Strangest request

I am on the other end of these stories as I am married to a man who would have asked for the pipe brackets ?. Some years ago my DH saw a water butt in a skip, he knocked and asked if he could come back with the car and take it, he was told he could. When he got back he couldn’t find the lid so he knocked again and asked if they had it! He also asked if he could have an old front door from another neighbour for a ‘project’, they helped him up the road with it, he continued to knock on their door maybe 3 more times asking if they had found the keys to the lock ?. Needless to say I now creep up and down our road with my coat collar turned up wearing dark glasses!

Not actually about neighbours ,but potential ones. We once viewed a house that was owned by the man next door. The viewing went well until we went upstairs, we saw a door on the landing and the estate agent said it was a door to the next doors home. He said the owner would always keep it locked ! Yes we could have blocked it off, but we never bought it !
Another one. Moved into our first flat ( was young , both under 20 ) My new husband was putting up some pictures on the wall and our new neighbour knocked and said her dog was scared of the noise /banging. He was a small dog and it was in her arms. She asked if she could come in and the dog watch. Stupid,young,gullible us let her in and he carried on putting up the picture ! ! ?

oldwoman70.No accounting for taste is there ?However what ever floats ones boat.

Many years ago we were viewing houses in Yorkshire when our children were still quite young, and the area we had chosen was quite rural with lovely views. The estate agent said the property was empty but a neighbour had the key. Off we went full of anticipation, found the village and the house. The next door neighbour gave us the key and we let our selves in. It was a three storey house plus a cellar. We were pleased with what we found apart from the fact we couldn't get into the attic rooms or the cellar. Going back to the neighbour we asked if there were further keys to these rooms. Oh no he said, we've bought the attic room from the previous owner and it's part of ours now, and the other side next door bought their cellar for extra storage, so you won't have that either! None of this was on the description. Needless to say we didn't bother. Never heard of this before and often wondered if it ever sold with its various bits sold off. Not sure if this would be legal now if it ever was then.

We were at a party in the '70s with a group of DH's work colleagues. One of them asked me if they could come back to ours and show a 'blue' movie. Erm... NO.

My sister was moving, so was selling some green garden chairs at a really low price.

A man came and looked at them and said "They're great, but I really wanted blue, so would you reduce the price?"

MissA That made me laugh!

I remained friends with my first boyfriend for about 10 years after I 'finished' with him. He went on to marry a girl whom I knew from my school. I too had married by then and we all met socially quite regularly. Once, when we were leaving there home after a lovely dinner they gave us some magazines that turned out to be hard core porn! We discussed their parting comments on the way home and both had the strong impression that we were being invited to join a swingers group though neither of us could remember how it was suggested... We never mentioned it to them and continued to be friends for several years after that. Can't remember what we did with the magazines....! Still in a state of shock whenever I think of it.

My husband teaches people to fly. A man doing work in our house suggested that if my husband ever wanted company when flying he was willing to go with him! Err no, it costs money to go flying.

One of my neighbours , knowing I intend to downsize when I retire, suggested I sell to him and continue to live there paying rent. He said he would then start doing work on the house to improve/repair it and that when I moved I could leave anything I didn't want for him to clear. I'm not sure if he's trying to be helpful as I'm on my own or looking to get a bargain that he can do up without having to live in it while work is done. I haven't taken him up on the offer. If he wants to buy it he can make me an offer when I'm ready to go.

Maryhoffman37 .

Now what exactly was your response????
Was it printable?

When we were living in Australia in the 60s Mum came to visit us for 6 weeks over Christmas. One day we went to visit friends. During conversation the husband mentioned key parties. Mum asked what were they do he explained that all the men through the keys onto a pile and then the women choose a key and goes off with whose keys they were. This was all being said very tongue in cheek bit my Mum turned to me very indignantly and said " you are coming back to England my girl". Funnily enough the next Christmas we were living back in England.

Oops throw not through.

One was when I had a wall unit advertsied onebay, I madeitclear onthe poat that due to disability Icouldnt help lift and that it woukd require two strong men to lift. Buuer bid, paid by paypal then arrived, shewas a single young woman and when I answered door in my wheelchair with onoy one arm she said "Would you be able to help me get it in the car" when i explained that the wheelchair wasnt for show and having only one arm menat cardying something like that was off limits she began to moan saying I must have someone around able to do it then she had the nerve to suggets I pay for a van to take it to her home for her and get them to do the lifting. When i said no but she was free to organise that and pay for it herself she started having a skeppy saying I was bang out of order and if I knew she was coming i should have arranged for somone more appropriate to be there. When I pointe dout the poat was quite clear all she said was "It doenst work like that". She stormed ofd ao I was a bit of a cow and made hwr go theough the dispute bwfore getting her monwy back just to prove a point. When I explained to ebay the situation they advised firstly that she should organise transport to collect as I hadnt broken any rulea and had sols in good faith they couldnt inaiat on a refund as the fault was hers. In the end she sent her husband and colleuge and his work van to collect and her husband apologised for her being a dippy cow. He thannkfully was ok. Normalky id have refunded inatantly if it had just been a mistake but she was downright rude and expevted me to pay more for delivery than the unit was sold for.

The second issue was a neighbour, we live in a low mobile signal area and rely on an EE signal booster which boists all EE mobiles in the facinity. Ididnt realise until the netqork had issues thatmy neighbour could also be boosted by it. I hadnt spoken to nwighbour due to boundary issues for years tgen he shouted of me as I left the house ans asked if i had changed mobile networks he had heard me tell the workmen that if they stood next to the house with their EE buisness phone theyd get a signal. He had auppoaingky git an EE phine and been using the booster for some time, Ididnt particularly care but as he began asking he obviousky thought id changes netqork and sidnt give me a chance to say they were doing work on the boosters network. He then demanded that I change back so he could get a signal coa he didnt have the kind of money i did to buy a booster. I declinedand promotly moved the booater to other aide if house ao when it did atart working he got no signal and nevwr tols him that EE gave it for free due to me not been able to get a signal after they had said it was good in our area.

My dad once was getting on a bus with hia free ild persons bus pass and was stipped by a middle aged guy who told him in no uncertain terms that he woukd be getting on with him as a carer on the same bus pass. He seemed realky diaguated that my dad said "1 no your not, I dont know you from adam, 2 I do t have the carer side and 3 a bit of common courtesy woukdnt go amiss.

Some people are just cheeky

Many years ago, my husband, son and I were on our way back to the UK, from NZ, for a holiday. The ship stopped at San Cristobal which we were warned was a high-crime area so to be extra watchful.

The place was extremely poor and as we walked down one street, a man ducked out of a very scruffy house and pulled my husband aside.

They talked for some time but eventually DH came back and we returned to the ship.

Once our son was in bed asleep, DH explained he'd been offered a very good price for me by the man, a price which would have paid our passage to the UK many times over.
'Why did you talk to him for so long?' I asked.
'I was haggling for a better deal' DH said.

I like the 'pipe brackets' story. "If you don't ask, you don't get," as my Mum used to say. In Australia they have a designated day when you can put out any unwanted property on the grass verges outside your house. It is left there for a week or two, and anyone can help themselves to whatever catches their eye. Anything that is left is then cleared away by the council. I think it's a wonderful way of recycling, helping hard-up families and saving a lot of good stuff going to landfill. It's a pity that the idea isn't practical to use here in the UK.

When we sold our last house the young couple ( foreign but don’t want to say more) who bought it asked that I leave everything as it was.... including my pictures , mirrors, rugs, lighting, furniture and even the bedding and curtains in my 2 granddaughters’ bedroom ( they didn’t even have children) .

GreenGran78 That used to happen here in New Zealand too but the scavengers made such a mess or the grass verge and pathways, smashing TV screens to get to parts (so many children here still walk to school and play out barefoot so that was very dangerous for little feet); breaking up washing machines to take out the engines etc., that now it is illegal to scavenge.

Our designated day for inorganic pickups are set every 6 months (area by area) and one has to register with the Council and put out the items only when that date comes up.

We are also encouraged to take registration numbers and report to Council any time we see scavengers breaking things up.

bradfordlass72 ??my husband would've sold me on the spot!!

And been clear on a no refund policy

Back on the ship, several people said we'd been very lucky to get away with it, especially when my husband refused the deal. One passenger had been knifed in the arm and another mugged. We both thought our luck was because we had our 4 year old with us.

Out next door neighbours wanted to extend their 6 ft fence upwards for more privacy ( from us) and told the joiner to ask us if they could put the supports on our side as they would spoil the look of their garden. Lol. Needless to say, we said no which they weren't very happy with.

adaunas That is not so uncommon actually. When we were moving house once we were unable to move in immediately as we were still trying to sell our house. The lady we had bought from was moving to a property that needed redecorating throughout, so we suggested she stay on in her old home until it was finished. She was house-sitting for us and avoiding all the dust and upheaval in her new house. It worked out well for both of us.

On holiday in Kenya in the 80's we had travelled up country and stopped at a petrol station. We had our blonde 16 year old daughter with us. Whilst filling the car my husband was approached and offered a number of camels for our daughter. When he refused the offer the man kept increasing the offer. After my husband made the final refusal the guy who had made the offer pierced two of our tyres.

On the same holiday we were way out in the bush when two policemen threw a stinger across the track. We stopped and they wanted a lift to their village about 100 miles away. We had no option but to crowd them into the back of the landrover with our daughter and take them there. It was hot and they stunk of BO.

Such a lovely holiday.

Happysexagenarian, I guess we were more nervous and with a 150 mile drive to check that all was OK we decided against it. On the other hand we thought it was such a good idea, we drove up at weekends and redecorated before we moved in.