I have lived in the same house for 30 some years.. and have had the same neighbors for most all of that time and they are wonderful.
I find the noisy, inconsiderate ones are usually the 'renters'..
that's why we have bylaws, and if you become a problem, then I become the neighbor from hell.. if we didn't have laws, there would kaos right?
Yes, I've called by-law on you because you are trying to put in a secondary suite illegally..-our area is not zoned for that - but if ya have to, .. do it legally and safely. (original homeowner sold and new owner thinks he can add a revenue suite - wrong!)..
Yea, neighbor, the garbage man will not take your mattress, or dresser, or toilet that you've left in the alley.. Yes, it was me who called by-law on that... afterall, we pay extra taxes to have had our alley paved, and we don't want you 'junkin' it up..

I've only lived in apartments and I generally make it a habit to become friends with my nearest neighbors...which normally isn't an issue.

I've noticed by doing this I can normally ask them politely to turn down their music or fix whatever other issue...sometimes helping them fIx it. Normally they respect me enough and do.

But I've been pretty fortunate to have decent neighbors.

lol What did your people do with the ship? Held it for ransom?

Yes you can, your in Calgary! Before Ralph became your Mayor he often slept on his lawn. What a dive. Great guy, but what a dive his place was!!!!

Looks like you will have the grandkids for the week end mzrosie

I know what you mean. When we were living in base housing (or even when I owned property off base) if we had a problem, I knocked on the door (we were normally friends anyway) asked them to lower it down (or at least be considerate enough to invite me as well) no problem. Only two times, in roughly 6 years, did I have a problem; two different bases. The first one turned his music up LOUDER at 2am; I called his plt sgt, whom I went fishing with on a regular basis. Never happened again, lol. The second one was right after I left the army. My fiance's platoon sgt tried shoving her way into my private residence off base. I threw her on her butt and called the state police, filing assault charges and attempted B&E. never had another problem. When she followed us on assignment to Hawaii and got assigned to my wife's unit, the paperwork came up and she got REASSIGNED in order to keep her out of my wifes chain of command.

however, now that I am out, I have had a fairly difficult time regarding unpleasant neighbors. The one that makes me shudder the most was the mother who knocked her two year old son over, then stepped over him to try and stab her boyfriend on their front walk as he was trying to leave. I called the cops and what did they do? They arrested the boyfriend because when she charged him a second time, he tripped her and put his knees across her arms until she let go of the knife; then kicked the knife away from her as he got back up and tried to leave again. She jumped on top of him and was beating on him. And this was all because she thought he had cheated on her (turns out the "girlfriend" was his sister that she had never met). yet they arrested HIM. 17 witnesses to it all, all 17 of us told the police exactly what happened; the boyfriend was arrested and charged with domestic disturbance and assault.

Neighbors can certainly be a challenge.

Since I'm HUGE on personal freedom myself, I run into lots of situations where I really wish I could force them to behave differently, but I know I'd lose my own freedoms if I did.

Personal gripe about "my parking spot" stories in threads like this: I'm suspicious. After all, there are two ACTUAL kinds of parking in most neighborhoods: private driveways, owned by the homeowners, and general street parking which is owned by the local government.

Lots of us assume an unwritten law, that the area directly in front of our house "should" be left for us to use, but the actual laws don't support that. If they did, then you could have people towed away when they parked there without permission from you.

So really, if you decide to tell your neighbor that he's in "your" spot, he's well within his legal rights to tell you to eff off.

And I'm as frustrated as anyone, when I am desperate to park, and find that there is enough room for three cars, but one of them has parked so badly that I can't fit mine in. However, I since I drive all day for a living, I also have been in lots of situations where it LOOKED like I parked badly myself, but what actually happened was that some OTHER yokel forced me to park that way, and then left, making me look like the guilty one. So I'm disinclined to assume I know that the car which annoys me now, is actually the "bad guy" vehicle.

there is a third type of home though Igor, of which I am very familiar,, and that is the apartment dwelling which usually does have ASSIGNED spots,,,

mzrosie, Lets call a spade, a spade. Orgy rental

yes, but those assigned spots are functionally the same as a private driveway, which means that you can have people towed out of them. If your neighbor abuses your spot once, and you leave him a note, and he does it again, you have him towed. That's the way people around here do it, anyway. It seems to work.

For the most part,
my neighbours are tol'rable

Although, at times,they will tie their ride
on my hitching post.
No biggie.

Most places, if you are in an apartment the only thing you can do is report the plate number (or the person if you know who it is) to management. Most of the time, they wont do anything about it though, and sometimes, they will actually mark YOUR name down as a trouble causer

Op I have had a few neighbors that did not like me... even called the police on me a couple of times ... + I have tried to be reasonable at first ... all polite I mean ... but then I might just turn on you and say something you might not want others to hear ... so I am left alone now lol and have some neighbors left that are pretty descent ... but as far as the parking space some where putting chairs in their own spaces so no one would take them or maybe a heavy block that might be covered with snow they might not see... lmao ok so I have a dark side... people know this already and as far as the music... during the summer they can be loud but can't hear it unless I am out side ... and some I even like ... not sure guess if the music is loud at night then call the cops on them ... since they do not listen to you ... and look up how others are handling the parking spot thing ... not sure leave some tacks down... sweep up when u come back ... my bad ... offer them a six pack to the person that can hold your spot open ...
good luck

just saw this perfect ... their children ... well one of my neighbors had their children taken away ... for a few things I was told ... call DHHR on them ... and don't give your info just theirs ... see whats happens then ...

This has made me start to think. Often not a good thing, better just to not know.
* The work vans parked on the sidewalks downtown. You know the ones with an orange cone in front and one behind the van. White a little older, no flashers, just parked. The one with people waking around ummmmm It is great parking, never got a ticket my whole life. Lots do it, I think ummm It is right at the door to were I am. Well it works well is all I'm saying.

Oh! it works well for Live theater also. At night that is.
See often better not to think,,,, just do

I have my nearest neighbours trained,
to do whatever it is they do, quietly enough
I can't hear it.

They're also trained, to NOT cross the property line,
onto my side... for ANY reason.

just certain ones :>)