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?
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 k**b. 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.
The fact that this person doesn't see anything wrong with what they did even worse.
One of my colleagues once had a scary encounter when she'd forgotten the entry code to our workplace and a neighbour walking past her gelofully told her the code. We didn't even know this neighbour's name and he must have gleaned the code just from walking past employees when they entered it!
I think it's kinda nice of that person to tell them before they freaked out... also, now she/he knows that the key-hiding-place is pretty obvious and can do something about it. And I find it slightly hilarious, to be honest... Inappropriate as hell, but hilarious nontheless
A friend was supposed to be looking after my neighbours dogs but I had their keys (long story). He got in still as they'd left an upstairs window open thinking that no-one could reach it. We made sure that they knew about it so that they kept that window shut when they went out in future. He's also broken in for customers who have locked themselves out... beginning to wonder if there is something he's not telling me.
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Also scary is that to most insurance companies, something like this will not constitute a break-in, because there no sign of forced entry- I used to tell my groundfloor flatmates over and over...
Some insurance policies may be invalidated by the leaving of a key for ease of access.
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Creepy.... I hope that's the worst this neighbor will ever do, cause I wouldn't be surprise if someone breaking in like this and having no problem admitting it had other intrusive behavior....
If you're the kind of person who forgets your keys when you leave the house, get deadbolts that require a key on both sides and lock it the moment you get home. That way, you can't leave your house without the key.
Yes, we had those on our back door. We felt it was safer unless the burglar also had a key, or a master key, or whatever. Anyway, even if they broke a pane of glass, they couldn't open the door.
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Dear God. And this is why I don't hide a key. I get locked out, oh well. Better than risking the alternative, which seems to be this... insanity...
Key safe!! You can get police accredited ones in the UK so I expect there are similar things elsewhere.
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Yes - first that they did it, and second that they don't see a problem.
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You guys don't use your neighbor's hide-a-keys to use their stuff? Huh. Guess its just me. (joke)
Back in my drinking days (last century) I used to keep a key to my building in the crook of a tree and a key to my apartment on a different floor than the one I lived on. A couple years ago I was walking by and checked and the key was still in the tree. The doors have been re-keyed a few times since then so it's no longer of any use. So a couple of weeks late I updated it. Not because I'm drinking but because I'm getting old and forgetful.
Back in my drinking days (last century) I used to keep a key to my building in the crook of a tree and a key to my apartment on a different floor than the one I lived on. A couple years ago I was walking by and checked and the key was still in the tree. The doors have been re-keyed a few times since then so it's no longer of any use. So a couple of weeks late I updated it. Not because I'm drinking but because I'm getting old and forgetful.
Find a better place,to hide the key, if not wear around your neck, bubba !!!
I've always found this notion of leaving a spare key under something very strange and unsafe so... you kinda asked for it? ;p
Shoes. You can lift the sole, or peel it up, and carve a hole. Take the piece you carved out, if you can, and shape it to fit your key so that you can place the key and piece in the hole and still have it lay flat. If you can't salvage a solid piece to carve then you can use foam or something else to stuff over the key and fill the hole. Replace the sole over this and you've hidden your spare key. Success! Now a robber requires your body + shoes or just your shoes to find the key into your home.
Amazing how people think they're entitled to break into your place when they feel like it. I had a neighbor do that to us when I first moved in my house and we were like wtf? My husband had just gotten out of the shower and was practically naked. We shut that down real quick. People are unbelievable.
You say tomato I say tomato. I know people like this. They have absolutely no sense of what is wrong or right and what they believe is right even when it's illegal.
It's not 'breaking' but some countries will still have a law against entering without permission. Depends on where you live. Might also come under trespass.
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Once my grandma broke into my house and when we got home she was in our house.
Did she "break in" "break in" or was it a house she was familiar with? It sounds like she may have had the beginning of dementia & was experiencing an episode of past memory regression & believed it to be her home from some point in her past?
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Into your own milk?! What about hell no! Creepy and nonchalant about their creepiness, that's already been crazy.
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Betcha wish you never showed her the new shoes or sexy stuff you were all excited about surprising your boyfriend.
You're guessing about a lot of things here. First, genders. Second, sexual preferences.
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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 s******g 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
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i feel like a lot of these can be summed up in a meme sheldon-5e...1bb13e.jpg 
Thankfully now a building regulation in the UK for walls, floors and ceilings to be properly insulated.
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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.
Load More Replies... 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.
Load More Replies... I don't know half of my neighbors' names let alone their phone number. These people are all crazy and seem to enjoy drama.
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
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To be fair a lot of these sound like playful banter between friends
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
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.
....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.
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.
You should see the ones BP didn't include here!
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This made my day. I'm so glad my a*****e 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.
Load More Replies... 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
Load More Replies... i feel like a lot of these can be summed up in a meme sheldon-5e...1bb13e.jpg
Thankfully now a building regulation in the UK for walls, floors and ceilings to be properly insulated.
Load More Replies... 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.
Load More Replies... 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.
Load More Replies... I don't know half of my neighbors' names let alone their phone number. These people are all crazy and seem to enjoy drama.
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
Load More Replies... To be fair a lot of these sound like playful banter between friends
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
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.
....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.
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.
You should see the ones BP didn't include here!
Load More Replies... This made my day. I'm so glad my a*****e 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.
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