Neighbors

Hiya doran, We have had a really difficult neighbour if you could call him neighbour he owns a local under our houses and every San Fermines he starts off his own particular Fiesta and we had to put up with a nine day none stop Discoteca. The music was so loud the walls and the windows vibrated and imagine the people who live across the road. But by living above him we had to put up with his nasty very nasty character plus all the noise in the Streets with it being San Fermines he made far more noise than them put together. Does anyone do anything no way he is an ex policeman gather your own conclusion from that we put in complaint after complaint and gave up as all they did was to measure the amount of noise and go away and did nothing at all. There have been two times when we lived there it went on for eleven Days depending on the Date the Fiestas started. We had no where to go and sleep and no money to go to a Hotel. We learned to sleep a little in the end. The misery he has put people through has got no name. Once when I managed to go and look in through the front part of the Door he had no less than 50 loudspeakers all along the wall which was directly where our bedroom happened to be. He is still doing this now and no one stops him he really knows People in high places this one.

Hi dorannmkwin, I'm like your neighbor that keeps to himself. I smile and wave at my neighbors if I pass them outside but I do not go out of my way to get involved in their lives. I live in a complex and there is a lot of drama between the neighbors here so I have learned to just kick back and keep to myself and not be involved. As for the guy that hit your brother's car....it does not even matter if it was supposed to be parked there or not. He is still responsible for any and all damages that he caused. He is supposed to be in control of his vehicle at all times. Even if the car was parked in a no parking area...he is still at fault and should pay for the damages.

i know very few of my neighbors anymore. most of them are borderline rude and standoffish.the first thing the people who moved in next door did was block our driveway with their moving truck when they just moved in-and they have a big circular driveway-there was no excuse. the one day the powerline caught fire in front of their house and we tried to notify them after calling the fire department and they refused to even answer the door.i'm not even going to bother anymore after that.

We had neighbors who slashed all 4 of my brother's jeep tires when he was out after a wedding. We had a neighbor threaten another one of my brothers. We had a nighbor that was calling another one of my brother's names. We had an awful family on one side and a drunk on the other for awhile.

I actually just moved, so my neighbors have been great. I like most of them. There are some that havne't even presented themselves, which is somewhat rude, but oh well. I will survive.

Wouldn't it be nice if we could get he specs on the neighbors, the same we we can a house before we buy it? Currently we don't have too many complaints the neighbor on the one side is a real estate office now. On the other side is a young couple that just had their first baby, we had some issues with their dogs when they first moved in but they now keep them in their own yard.

Before I moved to the hostel I am living now, I lived in a house in the town and have a very nosey neighbor. This family is weird, and a church fanatic. They came to our house and told us preachers, fortunately I wasn't at home that day, because I might end up sprayed them with water from the garden hose. They alway try to looked better than the other. For example, I just bought a car for my sister, and suddenly they had a new car too. The other neighbor had a new car, not so long after that, and this person bought one new car again. I know they're rich but I don't think it is wise to buy car because your neighbor bought a car. And they always told me to go to the church. I am an atheist and I don't go to the church, I don't think it is nice to make people do what they don't want to do. Especially, they never ask me nicely.

When I lived in my first house it was in a culdesac. On one side was a family where the dad was in prison and the other side was a young couple with an attitude. We could not wait to get out of there. We actually ended up staying for 4 years. it was pure torture. My boss was just telling me a similar parking story this morning. She has a neighbor that asked her son not to park in front of his house or near his house. The street belongs to everyone. Not sure how people feel they own the street

I don't really know my neighbors at all. I haven't been here long. Some of my neighbors though seem loud and obnoxious so my husband and I tend to keep to ourselves. We live in a duplex and we have these one neighbors who are just way to noisy especially like in the wee hours of the morning and its a bit hard to get to sleep. So I don't know. I have one neighbor who spends all day drinking and thats on my other side and he's very noisy as well. So, I don't think I will be introducing myself to my neighbors anytime soon.

Well we live in a very crime ridden part of town but our street it's self is made up of some good decent people who have all lived here for a long time. Our neighbors on one side we used to not get a long with so much because they were nosey. And tried to kind of force church on us. But now that we are older I think they respect us more and they actually have given us food a few times, and our kids play together. Things seem to get easier as time gos by. The people on the other side are a very nice older Chinese couple. They have lived there now about 5 years. We have been here for almost 10 off and on. Anyhow they have invited us over to do dinner and drink and to a party. They always have lots of friends over and park in front of our house. To me it isn't that big of a deal, we don't get upset, because I know they would do the same for us. I love our neighbors really. My husbands grandpa and mother live in a house diagonally across the street. All of our neighbors seem to watch out for each other.

We've got the same thing here...Snob hill I tell ya! After my divorce, I moved in with my mother who needs help with her animals/land. It's 5 acres parcels and the people here think they're the stuff...they all drive mercedes and bmw's..and are in big time competition with each other. For awhile, I kept to myself, but having kids-I tried getting to know a few of the moms and it didn't go well at all. Once they found out that I was a divorced, single mom-that was it. One of them went badmouthing me and I found out from our elderly neighbor that her hubby (the cop) ran my tags and found out about my restraining order and violent ex and all the past that I wanted to bury. Ugh...so now they all avoid me like the plague-and it's fine with me as I view them all as snobs. They have gone as far as snapping at me at the bus stop saying "you're in my parking spot-you don't belong here" Wow, didn't know we had assigned seating! LOL I'm there with ya..we have probably 2 nice neighbors-out of 20!

Not anyone that lived beside me in a house or a flat, but when I lived in a student home in Vienna we were 14 people sharing a kitchen, and one of the blokes there was quite horrible. He always left his dishes all over the place, he left meat out to thaw in +30 degrees (with 3 vegetarians in the kitchen, that's not very considerate), he tried to get one of the other female "kitchenmates" to come to his room to watch, well, videos. He would eat come to the kitchen with not really enough clothes on etc. And we actually had neighbours that were a bit annoying too, as they were singing in the synagogue next to us every Friday and Saturday night. Very late in the night and very out of tune. I don't mind singing, but they really couldn't sing :-)

We have now lived in our home for just under 3 years we have one great neighbour and the other is not so good, he decided to become a leader for the local children around here that really had no role models in their life, well this sounds great but he is out of work, over 40, has no forward outlook in his life and and had the kids in playing video games, shouting and swearing and drinking, so you can see how we would be slightly annoyed to say the least especially with 4 young children, anyway we had this problem sorted and then we heard back from some great friends that his wife was trying to stir things at our local school between other parents, this was soon settled as the other parents mostly knew us as people and parents anyway and ignored their silly comments, then we get another neighbour 3 doors away stirred up by our nearest neighbour that reports us to the county dog warden we have 2 young dogs that I take for a 3-5km run each early morning, she had said she never sees them going out and one had a kink in its tail, and she doesnt like big dogs just small ones eh? lol from going for the run each morning they are very healthy, the dog warden anyway had no problems just loved the dogs and was suprised of how strong they were, I just wish people I think most neighbours real problems are they have nothing better to do with their lives

I have lived in 7 different houses in my life. Every time I met a new neighbor we were always courteous and respectful to one another. Over time though, situations seem to escalate to the point of disagreement. Then it escalates further to one neighbor calling the Police on the other neighbor. Once that happens, things may calm down but over all the situation seems more like a Cold War rather than a friendly relationship. The main disagreements that I have realized in my own life and through others is Shared Driveways and Fence Lines. I would NEVER share a driveway with anyone. It never works. Someone always says the other is driving too fast. Or their cars or trucks tear up the driveway. Or it's too noisy when they come home late, or leave early. I have realized that the best way to have a friendly relationship with your neighbors is from a DISTANCE. Friendly Waves, and Holiday Cards. That's it.

well looks like its better to have ones keep to themselves then have the ah's that act like they want to get to know you only for their own benefit. i mean sounds like those one side neighbors are just another bunch that thinks they are all that matters maybe thats why the others arent friendly because they've already had problems with the one bunch. i would probably get to know our neighbors if they were more like us or even if i ever got out much. one side is an elderly couple that are raising a couple of teen grandkids that are slow or mentally challenged, whatever the name is for it today. they are very nice and the elderly guy often walks to the mailbox etc. passing our door and we have spoken with him some. the other side is people that work a lot and spend the rest of their time keeping behind the wall to theirselves. they drink a lot it seems so probably better off not being friendly with. the rest of the neighborhood is all mexicans that most dont speak english and dont seem to try to even. its like they dont want us to bother them either.

Wow, sounds like your neighbours are jerks. We have yet to meet our new neighbours, I've only caught the briefest little glimpse of them. I would honestly rather have no relationship at all with my neighbours in some situations. Our old neighbour was friendly enough but she did the absolutely stupidest things. They could have been a lot worse but I am so glad we moved and don't have to deal with things like their annoying fire pit they would never extinguish and the teenage kids' obnoxious parties that the mom let get too loud and go too long. They were just real morons and I'm glad we don't live next to them anymore.

Well, we live in an apartment, so the situation is a bit different. Our neighbors come and go, especially as we live in a college area. The owner has been trying to get more families in our complex which is great - but it's not like we're all buddy-buddy here (which is unfortunate). We get along with all our neighbors - but that doesn't mean we like all of them - hee hee. We've had our share of noisy neighbors in the past. Like the skateboarding college guys next door to us - one bedroom was next to my daughters - and they'd be playing techno music REALLY loud every night. Boom boom boom even after 10pm. I'd have to bang on their door to shut up since they couldn't hear me banging on the walls. They'd have parties and get real drunk with their friends hanging out in the hallway where their voices carried . . . I actually went out our front door and had to yell at them. With our manager's blessings, we now call the cops on anyone who is disruptive to our apartment complex. Another set of neighbors have kids our age (even a newborn) - but for some reason they keep to themselves. It's ashame because our kids could be playing together - but they don't even acknowledge ours when we pass each other in the hall. They are one of those who only say "good" when we ask "how are you guys?" - and that's the extent of our conversation. They don't seem interested in a neighborly relationship - so we just let them be. There are other characters in the building - them and their issues. Eventually, the tenants here will move away so we don't have to deal with them anymore . . . but I can imagine with houses the neighbors stick around for a long time.

Hi dorannmwin, maybe i cannt give any good advice to you, because and also haven't have a good neighbor, well, maybe it is because I always change my company so my house too, and before i start to work i live with my parents, the house is a little far away form others, so if only you prefer to go out to visit others that you can get along with them.

I own a house in 1987, myself and my neighbor were friendly. But I lived in a rented accommodation in an apartment. My neighbor used to give lot of disturbances and interference in our affairs so we could avoid them.

I am not a very neighborly person, like I keep to myself too quite a lot. I don't go visiting neighbors' houses as I am too busy to be wasting my time that way. However, I know that some people have this habit. They want to go visiting neighbors' houses. I don't do that and our neighbors do not also bother me at all.