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  • Brilliant neighbours
  • Stoner
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    Not noisy ones. Not smokey ones.
    The good ones.

    My v excellent neighbour is semi retired (not entirely unlike me), and he and I drink in the local a few nights a week with a good crowd.

    He built his house the same time as I did mine, but he also built a massive garage to keep his track car in. It lives on the huge four post lift.

    Very handy for servicing the landrover. All 6’4″ of me can stand clear under the landy!

    He also showed me a hobby project he’d been working on:

    Bloody incredible bit of kit. 20Nm steering wheel feedback servo! He and his son spend their time on iRacing a lot. Dont blame him.
    I will be going to have a go soon 😀

    duffle
    Free Member

    😯

    GrahamS
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    Blimey! I take it he is single?

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    Stoner
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    BTW his son doesnt live at home, he has a similar setup at his house 😯

    And there’s an oculus rift headset hanging off the back of the RH monitor too…

    duffle
    Free Member

    You can tell that from me just posting 😯 ????
    Well I never

    Stoner
    Free Member

    GrahamS – Member
    Blimey! I take it he is single?

    Why do you ask? Fancy a date? I could probably arrange something. Do you dress up?

    SaxonRider
    Full Member

    My neighbours include the parents of a celebrity on one side (who are lovely), and an old, grizzled long-ago immigrant from Iraq on the other side, who is incredibly patient with my family and me, who looks out for my kids when they play on the street, and with whom I have some good, albeit brief, chats.

    Not glamorous, perhaps, but brilliant nonetheless.

    legend
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    Thread needs photos of track car

    SaxonRider
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    Oh, was the point of this thread the track car bit? In which case, ignore what I said above. 😳

    lunge
    Full Member

    On one side an elderly lady who we rarely see and never hear.
    On the other we have 1 half of a recently split couple, she’s clearly finding her feet in the dating game again based on the noise coming from the adjoining bedroom…

    But in seriousness, I can’t complain at all, they’re spot on.

    scaredypants
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    My neighbours are great. Pretty much all retired and always around so my house is under constant watch, and they all take in my online shopping crap too

    In return I do the odd computery job and lend out tools/do the odd bit of slightly heavy lifting

    (I’m the only one with a track car, although one has some sort of racing Ducati that’s forever being fixed)

    P-Jay
    Free Member

    I’m not sure of my new neighbours, they’re somewhere between timid and guarded. I’d wave or say ‘Hi’ as we passed and they’d sort of smile and scurry off. Well, almost all of them – the Dad next door is very intense. He sort of appeared behind me one night when I was putting the bins out and half-demanded to know how we came to live there, why etc. He’d done the same to my wife a few hours before. I got the impression he was checking for inconsistences.
    He screams at his Wife/Kid/Dog, I’m not sure which, probably all 3. I’ve made a mental note to keep an eye on him, if it transpired he hits his family behind closed doors I wouldn’t be completely surprised.

    The Dad on the other side is even more introverted than me, Day 1 I rolled my bike up the drive to put it away, he looked up from his bike which was hanging from a maintenance stand being tweaked – I said hello, expecting to have broken the ice almost immediately, we’d see each others bikes, and a chat would follow – nope, he slightly raised his head, half-whispered “hi” and looked back down again.

    Please note, I look nothing like The Mountain from Game on Thrones, nor do I look like I’d like to talk about God to them.

    Our Old Neighbours were lovely, we miss them. 7 years living in a HA House for low income families 10 for my Wife, it was a socialist dream really. Mrs moved in before we lived together, single Mum, student Nurse, next door were a couple of warehouse workers with a little boy the same age as ours. Over the years both families worked hard, progressed in life – secure, affordable housing meant that the path to “middle class” was easier – I think either of us could have moved onto something bigger and better years ago, but we liked it there. In the end we outgrew our place, probably a long time ago and had to move. A new young family have moved in, I hope they are able to do what we did, my old Neighbours aren’t so keen – the new people are as rough and ready as they were 10 years ago, but the gap social gap it too great now, so they’re moving out too. Big house in a nice part of town, 2 cars, 2 holidays a year – probably some kind of expensive unused kit on the kitchen top to impress their new neighbours. Working Class to “Middle Class” in 10 years.

    globalti
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    We have some good neighbours in our street but our immediate neighbours are: left, single mum with three kids, teenage daughter is an attraction for local oiks and we’ve had trouble with gangs, noise, broken glass and Police called. But the Mum is OK and the kids generally well-behaved.

    Right: elderly couple, she has Alzheimers and he is generally very unwell and depressed. When we moved in he taught me plumbing but it’s amazing how fast he’s going downhill. Social services now involved but they refuse to accept any help.

    Any neighbour is better than the violent drug dealer who moved in next door to us in Burnley with all-night raves, barking Alsatian and whining lurchers and litter thrown over the wall.

    hungrymonkey
    Free Member

    mine are right good. one side is a friendly couple – i go to the pub with him once or twice a month, go for dinner a couple times a year and get suitably twatted. quiet, friendly, geeky, chatty.

    other side moved in a few months ago, had a kid a month later. young, friendly, chatty, come to the pub too. I’m the middle of 3 houses, our garden fences blew down 15 months ago, we’ve not had them fixed yet as none of os seem to think it’s much of an issue!

    however, seems i may have upset someone locally, as in a 3 week period the front driveside tyre of both my vehicles has gone from perfectly well inflated, to totally flat, even though they’ve not been moved… i can’t believe both would get simultaneous punctures both at the same time, when they’ve not been driven.

    hey ho. one of them needed new front tyres anyway, so not all lost.

    legend
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    The Dad on the other side is even more introverted than me, Day 1 I rolled my bike up the drive to put it away, he looked up from his bike which was hanging from a maintenance stand being tweaked – I said hello, expecting to have broken the ice almost immediately, we’d see each others bikes, and a chat would follow – nope, he slightly raised his head, half-whispered “hi” and looked back down again.

    Have you not seen all the STW “I only like to ride alone” threads?

    GrahamS
    Full Member

    Why do you ask? Fancy a date?

    If he’ll give me a go on his gaming system then yes 😀

    cranberry
    Free Member

    I’ve lost 2 sets of neighbours in a weekend. The blokes downstairs moved out on Thursday and, I think coincidentally, the bloke next door moved out yesterday.

    Maybe my drumming isn’t as good as I imagine.

    😮

    matt_outandabout
    Full Member

    My immediate neighbour is fellow stw’er, fast rider and all round good egg….

    Stoner
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    … And you’re too chicken to be more honest, matt?

    StirlingCrispin
    Full Member

    And the bloke just down the road from Matt is a sound bloke too – comes round ours every Xmas with his family.

    Ming the Merciless
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    Lovely old boy on one side, a tad frustrating as he’s very independant. He has cut the cord of his hedge trimmer 3 times and tried pruning a huge hedge on the hottest day of the year last year (I’ve said I’ll cut it but he won’t wait!)

    New neighbours on the other side are keeping to themselves and have built a lovely new wooden fence we’ve christen the Berlin Wall!

    councilof10
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    The day I exchanged contracts on my house, the next-door neighbour appeared in the local paper having been charged with possessing thousands of indecent images of children.

    He went to prison for 18 months, and I wasted no time telling him what I though of him when he came out.

    To be perfectly honest though, apart from his abhorrent predilections, he’s not a bad neighbour… He’s very elderly now, and whilst he gets regular visits from probation services, he’s not considered a danger. His property doesn’t overlook mine, and he very much “keeps his head down”.

    Better a known paedophile than an unknown paedophile.

    Hopefully he’ll die soon, but then I might end up with noisy neighbours!

    ctk
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    Mum and 2 teenage daughters one side, who are very nice but we don’t see much. Family with 1 teenage dauhter on the other who couldn’t be nicer, and have been so helpful since we moved in. The dad works for the council and brings backs y good wood from jobs for me. Best bits so far are a retro wooden gym from a school. Climbing bars, balance beams etc! He thinks I burn it on the fire but I’ve used stacks of it round the house.

    carlosg
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    The bloke in the semi attached to us is retired , nice guy who cleans his car about 10 times a week. I went to school with his son and we used to bmx together in our teens. His wife died last year and I get the feeling he’s a bit lonely.

    On the other side (who we share a driveway with) are an Iraqi family. Ali works his butt off and he’s a really nice friendly person who’s kids are well behaved. He’s Kurdish and spent the August school holidays back home fighting Islamic state.

    LMT
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    Ours are pretty good, except they steal my parking spot but as it’s a road I don’t have a leg to stand on, old fashioned thinking I should be able to park outside my own house!

    We have an end terraced house so the one side there’s a 4ft gap, never hear a peep from them as they work nights, whole family does including there son which is a bit odd but they seem happy enough, if they take a parcel in it takes a week to get it back due to shifts. The house other side family 3 kids, 2 cars hence parking issues, old style street with no front gardens well not big enough for cars, council refused dropped curbs, the only peep we get is through them shouting at the kids, a few summer BBQs beers passed over the fence in exchange, they take numerous parcels in for us, and vice versa.

    Massive difference to our flat, guy opposite was dealing drugs as was woman in flat below, police raids at 2am once a month, 4 flats per floor, the 3 ours all had kids, varying age 3-10, 7 kids in all, playing football, screaming, shouting, fighting, etc in the hallway, downstairs complained to the council several times leading to us being blamed as we had no kids. Ironic thing about it apart from the noise and issues it was a nice place to live, no burglaries or car theft as we all knew who to blame, as they say don’t shit on your own doorstep!

    BigEaredBiker
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    There’s something not right with that picture…

    GTX 970 Gaming card – check
    Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS setup – check
    Multiple Monitors – Check
    3.5″ floppy drive – WTF?

    Your neighbour knows you can get the original 1990’s Falcon games from gog.com right?

    😀

    slackalice
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    councilof10 – Member
    Hopefully he’ll die soon, but then I might end up with noisy neighbours!

    😯

    WTAF?!

    We’re a pretty quiet household, but I don’t think we would get on if we were neighbours.

    trail_rat
    Free Member

    My only neighbour is great.

    Has an autistic son who’s got a great looking adult sizes trike and can get a fair clip up on it along the road.

    She doesn’t mind my noisy projects so long as they ain’t constant and don’t go on at silly times.

    Doesn’t mind looking at said projects.

    Her son in law does the same sort of stuff as me so we get on fine.

    LeeW
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    Used to live between Gemma Massey (Google her) and a prosperous footballer, footballer was hardly ever there but would see Gem quite often, swapping parcels or waking her pooch.

    Had a couple of interesting BBQs which were always a good laugh.

    Current neighbours are ace, one guy is rebuilding a 19XX Mercedes-Benz SL500, other side is a wishy-washy rugby nut that starts garden projects and never finishes them, there’s a JOB still in his back garden from August last year.

    Junkyard
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    Gemma Massey (Google her)

    assuming you want to search for a porn star that is as I discovered when I googled

    LeeW
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    Gemma Massey (Google her)
    assuming you want to search for a porn star that is as I discovered when I googled

    Aye, bless her. Pride of Tamworth (or Fazeley if you want to be fussy).

    theotherjonv
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    My neighbour is a real PITA – shouting in the early hours, banging on walls, threats, culminating in last night shouting in the street and banging on the front door at 2am.

    Fortunately I was up practicing my bagpipes already, if he’d woken me up I’d have been livid.

    Not really. We’re end of a row so only one neighbour; he’s a bit of a dick but alright, she’s a fiery Portuguese lady who’s pleasant enough but once you get her in conversation goes on a bit and regularly lets her husband know he’s displeased her ‘at volume’. Does great Piri Piri when you invite them for a BBQ though.

    Next to them are two cyclists, he’s a handyman (does house conversion stuff) – actually he’s a joiner but there aren’t as many jobs nowadays for handmade furniture, but I’ve been in his workshop and seen his stuff and it’s :wow: – and he’s always happy to help out with jobs, etc.

    The trouble is that these two don’t get on, an issue over who owns the land / air above a shared passageway, which N2 has built over and N1 claims it spoils his view and light, culminating in a fight with a baseball bat. Leaving us in the issue where we won’t take sides, won’t cease being friends with either, but it can be awkward if they start telling us about what the other one has done now and we have to firmly but politely tell them it’s not our problem / none of their business.

    Over the road are a lovely British Asian family, have helped them out a few times over petty vandalism problems they have (smashed plantpots on their driveway, etc.). My only issue with them (her really, the elderly mother – father died some years back) is she’s always cooking and I’m sure I’m 14.5st on the back of just the smell!

    Defender
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    You can’t beat having good neighbours, we have them both sides and close by too.
    We had one that was a bit of a pain for a few years, but he moved just under three years ago and the newest ones are fantastic.
    I’ve helped them out with clearing blocked drains, sorting locks and getting a new car tyre fitted.
    They’ve run me to the station and garage on several occasions, given us some lovely home made cake and have a relaxed attitude to the shared drive.
    The other side is fine, the couple that lived there sadly separated last summer and the husband is now there on his own, not sure how long he will stay though.
    What I like is that I know if the poo hits the fan I can call on them for help and vice versa.

    n0b0dy0ftheg0at
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    [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWhYBTYi-5E[/video]

    It’s time for one of those “OMG… I feel old moments!” 😯

    wrightyson
    Free Member

    I once caught my now 90 year old neighbour washing my car, that was about 10 years ago when he was a little bit more active. He still flies up and down his garden busy all the time. If I’m that fit at 70 I’ll be a happy man. Got good neighbours all round to be honest, what they think of is and the dirty sex pool parties is another matter however…

    funkmasterp
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    We are really lucky with our neighbors. Young couple behind us who are lovely. He’s a bit shy and DIY mad, but they let us know when they’ll be hammering and drilling. Next door to the left are a couple in their 50’s who are friendly and helpful.

    Across the street we have the best neighbors ever. Friendly and helpful to the point you think they must be making up for something horrendous they did in the past. He also has local brewed beer on tap in his garage. They have an open house every Christmas and it’s a great get together for everyone.

    scud
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    We are really lucky, I live in tiny rural Norfolk village, so having no public transport links at all and only a small shop with limited stock, means you know your neighbours well as you often run errands for the elderly ones and share resources with others.

    One side is a couple in 70’s from Manchester who moved here after holidaying here lots, they were both english teachers, so dote on my daughter especially since she was diagnosed with T1 diabetes, they regularly just pop round with a book or gift for her, i think have two grown up sons neither of which has ever married despite in 40’s means they have really missed having a grandchild.

    Other side is a true Norfolk gent, his wife died a few years ago and he admitted when she died, he could barely boil an egg and that he survived on beans on toast for 6 months, so my often cooks a bit extra. But he loves anything mechanical and has a couple of classic tractors he shows, but i do think my garage door may be connected to an alarm in his house as every time i open it to work on car or bikes, he appears, which usually leads to me chatting for ages and him drinking my beer!

    HansRey
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    i’ve only recently moved into a new flat and I’ve had issues with my car. Next door neighbour gave us her car keys on Sunday to jump start our car. I couldn’t believe that! There’s no way I’d give somebody the keys to my car if i didn’t know them really well.

    … or is she listening through the walls?

    freeagent
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    The neighbour we’re semi-detached to is an ex-London taxi driver, now in his 80s.
    He is an amazing neighbour and a top bloke – he was super helpful when we did our house extension 4 years ago, which involved removing the shared chimney between our properties.
    We had him round for lunch on boxing day – great conversation about driving MPs/Lords around in the 70s/80s.

    The other side is a slightly odd bloke in his 40s who doesn’t appear to work, and has his mum round doing stuff for him every weekend.
    My wife thinks he is unwell and unable to work – I reckon he’s either a rehabilitated ex-con or in the witness protection program.
    Either way her avoids all contact with us.

    We’re pretty lucky because where we live (expensive bungalows in Bromley) is almost exclusively populated by affluent pensioners who can still afford cleaners/BMWs.
    Most of them are pretty OK and just want a quiet life.
    They are also proper curtain twitchers which is fine by me.
    Without wishing to sound pompous/presumptuous/or like a bit of a ****, the houses in our road are now £500k upwards, so I’m hoping this would keep out the real trash.

    We used to live next door to a house rented by a haulage company, who put 4 Polish lorry drivers in there.
    They were awesome – they’d rush out and help my wife bringing stuff in from the car if she was struggling with the baby on her own, invite us round for drinks on Sundays and the only sound we ever heard from them was a little bit of laughter during their Saturday night card game.

    I’ve also lived next door to some abosolute C**ts in the past – including one couple whole used to alternate between loud screaming arguments, and loud screaming sex – often on the same day.
    The final straw was him throwing her out one night about 2am, then she found a spade in the garden and smashed her way back in via the front window.
    We put our house on the market the following week.

    Good neighbours are a blessing.

    rickmeister
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    Ours are great too.

    Working from home has advantages with the neighbours.

    One side helps with stuff like wood for the woodburner and general stuff. As a farmer, he is pretty knowledgeable on all things practical. His wife is the creator of epic Black Forest cakes and we like each others company in general.. dinners and social stuff, we look after their ducks, they feed our cats

    T’other side work in Switzerland and commute daily so they are out at 7:30. Generally friendly, we look after their parcel delivery stuff and share garden bbq’s and beers. Downside, their house has no curtains and Holgar has a thing for spending all his time indoors, wearing only boxer shorts…. Zuzana, from Hungary is a lovely girl but doesn’t share this trait… apparently….

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