At the time of viewing our house we thought the garden was a little small. The 
owner at the time told us the neighbour may let us buy a patch of her garden, something they’d already discussed. But then the neighbour’s house went for sale. We’d missed our chance. Luckily it never sold! Instead the owner decided to rent. After a few months of seeing no activity in the garden and it developing into a jungle we approached the renters and asked for the landlords details. The renter point blank refused and closed the door on me. My jaw-dropped!
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Obviously that’s not the whole story but the most info I could give in 100 words. The saga continues….
New2Writing 
Do you suppose she thought you wanted to rent the house and they’d be forced to move out? My neighbor is the same way..would not let me in the house to introduce myself. Said they’d come over later but never did…Run into the house if they think it looks like I’m going to speak to them. Strange. http://judydykstrabrown.com/2015/09/06/drop-jaw/