40 Bad Neighbor Pictures That Will Make You Grateful For Yours
I live in a condo building in the city, which is basically a roll of the dice when it comes to neighbors. There are HOA fees, shared walls, a dumpster we’re all collectively responsible for, and a leaky roof that nobody wants to deal with. But we got lucky. Our neighbors are solid. They’re respectful, low-drama, the kind of people you actually wave to in the hallway. It makes me never want to move.
Because here’s the thing about neighbors: the grass is always greener until it isn’t. That time my neighbor parked a little too close to my car? Not even a blip on the radar compared to what some people are dealing with out there.
These bad neighbor pictures are a good reminder of that. Some of these people needed to move yesterday. I would.
1. “POV Your Neighbors Decide To Paint Their House The Color Of God”
“Neighbors painted their house some sort of reflective white color. Unless I close my blinds, I wake up to this every morning and it persists until sunset.”
2. “Neighbor Put Up A Fence And Left Their Gas Meter On My Side”
3. “Neighbor Always Street Parks Several Feet From The Curb”
4. “Some Neighbor Filled Up My Trash Bin Right Before Trash Pickup Day”
5. “My Neighbours Disgusting Habit Of Keeping His Trash In The Hallway. Today Featuring A Bag Full Of Used Diapers”
“Yes, it stinks. I’ve written the landlord about it several times and nothing happens. It’s literally only a 20 meter walk to the garbage disposal.”
6. “Just Moved To The Other Side Of The Country And The Neighbor’s Kids Lit My Car On Fire”
7. “My Neighbor Keeps Her Camera Pointed Straight At My Back Door”
“The camera is active. It swivels, so it is pointed in different directions throughout the day. 90% of the time it’s pointed straight at my back door. She lives alone and usually has comments about what I’m doing around my house.
It feels like every time i go out back i have this camera straight on me, then i notice the little blue motion light will activate. What’s the best way to deal with this? Lattice? Plants?”
8. “My Neighbors Like To Take Shopping Carts Home And Never Return Them, So They Just Accumulate By The Dumpster”
9. “My Neighbor (Who Has A 2-Car Garage And A 2-Car Driveway) Insists On Double-Parking His Cars In The Street Instead, Blocking An Entire Lane Of The Road”
10. “We Own The Property/ The Entrance To This Road But Our Neighbour Put Up An Electric Wire And Sign Across It”
“We bought the property and own the land but the man who lives across the street (and owns the field to the left of this stone wall) just put up this electric ‘fence’ across our road. He’s been in the area a while and just refuses to accept that we bought it.”
11. “Awesome Neighbor Parks Like This Every Day”
“Driveway free and clear. Backs into the sidewalk anyways. Their house got raided by the police a week ago over stolen property so hopefully they’ll be gone soon.”
12. “My Unhygienic Neighbours Dump Their Used Dog Bags In Front Of Their Unit On Some Rocks. The Smell Is Atrocious”
13. “Upstairs Neighbor Cut Their Hair On The Balcony”
“Only problem is, it landed on my balcony a floor below. Walked out and saw somebody else’s hair all over my stuff.”
14. “Went Away For A Month, Neighbour Mowed Our Lawn Without Asking. Destroyed The Grass And Broke The Lawnmower”
“Neighbour kindly offered to water our garden while we were away – very appreciative to have him keep an eye on things for us. However he then took it upon himself to mow both our front and back lawns without asking first 3 weeks into us being away, so at that point the lawn was massively overgrown. Looks like he didn’t raise the blades to accommodate for the long grass and has now massively stressed our lawn after we spent so long trying to keep it healthy. Also broke our lawnmower in doing so.”
15. “Came Back From Camping To Find My Neighbor Moved Their Mailbox Onto My Property Without Asking And Knocked Over Mine”
“A contractor truck backed into my mailbox because the driver apparently really needed to use the port-a-potty nearby.
Then with my mailbox on the ground, the neighbor comes over, digs a hole, pours some concrete, and moves their mailbox onto my yard.
I talked to the mail carrier and he said they asked him if they could move their box and he said he “didn’t have a problem with it”, but they didn’t ask me the property owner and he was surprised they didn’t. I would have suggested going halfsies on a thicker post and just putting both our boxes on it because I gotta redo mine anyway.
I’m mostly upset because they didn’t bother asking. Now if I get mad, what’s the point? They’ve already poured the concrete and I still have to replace my box and pole.”
16. “Alright, I’m Done Being Nice”
“This past weekend, my nightmare neighbors took things to a new level and installed these obnoxiously bright floodlights — one in the front yard and another in the back — with the back one aimed directly into my yard. I’ve owned this home for about 9 months now; they’ve been renting here for over 15 years and act like they own the block.”
17. “Unknown Neighbor Started Parking Their Bike In The Entrance Of Our Building”
“Third day in a row now, before I had been leaning it up against a wall to get it out of the way. Today I was going to toss it outside and saw they had gotten a lock.”
18. “Neighbor’s Car Touching Mine”
“I’ve told my neighbor that she keeps hitting my car (right) when she parks (left) she swears they aren’t touching, but multiple dents in my bumper say otherwise.”
19. “Our Hallway Neighbor Loves To Treat It As An Extension Of Their Own Apartment”
“Someone who lives on the same hall as us and moved in a bit ago. At first it started out as just the table, and gradually keeps growing and growing. Genuinely how do some people think that this is acceptable?”
20. “My Neighbor Keeps Burning Trash In His Backyard”
“I’ve been dealing with this for about 3 years now. But this is the first time I walked out and saw an 8-foot flame, 2 feet away from his fence line and a few more away from mine. He was nowhere to be found; the fire was left unattended. I could feel the heat on the other side of my fence. After taking this photo, it grew wider and taller. This time I called the fire department and turned my sprinkler on.
The smell often seeps into my home because I leave my kitchen window open and have no clue when he will start a trash fire. My couch and rugs permanently smell like smoke. He’d ignore my calls and text messages, and attempting to talk in person, he would change the subject. He and his 3 kids also chain-smoke, and when I say all day, I’m not exaggerating. It’s impossible for me to enjoy my backyard.”
21. “Neighbour Decided To Use Some Screws, Hanging I Don’t Know What”
22. “Neighbors Put A Gas Can With A Paper Towel For A Lid Right Next To My Front Door. Now I Have To Be The ‘It’s The Fumes That Are Flammable’ Guy”
23. “My Neighbor Keeps Leaving His Water Jugs Outside Of My Apartment”
“Two people live in the apartment across the hall and they refuse to take their water jugs to the dumpster outside. No idea why they even go through this many water jugs in the first place.”
24. “Neighbour Blocked Both My Cars In The Driveway”
25. “New-Ish Neighbors Chopped Down Entire Area Of 80+ Year Old Trees”
26. “Everyday My Neighbour Slowly Paces And Inspects My Front Yard”
27. “Neighbours Moved Out And Left Their Junk On The Lawn Assuming The City Would Just Pick It Up. It’s Been Over A Month”
28. “Psycho Woman Walks Dog On Neighbors Property Now”
“Originally this psycho neighbor walked their dog on our property and yelled at us in some random language. She only stopped when we threatened to call the police. Now she’s in the neighbors’ yard, and I got some video.
Only when she crosses the fence is when she would be on our property, and I would have to call the police. The only reason I’m not notifying the neighbors is because they also have like 5 dogs that bark constantly. And they only cared when I threatened to send audio recordings to the HOA.”
29. “Neighbor Has The Sidewalk Permanently Blocked”
30. “New Neighbor’s Truck, Every Night”
31. “Neighbour Throws Bones Over The Fence Into Our Yard”
“For years, our backyard neighbours have been throwing uncooked bones over the fence. I have a dog who then brings the bones inside. I have no idea which backyard neighbour it is as we are connected to a few, I have asked around but none confessed to it.”
32. “Is This Rude And If So What Should I Do About It? This Is The Stairs That Lead To The Parking Lot For All Of My Neighbors”
33. “Neighbor Keeps Using My Driveway”
“My neighbor decided that, because their driveway is narrow and they have two cars, it would be easier to park one in the yard. They then decided it’s easiest to just keep moving forward and turn left out of my driveway.
And yeah, this portion of their yard is just mud now.”
34. “Before And After Of Our Neighbors Buying A Trailer”
35. ” My Neighbor That’s Written 3 Notes On My Car For Parking In Front Of Her House (On A Public Street) Blocked A Spot With A Cone”
36. “My Neighbor Does Laundry Then Stores Her Used Gloves In Everyone’s Newspaper Slots Like Her Own Personal Trash”
“I confronted her about 2 months ago and reminded her that there is literally a trash can in the laundry room. She said ‘I know’ and walked away.”
37. “My Next-Door Neighbor Installed Fence Lights And ‘Hid’ The Wires On Our Side”
“Never asked permission or even told us he was doing it. Generally has been a nice and considerate neighbor, so wasn’t expecting this at all.
He obviously doesn’t want to see the wires, why would he think we would? Especially when we don’t get the benefit of the lights? Ugh.”
38. “Neighbor Keeps Putting Sandbags Across Sidewalk”
“So this is the new form of blocking the sidewalk. It crosses the entire sidewalk causing a tripping hazard to anyone who using the sidewalk.
I’ve called the village to complain about the bags and they sent the police out a couple times to have them removed but they keep getting put back each time it rains.
Not sure what else to try to do. Talking to him is not a good idea because he and we do not get along and it will lead nowhere just as it has in the past.”
39. “Neighbour Put Wind Chimes On Her House Right Next To My Bedroom Window”
“I guess my neighbour, who is very elderly and deaf, got wind chimes for Christmas because I woke up to the sound of them jingling all night. I like to sleep with my window open and they kept me up last night. I understand I’ll just have to politely ask her to change where she hangs them, but it’s still irritating.”
40. “The Current State Of Our Neighbor’s Back Yard”
“For some background, we live in attached town homes and lately have been seeing rats and skunks come into our yard from the next yard over. And when we peaked over their fence this was what greeted us. This neighbor also has a 1 year old kid.”