Anonymous wrote:We're in an older neighborhood in McLean, with a community pool, parks and elementary school. People routinely buy within the neighborhood or buy their childhood homes or move away and back to the neighborhood. Anyway, lots and lots of dumpsters and port a potties. And everyone wants to see everyone else's renovations.

Yes, I think neighborly neighbors notify neighbors.

Anonymous wrote:We're in an older neighborhood in McLean, with a community pool, parks and elementary school. People routinely buy within the neighborhood or buy their childhood homes or move away and back to the neighborhood. Anyway, lots and lots of dumpsters and port a potties. And everyone wants to see everyone else's renovations.

See 14:52.

What neighborhood does NOT have pool, parks and schools?

We're in an older neighborhood in McLean, with a community pool, parks and elementary school. People routinely buy within the neighborhood or buy their childhood homes or move away and back to the neighborhood. Anyway, lots and lots of dumpsters and port a potties. And everyone wants to see everyone else's renovations.

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Anonymous wrote:We are in McLean. Absolutely not. Some people's purpose in life is to whine.

I'm in McLean. I email our cul de sac plus a few more neighbors before the dumpster and port a potty are delivered to our driveway. Seems like the least we can do. When work is complete, we deliver a little goodie bag with an invitation for an open house to thank them for their inconveniences.

This sounds like a regular occurrence? How often do you have work done requiring dumpsters and port a potties?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are in McLean. Absolutely not. Some people's purpose in life is to whine.

I'm in McLean. I email our cul de sac plus a few more neighbors before the dumpster and port a potty are delivered to our driveway. Seems like the least we can do. When work is complete, we deliver a little goodie bag with an invitation for an open house to thank them for their inconveniences.

terrible. Check out our massive new house or addition you poor neighbor!

Exactly. The inhabitants of old, small houses don't want to know about your great life, trust me. In fact, they may be p*ssed off enough with their own lives to try to start trouble where there is none. Shocker, I know.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are in McLean. Absolutely not. Some people's purpose in life is to whine.

I'm in McLean. I email our cul de sac plus a few more neighbors before the dumpster and port a potty are delivered to our driveway. Seems like the least we can do. When work is complete, we deliver a little goodie bag with an invitation for an open house to thank them for their inconveniences.

terrible. Check out our massive new house or addition you poor neighbor!

Exactly. The inhabitants of old, small houses don't want to know about your great life, trust me. In fact, they may be p*ssed off enough with their own lives to try to start trouble where there is none. Shocker, I know.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are in McLean. Absolutely not. Some people's purpose in life is to whine.

I'm in McLean. I email our cul de sac plus a few more neighbors before the dumpster and port a potty are delivered to our driveway. Seems like the least we can do. When work is complete, we deliver a little goodie bag with an invitation for an open house to thank them for their inconveniences.

terrible. Check out our massive new house or addition you poor neighbor!

If I run into one of my neighbors I might mention it in conversation. But no - there's no need to tell them unless they're impacted. When our one neighbor was doing landscaping, she came over to talk to us b/c some of the new bushes were going along the property line. But otherwise, our neighbors don't go out of their way to tell us either. Perhaps if there was a crime issue in our neighborhood - I might be inclined to say something. Maybe it depends on how close the houses are to each other? We're in the 'burbs, so interior construction noise isn't heard by the neighbors.

Nope.

Find a way to work it into a conversation, and if not slide a note under their door, prevents alot of problems unforeseen.

Anonymous wrote:We are in McLean. Absolutely not. Some people's purpose in life is to whine.

I'm in McLean. I email our cul de sac plus a few more neighbors before the dumpster and port a potty are delivered to our driveway. Seems like the least we can do. When work is complete, we deliver a little goodie bag with an invitation for an open house to thank them for their inconveniences.

Is this 1950 or are some of you in denial?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are in McLean. Absolutely not. Some people's purpose in life is to whine.

What does this have to do with whining?

+1

Yes, tell your neighbors unless you have neighbors with cars up on blocks and toys strewn across the front lawn which means they could give a crap.

Do car parts on their front lawn count?

My husband is one of those complainers and I can tell you he is even harder to deal with if you don't notify him in advance. Why am I still married to him? I don't know. Maybe because I have a kid.

If I see them I would, but I wouldn't try to track them down.