So this is one of the biggest reasons that we want to move. There are several reasons but this is one of the biggest. Our neighbors are very, very unpleasant to live next to. Their house is run down yet they spend oodles of money on themselves and vacations. There fence is falling apart, they buy alcohol for their teenage son and all his friends and then they party right under Little Buddy's window (which made putting him down to sleep terrible over the course of 2 years), then they all smoke under his window too (which puts a complete kibosh on opening the windows during nice weather that doesn't warrant ac or heat), they are very loud shouting at each other outdoors, indoors with all the doors and windows open and from outside to someone deep within the house, their yard (front and back) is full of trash which they refuse to pick up even when it's from their own recycle bin, in the summer they leave so much dog poop in their backyard that you can hardly garden without gagging or being swarmed by flies. I can go on and thanks for reading cause this is one pissy post. I am typically a pretty positive person but these people press every single button I have. They let their son have as many friends over as he wants and then there are cars and teenagers hanging out all over the place often tossing trash about. The teenage boys then shout out rude remarks my direction as I garden in the summer time. Ugh, they got this above ground pool last summer which became a new headache in itself. Then they were outside making tons more noise shouting and having tons more people over all the time. They had a graduation party last summer and then left the inflatable toys outside the rest of the summer which were all full of black grimy water like rotten birdbaths at the end of the season. We put in a brand new cedar fence a summer or two back and last summer one of their loser son's friends was whipping a machete at it on the other side. They let weeds grow to several feet tall and then all the seeds float around into our yard where I am trying to make the yard look nice and not use weed killer cause it makes our dog sick. Agh! The inside of their house is completely run down and the dog pees wherever she likes so the entire house smells like pet urine. Oh, and last summer they attached those big yellow and black shop lights to their deck over their pool so they could swim at night. The night I peered out Little Buddy's window and saw the very heavy mom that lives there swimming topless and large hoo-has flopping about I just about had a heart attack. Do we really need to put the spotlights on those things? Puh-leaze!!! I don't like it but would really raise a stink if Little Buddy was old enough to have seen it and known what was going on, yuck! Ya know, it's funny cause we are so opposite from them. We will spend our every last cent on making our yard and house nice and skip on the vacations and new clothes and pedicures but then they let everything else go to shit and they are always freshly showered and have pedicures and manicures. For years they would shout hi over the fence with a big smirk on their face as I was up to my elbows in weeds and dirt like I was some type of urchin or something. When we were on better terms with them, they used to stop by and say hello from time to time. We would be having a home rehab weekend almost every weekend working on something else. So we were unshowered and grouting, tiling, ripping out carpet, installing hardwood floors, getting take out but really kinda loving it cause we were making something better and doing it together. They thought we were nuts. The mom reminds me of a cross between Peg Bundy and Mrs. Roper and Mimi from the Drew Carey Show. She'd stop by all snoopy like peering over our shoulders when we answered the door with her high heel sandals, perfume, painted nails, way too tight (especially for a plus size woman) outfit.
So, they just got this pool last summer professionally installed by a local company. They used it all summer. Then at the end of the summer they pathetically threw a large cheap tarp over it and instead of buying the winter pool cover that is designed for it. As the winter months here in the Midwest passed by with all it's wind, ice, snow and fury, the tarp blew off and then the pool gradually began to fall apart. Now it is in such a sad state that the large metal panels wave in the wind creating a very loud thunder-like sound. Waking me and hubby and Little Buddy up at night and nap time too. Agh! Winter was our one favorite part of having these folks as neighbors. Not this year. This is just so pathetic. See all the crap on their deck? In their yard? The pile of wood and crap in the back corner of the yard? The lawnmower that has been outside since last summer? The teen party spot under the deck? BTW, these are shot right from Little Buddy's window. Such lazy slobs! Then the hideous shed that is ALWAYS open showing all the garbage that is piled in their too. Bah! I just get madder and madder as I live here (and type)!
Hope that you enjoy the pictures. That is what we get to live next door to. Do any of you have neighbors as glorious as mine? Don't get me wrong, there have been at times small piles of wood and such in our yard or driveway but that was during construction projects and they stayed for a short time. Our shed doors are being replaced so they keep blowing cause they are falling apart but we have everything organized in there and keep our yard and house neat, clean mostly and organized. Ooh, gross, almost forgot, they have guinea pigs that sit in their own filth and a tiny little dog that has seen the light of day once. Where does the dog go to the bathroom? The big dog goes in the house everywhere. Tell me, are all your neighbors nice and quiet and clean? Do you have any Sanford and Son neighbors like mine?
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HOLY You Know What!!!! My neighbors are very quiet, quite a few empty nesters and retirees. One neighbor let her cats go feral and leans doors and construction stuff against our mutual block fence, has some trash, but NOTHING compared to this. Holy crapola!!! I can't believe they buy booze for their underage son knowing your husband is law enforcement. I hope you get to move soon too. I take pride in our house, eschew a manicure for gardening Anyday!!
Oh yeah AND the father used to be a cop but had a nervous breakdown and had to leave the department. He works from home so is home all day with all the little houligans. The son no longer has a car, does not have a girlfriend, sells knives? and is not currently enrolled in school of any kind. What astounds us are the balls these little pricks have because it only takes one phone call to bust the lot of them AND the parents but we haven't. Then to hear the bratty boys get all mouthy about my hair and figure and complain about how I am working in the yard all day? Losers! I hope to God that Little Buddy NEVER ends up like this!
OMFG!
(always wanted to use that term like I was hip and trendy)
That has to SUCK. I hope you get to move, because this can be a constant drain on your life energy.
Yeah, you are so right ML! They keep their recycle bins on their back deck that were not in this shot. BUT, they put ketchup packets, plastic cutlery, greasy takeout wrappers, cigarette pack cellophane, bottle caps, plastic shopping bags, etc. in their recycle bins which then either blows in our backyard OR in our front yard and all down the street. Good God, it's like we live in the inner city or something with the ignorance and the trash everywhere. Yes, a real energy sucker. When they have their big shin digs, they all whip their beer bottles in the recycle bins making loud crashing sounds AGAIN right outside LB's bedroom window. Agh!!!!!!!
Yikes. They sound awful.
Oh, this is horrible! I'm so sorry you have to put up with such incredible rudeness. At least the trees will be leafing out soon and hopefully blocking some of the view.
Uck. It sounds like they have no sense of community and very self-centered.
I don't like the prevailing attitude of most Bostonians, but I do like the neighbors on my street. They are pretty tidy, friendly (at least more so than the usual Bostonian), and we enjoy dinner parties and small talk often enough to feel part of the community. The kids are pretty young and run around together, sometimes in the street but always on bikes, playing with chalk, dribbling a basketball, and always in a big group so cars, etc. are not a problem.
When can you move?!
Oh my goodness! this post is just killing me! I feel like I take the cake for worst neighbors ever. It could fill a book. Where to begin. our next door neighbors throw their garbage all around outside. It's on our doorstep, in our grill (I think their grandkids put a lot of garbage around while they are playing outside, like wrappers from candy, etc.), they miss the dumpster and don't pick it up after missing, they play their loud music, come and go through the night and in the wee hours of the morning, whoever is driving back and forth through the night and the mornings honks and honks every time, they fight, they play rap music with the 'f' word (I don't want to explain that to my kids yet), they are completely unfriendly no matter how kind I am or say hi, the grandpa actually hit on me. He thought my husband was deployed int he military (Because he's never here) and in his limited english told me that he loved me and wanted me to be his girlfriend, that he prefered me without my glasses, and loved when I put my hair down, wanted to come inside and take my picture, always dousing himself in cologne and waiting to talk to me whenever I pulled up in our car! I told him that I didn't want him to talk to me. I told him that I couldn't understand what he was saying. Finally, HF went and talked to him and scared him to death. So awkward that they live right next door to us and that I have to see them all the time! His wife and daughter apologized for a while, but I'm so pissed! I can't wait until we move away. I could go on and on and on. Comeon people. The least you can do is pick up your garbage. I'm tired of doing it for them becuase I don't want my complex to look like a pig sty. And please, for the love, throw away your tampon applicators so that my 3 year old doesn't find them and think they are a toy!! AHHHHH!! I think I have a lot of bottled up frustration here. I should write one of those anonymous "dear neighbor" letters on my blog to vent. I might just do that.
Good grief! Can definitely see why you would want to move! Thankfully, we have good neighbors - they may have messy garages but that is the extent of their mess.
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