06 August 2023 , 12:19
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Having consideration for your neighbours is really important, and it's polite to let them know if you're going to be doing something that will cause excessive amounts of noise, such as mowing your lawn whilst they have guests around. But what would you do if you suspected that those next door "hate" you and were trying to make your life as difficult as possible?
One person admitted that their "relationship is suffering" with their partner because of their next-door neighbour's antics, explaining what they would get up to to make them irate including only cutting the lawn when they're in the garden.
They took to Reddit's 'Neighbours from Hell' forum to explain that they "loved" the house they moved into, but the next-door neighbour for "some unknown reason hated" them - yet the former owner of the property made a point to tell them "he was a good man." But their experience living near him has been anything but pleasant.
They wrote: "If we have someone over and want to enjoy the summer weather, he comes outside and starts mowing his lawn next to the fence line, so we cannot hear our friends talking. He also uses his weed wacker right next to the fence if we are outside. He only cuts his lawn when we go into the back garden. What do you think? Oh, and his kids play basketball all day long during the summer. We cannot afford to move, unfortunately, but our relationship is suffering."
In the comments, people shared that there were sneaky ways they could get the upper hand to make the situation work in their favour. One wrote: "Be annoyingly friendly! Whenever he's out weed-whacking, lean over the fence and in a too-loud-but-not-quite-shouting volume say something like, 'Hey, HI! Great day for gardening, huh? Come over and have a beer!' He'll probably decline but persist with the small talk. Make it impossible for him to mow his lawn, or trim weeds because you're just so dang persistently FRIENDLY."
'I don't want children staying up late at weekends - I really need adult time'
"Start going outside all the time", someone suggested. "Have people over more often and start growing trees to block his noise." Another wrote: "Seems your social life at home is working his last nerve. I'm not there, so I'll hazard a few guesses along the way. The first: he hates the sound of chatter; some people lack the ability to tune out ambient noise. If this is the case, he most certainly is being a real a**hole."