Reply to: Do you trust your neighbours?

[SueEllen]

In my defence at the time I thought he was a burglar he had nothing with him to indicate he was a window cleaner (kit still in his van a part from his ladder), and he was on the roof of my rear extension next to my bedroom window and I was in bed.

The window cleaner should have checked with you any how but was probably told that you weren't in.

I hate my neighbour (to the right) with a passion they are the most inconsiderate people I have ever met.

I would be tempted if they ever sold up to say to the new people something along the lines off - "I'm glad you moved in I had a dispute with the other people and had to get solicitors involved...."

[ELBBUBKUNPS]

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Poor window cleaner caught in neighbour wars.

In my defence at the time I thought he was a burglar he had nothing with him to indicate he was a window cleaner (kit still in his van a part from his ladder), and he was on the roof of my rear extension next to my bedroom window and I was in bed.

I hate my neighbour (to the right) with a passion they are the most inconsiderate people I have ever met.

[SueEllen]

One set of neighbours I would but the others I wouldn't, in fact if a postie asked me to take it for the neigbours I don't like I would say no, also when I order stuff I always tell them never to give to nbr x.

These are the neighbours who told me to prove part my garden was not there's, who also gave permission to the window cleaner to access there windows from my garden .... I was there when he did and caught him in my garden ... I went off my nut.... I love my neighbours and the mini Taj Mahul they built at the end of there garden.

theirs

Poor window cleaner caught in neighbour wars.

[ELBBUBKUNPS]

One set of neighbours I would but the others I wouldn't, in fact if a postie asked me to take it for the neigbours I don't like I would say no, also when I order stuff I always tell them never to give to nbr x.

These are the neighbours who told me to prove part my garden was not there's, who also gave permission to the window cleaner to access there windows from my garden .... I was there when he did and caught him in my garden ... I went off my nut.... I love my neighbours and the mini Taj Mahul they built at the end of there garden.

[BolshieBastard]

Just taken a delivery for one of mine. Let's see if they turn up for it.

[SueEllen]

We got a Kindle delivered once. To our address, to a name of someone who never lived here. After waiting a week hoping a neighbour had maybe transposed the house number and figured out their mistake on Amazon, we contacted them ourselves but they had no clue either. Sadly they wanted it back

That's the kind of thing one of my relations has done. Luckily the people on their road aren't thieves and their road is long........

[d000hg]

I actually knock on the door of the neighbour after 24 hours if I have their parcel and they haven't collected.

We got a Kindle delivered once. To our address, to a name of someone who never lived here. After waiting a week hoping a neighbour had maybe transposed the house number and figured out their mistake on Amazon, we contacted them ourselves but they had no clue either. Sadly they wanted it back

[SueEllen]

No problem. I often take parcels for people half-way down the street as the couriers/postman knows I WFH.

The thing I don't trust is the courier to actually leave the card saying I have the parcel. I've had things for days sometimes.

I actually knock on the door of the neighbour after 24 hours if I have their parcel and they haven't collected.

[vetran]

My next door neighbour is 3 miles away. I live in Islington.

Sasguru

FTFY

[d000hg]

No problem. I often take parcels for people half-way down the street as the couriers/postman knows I WFH.

The thing I don't trust is the courier to actually leave the card saying I have the parcel. I've had things for days sometimes.

[BrilloPad]

My next door neighbour is 3 miles away.

Sasguru

[VectraMan]

To take a parcel, yes. To not let their relatives park blocking my drive when they come to visit, no.

[SueEllen]

The only neighbours I have and have had who I don't trust are students.

The rest - regardless of background and age are trusted taking in parcels and vice versa. Simply because if you are likely going to live in a place for over a year you don't tulip on your own doorstep.

[vetran]

not a problem we get on with all our neighbours, even the slightly loopy one.

[NotAllThere]

I live in a semi-detached (yeah, I know, INKSPE) - and my neighbours used to own our house before they moved next door (more enclosed garden for their kids). We trust each other with parcels, motorcycle tyres and stuff like that.