People Share The Worst Things Their Neighbors Ever Did And It Will Make You Want To Live In Seclusion

Has anything any of your terrible neighbours ever done topped this?

Rachel
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People Share The Worst Things Their Neighbors Ever Did And It Will Make You Want To Live In Seclusion

In times such as these, it is, perhaps, more important than ever to get along with our neighbours. A sense of community is incredibly important in these trying times and being on good terms with the people who live around you is a good way to stay social (from a distance) and get help if you need it.

While some of us try to be good people, and neighbours, regardless of the crisis point, some people just straight up do not. This thread on Reddit, titled “What did your a$$hole neighbour do?” has received some brilliant submissions. Most of which, will make you never want to have a neighbour again. 

Calling the cops over a nice BBQ they were invited to?? Weird

EffityJeffity

"We had a party for all the neighbours when we moved in. I like to barbecue, and my wife is vegetarian, so we have two barbecues. We invited everyone in the street.

They declined "because we're vegetarian".

"Not to worry." I said. "So's my wife. We have two barbecues going, one for meat and one for veggies." I could see them trying to find another reason. They look at the invite.

"Oh, the 6th? We're out of town then. Sorry."

That's cool. They don't want to come for whatever reason. They're not just going to say that. We're British, after all.

The day of the party comes. Our garden is quite big, so everyone can fit in happily. We've got the barbecues going on the opposite side of the garden to the aforementioned neighbours' house. It's only about 4 hours into the party at around 5pm that we notice the upstairs windows in their house are open. "Weird, I thought they were out of town?"

As I'm looking at the windows with some of the other neighbours, we see the wife with a camera, taking photos of us!

We go round and ring the bell to explain this is the party they were invited to, and they're still welcome to join. No answer. Curtains twitching upstairs. We go back to the party, and just ignore them.

Later into the evening, the parents and kids have gone home, just a mix of older and younger neighbours left, and I'm now mixing cocktails at the outside bar (honestly, this house was amazing. I have no idea how it was in our budget, but anyway...) and then the Police walk in through the (open) back gate.

"Someone" has lodged a complaint. It's only about 9pm (noise complaints in the UK are typically not followed up until it goes past 11pm) but not only are we having the biggest party known to man, but we're "setting things on fire" and "forcing alcohol onto children".

Of course the Police can see we're having a fairly civilised adult get-together, and congratulate us on moving to the area, and for getting to know our neighbours in such a friendly way.

Monday, we're off to unpack. Knock on the door. The Police now have photographs of the alleged "forcing alcohol on a minor" and "setting fire to things". It's one of the neighbourhood kids bringing two beers from the fridge to me and his Dad at the barbecue. They're not even open.

The "setting fire to things?" Yeah. Using a blowtorch to light my barbecue. Apparently that's endangering their property, which is a good 100 yards away from the contained fire within my oil drum barbecue.

The Police can see this is bullshit. They just need me to make a statement explaining. So I do.

For the whole two years that we lived there, they avoided us. So weird, so unecessary."

That's completely irrational, not to mention dangerous

emf3rd31495

"I moved onto a dirt road with several houses on it. My friend has lived down the road his whole life. The people next to my house only come up for the summer and are never there in the winter. When summer comes, however, there's multiple pot holes on the road. Curious, I asked my friend. He said the neighbors come up in the summer and dig the holes themselves in order to 'slow down' traffic.

So, that."

Some people are just so entitled!

notsolittleliongirl:

"He had 2 access roads to his property (he didn’t live there, he just had livestock there) and insisted on using the one that cut through our property, despite the fact that it was the longer route and it was a literal unpaved road through the woods. He didn’t have an easement or anything, just assumed that since he had to drive through our property to get to that shitty lane road, he was allowed to do so. He was a total dick to us for no reason, never said hi, got upset if we were too close to his property despite the fact that he literally drove through our property every day.

Revenge came when lightning struck a tree in the woods and it fell right across the access to the lane road... on OUR property. He hired a service to chop the tree up and told them they could have the wood as part of the payment (it was nice walnut). My dad wasn’t having any of that. He walked down there with a copy of the sale documents, pointed out the marker that clearly separated our land from our asshole neighbor’s land, got the neighbor to admit that the tree in question was both from our land and currently laying on our land, not his, and then my dad sent the crew packing and told them if they took so much as a branch from that tree, it was theft and he (a lawyer) would see them in court for it. It’s been over 15 years and that tree is still laying across the access to the lane road. He can still access his property via the other road, so he didn’t have a leg to stand on to force an easement. Fuck you, Jim."

That's terrifying

Teh_swimmly

"Context, I grew up in a rural area on a fairly big property. It had been a large farm that got parceled out as the owner aged. So there were 4 3/4 acre lots and my parents 10 acres behind them. The house was relatively far away from our neighbors.

One neighbor was an absolute piece of shit. When I was 8, I remember seeing the cop lights at his door. Found out when I was a little older that he had tried to murder his father over his oxy prespricption (father owned the house, 30 year old kid lived there rent free). He did a few years in jail, then moved back in with his father who he had tried to kill. He grew pot on our land, then threatened to kill my mother when my father and I tore it down (but didn't call the cops). Frequently threatened to assault/kill my mother. I can remember multiple times when I was younger, him banging on our door and screaming threats at my mom. Other times I can remember thinking about the gun in my father's office, in case our neighbor actually got inside the house. This was a 8-10 times a year occurrence from age 8-14.

He has calmed down a little after a second arrest and some anger managent classes. Now a days he just had massive bonfires with tons of loud music and leaves empties on our property, which is still an asshole move, but better than physical indimidation and death threats."

What an eccentric guy...

TracingBroads

"Ah, Jerry.

When I moved in, he seemed eccentric, but harmless. Apparently my landlord had a conversation with him and told him to leave me alone. This upset Jerry greatly. He cornered me one day while I was unlocking my door and asked me to come sit with him in his apartment. I don’t think the place had ever been cleaned and he had Hoarder mentalities. He drank a bottle of wine in about 30 minutes, commenting on all the sad things in his life. Luckily he passed out, so I could leave.

A couple weeks later, he got into a 3am fight with his boyfriend, which resulted in his boyfriend trying to get into my apartment for safety, and eventually breaking into an empty unit down the hall. Cops were called and Jerry was taken to jail.

About a week after that, same boyfriend was over and a fight ensued. This time it ended in very loud sex.

Jerry would flush things you’re not supposed to flush down the toilet and would back up sewage into mine and my neighbor’s bathtubs and bathroom sinks. Eventually he clogged his toilet so badly that he just ripped it from the wall and left it there.

The cops came twice to my door to ask if I had seen Jerry lately, and asked to search my apartment to make sure I wasn’t hiding him.

One day while I was getting ready for work, he came into my apartment with another guy and tried to measure my walls for the “renovation” he was going to do to combine his and my apartments into one unit. But, don’t worry, I could just live with him when it was all finished.

Eventually, Jerry got evicted, but would still convince people to let him into the building. For months his mugshot was pasted on all entrances saying to not let him in."

"Yo check this playlist!"

Oudeis16:

"Both asshole and dumb.

My neighbor (above me) was trying to force me to move out so she put her speakers on her floor pointing straight down and blared them at full volume. The instant it started I leapt up in outrage at her audacity but after a few seconds I realized... I really, really like this song. So I give it one song and as it's winding down I prepare my outrage once again, only to be choked off when the next song is also a perennial favorite. I didn't even bother getting upset before realizing that I liked the third song, too. She stopped at midnight when she was legally required to, and apparently realized she wasn't getting much "bang" for her buck as far as irritating me/effort on her part, so she didn't try it any more."

Some people shouldn't be pet owners!

The_Axem_Ranger:

"His dog went through our trash, and got sick. Dog ended up needing to go to the vet and told me when he bumped into me at my old job. "Yeah it was like 5 grand to get her back to health. You're lucky I don't bill you guys" Mind you this guy let his dog go through everyones yard and shit wherever it wanted, it's not like the dog escaped, he just willingly didn't care.

Last time I saw him the cops were in his driveway with an apparent domestic incident."

Who... keeps a weapon in a shared space...

Sharkey_B:

"Yelled at me for entering a shared garage to get some of our stuff. He later claimed I was after his gun, which was stored in a gun locker with a lock, that only he had the key for. He was in his 60's or 70's at the time. He died last year, though."

A bullet point list

Zamboniqueen:

  • "Screamed obscenities through the wall at my children because they were “talking too loudly” in the middle of the day.
  • Screamed at us through the walls in the middle of the night so we could “see how it felt to be disturbed.”
  • Regularly dumped his old food out of his bathroom window into our shared backyard. Rodent infestation took place shortly thereafter.
  • Stopped paying rent to our landlord because he felt that the landlord should have warned him that he might be able to hear his neighbors.
  • Dumped his trash on our shared front porch.

Landlord did not renew his lease. Took him to court, got his unpaid rent money back plus additional payment for damages to the apartment. It was a glorious vindication."

What a NIGHTMARE

UnderBlackWings:

"Ahhhhhhh! Please allow me to vent because I am in the throes of this b.s. at the moment.

First, they have 4 mini-Dachsunds that never shut.the.fuck.up. I cannot even open my backdoor without these little dogs going off, and they just leave their dogs outside all day. I enjoy sitting outside on a nice day and reading, but nope, I can't concentrate over the ear-splitting constant yapping. Now, I am a dog person, I own dogs and love dogs, but this complete lack of consideration is mind-boggling.

Second, they rent (and I own), but the crazy-ass wife told me she owns a 3' strip of my property and they'll be moving the fence over. I don't have a huge yard, 3' is a lot of space, and did I mention THEY RENT. I brought out my survey to say "No, you don't own it and no, you aren't going to be moving the fence," and she continued to say that they had their own survey but refused to show it to me.

Third, they seem to think it's no big deal if they come into my yard. I came home from work to find they'd moved their water drainage into my backyard.

They complain about my tree and asked me to cut it down. I said no. They put their garbage cans in my driveway. I've witnessed the wife empty her vacuum cleaner in my driveway. She has blown piles of leaves that haven't even come from my tree into my driveway. Even after I put locks on my gate, she climbed up on a ladder, LEANED OVER THE FENCE, and leaf blew all the leaves IN MY YARD AND THAT WERE ALREADY IN PILES all over my yard. After that, I put up cameras and have future plans to press charges for trespassing the next time this crazy bitch pulls another stunt.

She accused me of calling the police about her daughter's illegal car (I didn't), and putting up a note complaining about her garbage (I didn't). She has called the health department multiple times on me for my grass being too long (it wasn't and the health department did not cite me).

Listen, all I want to do when I come home after a day at work is hang out with my dogs and not fucking talk to anyone or deal with any shit. I don't know what to do about her. It's like all these little things she does that toe the line at illegal and I feel like if I call the police they're just going to look at it as a petty neighbor squabble instead of harassment."

The screenshot makes this hilarious

Durania:

"It started by letting her kids and animals run wild in my back yard. So, I dropped $5k on a 6' privacy fence that my father-in-law and I built. Then she had her water turned off for lack of payment and began pooping in plastic bags and throwing them over my fence. When confronted about it, she kindly denied and then took to social media. I called the landlord and had an eviction notice served the next day."

The screenshot makes this hilariousDurania on Reddit

People get very passionate about parking

deathtastic:

"Got his cop buddies to come put stickers on our cars claiming they were illegally parked so we had to move them so he would have room for his guests to park.

I bought a corner lot in a newer subdivision so i have curb and sidewalk on two sides of my property. The side of my house has plenty of room for parking which i sometimes use, my stepson uses, and sometimes the other neighbors i like use. New neighbor bought a house on the other side of the street from my side, and doesn't have a lot of street parking for his lot. He claims that the parking on my side of the road is his because it is across the street from his house.

When confronted about the fact that it is just parking and no way belongs to him, me or anybody he told us he knows people in the police department that can take care of this. He also picked this time to scream pretty specific mean things about all his new neighbors and how each one was shitty like he is watching us."

Both are completely bizarre

JohnHW97:

"one of them was a cowboy builder who even conned his elderly nextdoor neighbours into getting their roof done for £10,000 even though their tiles were almost brand new, he then took all their tiles to re-tile his roof for free and put about 10% of his old crappy tiles on their roof then abandoned the project completely, don't worry though we got him arrested and he had to sell his house to pay back his victims although the cost of his house didn't even come close to covering the full costs

another neighbour would stand in his back garden really early in the morning then start shooting local birds with a crossbow when they woke up and he put the bodies in regular bin bags and left them in the street where foxes ripped them open and dragged dead birds all over the place, now we have no songbirds in the area"

That's an alarmingly specific weapon

Taleya:

"Picked a fight with our 70 year old indian neighbour. Like, an actual physical fight. Fuckstick is in his 30's. Indian neighbour has seen waaay too much bullshit in his life to tolerate any more and hit him with a nectarine tree in a pot.

EDIT: yes the tree is ok. Hilariously, he actually gifted it to me last weekend after I helped him do a bunch of trellis work (we're both keen food gardeners). I haven't been able to look at it without cracking the fuck up."

Rachel