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My wife and I used to live next door to a couple who drove us crazy. Their dog barked in their backyard all the time. They had the shades of the windows facing our home wide open at night, forcing us to close ours for privacy. I tried to reach a compromise with them, but they just wouldn't listen. ("We should be free to do whatever we want to with our own curtains and blinds.")
We eventually had enough of them and moved.
We eventually had enough of them and moved.
Hey だいはど, I just read your post and I'm curious. I think I must be missing something, because it seems like your neighbour was entirely right about the curtains.
If you've both got your curtains open, presumably you can both see into each other's houses. So if it bothered you but not them, why should they be the ones to close theirs?
If you've both got your curtains open, presumably you can both see into each other's houses. So if it bothered you but not them, why should they be the ones to close theirs?
スティー,
That's the compromise I tried to reach with them. I proposed that we would be considerate to each other by us closing shades for certain windows and them closing some of theirs so we could both enjoy some evening/night view while protecting privacy.
Sure, they may not care one way or the other, but we all live in a community and I personally believe we should try to help one another live together comfortably. That's the gist of what I discussed with them, which unfortunately didn't go anywhere.
That's the compromise I tried to reach with them. I proposed that we would be considerate to each other by us closing shades for certain windows and them closing some of theirs so we could both enjoy some evening/night view while protecting privacy.
Sure, they may not care one way or the other, but we all live in a community and I personally believe we should try to help one another live together comfortably. That's the gist of what I discussed with them, which unfortunately didn't go anywhere.
Ahh, I see. Yeah, it's a shame when people are self-centered like that.
I've got two windows in my bedroom, and with the one facing the neighbours' house, I haven't opened the curtains in about five years! But from another room of the house I've noticed that with their window facing my room, neither have they!!
Although I think it's probably the case that we're both preserving our own privacy rather than considering the other. :P
I've got two windows in my bedroom, and with the one facing the neighbours' house, I haven't opened the curtains in about five years! But from another room of the house I've noticed that with their window facing my room, neither have they!!
Although I think it's probably the case that we're both preserving our own privacy rather than considering the other. :P
Hmm.. as far as i'm concerned, people can look in all they want, they'll never see nowt.. All our windows has a slightly mirrored look. Helps keep those praying eyes out and warmth in 
I guess this story would make me the bad neighbour?? No?
Once upon a time, I had a neighbour who'd used to park their car/van in our drive-way, whenever they pleased, for the first few time... we didn't know who's vehicle it was and it bugged the hell out of us. Often they would obstruct our right of way and no-one ever asked for permission, after about a year of free-loading, I learnt about domestic laws and your rights to things 'dumped' on your private property.
Since my home is free hold and solely owned, the whole property including it's grounds is considered private property, for anyone to dump one's possessions on the grounds, would be considered trespassing on private property/illegal dumping... that in itself was a offence.
One afternoon, I took a pick-axe to their treasured E class Benz and painstakingly smashed the hell out of it. shard and ripped off all the panels, shattered all the glass, including the one covering the dials on the dashboard - sure it might be vandalism on a grand scale.. but it's 'unwanted and dumped'. With all the noise they finally come to see what's going on.. and they called the police for assistance. However, UK police won't inter fear with domestic affairs on private property, especially when no other person is involved. Instead, they just stood at the perimeter and watched. My neighbours were completely shocked and amazed that the police did nothing.
Weeks later, i believe they tried to recover damages to their car under vandalism protection but it didn't wash. The claim failed once the insurance company checked for a crime record, local police said probably explained their vehicle was illegal parked or dumped on private property.
Now, they don't come near our property... and all my clients can come and go without being obstructed. It's great!
I guess this story would make me the bad neighbour?? No?
Once upon a time, I had a neighbour who'd used to park their car/van in our drive-way, whenever they pleased, for the first few time... we didn't know who's vehicle it was and it bugged the hell out of us. Often they would obstruct our right of way and no-one ever asked for permission, after about a year of free-loading, I learnt about domestic laws and your rights to things 'dumped' on your private property.
Since my home is free hold and solely owned, the whole property including it's grounds is considered private property, for anyone to dump one's possessions on the grounds, would be considered trespassing on private property/illegal dumping... that in itself was a offence.
One afternoon, I took a pick-axe to their treasured E class Benz and painstakingly smashed the hell out of it. shard and ripped off all the panels, shattered all the glass, including the one covering the dials on the dashboard - sure it might be vandalism on a grand scale.. but it's 'unwanted and dumped'. With all the noise they finally come to see what's going on.. and they called the police for assistance. However, UK police won't inter fear with domestic affairs on private property, especially when no other person is involved. Instead, they just stood at the perimeter and watched. My neighbours were completely shocked and amazed that the police did nothing.
Weeks later, i believe they tried to recover damages to their car under vandalism protection but it didn't wash. The claim failed once the insurance company checked for a crime record, local police said probably explained their vehicle was illegal parked or dumped on private property.
Now, they don't come near our property... and all my clients can come and go without being obstructed. It's great!
When I was in college my roommate and I lived next door to a guy who decided to get rid of his stress by screaming in his apartment and throwing things around. He did this like 3 times a week. My roommate and I didn't know about this at the time. We just heard the yelling and the wall being hit. So we called the apartment security because we were scared. The guy told us and the security that's how he "relaxed."
My last year in Japan I lived in an apartment that had a thin walls and ceiling. I could hear my neighbor arguing with his girlfriend, and I could hear the music from the guy upstairs. And my landlady (who lived in the house beside the apartment) was a total nut and pushy! When I first moved into my apartment, I wasn't used to the garbage system and put out the garbage out on the wrong day. The landlady scolded me about it...in the middle of Family Mart.
She would check up on me at random times (like early in the morning or late at night) and want to use me for English practice, or to try to get gossip from me about the the other foreign people that lived in the apartment building. We got into a big argument over some furniture before I left Japan. I'd told her that some people were coming to get it but she kept insisting that I call the large garbage disposal people to get it (which would have cost at least 30,000 yen). My friend was coming from Yokohama and were already on their way. In fact, the landlady had talked to my friend, so she knew he were coming. I had to leave for the airport and couldn't meet with my friends before they arrived. When I got back to the states, I get an email from my friends saying the landlady told them not to come because she had call the disposal people to get the furniture. 
And a few months later, I get a receipt from her and an explanation about why I wasn't getting my security deposit back (because she's used to have the apartment cleaned...paying for the furniture disposal).
My last year in Japan I lived in an apartment that had a thin walls and ceiling. I could hear my neighbor arguing with his girlfriend, and I could hear the music from the guy upstairs. And my landlady (who lived in the house beside the apartment) was a total nut and pushy! When I first moved into my apartment, I wasn't used to the garbage system and put out the garbage out on the wrong day. The landlady scolded me about it...in the middle of Family Mart.
She would check up on me at random times (like early in the morning or late at night) and want to use me for English practice, or to try to get gossip from me about the the other foreign people that lived in the apartment building. We got into a big argument over some furniture before I left Japan. I'd told her that some people were coming to get it but she kept insisting that I call the large garbage disposal people to get it (which would have cost at least 30,000 yen). My friend was coming from Yokohama and were already on their way. In fact, the landlady had talked to my friend, so she knew he were coming. I had to leave for the airport and couldn't meet with my friends before they arrived. When I got back to the states, I get an email from my friends saying the landlady told them not to come because she had call the disposal people to get the furniture. And a few months later, I get a receipt from her and an explanation about why I wasn't getting my security deposit back (because she's used to have the apartment cleaned...paying for the furniture disposal).
I am still living with crazy family. (above me.)
Making noises, banging walls, slamming doors, jumping around and screaming all the time. The worst thing with this family is that the wife plays piano from 8 am in the morning on Saturday and Sunday. She cannot play it well.... so..... it is nightmare. She plays it 4-5 times a day. Each time, about 1 hr.
I have told to our landload to ask them to keep the volume down or stop making noises but they say "How do you know that is us?".... I have not used any special tools to check the noise or anything but it is too obvious that it is them since nobody lives next to their room. (both side of thier place is vacant....)
Anyways, I cannot move out from my room at this point, so all I can do is just endure it.... It is crazy...
Making noises, banging walls, slamming doors, jumping around and screaming all the time. The worst thing with this family is that the wife plays piano from 8 am in the morning on Saturday and Sunday. She cannot play it well.... so..... it is nightmare. She plays it 4-5 times a day. Each time, about 1 hr.
I have told to our landload to ask them to keep the volume down or stop making noises but they say "How do you know that is us?".... I have not used any special tools to check the noise or anything but it is too obvious that it is them since nobody lives next to their room. (both side of thier place is vacant....)
Anyways, I cannot move out from my room at this point, so all I can do is just endure it.... It is crazy...
Yeah, a 'flat' is an apartment that takes up one whole floor of a building, and the people you share them with are 'flatmates'. We also apply that to people who we share apartments with though because 'apartmentmate' would just sound silly, and 'roommate' sounds to us like you sleep in the same room.
I had a flatmate-from-hell last year, but it's not even a funny story. She used to keep me awake most nights with music and... other noises... and she was really messy. Instead of washing up, she'd use every cup and plate she owned... and then use every cup and plate *I* owned (in fact, most of the time she'd use my stuff first), by which point I'd be forced to do all our washing up 'cos I couldn't live in such a mess.
A couple of times she left food out (stuff like eggs and mayonnaise) while she went away for days without telling me, made the whole apartment stink like hell.
That, and much more. I'm not gonna interfere with my memory repression on the subject.
I had a flatmate-from-hell last year, but it's not even a funny story. She used to keep me awake most nights with music and... other noises... and she was really messy. Instead of washing up, she'd use every cup and plate she owned... and then use every cup and plate *I* owned (in fact, most of the time she'd use my stuff first), by which point I'd be forced to do all our washing up 'cos I couldn't live in such a mess.
A couple of times she left food out (stuff like eggs and mayonnaise) while she went away for days without telling me, made the whole apartment stink like hell.
That, and much more. I'm not gonna interfere with my memory repression on the subject.
When I lived in a small apartment (now a parking lot) in Ibaraki, there
was a strange woman who lived next door. She appeared to live alone,
but once in a while a man would stop by. They would then play
"husband and wife" for a few hours. Meaning, they would argue. Loudly.
Finally, I set up my stereo and recorded them. Then I put my speakers
up against the wall and played it back LOUDLY. This, unfortunately,
did not seem to phase them much...
A couple of doors down, a man tried to burn the building down by
turning on the bath, getting drunk, and passing out. This was in the
days when baths didn't have thermostats--you just turn on the gas
until the water is hot enough for you. It took several MINUTES of
yelling and banging on his front door to wake the man up, after which
his door flew open with a cloud of steam.
He was pretty freaked out,
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No, not because of the boiling bath, but because a gaijin was banging
on his door in the middle of the night.
was a strange woman who lived next door. She appeared to live alone,
but once in a while a man would stop by. They would then play
"husband and wife" for a few hours. Meaning, they would argue. Loudly.
Finally, I set up my stereo and recorded them. Then I put my speakers
up against the wall and played it back LOUDLY. This, unfortunately,
did not seem to phase them much...
A couple of doors down, a man tried to burn the building down by
turning on the bath, getting drunk, and passing out. This was in the
days when baths didn't have thermostats--you just turn on the gas
until the water is hot enough for you. It took several MINUTES of
yelling and banging on his front door to wake the man up, after which
his door flew open with a cloud of steam.
He was pretty freaked out,
.
.
.
No, not because of the boiling bath, but because a gaijin was banging
on his door in the middle of the night.
Both of my next-door neighbors and neighbor upstairs can be incredibly inconsiderate. The girl on one side will watch television at an insane volume late at night. It hasn't been so bad this past week since I talked to her about it, but why do you need it that bad in the first place? The girls on the other side sounded like they had parties every night until one girl dropped out of school and moved back home (gee, if you are partying all night every night, no wonder you found college "too hard."). Now it's really quiet over there. The person upstairs constantly bounces a basketball when they're bored. It's to the point to where the whole floor can her them. People have complained, but they still bounce the ball. I wish someone would sneak into their place and pop the damn thing.
wow! The mercedes story was amazing! I'd love to smash up something that expensive once in my life and not pay for it 
Sadly, I don't have any annoying neighbour stories... At the moment I live in a dorm at university so loud noises are pretty much inevitable.
It's not a neighbour story but last month some random people came into the shared kitchen and vandalised it spraying the fire extinguisher everywhere and now the 6 of us who share the kitchen have to pay for rebuilding it
And if I had annoying neighbours I would probably threaten them or punch them because I get angry easily
Sadly, I don't have any annoying neighbour stories... At the moment I live in a dorm at university so loud noises are pretty much inevitable.
It's not a neighbour story but last month some random people came into the shared kitchen and vandalised it spraying the fire extinguisher everywhere and now the 6 of us who share the kitchen have to pay for rebuilding it
And if I had annoying neighbours I would probably threaten them or punch them because I get angry easily
Do roommates count as neighbors? For one semester, I lived with some jocks who liked to decorate the walls with empty beer boxes and keep the air conditioning at 18℃. Another one had an electric guitar and a very loud amp, but only knew the first 4 measures of "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple... which he played over and over and over...
Actually, it was more like 62-63 degrees. This may sound weird, but I prefer temps in the upper 70's - even in summer time. One time, I woke up with chills and turned the AC to 70... and they bitched about it saying that they were waking up sweating! What a bunch of pansies... Football players who ran around in 100 degree Texas heat and they were sweating at 70...
>論
Only 62-63°F...perhaps you should of whacked it up to 104°F, leave a large pan of a water laying about making it more humid, then it would been fun to watch.
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Me, I love the summer!! Kinda looking forward to spending my summer here!!
Think it's gonna be scorchingly warm with no a/c though...
Only 62-63°F...perhaps you should of whacked it up to 104°F, leave a large pan of a water laying about making it more humid, then it would been fun to watch.
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Me, I love the summer!! Kinda looking forward to spending my summer here!!
Think it's gonna be scorchingly warm with no a/c though...
>ほんま
Hahaha! Yeah... I should have thought of that.
Actually that sounds like what it was like when I lived in Philippines (with no AC). They have 2 seasons in Phils: "Hot & wet" and "Hot & dry".
Not like Texas... we have 4 seasons:
"Summer", "Still Summer", "When the f*** is summer going to end?", and "Fall"
Hahaha! Yeah... I should have thought of that.
Actually that sounds like what it was like when I lived in Philippines (with no AC). They have 2 seasons in Phils: "Hot & wet" and "Hot & dry".
Not like Texas... we have 4 seasons:
"Summer", "Still Summer", "When the f*** is summer going to end?", and "Fall"
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