What to do about strange neighbors?

you need to go to them and thank them very much for their contributions, but you have different ideas for your house and ask if they want their items back; if not, call the Salvation Army for a pick up.

You poor thing. Ugh, I would feel like I'm walking on eggshells. After all, you're going to be neighbors for a long time! I would think this one long and hard....maybe tell them that their yard is nice and you appreciate the thought, but it's just not your style and you were thinking about doing something totally different with your landscaping.

Maybe make some brownies or cookies as a thank you as well....

Unless their house looks like an abonden horror house. You can't really say anything.

But doing the same to your house is a no no. I suppose you can have a stalemate and let them leave one fake flower nobody will notice.

What do your other neightbors feel like? I would give them something equally tacky as a gift that you know they will hate.

Eventually they will give up. You don't have to know your neighbors. I barely know the person next door and we lived together for about 2decades.

Take the things back to their door. "Thank you so much for the gifts, it was a very kind gesture, but we are looking forward to decorating our new place ourselves and in our own style. These would look great in your yard though!"

If they do it again, you will need to be more firm. "Hi, thanks again, but I need you stop bringing things onto our property and digging in our yard. We are going to decorate our yard and our home ourselves. in our own style. Please don't bring anything over any more...unless it's food, we're always up for that!" (Laugh to lighten the mood.)

And then if you are really brave, you can invite them for BBQ in the front yard. (I would not bring them into your house though, and once in your backyard, they would surely make their way inside to the kitchen, so have absolutely everything you need outside or in the garage!)

Do not worry about being rude, because they were rude first, by invading your personal space and trespassing, so you need to be rude back.

I have had major problems with all the neighbors around me encroaching on my property -- trespassing regularly, taking it upon themselves to cut sections of my grass (because they used those sections), etc. -- and when I caught them I laid down the law. And I mean REALLY LAID DOWN THE LAW. At one point, I ended up screaming at a neighbors friend who was parking on the road, partially blocking off my driveway (this was a common occurrence).

If you do not put a stop to this ASAP, you will regret it. This is counter-intuitive to decent considerate people -- which is exactly what you and your husband sound like -- but in these situations, you need to let your gut reaction out, and steam, storm, yell, and stomp around, and basically tell these people to F off. If you do not do this, you will find that you keep getting angrier about the problem, swallowing your anger, and then find your anger building, because you are as much angry at yourself as at them. And, of course with each act of encroachment your neighbors get away with, they will get twice as bold.

Unless you want to come down one morning and find your neighbors sitting at your kitchen table, complaining about your coffee and housekeeping, get angry and get rid of those trespassers. Making them hate you, and feel YOU are a psycho, is the only way to be rid once and for all.

better put a stop to it soon or they are going to be letting themselves in your house. just tell them "unless you are invited stay off my property. okely dokely neighbor-ino" haha. if it persists from they threaten to tresspass or call the police for a civil standby.

Let them know hey we apreciate your gesuture but we dont feel comfortable with you putting random stuff on our property if that dosent work buy a (gun)