How do I make sure my new neighbours get on with us?

After you have met enough people, have an afternoon open-house to “Meet the Neighbors.” You will be able, soon enough, to separate the wheat from the chaff. Avoid personal topics and just chat about generalities…that way no one will think you are nosy.

Regardless of what you do if they don’t like you they wont ever like you .

Nothing….why do you want to make people like you?

@MrGeneVan It’s not so much MAKING them like me, I’m a nice enough person and one of those people that believes you either like me or you don’t, no skin off my nose if you don’t! It’s more a making sure that we get along and keeping the neighbourhood friendly :)
@sandystrachen I agree I just wanted to make sure I wasn’t over doing the hello’s – Eveyone has a different view on what is friendly and what is over the top !!

When i moved summer of last year i just said Hi to everyone when i saw them and still say F’like when i see them .
When i moved 5 years ago to a small village i made friends but shortly after they all made my life unbearable so i had to move .

@sandystrachan that’s not nice hopefully that won’t happen everyone seems pretty friendly so far!

@sakura Hopefully everyone or at least most of them will see you as a friend .
I know now that i am in a new village people here are ace

You can’t make sure they will all like you or get along with you. but you can establish a basis of friendly communication (without being intrusive) so that if you ever do have to talk to them about something that might be a problem between you, it won’t be the first contact. It sounds like you are already doing that.

They won’t all become your friends, but at least you won’t be strangers if the time ever comes that you have to ask them to move their barbecue or their idling motorcycle because your living room is straight downwind of the fumes or request that they keep an eye on things while you’re away.

I usually take an index card with our address, names, phone numbers, where we work, etc. and introduce myself. That way, if something happens, the neighbors know how to reach us.

@PandoraBoxx I lurve your idea

Thanks guys for all your answers so far, they have helped heaps!

Never plant anything right next to the fence line. That way you won’t piss your neighbors off when it grows over the property line or cause them to cut chunks off your bushes when you aren’t looking.

@Darwin Haha, I have to laugh at that one. My neighbors cut my bushes on their side every chance they get, and being privets, they grow back even fuller, plus everywhere the flowers fall, they grow new plants..