Woman annoyed by 'cheeky' neighbour's demand after cleaning her gutters for her
A woman is positively furious at her "rude" neighbour after going out of her way to do them a favour.
Everyone knows that it can be hard to get on well with your neighbours. So offering a friendly smile or help where needed, can always help keep peace between you and next door.
One woman thought she and her husband were being kind to their neighbouring resident, but were left baffled by her "demanding tone".
The woman anonymously took to Babycentre's forum to explain that she and her husband were cleaning out their gutters recently. The pair decided to clear out their neighbour's gutters too, but when some dirt splashed on their neighbour's window, she was left less than impressed.
The incident has left the woman worried about what to do, and how to approach her neighbour. "Am I being unreasonable?" she asked.
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Explaining what happened, the woman said: "We've spent the day cleaning our gutters out. As my husband was up the ladder, he noticed that next door's gutters were all full too; they run down into ours it made sense to do it all. He gave her a knock, explained, and she was fine with it.
"As much as you try and keep mess to a minimum it made her windows dirty. Out she comes - saying she hopes we're going to clean the mess afterwards in rather demanding tone.
"I had already arranged for my window cleaner to come tomorrow so I'll message him and ask to add her on, and I guess I'll have to pay."
The woman shared that her neighbour is "always pottering about" in her garden, washing her car, and cutting her grass. She added: "My question is, if someone is spending their Sunday cleaning out your gutter - regardless of if they intended on doing so or not - would you then demand they clean the windows to? These are downstairs windows so no ladder required to clean."
She continued: "She's a bit awkward once upset as I found out a few years back and it took ages for her to snap out of it. For a peaceful life I'll sort her windows, but is she being a cheeky cow or am I being unreasonable to think so?
"For full picture, neither her husband, adult son and teenage grandson that all live there offered to help with the gutters once we said we needed to do their side to."
A number of people reacted to the problem. While many agreed the couple were doing a good deed by clearing out their neighbour's gutters, others pointed out they should have kindly cleaned up the window mess too.
One individual said: "She's being rude. Sure, it's a bit annoying having your windows dirtied but you've done a huge favour clearing her guttering, I think I pay £25 to have mine done."
Another added: "I wouldn't let this happen again. I would have let them know that their gutters were full and left it at that. It could lead to extra expense or even a legal issue if their gutter was accidentally damaged or your husband fell off his ladder on their property.
"If they refuse to clean their gutter, have your husband put some mesh on your side to allow water through but not leaves and other crap. At least it would minimise it."
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One other wrote: "If I cleaned someone else's gutters and made a mess of their window I would clean it up without a shadow of a doubt. She didn't need to be rude though."
Another person commented: "You cleaned her gutters so they wouldn't block yours and made a mess whilst doing so - cleaning the windows is part of the gutter job in my opinion. She didn't need to be so rude about it all, but you weren't truly doing a favour because you did it for your own needs."
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