Neighbors From HELL

[dbsmith]

You still have a mouse pad?

Who doesn't? My laser mouse is terribly accurate when used on the table, so I bought a mousepad.

 

[Airplanedoc]

Here are the crackheads up the street cleaning their their mom's gutters. This is was taken just before a US Marshall was sitting on the house for 2 weeks looking for her. She is the one on top of the chair, which is on top of the recycle bin

 

[Billy-Klubb]

Yeah. Coworker and i were just talking about it yesterday. Some episode where axel rose refused to play for a small crowd @ full throttle's neighboring competitor-- only to change his mind later that night and play for even less people (because most of them migrated over to full throttle).

the crappy building I lived in was the same building Goat Boy lived in. I knew that guy way before he had anything to do with the Full Throttle. my roommate & I were good friends with him & his wife. his apartment faced the street while ours faced the ally. we used to hang out there once & a while and I'd always end up trying to spit on the passers by. he & his wife used to own the bar where I met my wife. funny thing, I've never watched that show. I've seen enough of the drama there first hand and even got thrown out before.:rockin:

 

[b-boy]

Here are the crackheads up the street cleaning their their mom's gutters. This is was taken just before a US Marshall was sitting on the house for 2 weeks looking for her. She is the one on top of the chair, which is on top of the recycle bin

Hmm...Sold their ladder to buy crack?

 

[benco]

A few years back I bought a house in a semi- residential area. I have 3 acres, but I do have several neighbors. A buddy and I were riding around one day and he wanted to see it. It was about a week before I closed on it,we pulled in drive walked around the outside of house checking things out for a few minutes, then we left. A week later were moving in, my neighbor walks up, doesn't say hi or anything, she says is that your truck? I said yes, she says I saw it here about a week ago and I called the police on you! I said gee thanks! She didn't apologize or welcome me or offer to help a little! She turned around and walked home! What a bitch and still is most of the time.

 

[Airplanedoc]

Hmm...Sold their ladder to buy crack?

Probably I saw them get turned away from a title loan place once

 

[Airplanedoc]

Not really bad but really nosey

I had lived in my house about 3 years, one day I get a phone call claiming to be the lady across the street whom I had never seen or met, but understood to be old and in poor health. One of the other neighbors who I knew was her niece, who looked after her, and I frequently saw the niece or her husband go back and forth between houses. She was calling to ask if I had been aware there was a car pulled over in my drive the night before and the police had hauled the guy off and a tow truck took away the car in my drive about 12-1 am. I lived just off a main street so it could happen. I said no, I missed it. but they would have sure been surprised if I had come home from work in the middle of the thing. The lady replies, yes they would have, I noticed that you are now on dayshift. I had been on afternoons up until the Friday before.

A few days later I saw her nephew, and commented that I had had a call from his aunt and mentioned the conversation. He replied Oh yes, she knows every car that comes and goes in the neighborhood, and where they all go. You were really driving her nuts when you were working on your jeep and UPS or fedex was at your house once a week. Then you would open your garage door a couple feet, and she could see you in there, but not what you were doing. I told her you were rebuilding a car in there and it was really none of her business, but that didn't ease her worries.

I am actually pretty lucky, with 2 exceptions of the crackheads, and the stabbers, and they really don't live next to me. I have a great neighborhood. One of the neighbors has a huge yard, and a bonfire every friday where the good neighbors all swing by and socialize and have a beer when the weather is good.

 

[hoppyhoppyhippo]

I only have one story about bad neighbors. In my apartment I have neighbors on all 4 walls, I only ever hear the upstairs neighbors. The dude is abusive to his girlfriend but ignoring that since I assume he's never hit her just calls her all kinds of names. Also a chance he may have had more than one girlfriend I don't know.

Anyway he's also a really obnoxious Giants Fan, I found this out when he flipped out when they were eliminated by the Packers in 2010. Anyway aside from the occasional annoyances like him exercising and listening to the worst music possible, he's normally ok and I dont' complain too much, but last NFC Championship game I almost filed a noise complaint, because he took to stomping on his floor (my ceiling) chanting "eli" over and over again because the 49ers fans were chanting defense on the TV.

 

[b-boy]

Not really bad but really nosey

I had lived in my house about 3 years, one day I get a phone call claiming to be the lady across the street whom I had never seen or met, but understood to be old and in poor health. One of the other neighbors who I knew was her niece, who looked after her, and I frequently saw the niece or her husband go back and forth between houses. She was calling to ask if I had been aware there was a car pulled over in my drive the night before and the police had hauled the guy off and a tow truck took away the car in my drive about 12-1 am. I lived just off a main street so it could happen. I said no, I missed it. but they would have sure been surprised if I had come home from work in the middle of the thing. The lady replies, yes they would have, I noticed that you are now on dayshift. I had been on afternoons up until the Friday before.

A few days later I saw her nephew, and commented that I had had a call from his aunt and mentioned the conversation. He replied Oh yes, she knows every car that comes and goes in the neighborhood, and where they all go. You were really driving her nuts when you were working on your jeep and UPS or fedex was at your house once a week. Then you would open your garage door a couple feet, and she could see you in there, but not what you were doing. I told her you were rebuilding a car in there and it was really none of her business, but that didn't ease her worries.

I am actually pretty lucky, with 2 exceptions of the crackheads, and the stabbers, and they really don't live next to me. I have a great neighborhood. One of the neighbors has a huge yard, and a bonfire every friday where the good neighbors all swing by and socialize and have a beer when the weather is good.

When I was in high school we had an old lady like that living across the street. I got busted every time I got home late. I'd get dropped off in front of my house and I'd see her curtains moving. I swear she never slept! She'd blow me in to my mom the next day. When I got older I got to know her and she was actually pretty cool. Hated her when I was a teenager though.

One advantage - Your house will never get robbed.

 

[b-boy]

Anyway he's also a really obnoxious Giants Fan, I found this out when he flipped out when they were eliminated by the Packers in 2010. Anyway aside from the occasional annoyances like him exercising and listening to the worst music possible, he's normally ok and I dont' complain too much, but last NFC Championship game I almost filed a noise complaint, because he took to stomping on his floor (my ceiling) chanting "eli" over and over again because the 49ers fans were chanting defense on the TV.

I don't know about the abuse stuff. That doesn't sound good at all. I think you've got to give him a pass on the Football. I've been know to get a little overly involved in a game every now and then.

 

[hoppyhoppyhippo]

It's not the overly involved, but who stomps on the floor? Seriously? I've jumped up and down and let out an occasional scream. It's more the stomping, and screaming. Not to mention playign that annoying Jay-Z and Alicia Keys New York song.

 

[b-boy]

Did have something happen that pissed me off pretty good though.

Sometimes we leave the apartment door unlocked. We shouldnt, but we do. Yesterday evening we get a knock on the door... upstairs neighbor is asking to turn down the thermostat (the one in our apt. runs the whole house). "Shucks, Bob" I say "the thermostat hasnt worked in days..." "Oh, its fine now, I changed the batteries."

I had a similar thing with the neighbors I mentioned in my OP. When I went on vacation for more than a few days the daughter would sometimes feed my cat. I'd give her a key and pay her a few bucks. She was actually pretty responsible.

One time I had a small flood in my basement because my sump pump failed. I installed a new sump pump, but had to leave right after I installed it. It was really bothering me. I was worried that it might fail while I was gone.

I called my neighbor, knowing that his daughter had a key for the cat. I left him a message asking if he'd mind going over and checking on my sump pump. I waited a couple of hours, but I didn't hear back. I called him again and he answered. I asked him if he'd checked my sump pump and he said "Yeah, I'm in your basement right now - it's fine". I heard the TV in the background. He was sitting in my basement watching a football game. He told me his cable was shut off and he knew I had Sunday ticket. He said he knew I wouldn't mind since his daughter was watching the cat.

Needless to say, locks were changed when I go home and the cat goes to a kennel now.

 

[b-boy]

It's not the overly involved, but who stomps on the floor? Seriously? I've jumped up and down and let out an occasional scream. It's more the stomping, and screaming. Not to mention playign that annoying Jay-Z and Alicia Keys New York song.

I'm guessing it's a mixture of beer and adrenaline. I agree with the Jay-Z song though. That would have put me over the edge.

 

[carbonzx]

I had a similar thing with the neighbors I mentioned in my OP. When I went on vacation for more than a few days the daughter would sometimes feed my cat. I'd give her a key and pay her a few bucks. She was actually pretty responsible.

One time I had a small flood in my basement because my sump pump failed. I installed a new sump pump, but had to leave right after I installed it. It was really bothering me. I was worried that it might fail while I was gone.

I called my neighbor, knowing that his daughter had a key for the cat. I left him a message asking if he'd mind going over and checking on my sump pump. I waited a couple of hours, but I didn't hear back. I called him again and he answered. I asked him if he'd checked my sump pump and he said "Yeah, I'm in your basement right now - it's fine". I heard the TV in the background. He was sitting in my basement watching a football game. He told me his cable was shut off and he knew I had Sunday ticket. He said he knew I wouldn't mind since his daughter was watching the cat.

Needless to say, locks were changed when I go home and the cat goes to a kennel now.

Oh no.. Thats terrible.. What a dick....
I find old nosy neighbors to be the most annoying, get a hobby or die. Mind your own busness and stop being nosy.

 

[Airplanedoc]

Oh no.. Thats terrible.. What a dick....
I find old nosy neighbors to be the most annoying, get a hobby or die. Mind your own business and stop being nosy.

Only until you have a neighbor who needs or wants to borrow something, I'm not talking about your lawn mower cause theirs just broke down in the middle of mowing their lawn. I'm talking about the one who wants to borrow

Sugar
Cigarettes
Tape
Milk
A Calculator
Stapler
Printer paper
etc

How exactly am I going to get a used cigarette returned to me?

 

[Antler]

Jeez I'm gettin off easy. On one side of my place the retired couple are never there, it's their summer home. On the opposite side is a nice retired couple too. Hes into fishing and hunting like me, and a real handyman (Not like me). He actually built my house for the couple i bought it from, so that comes in handy anytime i have a problem. He's offered me to come take his tools whenever I need them. He makes his own rums and wines, but not beer. He came over once when he saw me on the deck brewing an Irish red, he seemed interested maybe I can get him into beer lol.

I have a friend with pretty bad neighbors. I'm not sure what religion they are but one Christmas they came over and knocked on his door, asked him to take down his Christmas decorations and lights because it was against there religion. My friend asked him "why dont you put up some lights and decorations at your place, because it is my religion", and slammed the door lol

 

[BobbiLynn]

One of my first apartments, after moving from the country into the "city" of Daytona Beach, Florida. I was the neighbor from hell. A constant party at our place, noise, taking up parking spaces. When we'd finally get to sleep and upstairs neighbors knew it, they would start banging on the floor, same with neighbors to the right of us.... I don't know what they were using to just start banging on the walls and ceiling with. Twice a week we were called into the management office, threatening to kick us out. Culminated into a huge fight between me and a couple neighbors. I jumped on their car(double parked so my guests couldn't leave) and kicked the crap out of it. The next morning, 2 of them showed up on my doorstep, ended up beating the crap out of me. They agreed to drop charges against me for ruining their car, and I dropped charges for putting me in the hospital. :rockin: That was over 20 years ago... now I have moved back home and no neighbors...

 

[mrduna01]

One of my first apartments, after moving from the country into the "city" of Daytona Beach, Florida. I was the neighbor from hell. A constant party at our place, noise, taking up parking spaces. When we'd finally get to sleep and upstairs neighbors knew it, they would start banging on the floor, same with neighbors to the right of us.... I don't know what they were using to just start banging on the walls and ceiling with. Twice a week we were called into the management office, threatening to kick us out. Culminated into a huge fight between me and a couple neighbors. I jumped on their car(double parked so my guests couldn't leave) and kicked the crap out of it. The next morning, 2 of them showed up on my doorstep, ended up beating the crap out of me. They agreed to drop charges against me for ruining their car, and I dropped charges for putting me in the hospital. :rockin: That was over 20 years ago... now I have moved back home and no neighbors...

Sounds like you deserved a good beat down!

 

[BobbiLynn]

Sounds like you deserved a good beat down!

Yes, I did... one of them holding me down while the other kicking me over and over in the head, neck, and shoulders. I ended up on some good drugs for months afterwards, and they never did get their car fixed, far as a I know. Ah, the joys of being a youth in society...

 

[Tupperwolf]

I lived for about 6 months in a small house on a cul-de-sac, next door neighbor was a real piece of work. She knocked on our side door (a glass sliding door) one night asking for a glass of milk, obviously blitzed out of her mind. A few weeks later, she asked my roommate for help with something - she had a home breathalyzer machine that she had to blow into twice a day to verify with the police that she wasn't drinking, and she needed him to hold the plug in the wall so it didn't fall out. A little while after that she came knocking on our door again, and this time she was asking for a beer. It was about 9:30 AM on a Saturday, and her eyes were just about popping out of her skull as she looked into the kitchen - I didn't open the door wide enough to let her in. "Is that rum? Can I have some of that rum?" I asked her what the hell she needed beer or rum for. "I have to go to jail, I can't go sober, I'll go crazy!"

She had a kid that she only got to see about once a month, I don't think I ever saw the kid, but I did see her back over the kid's bicycle (and then the curb) with her Mustang and then peel out up the block - probably on her way to the corner store for booze.

 

[b-boy]

Yes, I did... one of them holding me down while the other kicking me over and over in the head, neck, and shoulders. I ended up on some good drugs for months afterwards, and they never did get their car fixed, far as a I know. Ah, the joys of being a youth in society...

It sounds like you were a bit of a hell raiser in your youth.

 

[BobbiLynn]

It sounds like you were a bit of a hell raiser in your youth.

You could probably say that, the neighbor from hell!!!

 

[Bedlam]

Yes, I did... one of them holding me down while the other kicking me over and over in the head, neck, and shoulders. I ended up on some good drugs for months afterwards, and they never did get their car fixed, far as a I know. Ah, the joys of being a youth in society...

I have many heroes here on HBT. You are now one of them. :rockin:

 

[dkwolf]

The worst I have is actually my neighbor's son. She's the old lady that keeps track of everything going on in the cul de sac. He lived just on the other side of the block from her - until his wife took out a restraining order against him. Mom was getting ready to move down to Texas for the winter, so he moved into her house. THEN I started learning about him. The neighborhood peeping tom, alcoholic, and mentally unstable. Heck, he's 99% of the reason I started locking my doors and leaving my .40 loaded in the nightstand drawer. I think during that winter and the following spring, I heard his sob story about why his wife threw him out at least 70 times. He's since been arrested three times for DUI, also for violating his restraining order, trespassing, stalking, and harassment. I'm hoping he goes away SOOON.

Prior to that whole episode, I had the Jerry Springer show living two houses over in the cul de sac. Too many stories to list, but my favorite were the nights they'd have a fight. She wouldn't make him go sleep on the couch, oh no.... she'd make him sleep in the friggin' CAR IN THE DRIVEWAY. Trust me, THAT always started your day off on a bright note... back out of the garage and see Mark stretched out across the back seat of their Gran Prix...

 

[GarageDweller]

damn i have it good. you guys make me grateful for my living arrangements. great thread!

 

[ersheff]

I can't complain too much about my current living situation, though I'm amazed how well I can hear things through the "concrete" walls and floors.
The guy below me has tourette's or Asperger's or something and laughs non-stop, 24/7. It's this creepy cackle that my girlfriend has accurately described as a "Tyler Durden laugh". I've gone to bed before at night hearing it and then woken up early the next morning and he's STILL going. No idea when this guy sleeps, though he does leave the building once in a while.
He has friends come in and out and doesn't make any noise otherwise, so I don't let it get to me too much. The guy obviously has some problem or quirk, but it's totally harmless.
Right after I moved in, I had a nice conversation with one of the guys in the building that included a story about the time he went out to his car (before I moved in) and saw that every tire in the parking lot had been slashed!
Luckily, that hasn't happened again.

 

[oakbarn]

I live in the country or what used to be. I had a very private 9.5 acre. I never had to worry until I got some new neighbors. I am now surrounded by homes on 2 sides. No more using the world as my urinal. This is a pain since I brew in my barn (Fairly close to a neighbor). Sometimes I forget ( I am an old man. already!). I never see my neighbors and hopefully, they do not see me!

 

[fuzzy2133]

damn i have it good. you guys make me grateful for my living arrangements. great thread!

I'm with you. The worst I got is a neighbor that always talks to me and my wife like we are ignorant because we are 30 and their in their 60's. Just about anything that happens is our fault if we are some how involved. I think it is partly because they were good friends with the previous owners and cant relate to us. I am just waiting for the wife to call PD on me for doing something she thinks is illegal.

I got spoiled with my first house and neighbor hood. If someone looked out of place going through the area we all knew their description and vehicle with license plate number.

 

[autobaun70]

most of my neighbors are great, however the ones that are not are just a major pain in the ass............and all for no reason.

Idiot # 1 & # 2..........the old folks down the road with a punt dog..........and their slightly less old daughter...........also with a punt dog. I have a decent size yard, and in our neighborhood everybody is always walking their dogs. I don't have a big issue if your dog does it's business in my yard, but d@mn, don't bring your dog to my yard specifically to do it. Both mother & daughter and their idiot husbands to the same thing. I called out the old mother one day, and she basically said that my yard was as far as she could walk. Unfortunate for her, I have 2 labs.

Idiot # 3 is basically an old hag that has nothing better to do than to complain about what everyone else is doing. Most of her complaints revolve around violations around our (very loose) HOA covenants. Line 1 in the covenants is that if you don't pay your dues, you forfeit your right to complain on such matters, and vote for officers. I am the president, so most of her frustrations are targeted in my direction. She has also called the law on me on numerous occasions for shooting squirrels in my own yard, and various neighbors yards who asked me to do so. We are outside of city limits, and it is perfectly legal. Once she even tried running a "legal" add in the paper asking to be notified of any illegal wildlife murder. Evidently they have not seen her walk out in the yard in her night gown......because that is way worse than taking a bullet to the head.

Just as a qualifier, our HOA basically exists to keep the street lights on......not one of those nightmare nazi state's that you read about.

 

[b-boy]

Idiot # 1 & # 2..........the old folks down the road with a punt dog..........and their slightly less old daughter...........also with a punt dog.

New category - The HOA NAZI.

'punt dog' - I love that. I'm officially adding it to my vocabulary.