Good neighborhood for more quality of life
No country is as well known for escalating neighborhood disputes, including legal disputes, as Germany. Constant stress with people who live in the same area is often unavoidable, which can cause bad emotions to build up and eventually make you ill. Here we collect tips on how to shape the relationship with the neighborhood positively in the long term.
You don’t live alone!
A positive relationship begins with the realization that you don’t live in a vacuum. Many activities that you do in the apartment, on the balcony or in the garden have an impact on the environment and everyone who lives there.
For example, numerous conflicts arise from different rhythms of life: Those who work shifts sometimes hope for quiet during the day to sleep, while families with children cannot always regulate the noise level as easily as the neighbors might hope. Those who like loud music or like to celebrate long parties run the risk of causing a stir – as do those who like to cook with lots of garlic and who use inappropriate ventilation to cause the fumes to drift into the stairwell.
Commonly agreed rules such as B. a stairwell order, Kehrwoche, order in the front yard or the like are loaded with conflict potential when different world views and generations collide.
If you keep in mind that you should be considerate of your fellow human beings, you can avoid many of these problems in good time. But even if resentment arises, all is not lost. This brings us to the next tip.
communication is everything
In order to prevent long-lasting arguments, it always makes sense to address conflicts directly and not to eat up anger forever. And just as communicating problems is an important component, the same applies: the sound makes the music. Anger and aggression is definitely not a good guide, no matter how annoyed you are by your neighbors’ problematic behavior. Instead, the guidelines for non-violent communication should be taken into account: I-messages, formulate clear wishes, and make no assumptions about motives or backgrounds for the behavior of the other party. With the help of this method, at least small problems can be resolved quickly – provided, of course, that both parties have an interest in friendly cooperation at all.
Friendliness and little attentions: these are the lubricants of civilisation
If you want to work on your positive effect on roommates or neighbors, you can start with very fundamental things: It is often enough to smile at the other person, always say a friendly hello and a step towards the other is already done. Another way to make yourself popular is by taking packages for your neighbors, a service that has become often indispensable for those who are not at home when the delivery services make their rounds.
Other things can also help to create community: At Christmas or Easter you can hang small gifts on the doorknob, celebrate neighborhood festivals, organize game nights or set up a common book box with which reading material can be exchanged.
Benefit together with your neighbors from E.ON Plus
Neighborhood connects – and can be associated with many advantages. That’s why the electricity provider E.ON offers you and your neighbors the opportunity to benefit from discounts and other advantages together with the E.ON Plus program. Simply bundle a specific energy contract with your neighbor’s contract and they both receive green electricity at no extra charge – if they don’t already purchase green electricity from E.ON – as well as the possibility of a 60% discount per contract.
Incidentally, the offer does not only apply to people who live right next to each other or even in the same house: you can team up with anyone whose contract meets the requirements, be it a family member, friend, work colleague or club mate. Incidentally, this way you do not enter into any mutual obligations: The special thing about this bundling mode is that all contracts continue to only apply between the customer and E.ON.