt it.

I’d do the same, to prevent any old van etc ruining the view. Doubt it costs them much & has eliminated stress from their lives. Bargain.

[Rostfritt]

Jimboka said:

I’d do the same, to prevent any old van etc ruining the view. Doubt it costs them much & has eliminated stress from their lives. Bargain.

I think my neighbours kept a car in the street for this reason. I think it was the biggest source of stress in their lives. Especially when it was written off by a diabetic driver having a blackout.

[Buzz84]

austinsmirk said:

KAgantua said:

Lemming Train said:

Russian Troll Bot said:

I've just moved into my first house, thus far haven't spotted any odd behaviour, but in the spirit of the thread there are a few odd things about the house and it's previous owners:

- the kitchen has two sinks but no draining board. What need could anyone have for this combination?
- the bath had a shower head but no bracket or rail, so could only be used if you sat down in the bath and held it over you. It's not that they took the rail with them, there's no evidence of one ever being there.
- no shelves, and again no signs of them ever having being fitted
- no exterior lights
- fireplace blocked off by duck taping some perspex over it, then painting it
- a summer house in the part of the garden that doesn't get any sun


All but the last one I can or have already sorted, but still strikes me as a bit weird you'd live in a house for 6 years and do nothing to it to make it your own.

Just moved in to your first house you say? And needs some modifications? That sounds like the perfect opportunity to start a build/renovation thread in HGIY!

TBF they might have used the shower head for hosing down the bath afterwards, I do the same, use the shower for showering and... the shower in the bath for hosing. Mines mounted though cos I have OCD

the sink might have had an insert over one of the bowls, to hold plates/draining rack. was chucked before you bought it.

the shower- might have been a household that used the head for cleaning after w.c use, as oppose to w.c paper. thus no requirement to wall mount.

I have a double Belfast sink in an oak worktop, it is in a double width breakfast bar sticking out into the middle of the room, so if we had a draining board on the worktop the items would be on show and look crap. (we can also utilise both sinks if needed)

So what we do is put a draining rack in the second sink and put stuff in there to dry, This way it is down in the sink and out of view.

The other benefit is that don't get that manky waterstains on the draining board that always need wiping away.

Anyway... what powerfully built, goaties, mx5 driving company director doesn't have a dishwasher!?!

[snobetter]

Jimboka said:

thismonkeyhere said:

Our neighbours - middle aged childless couple who both either don't work or WFH - appear to have recently bought a second car for the sole purpose of stopping anyone parking on the road outside their house. I would add that we live in a small close of only four houses, so hardly anyone did anyway.

Reasons for believing this:

Car is not in any way a hobby or enthusiast car. (Small Peugeot base model hatchback).
Both cars are never out at the same time. Largely because couple do everything together.
Both cars are same size and type so not a 'big car for long journeys, small for local' situation.
They will, if wanting to use the car parked in the road, move it up the close a bit first so they can move the other car off the drive and into the road space.

Additional crazy points, I might add, for the fact that they have grown large bushes at the front of the house that largely prevent them seeing any car that is parked there anyway.

Maybe there's another reason I am not aware of, but I doubt it.

I’d do the same, to prevent any old van etc ruining the view. Doubt it costs them much & has eliminated stress from their lives. Bargain.

The stress of a vehicle parking on the road outside your house? If that sets the blood pressure off they have issues...
Let alone the, "there's a shortage of on road parking in my neighbourhood, so I'll buy another car to abandon on the road..." that's the spirit...

[Saleen836]

austinsmirk said:

KAgantua said:

Lemming Train said:

Russian Troll Bot said:

I've just moved into my first house, thus far haven't spotted any odd behaviour, but in the spirit of the thread there are a few odd things about the house and it's previous owners:

- the kitchen has two sinks but no draining board. What need could anyone have for this combination?
- the bath had a shower head but no bracket or rail, so could only be used if you sat down in the bath and held it over you. It's not that they took the rail with them, there's no evidence of one ever being there.
- no shelves, and again no signs of them ever having being fitted
- no exterior lights
- fireplace blocked off by duck taping some perspex over it, then painting it
- a summer house in the part of the garden that doesn't get any sun


All but the last one I can or have already sorted, but still strikes me as a bit weird you'd live in a house for 6 years and do nothing to it to make it your own.

Just moved in to your first house you say? And needs some modifications? That sounds like the perfect opportunity to start a build/renovation thread in HGIY!

TBF they might have used the shower head for hosing down the bath afterwards, I do the same, use the shower for showering and... the shower in the bath for hosing. Mines mounted though cos I have OCD

the shower- might have been a household that used the head for cleaning after w.c use, as oppose to w.c paper. thus no requirement to wall mount.

Or used by females in the house to wash/rinse their hair while taking a bath, a lot easier to use clean water to rinse than soapy/dirty bathwater scooped up in a tub

[Roofless Toothless]

Saleen836 said:

Or used by females in the house to wash/rinse their hair while taking a bath, a lot easier to use clean water to rinse than soapy/dirty bathwater scooped up in a tub

This might be more suited to the 'you know you're getting old' thread but I think this arrangement would not surprise older members here. It was standard in my youth. The hand shower, on a flexi tube, sat on a cradle above the taps, just like an old fashioned telephone receiver. Very useful for rinsing the hair with nice clean water, especially if you were last in the bath and the whole family had been in there before you.

[austinsmirk]

on a bath, related topic, (I work in social housing)- I've seen some of our developments end up having retro fitted bath taps- with long necks to accommodate the muslim community and their habit of washing with buckets and endless flowing water. Apparently you can't sit in a bath of still water, for whatever made up religious reason.

standard taps, won't pour/fill a bucket easily enough.

ditto, changing perfect wall mounted showers, riser rails and heads to different places to accommodate w.c bathing.

the best one, was an inman (sp?) demanding w.c's be placing in a non offending mecca direction and guess what, the black minority ethnic arm of our company, with a high density of muslim tnts, did try to do this.

you might as well just burn £10 notes these days, trying to accommodate the wonderful world we live in.

[The Don of Croy]

austinsmirk said:

...was an inman (sp?) ...

Inman;




Preacher;

[Frank7]

Roofless Toothless said:

This might be more suited to the 'you know you're getting old' thread but I think this arrangement would not surprise older members here. It was standard in my youth. The hand shower, on a flexi tube, sat on a cradle above the taps, just like an old fashioned telephone receiver. Very useful for rinsing the hair with nice clean water, especially if you were last in the bath and the whole family had been in there before you.

I was idly reading this, nodding along sagely, until I came to the final line.
I froze for maybe 3-5 seconds, then contemplated dropping to my knees, and offering up a prayer of thanks, that even though WW11 was 12 weeks old when I was born, and my mother and I lived in a 3 bedroomed house, with her mother, father, and four of my mother’s sisters, until 1945, while my father was dodging shells in France, Belgium and Holland, no adult to my knowledge shared the same bathwater, although there were occasions when my mother would bathe me, wrap me in a towel, and use the water that she’d just used on me.

[anonymous-user]

austinsmirk said:

on a bath, related topic, (I work in social housing)- I've seen some of our developments end up having retro fitted bath taps- with long necks to accommodate the muslim community and their habit of washing with buckets and endless flowing water. Apparently you can't sit in a bath of still water, for whatever made up religious reason.

standard taps, won't pour/fill a bucket easily enough.

ditto, changing perfect wall mounted showers, riser rails and heads to different places to accommodate w.c bathing.

the best one, was an inman (sp?) demanding w.c's be placing in a non offending mecca direction and guess what, the black minority ethnic arm of our company, with a high density of muslim tnts, did try to do this.

you might as well just burn £10 notes these days, trying to accommodate the wonderful world we live in.

This post may soon be reported for blatant racism and you yourself put on the naughty list for listing these occurences

[Digga]

thismonkeyhere said:

Our neighbours - middle aged childless couple who both either don't work or WFH - appear to have recently bought a second car for the sole purpose of stopping anyone parking on the road outside their house...

Maybe there's another reason I am not aware of, but I doubt it.

Just playing devils advocake (sp), but is it possible that this is what might commonly be referred to as a beater or a 'station' car? I do know a few people who have a st car for the purpose of leaving in railway station car parks and the like, or even for taking their dogs out, in order to save their 'proper' car from being wrecked, inside or out. I met a guy once who had a decent garage of cars but also kept a black cab, purely to drive his (large) dog to and from walks.

[anonymous-user]

Digga said:

ust playing devils advocake (sp), but is it possible that this is what might commonly be referred to as a beater or a 'station' car? I do know a few people who have a st car for the purpose of leaving in railway station car parks and the like, or even for taking their dogs out, in order to save their 'proper' car from being wrecked, inside or out. I met a guy once who had a decent garage of cars but also kept a BLACK CAB , purely to drive his (large) dog to and from walks.

That's what he told you.
But on nights of the full moon he puts on a mohawk wig and clutches a crumpled £20 note.
Armed with a variety of handguns he sets off and cleans up your city of its sleazy underbelly of crime
For he is the Taxi Driver