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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you're really interested in the house, why not just go knock on the neighbors door and introduce yourself?  Tell him you're thinking about buying in the neighborhood, but you wanted to ask a few questions about the neighborhood, et cetera.  It's perfectly legal to do this.  In fact, I wish I had asked neighbors questions before putting an offer on the house I currently own (I would have learned some things about easements that didn't come out until later in the process).

Then, after talking to him, you might be in a better position to judge.  I have never had a conversation with my postman, and every time I see him, he's usually focused on getting his job done quickly or he's on his cell phone.  I can't imagine that a postman really knows that much about some random guy.

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Eh, I actually WOULD put a lot of weight on what the postman says.   I've seen my mail lady chatting with neighbors, I way and do a little small talk if I happen to be outside when she comes by, etc.
Maybe you have not really talked with your postman because you are busy working, or your postman just isn't social--but combine a more social postman with the busy body of the neighborhood--and there will be a LOT of gossip.   Mail people tend to know things, too--because they are delivering the mail.   If a certain household is having financial difficulty--the postman might be one of the first to know because of all the bills coming with red lettering, etc.   If someone has legal trouble, the mail (certified letters, letters from courthouses, lawyers, etc.) will tell that too.[/quote]

If the mailman and the rest of the neighbors are that gossipy and discussing someone's personal mail and issues, that would make me not want to live in that neighborhood.

Again, I'd be less concerned about a recluse with a messy yard than about a bunch of people constantly nosing into my business.[/quote]

Every neighborhood has a gossip.   In our family, we call it "the Patrick" because in our last neighborhood, it was a man named Patrick that knew everything about everyone.   We moved into our house here, and found out that "Brian" next door was the Patrick of our new neighborhood.

Patrick and Brian--both of them aren't "mean" gossips--it's just that they do know everyone, and everything about them.   Shortly after we first moved in, we had an issue with a different set of neighbors.   We had never had an issue with neighbors in our last home (lived there 8 years) and haven't had any in this neighborhood since (We've lived here almost 7 years now).   Anyway, we ended up asking Brian about these neighbors, and he told me that those neighbors we had the issue with, also had an issue with the people who owned our home before us.   He was able to tell us just about everything, and make us feel a bit better about our own situation with them--sounds like they didn't really get along with anyone.[/quote]

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