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It’s framed! Now, for the first time, you can really see where this project is heading.

Invite the neighbors next time? It doesn’t have to turn into a friendship, but if they’ve spent time in your garden, drinking and laughing together, they won’t be able to complain about it in the future.

Honestly, I wouldn’t really want to do that either. You have a family gathering and you also invite neighbors you don’t even particularly like, well, I’m not sure...
In principle, you are right, but it is difficult to put into practice...

They are not supposed to join the table in the afternoon for coffee and cake, but rather in the evening. A few glasses of wine can break down many barriers. A long-standing conflict becomes much more uncomfortable. Those long-established cannot help it; they will realize that they lose every argument, which makes them even angrier, and in the worst case, the situation may escalate unnecessarily.

In my experience, that doesn’t help at all. It definitely doesn’t change their attitude even a little.

But trying won’t really cause much harm either...

You were invited to the topping-out ceremony, and for the big housewarming party (which will only take place once the landscaping is finished – so probably not until next year), I will invite all the neighbors.

Communication is already happening – but until now, we have always been considerate whenever a request was made. Slowly, however, we feel it is going too far, and we will defend ourselves accordingly. As I said: I just want to be able to talk with the window open and on the terrace (which, after all, faces the neighbor’s side) without having to whisper. Otherwise, it's certainly possible to be considerate of each other, but everything has its limits.