When it comes to moving to a new neighbourhood, there can be trepidation over what your new neighbours are going to be like.
The saying may go 'love thy neighbour' but it can sometimes be completely impossible depending on their habits and behaviour.
Unfortunately this was the case for one mum who moved to what she thought was a nice area - however her neighbours' behaviour has left her thinking about moving away from the 'creepy' neighbourhood.
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Taking to Mumsnet's AIBU (Am I Being Unreasonable?) forum, the woman shared her story of her neighbours' 'concerning' behaviour: "I moved house about a year ago. It all seemed fine at first, even friendly. I got a new kitchen and all hell broke loose!
"The fitters were booked for three days - all the cabinets had been delivered a few days earlier. The old cabinets were taken out and put out of sight. The second morning a neighbour came to speak to me about having the old cabinets moved. The job was not complete yet so until all the waste was ready to be uplifted, the items were out of sight.
"The fitters were walking about but none of the neighbours spoke to them. On the last day I was going out and another neighbour (male) spoke to me very nastily and even threatened me about what would be done with the waste.
"I was nervous enough as I was heading to an hospital appointment. I told him not to threaten me. Two days after that the wife of the male spoke to me about speaking back to her husband. She can not see that a threatening male is not to be tolerated these days.
"She did not apologise for his behaviour. He is a weird person who thinks he has the right to decide who parks where etc. He is also seen creeping around after dark. He checks on the bins a lot. Just weird behaviour in my opinion. I will not tolerate any abusive men. The other woman seems to either do the bidding of this man and wife or perhaps she is just as weird.
"Currently they are blocking the car park to ensure that certain cars can only park in certain places. The weird man has even measured the width of each parking space.
"I have no idea what to do about all this. I thought I had moved to a nice area but this conduct really upsets me as it is just so weird. Weirdness is so difficult to understand. What is achieved by making people have to park further along or creeping about in the dark?
"I think I have landed in a place which seems to be inhabited by older people, even though it is not age specific buildings. There are no children here. Residents are over 70. There was one younger resident in her 20s but she moved away suddenly. The houses are mostly two bedrooms and some three bedrooms. It is strange to have about 70 houses and not one with any children.
"It is creeping me out the conduct that goes on here. A lot of houses have changed occupants recently - AIBU to think this is very strange."
Fellow Mumsnet users flocked to the comments section of the forum to share their opinions with the OP (original poster), with many agreeing that the man's behaviour was not just out of line, but also threatening.
"YANBU to be annoyed with this man. He’s out of order. YABU to assume all the other neighbours are the same just because they are old. Try making friends with some of the single women, you might find that you have some allies," advised one.
Another added: "Stand firm ,grey rock and a ring doorbell asap. Record everything they do. Communal garden or not unfortunately you won't hear the end from people like this. Record it all diary too etc."
However, after the OP shared that her garden was communal, some users didn't agree that her neighbour had been out of order.
"They sound unpleasant but leaving your old cabinets in a communal area for days isn't very neighbourly either. I can understand why your neighbours would be upset, particularly if you didn't give them a heads up about it," one wrote.
"Ah so you left it in a communal area! No wonder they were complaining! Really, you should have got rid of the rubbish straight away, or left it inside until you go to the tip," another user agreed.
What do you think? Were the neighbours of the OP out of line or is it her own doing due to leaving her rubbish in a communal space? Let us know in the comments.
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