The pleasure of having great neighbours.

[Globalti]

Four years ago we were forced to sell our house too cheap and move fast when violent drug dealers moved in next door. (The house has since been re-sold three times).

Now we live in a better street with great neighbours all around us. Yesterday afternoon I was out and about doing maintenance, cleaning up leaves and so on. In the space of a couple of hours I had:

A laugh with a neighbour who jokingly asked me to clean her front garden up as well.

A chat with a car-mad neighbour about fixing a dent on my bumper where I got some valuable advice.

A chat with a roadie neighbour returning from a ride (actually the bloke who built and sold us the house) about winter cycling clothing, then he came round the back and inspected our latest home improvement.

A cup of tea and a chinwag with an elderly neighbour who lent me his jetwash then bumbled round to see what I was up to.

Friendly greetings from a couple of people from further up the street, out walking the dog/kids.

...and if it counts, an email earlier in the day from another self-sufficent neighbour about the merits of the solar panels I'm about to buy.

I can honestly say that apart from my own family and home life, nothing gives me greater pleasure than my neighbours. They are worth their weight in gold.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Four years ago we were forced to sell our house too cheap and move fast when violent drug dealers moved in next door. (The house has since been re-sold three times).

Now we live in a better street with great neighbours all around us. Yesterday afternoon I was out and about doing maintenance, cleaning up leaves and so on. In the space of a couple of hours I had:

A laugh with a neighbour who jokingly asked me to clean her front garden up as well.

A chat with a car-mad neighbour about fixing a dent on my bumper where I got some valuable advice.

A chat with a roadie neighbour returning from a ride (actually the bloke who built and sold us the house) about winter cycling clothing, then he came round the back and inspected our latest home improvement.

A cup of tea and a chinwag with an elderly neighbour who lent me his jetwash then bumbled round to see what I was up to.

Friendly greetings from a couple of people from further up the street, out walking the dog/kids.

...and if it counts, an email earlier in the day from another self-sufficent neighbour about the merits of the solar panels I'm about to buy.

I can honestly say that apart from my own family and home life, nothing gives me greater pleasure than my neighbours. They are worth their weight in gold.

Pretty much mirrors my street. The only down-side I can see in yours is living in Lancashire. Go east young man go east.

 

[DJ]

Sounds great, were do you live?

I grew up without any neighbours to speak of, the whole idea of living on a farm is that you don't really have any. Not on a daily basis any way!

I am now starting to realise the benefits of having people around who are supportive and friendly.

The randomness of who lives in your street makes it interesting does'nt it!

We have some very interesting neighbours from all different parts of the world.

 

[PaulB]

Ignore the jealousies of Comedy Pilot who can only regret the current financial climate as it means his chances of securing that dream move to Lancashire has to be postponed. But when we moved on to this brand new estate, the selling agents threw everyone a party and all the neighbours came and have stayed friendly and in touch ever since. If people are away on bin day for instance, neighbours notice and put them out for you. In the recent high winds, we'd not noticed that we'd lost a slate from the roof and another neighbour sent round the roofer who'd come to do their more obvious missing slates to do ours while he was there. It's so commonplace, it passes as normal now.

Actually, immediately next door he's from Baaarnsley and he's alright.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Ignore the jealousies of Comedy Pilot who can only regret the current financial climate as it means his chances of securing that dream move to Lancashire has to be postponed. But when we moved on to this brand new estate, the selling agents threw everyone a party and all the neighbours came and have stayed friendly and in touch ever since. If people are away on bin day for instance, neighbours notice and put them out for you. In the recent high winds, we'd not noticed that we'd lost a slate from the roof and another neighbour sent round the roofer who'd come to do their more obvious missing slates to do ours while he was there. It's so commonplace, it passes as normal now.

Actually, immediately next door he's from Baaarnsley and he's alright.

Flattered that you think moving from Yorkshire to 'that side of the pennines' is a dream move for me. That's akin to selling a one bedroom basement flat in Fulham and buying a castle on the shores of Loch McSporran.

I can think deeper than pure fiscal thoughts when deciding on a 'home' and am more thoughtful and caring towards the indigenous locals who would be forced from their local area due to rising house prices.

I'll stick to where I am, the sun comes up first over here. When we've finished with it, you can have it.

 

[PaulB]

Flattered that you think moving from Yorkshire to 'that side of the pennines' is a dream move for me. That's akin to selling a one bedroom basement flat in Fulham and buying a castle on the shores of Loch McSporran.

I can think deeper than pure fiscal thoughts when deciding on a 'home' and am more thoughtful and caring towards the indigenous locals who would be forced from their local area due to rising house prices.

I'll stick to where I am, the sun comes up first over here. When we've finished with it, you can have it.

Indeed it is. And when we've finished with our seasons. you can have them but not a few nano-seconds later you'll have to wait half a month.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Indeed it is. And when we've finished with our seasons. you can have them but not a few nano-seconds later you'll have to wait half a month.

That'll be the rain then?

 

[PaulB]

That'll be the rain then?

Rain? It's Lancashire we're on about here. A geographical enclave that sees Cote D'Azure weather conditions year round but we keep quiet about lest the unfortunates swamp us. We make documentaries showing bleak dreariness but film those in Manchester and show them on TV to ward off the hordes who would descend on God's own county.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Ignore the jealousies of Comedy Pilot........securing that dream move to Lancashire............

Rain? It's Lancashire we're on about here. A geographical enclave that sees Cote D'Azure weather conditions year round but we keep quiet about lest the unfortunates swamp us. We make documentaries showing bleak dreariness but film those in Manchester and show them on TV to ward off the hordes who would descend on God's own county.

Hang on, you can't make out I am jealous of where you live, and pontificate about me dreaming of moving to the 'D'Azure' of Ribble Valley, and then on the other hand 'keep quiet' to keep clamouring hordes from getting a waterside home. There must be plenty of properties with a watery aspect to go around though, given the amount of rain you get?

 

[louise]

I live on a lovely estate were everyone knows each other, one couple regularly send round food for the guinea pigs and home made meals for me.

However, I live in a shared block of flats there are 4 flats and we get on great, exect the the three lasses that live in the flat next door, we call them alcho slags. Their flat is a tip, basically its a drinking den, they have all night parties and show no respect for their any one, bring lads round at all hours, the police are often called, last year one of them got so off her head she didn't hear her smoke alarm go off after 15mins we rang the fire brigade, when they hoofed the door in they still didn't wake, at one time we'd happily leave things on the landings now we daren't for fear of it getting nicked.

We have reported it time and time again and they don't care

 

[wafflycat]

Having had the neighbour from hell in the past, I understand the relief of getting out of that situation and then the joy of finding that the new neighbours are rather decent.

 

[Mr Pig]

A laugh with a neighbour who jokingly asked me to clean her front garden up as well.

Ha ha ha, what a wag! Never heard that one before ;0)

We have good neighbours too, but they are old which is a worry...

 

[BigonaBianchi]

apart from the chavs behind us the rest of the neighbours are pretty ok...those that went before were better though...it was a really 'we all look out for each other 'type place....now the newbie neighbours just wave and smile.. mostly

 

[Mr Pig]

it was a really 'we all look out for each other 'type place.

My idea of good neighbours are ones that leave me alone ;0)