My Neighbors Are Awful (I Can't Sleep)

[Jackie Daytona]

Do you have bad neighbors? Leave a comment. I got ya'all beat though.

3-4 years ago I moved to a new neighborhood. I dislike all of them. To protect identities (and myself) I'll be assigning numbers to these people.

Some of these complaints will seem unreasonable. Until you understand that I spent YEARS working night jobs. Which make it very hard for me to sleep at night. And my neighbors? They make it impossible to sleep during the day. I'm so tired.

Neighbor 1
Has endless woodworking projects. Opens his garage, and moves his saw table to the entrance. This creates an amphitheater. Which blasts my house with a high-pitched sound. He'll do this FOR HOURS. He's doing it right now as I type this.

He also setup (and purchased) a drum set for his son. Which he decided to put in the garage. (Never mind the spare car they don't use is parked outside. Because what is a garage for if not for junk?) And they also open the door each time they play the drums. Because I guess they want me to hear clearly how bad their son is at playing. Dude could not keep time if he strapped a watch to his ear.

Oh, and they have non-stop guests. Which park in places that block me from backing out of my own driveway. And make noise. Because they leave their car running. And stand around talking outside. All of which drives my dog crazy.

Neighbor 2
Some old guy. 70+. Stares at me. Literally comes out of his house and stares at me. Every time he sees or hears me outside. It's like he spends the whole day looking out the window. (Seriously, it was 4 a.m. and my dog randomly barked at a guy going past. This dude turned on all his lights, opened his door, and stared at me from his doorway.)

Why? I've no idea. I tried confronting him and he ran inside his home. All I know is my dog won't take a dump with someone staring at him.

He also obsesses over his lawn. Mowing even when there is barely any grass growth. Even during droughts. And he'll go over the same section multiple times. It takes him an hour to mow a section that is roughly 8'x10'.

Autumn is the worst. He has one of those backpack leafblowers. I heard him holding it down at full blast for over 20 seconds. I looked out the window. Dude is staring at a SINGLE LEAF on his lawn. It's stuck. And he spends MINUTES blasting this high-pitched machine at ONE LEAF. Unlike the leaf, I was blown away.

Neighbor 3
Has never heard of a condom. He has a ton of kids. Which scream. Endlessly.

That could be forgivable. Kids are rough. Being a parent isn't easy. But your kids really shouldn't be keeping me up at 10:30 p.m. because you're having a party. A week away from the last party you had. And I couldn't sleep then, either!

One of their dogs escaped from their back yard. I tried to wrangle it. The dog was insanely aggressive, and starving. There was nothing I could do.

Also, owns a chainsaw. Spends hours cutting wood. Sometimes all day. Where did all the wood come from? I don't know. But he sure has a lot of it to cut.

Also sets off fireworks on random evenings.

Neighbor 4
Grandparents of some kids. Which get dumped on them every weekend. They are completely out of control. All they do is scream, squeal, shout, or talk loudly. Non-stop. From 10 a.m. to dusk. They very literally spend all their time in the back yard. Which is just outside my bedroom. It's a nightmare.

Neighbor 5
Old lady that puts her cat out at random. Climbed up on my car. (Multiple times!) Scratched the paint. Then had the nerve to ask me for a favor. Nope!

Neighbor 6
He's a pretty good guy. Except that he uses a high-pitched mini chainsaw to cut small branches into exact 1.5 ft lengths. And will spend hours doing so. For days. I dread the next windstorm.

Neighbor 7
Installed a super-bright porch light, and aimed it at my house.

Neighbor 8
Two doors down. Brings his dog to my yard to take dumps. Sometimes he cleans it, sometimes he doesn't. Why can't this bozo walk in his own yard?

Neighbor 9
Retired cop. Smokes a cigar at midnight. Why would he do this? Beats me. All I know is that he stares at me.

Neighbor 10
Lives a good distance away. Has shooting practice in the evening. At complete random. Throughout the year.

Neighbors X
Then there are these people that are outside between 12 a.m. and 4 a.m. People riding bikes around town. There's quite a few. I don't know what's going on around here. It's weird.

Not Neighbors
There are owls, random animals, and other birds that make it impossible to sleep at night. As they constantly make annoying noises. With no rhythm.

Randos
For reasons unknown, lots of people throw their trash in my yard. It happens multiple times per week.
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This place was perfectly fine when I moved in. Now? It's intolerable.

All my other options are far more expensive. I don't know what to do.

[𝔈𝔩𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔬]

Sounds like you need a first shift job.

[craigsters]

https://youtu.be/FhAJnx5uwUU?si=cG40ZOYJMi-_RzQ7

[JD]

It seems like every town in the world has the same type of neighbors you have.
Me? I own no pets. I am single, not dating, and not interested. I bring no guests over.
I have no kids, so I am alone all the time. I am very quiet.
Oh my ... I am the perfect neighbor.

Update: Do what I did. Move to another country or state. Best decision I made.

[saranacX]

This post makes me glad I live in the quiet country and sleep at night.

[🆂🅾🅻🅸🅳🆄🆂 🆂🅽🅰🅺🅴]

TL;DR. Lot of people here seem to think Steam is their personal blog.

[Good Night Owl]

If you're walking through life, and you meet this one guy, and you're like "Man this guy is an A-hole". Alright, that guy is an A-hole.

But if you're going through life, and you're like "Man, EVERYONE is an A-hole", then you're the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

Just something to consider. You seem to have a problem with ALL your neighbors. Not just one or two.

[GunsForBucks]

I'm not too bad off with neighbors

Only one I can't really trust to not borrow stuff without asking first, or ever.

Had a couple of bright light issues. One I just put a 4x4 up and lay some lattice on it to break it up. The other one moved out and the new people have it better positioned and triggered.

Guy down the street has a drum set but I don't hear it unless I walk down that way.

Guy next door redoing his house but that is soon to be over, couple more weeks of tile saw.

I would suggest sleeping at night. Get fan or dehumidifier to create white noise to block out the wild animals. You can't really complain about daytime noise honestly, that is when people do stuff.

[76561199723811215]

You have writing skills. Make it sound funny. But I can imagine it to be actually pretty bad. Especially that old lady who keeps climbing on your car.

[Angel]

Hate to say it but if there's one person complaining about ten+ neighbours, it probably isn't the neighbours at fault but the fault of the one who is judgemental.

[Good Night Owl]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Angel:

Hate to say it but if there's one person complaining about ten+ neighbours, it probably isn't the neighbours at fault but the fault of the one who is judgemental.

Yeah, that's what I was saying, although my word choice was horrendous.

[Poyzo]

Your neighbors are not the problem.

[Painkilleruk]

its all fair with neighbours
my neighbour gets drunk and sings karaoke very badly at 3am
im a bad neighbour between surround sound systems, guitar playing and having loud sex all hours.

[replika]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Jackie Daytona:

Do you have bad neighbors? Leave a comment. I got ya'all beat though.

3-4 years ago I moved to a new neighborhood. I dislike all of them. To protect identities (and myself) I'll be assigning numbers to these people.

Some of these complaints will seem unreasonable. Until you understand that I spent YEARS working night jobs. Which make it very hard for me to sleep at night. And my neighbors? They make it impossible to sleep during the day. I'm so tired.

Neighbor 1
Has endless woodworking projects. Opens his garage, and moves his saw table to the entrance. This creates an amphitheater. Which blasts my house with a high-pitched sound. He'll do this FOR HOURS. He's doing it right now as I type this.

He also setup (and purchased) a drum set for his son. Which he decided to put in the garage. (Never mind the spare car they don't use is parked outside. Because what is a garage for if not for junk?) And they also open the door each time they play the drums. Because I guess they want me to hear clearly how bad their son is at playing. Dude could not keep time if he strapped a watch to his ear.

Oh, and they have non-stop guests. Which park in places that block me from backing out of my own driveway. And make noise. Because they leave their car running. And stand around talking outside. All of which drives my dog crazy.

Neighbor 2
Some old guy. 70+. Stares at me. Literally comes out of his house and stares at me. Every time he sees or hears me outside. It's like he spends the whole day looking out the window. (Seriously, it was 4 a.m. and my dog randomly barked at a guy going past. This dude turned on all his lights, opened his door, and stared at me from his doorway.)

Why? I've no idea. I tried confronting him and he ran inside his home. All I know is my dog won't take a dump with someone staring at him.

He also obsesses over his lawn. Mowing even when there is barely any grass growth. Even during droughts. And he'll go over the same section multiple times. It takes him an hour to mow a section that is roughly 8'x10'.

Autumn is the worst. He has one of those backpack leafblowers. I heard him holding it down at full blast for over 20 seconds. I looked out the window. Dude is staring at a SINGLE LEAF on his lawn. It's stuck. And he spends MINUTES blasting this high-pitched machine at ONE LEAF. Unlike the leaf, I was blown away.

Neighbor 3
Has never heard of a condom. He has a ton of kids. Which scream. Endlessly.

That could be forgivable. Kids are rough. Being a parent isn't easy. But your kids really shouldn't be keeping me up at 10:30 p.m. because you're having a party. A week away from the last party you had. And I couldn't sleep then, either!

One of their dogs escaped from their back yard. I tried to wrangle it. The dog was insanely aggressive, and starving. There was nothing I could do.

Also, owns a chainsaw. Spends hours cutting wood. Sometimes all day. Where did all the wood come from? I don't know. But he sure has a lot of it to cut.

Also sets off fireworks on random evenings.

Neighbor 4
Grandparents of some kids. Which get dumped on them every weekend. They are completely out of control. All they do is scream, squeal, shout, or talk loudly. Non-stop. From 10 a.m. to dusk. They very literally spend all their time in the back yard. Which is just outside my bedroom. It's a nightmare.

Neighbor 5
Old lady that puts her cat out at random. Climbed up on my car. (Multiple times!) Scratched the paint. Then had the nerve to ask me for a favor. Nope!

Neighbor 6
He's a pretty good guy. Except that he uses a high-pitched mini chainsaw to cut small branches into exact 1.5 ft lengths. And will spend hours doing so. For days. I dread the next windstorm.

Neighbor 7
Installed a super-bright porch light, and aimed it at my house.

Neighbor 8
Two doors down. Brings his dog to my yard to take dumps. Sometimes he cleans it, sometimes he doesn't. Why can't this bozo walk in his own yard?

Neighbor 9
Retired cop. Smokes a cigar at midnight. Why would he do this? Beats me. All I know is that he stares at me.

Neighbor 10
Lives a good distance away. Has shooting practice in the evening. At complete random. Throughout the year.

Neighbors X
Then there are these people that are outside between 12 a.m. and 4 a.m. People riding bikes around town. There's quite a few. I don't know what's going on around here. It's weird.

Not Neighbors
There are owls, random animals, and other birds that make it impossible to sleep at night. As they constantly make annoying noises. With no rhythm.

Randos
For reasons unknown, lots of people throw their trash in my yard. It happens multiple times per week.
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This place was perfectly fine when I moved in. Now? It's intolerable.

All my other options are far more expensive. I don't know what to do.

be glad you aren’t my neighbor, I have band rehearsal every Saturday, for hours.

[ArgentAbendAzure]

Try to find a way to reduce the effects of the noise, or work on moving.
Earplugs, like Hearos, or Mack's for day sleeping. Buy a white noise machine to play in your bedroom too.
If the neighbor's dog poops in your yard get a shovel and carry it back to his yard.
Not your dog. Not your poop.

[Apollo702]

1 word:

Realtor.