Would you give your neighbor a spare key to your home ?

I always give my neibour a spare key when we go on holiday, she is very nice ,my best friend always wants a key so she can come in a collect the post,I say it is alright she does not have to walk round but she insists as no one can do things like she can.My daughter has a key full stop,it started up when she was pregnant she liked to drive over and sometimes I would be out,so she has a key and could come in watch the tv and eat through my cupboards and wait for me to return.She used to love coming over to me I think it was because I loved mothering her,but like I say your door key as long as you trust the person then it is a good idea.

Unfortunately no. Even if we are on rather friendly terms, I don't think that we would leave them our house keys. What we do (for both parties), is to leave our contact numbers, whenever we are going out-of-town. If there is anything that needs looking into, they will inform us, and I will call on my brother or sister, who will pop over to our house and check it out.

I wouldn't but then I live close to family members. When I was pregnant with my first daughter my mom took a key to go get somethings for us and never returned it odd huh. Not that I mind her having a key I just think its funny how she just kept it.

If you have a neighbor that you can trust then thats fine. The probally is that it would probally take some time to lead up to that point. But I don't think it necessarily has to be a neighbor maybe another relative, friend or co-worker that lives close by.

It depends, if you knew your neighbor for a long time and you trust them then it is fine, i believe there is a separate key in your room, then you should keep most valuable things in your private room. :)

The only way I would do that is if myself and my neighbor were -really- good friends and could be trusted not to lose the key.

I have keys to my neighbor's homes, and they have keys to mine. We live in a very tight knit community and know that if we need something we are welcome to it and we replace it as soon as we are able to. I feel much better about leaving my home knowing that I have people that can enter my home in case of an emergancy. I had one a few years ago, when my sink sprung a horrible leak. My neighbor came in to check the cats and she found the leak and her husband fixed it for me. (He got a bottle of his favorite brandy for that save!!!) When my Mom was alive the neighbors could come in and check on her while I was away on medical trips. I was able to leave with a clear head knowing that she was being looked after. I trust the neighbors as we do a screening process before they are allowed to buy into the neighborhood. We had only two neighbors that weren't above board and they were evicted immediately. As you say, it is a matter of trust.

I don't see the harm in letting a trusted neighbor have the key to my place. Even still, it's not a bad idea to keep sensitive things locked away, because while a trusted neighbor might be trustworthy not to steal, that doesn't mean they aren't snoopy hehe

The kind of neighbors I have in this neighborhood would thank me for giving them a key to save them the trouble of breaking in to steal what little I have. The neighbors here are horrible, frightening, crude, rude, filthy, have fights, police come frequently, and I know one is on house arrest. I would move, but my home will be paid in full in three years and it isn't in good enough condition to sell, especially in today's market. I am just kind of stuck for now.

I would never do this because of what happened to me when I moved into the house I live in now. After a few months of moving in I always noticed things being moved about when I had been out or overnight. A lot of strange things were happening. Then, when I went on holiday I was talking to my neighbour and he mentioned that he had a key to my front door, which the previous tenants of the house had given to him so he could watch their house and feed their cats when they went away. Not long after that I had the locks changed and nothing weird has happened since!

I think a neighbour is a person just like you and it can happen that they loose the keys too, what would you think after they tell you that they lost the key, would you think that they really did lost it or would you think that they are just hiding it and thinking of coming to your house at certain points when you not home and steal your stuff? I never trust anyone even if my neighbour is one of my relatives but no trust in them, i better put them at back of the garage or somewhere in the garden. You never know what your neighbour is thinking about you, even though they might seem to be good people but you don't really see deep in their hearts how they feel about what you have and don't have I think giving neighbours things like keys is just a terrible mistake and a disaster waiting to happen

I have the spare keys of my house kept with a neighbour.. but we dont keep it with our immediate neighbour.. We live on the 5th floor and the neighbour with whom we keep the floor is on the 4th floor.. Although there are 2 neighbours on the 5th floor we havent handed the keys to them anytime..

yes,i have given two spare keys to my neighbors.one is my grandmother-in-law,one is my good friend.

my neighbors have lock boxes on their doors to keep the key in!

Yes I do have a neighbor who has the key to my home for emergencies. I am very glad they they do as I had an accident in my home and was unconscious so the neighbor having the keys saved my front door from being broken in by the police.

where i live now.....no, i wouldn't give a spare key to any of my neighbors. i have to much of value to take that risk. and i have an 85 lb dog, that is very protective of her house, she wouldn't let anyone in this house if we weren't home. we do notify the police department if we are going to be gone more than a few days, just to do a driveby and check on things. and we do have one neighbor that keeps an eye out on things when we're gone. but i wouldn't leave a key with him either.

Hi friend,I have the habit of locking my door with the keys inside.It is an automatic lock.I forgot twice and had to break the door once and windows once.So I have given a spare key of the main door only to my neighbor.I carry the bed room keys with me.When they are our neighbors for a long time we would be knowing them well and I think nothing wrong in giving the keys to them. thanks for sharing.happy mylotting.

It depends on how well I know my neighbour. I have known my current neighbours for a very long time and they are a nice elderly couple. They have the keys to my house and I have never had an issue with them as I trust them. So far, so good!

hi.yes i would give my neighbor a sapre key to my home but only in emergency.i really trust my neignbor they are so friendly and helpfull.i can't even imagine my life without them.Any ways my father always give my neighbor my own key when i go in vaccation.you never know what could happents to your house.

It depends how well you know them ? I have only lived at my house for a short while and still would not trust any neighbour yet. My parents on the other hand have given a key to a neighbour a few doors down but they have lived there for over 30 years and its is a nice neighbour hood where all the neighbour go out together etc. It down to your own extincts really. If you class them as a friend I don't see a problem.