4 Different Neighbours and How to Deal with Each of Them

Back in the day everyone knew their neighbours. You’d either meet them when your child accidently kicked their ball over the fence or a housewife would knock on your door to borrow a cup of sugar. 

But it’s not the 1950’s anymore and people often spend years in their home without ever meeting their neighbours.

In some circumstances, you can consider yourself lucky! There are many strange, unusual and downright annoying neighbours out there, and you may come into contact with them if you live in a close knit community.

Living peacefully together can make all the difference in the world. Here’s some of the different neighbours you may come across and how to deal with them…

The Chaotic Home Dwellers. They may be friendly to you, but they never seem to keep their property in a decent state. Their lawn hasn’t been mowed in months and they have an old Volkswagen Beetle rusting in the front yard. Next time you may want to check your surroundings before moving in!

How to deal with them: Communicate!

The Notoriously Angry Neighbour. Many neighbours are not worth the trouble getting to know, although it is important to learn their boundaries so you don’t make them angrier!

How to deal with them: Some people will snap no matter what you do, so don’t let it worry you too much.

The Richer than you are Neighbours. You’ll try to keep up with them, but it’s not possible. They’ll have the perfectly trimmed hedges and the fancy car parked out front and what makes it worse is they’re doing nothing wrong!

How to deal with them: You’ll just have to learn to cope with these neighbours.

The Whackadoodle Next Door. These folks can make your life and those around you into a living hell. Some days they’ll accuse you of spying and other days they’ll warn you about the coming alien invasion.

How to deal with them: It’s not against the law to be crazy, but if they do harass you to a certain point you can call the police and press charges. If you ever feel threatened by your neighbours press the SOS button on the PatrolMan app (patrolman.co.za) and help will be summoned to your location immediately.

And if you don’t say something to your neighbour, why should they stop doing whatever they’re doing? If you do talk, a solution may just be forthcoming. After all, most people don’t want to be that neighbour.