Leaving aside another item such as 'landlords from hell'
(suffice it to say I will never live in a B&B again) we come on to my present neighbours..

I live in a semi. The neighbours in the detached to the left are a lovely couple in their fifties - we chat and do neighbourly things occasionally.

The neighbours adjoining my semi.. I should have suspected something when they asked me to go halves on erecting a fence between our gardens (fair enough) - said fence is around 7ft tall. They then banged on the wall when I was busy getting intimate with an appreciative person (sod *right* off.. they're a couple and can have sex any time they want. I'm rather single and encounters are infrequent :(. I'd never complain about someone having sex unless it was amazingly frequent and in the early hours.)

I was subjected to a tirade of abuse after I hadn't cut the shared front lawn, and they had three times. I'm at work all day, if they keep it short, how am I to know it's been cut? If they'd asked politely I would have been happy to do so.

Still, it gradually improved after that. I pointedly left the (half cut on their side) lawn for 3-4 days before cutting all of the lawn.

I'm a little eccentric, and it's noticeable I'm probably queer. I've (slightly) overplayed this just to keep their tactless and spineless selves quiet.

It's possibly also due to the fact they can't afford to move. They tried to sell their house for 20 grand more than mine is worth (theres has a conservatory and a nicer garden, because they paid someone to plant it. I did it myself) and couldn't do so.

Basically, I think they're jealous that I'm single yet can afford the mortgage by myself, that I'm having supposedly great sex (not actually true, but they only have noise to go on..), a wildly active social life and don't conform to their definition of normal.

Overall I rarely see or hear them though, so after those niggles they fit my definition of good neighbours.
(EssY, Tue 30 Aug 2005, 14:44, Reply)