Inconsiderate Neighbours Shit Me!
There are lots of things neighbours can do, little things, easy things, that make you think how fortunate you are to have them as a neighbour. And because you feel that way about them, if they needed some assistance from you, you’d gladly agree to help. Maybe to collect their mail while they’re on vacation, put their garbage out, you might even mow their lawn so their yard looks nice when they return. They didn’t ask you to do that, so they are really surprised, very appreciative and then become even better neighbours.
This is good stuff, consideration like this creates great relationships and both sides benefit greatly. I have a neighbour like this, he’s brilliant, as is his wife, they help me when ever I ask and I’ve been able to help them a couple of times too.
Then there are the inconsiderate prick neighbours who deserve a foot up the arse and a turd in a paper bag on fire on their front door step. And maybe another turd in their letterbox.
My over-the-back-fence neighbour shits me in two main ways.
1. His son likes sport, not that that bothers me, but he kicks out in their tennis court and kicks his ball against the fence. It’s really fucking loud and because it’s a tennis court they’ve got big lights and they let him do this at 1000pm at night sometimes. now it’s rare I go to bed that early but I think the little prick notcies I have gone to bed and decides to have a kick. He also seems to be able to detect when I’ve gone for an afternoon nap and start kicking 30 minutes after I’ve fallen asleep. The parents shouldn’t allow this, should they?
2. Their fucking dogs bark at possums and the owners don’t seem to give a shit. Do they wake up from the barking too and just roll over or do they stick ear plugs in? How long should dogs be allowed to park constantly before you consider your neighbours and maybe step out into your yard and tell them to shut up, or better still, let them inside so that if they do bark they’re not going to disturb your neighbours as much. I’d say 30 minutes maximum before you take action to shut your dogs up, and I’m talking in the middle of the night.
Last night they started at 130am, you can get a sample here, it was recorded at about 215am. The little shit machines didn’t stop until 300am.
I’m thinking next time I get up and go around and ring their front door bell, they have one of those bells at the front gate, so I figure I can dress in black, pull the beanie over my face and ring the bell and run away. Not sure if they have security cameras so that’s why I’m doing the face cover up. Would this action be appropriate? Should I drop a note in their letter box, anonymously saying “shut ya fuckin dogs up”?
Or both?
Don.
Reader Comments
Might be worth checking with your local council about their noise bylaws. Even in my backward neck of the woods, you have grounds to complain to the council if the neighbours mutt barks for over 15 minutes during the silent hours. Thing is they actually follow up on the complaints too.
Yeah, thanks Mike, I might just check with the council. Most of the time it would not have bothered me as much but I had to be up earlier than usual and off to an appointment, I’ll check my rights all the same. Cheers.
i have moved in here at jurong west street 51 blk 504 for almost 2 years.was quite peacefully for the first and half year.Since my neighbour moved in i feel insecure and don’t have peace.They having manjong activity almost everydays on weekdays fixed on tues and thurs till late night.I suspect they play with money which is illegal in house.Where i saw many different kinds of people coming up to their house mostly men and this people looked liked gangsters looking into my house whenever they walked pass.Not only that,the bicycles at our level were stolen too.After half year recently,their flat got splashed with black paint recently and wall wrote their unit nos and phone nos with red wordings. Think they trying to hide themselves they did not involve in loan shark they reported to police.The wife was the worst,rude and proud in the family who actually stared at me and the other neighbour when we learned to know about this matter.Someone used a ink pen to write other nos there.They can actually tell the friend my unit numbers borrow $ from loan shark!!They are far too much!I hope the truth will be out one day of what a people they are and get their retribution one day for what they have done!
Sabby,
Thanks for visiting. Your problem with your neighbours sounds much wrse than my dog barking. I hope things imprve for you real soon.
Don.
Do what my husband does and yell “Shut that f**king dog up!” from the deck. It works – for the whole neighbourhood.
Good idea Rox, because someone else’s dog has started joining in now!
Don,ya i very headache to have such neighbour…
They kept a dog too. They have a dog but ran away from the house and can’t be found as they left the door wide open.These people are simply irresponsible and inconsiderate. Now got another new dog again whenever want to bring the dog out,the dog keeps screaming and barking..
Fortunately, the dogs in our neighbourhood are a fair distance off. But my next door neighbour is a crotchity old fart. The last time he had a go at me because an arbourist I had hired, to lop some trees around the house, had left a little pile of sawdust on the street in front of his house……
Later in the day (after a couple of beers !!), I knocked on his front door and when he answered I said to him that the arborist had asked me to give him (the neighbour) a message. I then gave him the finger, turned around and walked away……
That’s fantastic! We life on a shared block, two houses, one at the back and one at the front. The mains water taps are in our front yard. I turned off the water supply to what I thought was just our house. So I’m under the sink trying to fit the dishwasher hose and all of a sudden there’s water pissing out everywhere. The old codger out the back had decided to come into our front yard and turn the tap back on. What an arsehole. You’d think perhaps they’ve turned it off because they have a water emergency and you might knock on the door and check. The finger would have been very appropriate, I’ll keep that in mind for future events with him.