People have been sharing their stories of nightmare neighbours, from those who were caught spying to thieves trying to steal pets.

Commenting on a thread on UK parenting forum Mumsnet, people shared their horror stories about the people living next door. 

The conversation was sparked by a woman who said she had a nosy neighbour who always seems to know her business.

She said that, after she and her partner bought a new laptop, the neighbour asked her about it - despite the fact she had never mentioned it to him.

The woman said: 'He's either spying or watching via his Ring doorbell (This isn't the first time he's suddenly known stuff about us without us telling him and I've caught him spying before now).'

Asking people to share their nightmare neighbour stories so she could 'put it into perspective', people trumped the nosy neighbour dilemma with stories of boundary disputes, theft, and even orgies.

One person said their next door neighbour has been sending forged legal letters to them about where the boundary should be in the garden, after 'trying to steal' a piece of land.

Another person, from Knutsford, said that while the people next door had an extension fitted by a 'bankrupt builder', the work managed to take off half of their kitchen roof, which they didn't discover until they'd got home from work.