Anonymous wrote:The new people should come and say hi.

But if OP is peoples person should say hi.

The new people should come and say hi.

This is why we bought a house without neighbors.

Anonymous wrote:I was walking the dog when I saw a couple outside of my neighbor's house, which was for sale. I asked if they were thinking of buying it. They were. We then proceeded to have a very nice conversation and they asked me a lot of questions that I was happy to answer.
They are now my neighbors and I am happy about that and we are quite friendly.
This was not difficult.

This isn't what always happens though.. Especially from gossip perspective, which is what it is. Every buyer would want as much "intel" on the house and the surrounding area as neighbors would volunteer, they are the ones looking, after all, and it's their money at stake. Of course they want neighbors to talk. So, it's a burden on you to become a part of the "sale", and I'd rather not deal with it. I am not here to persuade or dissuade buyers, so I would prefer it to not go beyond a warm hello or a wave. Be friendly, but keep my mouth shut is my strategy. If a buyer is particularly inquisitive and comes up to talk and asks too many questions, I'd politely say I have somewhere to be

Anonymous wrote:That’s a bit weird. I’d only wave if I knew they had bought it.

It’s 100% not weird for a mom with her kid to wave at another mom with her kid across the street when the first mom is looking at buying the house across the street. It’s weird you would qualify waving back on if you somehow knew they were the buyers.

I’d be weirded out if someone acted this way and honestly a bit worried their kid also inherited their parent’s antisocial tendencies and that they’d be weird kids for my kids to be around. If the house is a slam dunk otherwise I’d overlook that but if we were on the fence, idk.

That’s a bit weird. I’d only wave if I knew they had bought it.