'My parent's neighbours trespass in their garden, constantly antagonising them'
It makes life so much easier when you have a somewhat cordial relationship with your next-door neighbour. It means that you've got one less thing to worry about, and shows a mutual level of respect. But sometimes, it becomes impossible to rub along with them, and cracks can begin to show - especially if they continue to do something that you've explicitly asked them not to.
One resident was left seriously fuming on behalf of their parents when they became "scared" as " random people" would stroll through the backyard. They explained that it would be the neighbour, or their kids, retrieving a toy from their garden - but the person's parents were not too happy about this, asking them to go about it in a different way.
They were so distressed about the situation that they took to Reddit's 'Neighbours from Hell' forum stating that the neighbours refused to "control their kids." They wrote: "My parents have a neighbour (neighbour from hell), who, when they moved in had a shared fence with a gate that joined their backyards.
"My parents' living and dining rooms face the backyard, and me and my family and any other guests often would get scared by seeing random people strolling into our backyard. It turned out to be the neighbour, and sometimes their kids, retrieving a toy. It happened often enough that we asked them to have his kids or himself please come around the front and notify us/ask permission before entering my parents' backyard. It would only take an extra minute or two. He refused saying he 'doesn't see the point' and 'will not be doing that'."
But things got worse after that, and the neighbour walked into the yard to get a ball "beckoned his son to follow after" and then they "lingered" in the garden, "admiring" it. As a result of this incident, the original poster's parents installed a sign saying "no trespassing" in front of the gate, "blocking entry."
'I don't want children staying up late at weekends - I really need adult time'
They continued: "Things have gone downhill from there. When my parents, our family, or any friends are on the backyard patio relaxing, and the neighbour's kids are outside, they go out of their way to antagonise us. They poke their heads over the fence line or hide behind a bush near the fence line and scream when they hear us talking, then run away giggling. We can't even have uninterrupted conversations in the backyard anymore if the kids are also outside. We have security cameras so we have this all recorded. And this behavior only happens when we are outside."
They explained that their parents have had to upgrade to a six-foot privacy fence which is "100%" theirs and is "on their property" but said that their parents have been accused of "filming" them by the neighbours. They then told a recent tale about how the child next door was "knocking on the fence rapidly and running away."
"This culminated in an argument between my parents and the next-door neighbour, with the neighbour basically telling us there's nothing we can do about it and we need to get a life. One of his guests defended the kid saying 'He's only nine years old' and 'We're just trying to enjoy our family time' as if my parents aren't trying to enjoy family time either. They also filmed my parents during the entire encounter. Not really sure why, nothing outside a heated discussion happened."
They were left fuming as the next-door neighbour "doesn't care about his kid's behaviour but is also fully aware of it", which was concerning to them - and they were sick of being "bothered" by them.
In the comments, people were confused about the behaviour of the neighbours, but people offered their advice to help. Someone wrote: "Well, if this were me, I'd plant some tall, thick, and fast-growing bushes along the fence line to help with more privacy and to hopefully soften the sounds of your pesky neighbours.
"This will take time, but also, completely ignoring them when they are outside will cause them to get bored with your family. They are looking for ways to antagonise your family and really get off on it, so just have everyone go do their thing and ignore them no matter what outrageous thing they do. This will take time! Trust me, they are loving all the attention your family is giving them and they are quite pleased with disrupting your lives, so just pretend they don't exist."
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