Alice | Brian |
We’ve been on good terms for ages. In fact, we were at school together, although we didn’t live here then. When I go away, I leave my key with them so that they can water the plants and feed the cat and dog. They’re always there if I need to borrow some sugar or milk and vice versa. We have occasional problems. Once they left the taps running and flooded their bathroom. The water ruined our walls. However, I’m grateful to have such neighbours and to have avoided the difficulties some people have. | They first moved in a couple of years ago. They’re not too bad really. The only thing is that they’re at college and we’re pensioners. However, although they’re students, they don’t seem to do any work. They’re normally quite considerate but sometimes I have to ask them to turn the stereo down. They’re quite happy to do so. In fact, they’re always respectful, which makes a change. I was even thinking about asking them to repair my computer. Young people know all about those things. |
Conrad | Doris |
We never had problems with our previous neighbours. This lot, though, made an awful mess in the yard. Part of the problem is their pets. I asked them politely to do something about them, but they just started abusing me. I’d never heard language like it before. I thought about calling the police until I managed to calm down. I doubt the law would have done anything. And after all that, one of them even had the nerve to ask me to lend him my bike. I told him to walk. | Looking back, it’s surprising they always used to say hello to us when we first knew them. They seemed decent enough at the time. Then, one day, they asked us to move our fence back a metre. They said we’d built on their property. Of course, we had done nothing of the kind. We had to go to court to settle everything. If only they had spoken to us about it beforehand. I’m sure that if we had worked together, we could have sorted everything out without all the trouble. |
Ella | Francis |
I’ve heard all those stories about neighbours from hell. My aunt lives next to people who play really loud techno music until three o’clock in the morning. What a nightmare! And there’s this guy at work whose neighbours throw their rubbish into everyone else’s gardens. We’ve been incredibly fortunate, though. The neighbours’ kids are always round our place. In fact, our sons share a birthday and last year we celebrated it jointly in the garden. They also help us fix things in the house. | When we moved in, we actually thought there was no one next door because it was so quiet and we never saw anyone. Vandals had even written graffiti on the wall and broken a window. It looked abandoned. Imagine how amazed we were when we discovered there was a couple living there. Apparently, they’ve both retired. Anyway, we haven’t even exchanged a single word with them. It’s such a shame, because a polite greeting and other good manners don’t cost anything. |
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