Many people are familiar with problems with neighbors. This most often concerns residents of apartment blocks, who have quite a few neighbors. However, owners of detached houses also have their share of neighborly fights. We usually argue about noise, morning renovations, smoking on the balcony or burning garbage in the furnace and poisoning the entire neighborhood. While illegal behavior or behavior that violates the rules of life in society quite rightly deserves reprimand, it sometimes happens that we get thrashed for simply living. It is difficult to forbid children from running after returning from school or not cooking dinner because the smells are blowing through the ventilation to the neighbor.
How to deal with a troublesome neighbor?
Neighbors’ quarrels can last for years, poisoning the atmosphere and friendly – or at least correct – relations. It is therefore worth developing some way of communicating so that life can be “more or less like that”. The simplest, and at the same time the most difficult solution here is an honest conversation. It is important that both parties treat each other with respect and treat each other equally. After all, everyone wants to spend time in peace in their own home.
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However, the word “peace” does not always have a common meaning for both parties. For us, it may be the ability to cook, clean, run after the kids without stress. For the downstairs neighbors, it is the absence of stomping and vacuuming. It is good to work out a common definition and the way to implement it. You will certainly have to give in on a few issues – this applies to both us and the neighbors. This is what compromise is all about. If a neighbor is smoking on the balcony, maybe he could write a text message with a warning to close the window for a few minutes? And if the neighbor is bothered by the smells from the kitchen, maybe treating her to a piece of cheesecake from time to time will calm the situation down?
Conflict with a neighbor: when to bring out the big guns?
If reaching an agreement is out of the question, the answer should be sought in the community regulations and legal provisions. If a given activity is not prohibited, well, we have the right to do it – both we and our neighbors. In the case where the rules contained in the regulations, as well as those related to social norms, are being bent, it is possible to file a complaint with the community board. If there are suspicions of breaking the law, such situations are reported to the police. If you’d like, please vote in our poll below.
Source: Gazeta
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