People Are Sharing Their Examples Of ‘Neighbors From Hell’ On This Instagram Page (30 Pics)
“Love your neighbor as yourself” is easy to say and hard to do. Some of us are fortunate enough to have lovely neighbors who bake us homemade pies and invite us over for a barbeque (don’t worry, they have plenty of veggies to grill if you’re vegan). The rest of us are… well, far less lucky in whom we live next to.
There are neighbors from heaven and then there are neighbors from hell. They play loud music at night. They take your parking spot. They make your life miserable. And sometimes they end up on the Neighbors From Hell Instagram page, dedicated to collecting the best of the worst neighbor experiences. Scroll down and check some of these stories out and don’t forget to upvote your fave ones. Let us know in the comments what the worst neighbors you’ve ever had were like and read on for some tips on how to deal with jerk neighbors.
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Wish my neighbours kids only left things over the line by 3 inches. The cycle all the way around my family's cars on my drive and keep falling off.
The Neighbors From Hell IG community is 269k people strong and anyone can send them a submission. Send them a quick message if you’re enduring neighborly hell at the moment.
Dealing with bad neighbors is a delicate situation. You have to be diplomatic yet firm, tough but fair if you want to live peacefully. There are several different types of jerk neighbors. From racket makers and slobs to careless pet owners and worse.
Was "awkward mine is down too it must be a widespread problem" so hard to type?!
Real estate expert Barbara Corcoran told Today that the best way to avoid bad neighbors is to spot them early. So if you’re planning on buying or renting a new property, have a drive around the neighborhood at night to see how people in the area behave like when the sun goes down. Also, have a chat with the local store owners about what the locals are like.
However, what are you supposed to do if you’re already living next to someone who’s making your daily life hard to bear?
Walls made of rigid materials mechanically attached to each other are even worse. I hear my neighbors talk, sneeze, snore, fuck, argue, and I hear their TVs, phones, and alarms. I fucking HATE shared surfaces.
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First one. Second one was just farting in their own home.
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Hahaha, I would rather hear someone fart than someone vomiting. That is why I could NEVER live in a unit or apartment.
I agree... it´s enought for me to hear someone vomit - not tolking about seeing someone vomit... aaand I vomit too.
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Haven't you heard? Cats belong to noone, you belong to them.
Well, the first step would be to set up a time to talk to your neighbor in person about what’s bothering you. The important thing is not to accuse them (people always get defensive when someone does that) but to let them know what’s bothering you and to suggest ways to solve the issue. Together.
Chances are a friendly chat or two might work. But if they don’t, talk to your local neighborhood or building association and ask them to step in. And if that doesn’t work and your neighbors continue to be aggressively disruptive, call your local precinct.
OMG, I just snort laughed. I don't think he will forget all about the fires after the burn you just gave him.
Drink it black next time you knob. Though people should realise that the most experienced burglars know the places where you're likely to hide a key and those hide a key things really aren't that hidden.
Simple solution, remove their rear license plate and replace it with a sign "I need to learn to park.". The police will surely be interested and draw his attention to this message.
Problem of this approach is that THEY know where you live, and you don't know where they'll be living.
Wait, the blue balloons show that "Chelsea" is the person who sent this in & "The monster" is the supposed Neighbour-from-Hell?! I'm confused.
In my country it's actually illegal to make noise loud enough to bother your neighbours before 8am on weekdays and 10am on weekends.
Seems like Chloe from 1A finally had enough. It's quite amazing how some people think that rules never apply to them, even when they are warned.
Feel for both. Children want to learn to play and that's perfectly reasonable. Torture to listen to though. Had a singing coach living nearby and OML it was hell for a while. Now I have a neighbour with a son who isn't very committed to learning to play the drums - so at least it isn't very often or for very long!
Breaking in if you are not on the lease or mortgage is illegal. Don't know if shitting in someones bed is legal or not but it is absolutely disgusting.
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Serious question:Its an American thing to have your neighbour's phone number? I don't even know all my neighbours...
No, definitely NOT an American thing. I was wondering the same thing; like who the hell has their neighbor's phone number? and WHY?! Why would you even want to talk to your neighbors? Most of them are asshats XD
I say Hello, good morning ,or good afternoon...and that's the most contact I have with them and vice versa...on the other hand, my parents have all the neighbours phone numbers, and when they are in holliday my parents keep their extra key at home in case that something happened...but they live in that building for 40 years and they already know all of them from the parents, grandparents and now the children. They even take care of the cat or the dog for the neighbour that go in holiday. But it's 40 years of trust and friendship with all the 7 floors :D
SAME. I have one neighbor's phone number and that is ir.
My (again, over 55) apartment building puts out a booklet of residents's (of those who opt in) phone numbers, apartment number, and email address. I've never used it but it's kind of a good idea for everything from, "Can I borrow some sugar" type things to "I've fallen and can't get up" ones. Not sure it would work as well for a regular, mixed-age building though.
Came here to comment the same thing! How do all these people that apparently can't stand each other all have their phone numbers?? I have one neighbours number and that's because she is a friend!
I gave my pain in the as neighbour below me my number. I never use my balcony, but she does. Every time there's a bit of debris (once a plastic bag) or water, she complained to the landlord and of get in trouble. So I gave her my number to text me if she had an issue, I'll fix it. She's not overly picky, but it is annoying. But I get it, she wants to enjoy her space that she pays for.
I don't know his number, but one of my neighbors looks out for my sister and I. He is also on friendly terms with our dad.
No matter where I have lived I have always known a few of my neighbours. It is handy coz we can watch each others houses if any of us go away, take our bins out or in etc. My next door neighbour sends us a facebook message if it is bin night and he has seen we haven’t put our bins out. We have lemon trees and a nectarine tree and I share them with some of the neighbours. I also make christmas goodies for family gifts and I will share what is left with the neighbours. I live in a stand alone house, not an apartment and none of us have exchanged phone numbers.
That sounds lovely... and entirely unlike my neighborhood. I fucking hate where I live and I’m too poor to relocate.
Also when I was a kid we knew a LOT of our neighbours, my brothers and I would play with neighbourhood kids. We would go swimming in one of their pools, we would climb trees and feed donkeys at another one, play with awesome toys and dress ups at another (they were very spoilt), and at my house we would play outdoor games like block off, red rover, chasey, ride bikes down the street, go to the park and kick balls, go to the strawberry farm and play in the paddock making tree houses with scraps we found etc.
as a child (55 now) we knew all our neighbours from one corner to the other (5 on our side of block, more across the road) but now l only know immediate neighbours either side and some others by sight but not by name..and THEN across the road which used to be 2 homes is now a bunch of units and would not know ANY of them at all..and l don't have numbers for ANY of them..
I live in a small building (13 apartments) and we have a WhatsApp group we use in case of emergency
freaks
Been living here in the same apartment, not in america, for almost two decades. I don't even know the names of the people around and I don't care either. If my neighbour thinks he needs to BBQ at midnight again or some other shite, I'm in my backyard and scream in his face like a normal human being. No need for phone numbers (or names)
Hell no, I go out of my way not to talk to mine.
Stormapotamus Good response!
Of my 5 closest neighbors in my currenty building I have 2. In my last building I had none and I lived here for 17 years. Guess it depends how much you have in common with your neighbors. The odd thing is that they seem to have the numbers of neighbors they don't like.
I always do, but make it a point to only use it if absolutely necessary, example: "your garage door was open all day, is everything okay?" Usually as simple as they forgot, however have had that someone broke in
Total puzzle to me. I dont' even have the cell number for the person who catsits for us. She lives next door. I walk over and knock....
My bf hase the numbers of his neigbours. But he lived in that building his whole life. His parents are also still next door... I don't understand myself. Never really knew any of my neighbours. I say hello when i meet them and that's it
I think many get phonenumbers from whatsapp groups.
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you don't live in a community? Not knowing your neighbors is what's wrong with this world
There are 60 apartments in my building, many of them are rented out by dodgy landlords. I know many of the residents that have been here longer as I am myself been living here for 20 years. But I don't know everyone and I have exactly one phone number from the neighbor who's kid plays with mine. Knowing someone doesn't equal having all their details. I can physically walk up to their front door, so in terms of contacting them, we're goood.
i feel like a lot of these can be summed up in a meme sheldon-5e...1bb13e.jpg
Buildings need good soundproofing.
Thankfully now a building regulation in the UK for walls, floors and ceilings to be properly insulated.
I live in an old Victorian era tenement, and I can hear my upstairs neighbour playing with his kids. I wouldn't mind ordinarily, but it just that he picks ten o'clock at night to do it when normal people (IE me) are in bed trying to sleep.
Oh don't worry, the cost of the concrete, etc for heavier walls was in the contract the builders gave the landlord/management firm. The money never quite made it to the warehouse to purchase said merchandise. Or, they're government backed so the management doesn't care.
How are all these people giving out their phone numbers to all their neighbours who they clearly hate or barely know?
I guess it's the power of social media where people feel the need to post everything for the world to know, including addresses and phone numbers.
Not so much as Condo, Townhome and housing Assosiations usually give members the information for Association related reasons or emergencies - common wall water leaks, etc. Some members stretch the definition of emergency.
50% of these can be broken down to improper construction, particular failures in the noise insulation...
My neighbor thinks I've been playing "loud thumping" music from 10pm-5/6am. Sent me anonymous card in the mail and told the condo people. 1. I tend to sleep during that time. 2. Don't have a stereo that can play anything loud. My tv isn't even plugged in. And they still don't believe me!
It's probably coming from a vehicle that's parked outside somewhere.
I don't know half of my neighbors' names let alone their phone number. These people are all crazy and seem to enjoy drama.
Neighbors who have my phone number: ZERO Reasons why: A BILLION
these dont remburse my faith that humanity will last another 75 years but dang they sure are funny
Am I the only one who scrolled all the way down to the bottom and looked at the hidden ones? lol
LOL. My crazy neighbour was legit crazy, and would knock on my door to complain about me spying on her thoughts and sending her messages thru my kitchen tap to 'punish her'. I was kind of sorry for the crazy lady, but not really after the fourth visit in 24hrs. I got to the point were I would open the door, see her, and just say, "No, Ginny." and close the door. There is no point engaging with crazy. I ended up tracking down one of her family members through another neighbour, and asking them to help her get her medications adjusted.
I'm glad you looked to help her instead of ignoring her that was kind of you
I'm suddenly appreciative I have nice considerate neighbors.
To be fair a lot of these sound like playful banter between friends
Yeah, that's why they're fake.
These all seem like lovely people that should stay the hell away from me :)
Why do all these people have each other's phone numbers??? I have 1 neighbor's phone number in a huge apartment complex. In the UK I guess I had my neighbor's phone numbers.....not ALL my neighbor's just the 2 I was friends with. This whole thing seems a little sketchy
How do these people have each other's cell phone numbers?
Makes me really glad not to live in an apartment block.
The apartment bldg I recently lived in people (Tenants) would use the Entry phone to call other Tenants if there was a problem like car lights left on.
I had a neighbor who lived above my apartment. When my boyfriend and I broke up he started hitting on me. He was 30 years older than me. It got creepy. He eventually told me that when he heard me and my boyfriend having sex he would turn down his tv and listen. Then he asked me out to dinner. More than once. He asked me to come over to his apartment for drinks often. I always said no. I started having my mom stay with me because I was truly creeped out by him.
Most of it makes me love my neighbors even more than before
....and *this* is why I never give my number out to neighbors, have security cameras inside and out, and don't have a hide a key outside. And can't wait until I can buy 20 acres of trees!
I am so lucky. I have a noisy parrot and my neighbour has a noisy dog, so we have this kind of pact where we don't complain about each other's creatures. Has worked for years.
I read these and think of things I would say to my neighbors, if only I had their phone numbers. My one neighbor built an 8 foot fence on literally 1/4 of his back fence, so as not to see/hear my kids. He also threatened to kill my dog and planted a tree positioned just so we wouldn't see my deck from his.
Jacqueline Reeves what
I call b.s. on these.
Jesus said, "Love thy neighbour". His neighbours obviously didn't park their donkey in his driveway, or play psalms at 2 in the morning!
This whole thing was pretty entertaining.
Why do these people have their neighbors numbers?! Don't do that! I don't talk to my neighbors, know anything about them, and don't care to.
I call BS on all of these. No one has the phone numbers of their neighbors these days.
Lol, there were a lot of Dave's
Again entitled people...
This sound so fake
Yawn..
So many of these where both people are terrible, or the one who posted it is the worse one. I guess the lesson is if you think everyone around you is horrible and your meanness is justified, you probably just provoked them into that behaviour to begin with.
90% of these are fake.
You should see the ones BP didn't include here!
This made my day. I'm so glad my asshole neighbor woes can now be vented on IG. Repeatedly calling 911 can become so tiresome.
Tiresome for the call takers too, and people with emergencies trying to call them as well.
Serious question:Its an American thing to have your neighbour's phone number? I don't even know all my neighbours...
No, definitely NOT an American thing. I was wondering the same thing; like who the hell has their neighbor's phone number? and WHY?! Why would you even want to talk to your neighbors? Most of them are asshats XD
I say Hello, good morning ,or good afternoon...and that's the most contact I have with them and vice versa...on the other hand, my parents have all the neighbours phone numbers, and when they are in holliday my parents keep their extra key at home in case that something happened...but they live in that building for 40 years and they already know all of them from the parents, grandparents and now the children. They even take care of the cat or the dog for the neighbour that go in holiday. But it's 40 years of trust and friendship with all the 7 floors :D
SAME. I have one neighbor's phone number and that is ir.
My (again, over 55) apartment building puts out a booklet of residents's (of those who opt in) phone numbers, apartment number, and email address. I've never used it but it's kind of a good idea for everything from, "Can I borrow some sugar" type things to "I've fallen and can't get up" ones. Not sure it would work as well for a regular, mixed-age building though.
Came here to comment the same thing! How do all these people that apparently can't stand each other all have their phone numbers?? I have one neighbours number and that's because she is a friend!
I gave my pain in the as neighbour below me my number. I never use my balcony, but she does. Every time there's a bit of debris (once a plastic bag) or water, she complained to the landlord and of get in trouble. So I gave her my number to text me if she had an issue, I'll fix it. She's not overly picky, but it is annoying. But I get it, she wants to enjoy her space that she pays for.
I don't know his number, but one of my neighbors looks out for my sister and I. He is also on friendly terms with our dad.
No matter where I have lived I have always known a few of my neighbours. It is handy coz we can watch each others houses if any of us go away, take our bins out or in etc. My next door neighbour sends us a facebook message if it is bin night and he has seen we haven’t put our bins out. We have lemon trees and a nectarine tree and I share them with some of the neighbours. I also make christmas goodies for family gifts and I will share what is left with the neighbours. I live in a stand alone house, not an apartment and none of us have exchanged phone numbers.
That sounds lovely... and entirely unlike my neighborhood. I fucking hate where I live and I’m too poor to relocate.
Also when I was a kid we knew a LOT of our neighbours, my brothers and I would play with neighbourhood kids. We would go swimming in one of their pools, we would climb trees and feed donkeys at another one, play with awesome toys and dress ups at another (they were very spoilt), and at my house we would play outdoor games like block off, red rover, chasey, ride bikes down the street, go to the park and kick balls, go to the strawberry farm and play in the paddock making tree houses with scraps we found etc.
as a child (55 now) we knew all our neighbours from one corner to the other (5 on our side of block, more across the road) but now l only know immediate neighbours either side and some others by sight but not by name..and THEN across the road which used to be 2 homes is now a bunch of units and would not know ANY of them at all..and l don't have numbers for ANY of them..
I live in a small building (13 apartments) and we have a WhatsApp group we use in case of emergency
freaks
Been living here in the same apartment, not in america, for almost two decades. I don't even know the names of the people around and I don't care either. If my neighbour thinks he needs to BBQ at midnight again or some other shite, I'm in my backyard and scream in his face like a normal human being. No need for phone numbers (or names)
Hell no, I go out of my way not to talk to mine.
Stormapotamus Good response!
Of my 5 closest neighbors in my currenty building I have 2. In my last building I had none and I lived here for 17 years. Guess it depends how much you have in common with your neighbors. The odd thing is that they seem to have the numbers of neighbors they don't like.
I always do, but make it a point to only use it if absolutely necessary, example: "your garage door was open all day, is everything okay?" Usually as simple as they forgot, however have had that someone broke in
Total puzzle to me. I dont' even have the cell number for the person who catsits for us. She lives next door. I walk over and knock....
My bf hase the numbers of his neigbours. But he lived in that building his whole life. His parents are also still next door... I don't understand myself. Never really knew any of my neighbours. I say hello when i meet them and that's it
I think many get phonenumbers from whatsapp groups.
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you don't live in a community? Not knowing your neighbors is what's wrong with this world
There are 60 apartments in my building, many of them are rented out by dodgy landlords. I know many of the residents that have been here longer as I am myself been living here for 20 years. But I don't know everyone and I have exactly one phone number from the neighbor who's kid plays with mine. Knowing someone doesn't equal having all their details. I can physically walk up to their front door, so in terms of contacting them, we're goood.
i feel like a lot of these can be summed up in a meme sheldon-5e...1bb13e.jpg
Buildings need good soundproofing.
Thankfully now a building regulation in the UK for walls, floors and ceilings to be properly insulated.
I live in an old Victorian era tenement, and I can hear my upstairs neighbour playing with his kids. I wouldn't mind ordinarily, but it just that he picks ten o'clock at night to do it when normal people (IE me) are in bed trying to sleep.
Oh don't worry, the cost of the concrete, etc for heavier walls was in the contract the builders gave the landlord/management firm. The money never quite made it to the warehouse to purchase said merchandise. Or, they're government backed so the management doesn't care.
How are all these people giving out their phone numbers to all their neighbours who they clearly hate or barely know?
I guess it's the power of social media where people feel the need to post everything for the world to know, including addresses and phone numbers.
Not so much as Condo, Townhome and housing Assosiations usually give members the information for Association related reasons or emergencies - common wall water leaks, etc. Some members stretch the definition of emergency.
50% of these can be broken down to improper construction, particular failures in the noise insulation...
My neighbor thinks I've been playing "loud thumping" music from 10pm-5/6am. Sent me anonymous card in the mail and told the condo people. 1. I tend to sleep during that time. 2. Don't have a stereo that can play anything loud. My tv isn't even plugged in. And they still don't believe me!
It's probably coming from a vehicle that's parked outside somewhere.
I don't know half of my neighbors' names let alone their phone number. These people are all crazy and seem to enjoy drama.
Neighbors who have my phone number: ZERO Reasons why: A BILLION
these dont remburse my faith that humanity will last another 75 years but dang they sure are funny
Am I the only one who scrolled all the way down to the bottom and looked at the hidden ones? lol
LOL. My crazy neighbour was legit crazy, and would knock on my door to complain about me spying on her thoughts and sending her messages thru my kitchen tap to 'punish her'. I was kind of sorry for the crazy lady, but not really after the fourth visit in 24hrs. I got to the point were I would open the door, see her, and just say, "No, Ginny." and close the door. There is no point engaging with crazy. I ended up tracking down one of her family members through another neighbour, and asking them to help her get her medications adjusted.
I'm glad you looked to help her instead of ignoring her that was kind of you
I'm suddenly appreciative I have nice considerate neighbors.
To be fair a lot of these sound like playful banter between friends
Yeah, that's why they're fake.
These all seem like lovely people that should stay the hell away from me :)
Why do all these people have each other's phone numbers??? I have 1 neighbor's phone number in a huge apartment complex. In the UK I guess I had my neighbor's phone numbers.....not ALL my neighbor's just the 2 I was friends with. This whole thing seems a little sketchy
How do these people have each other's cell phone numbers?
Makes me really glad not to live in an apartment block.
The apartment bldg I recently lived in people (Tenants) would use the Entry phone to call other Tenants if there was a problem like car lights left on.
I had a neighbor who lived above my apartment. When my boyfriend and I broke up he started hitting on me. He was 30 years older than me. It got creepy. He eventually told me that when he heard me and my boyfriend having sex he would turn down his tv and listen. Then he asked me out to dinner. More than once. He asked me to come over to his apartment for drinks often. I always said no. I started having my mom stay with me because I was truly creeped out by him.
Most of it makes me love my neighbors even more than before
....and *this* is why I never give my number out to neighbors, have security cameras inside and out, and don't have a hide a key outside. And can't wait until I can buy 20 acres of trees!
I am so lucky. I have a noisy parrot and my neighbour has a noisy dog, so we have this kind of pact where we don't complain about each other's creatures. Has worked for years.
I read these and think of things I would say to my neighbors, if only I had their phone numbers. My one neighbor built an 8 foot fence on literally 1/4 of his back fence, so as not to see/hear my kids. He also threatened to kill my dog and planted a tree positioned just so we wouldn't see my deck from his.
Jacqueline Reeves what
I call b.s. on these.
Jesus said, "Love thy neighbour". His neighbours obviously didn't park their donkey in his driveway, or play psalms at 2 in the morning!
This whole thing was pretty entertaining.
Why do these people have their neighbors numbers?! Don't do that! I don't talk to my neighbors, know anything about them, and don't care to.
I call BS on all of these. No one has the phone numbers of their neighbors these days.
Lol, there were a lot of Dave's
Again entitled people...
This sound so fake
Yawn..
So many of these where both people are terrible, or the one who posted it is the worse one. I guess the lesson is if you think everyone around you is horrible and your meanness is justified, you probably just provoked them into that behaviour to begin with.
90% of these are fake.
You should see the ones BP didn't include here!
This made my day. I'm so glad my asshole neighbor woes can now be vented on IG. Repeatedly calling 911 can become so tiresome.
Tiresome for the call takers too, and people with emergencies trying to call them as well.