What can I do to thank our neighbor?

Question

So my neighbor is going to work on mine and my husbands car... like getting the scratches out, the sun damage, putting clear coat on it to make them look nice. He says he is just bored and likes working on cars and wanted to do it since he works nights and what not. We don't have a lot of extra money, but we feel like we should do something in return. Any ideas. He's married with two kids. Maybe something for the whole family... we can't come up with anything! Please help :)

Answer 1

Mail him a thank you note, put one of those corny ads in your local pennysaver that says thanks, bake whatever it is you are famous for and send it over to him with a note. For a few bucks more, you could give him a gift certificate. Definitely buy the replacement supplies that he used up --- if you dont know what they are ask or get the gift certificate for the local autozone type store. If you have kids, let your kids make a banner.....get glass chalk and write a great big thank you down the side of the car when you get it ....include his first name! send him two thank you notes one from you and one from the car.... invite him over for a beer, dinner, corn on the grill (good and cheap), make a note to yourself to mention it again in the christmas card you send him, include a few lottery tickets (race car ones) in your thank you...make him a themed gift basket.... the theme could be a food, cars, or my personal fav is to pick your home town (so a Buffalo Basket would have buffalo chicken wing sauce, Wardynski hotdogs, rolls, etc.) with a little note explaining the basket and saying thanks. If you are good friends, offer to babysit for him so he can take the Mrs. out... better yet get them a gift certificate and include a babysitting coupon for the night they go to dinner... hope these ideas get you started...

of course, you could just pick up the phone and say thanks.

Answer 2

Dear Preggers, - Not to sound too sappy, but, your neighbor sounds like a really good person, and the reward he feels inside by you and your Husband just allowing him to share of himself and work on your cars, well;.....his greatest reward is the intangible feeling he gets inside by allowing to show his kindness and gesture.

However; I understand how this has equally touched you, and even if you don't have much money yet want to do something nice, maybe even cooking a really nice meal and having your neighbors over would be nice.

In the short term, this will sustain and the kindness will be reciprocated and is a great opportunity to become good friends & neighbors.

Maybe later on, a nice gift certificate for a dinner for 4 at a decent restaurant would be nice.

It's the little things that mean the most, and depending on the age of their kids, giving them a couple toys like some yard toys (balls, frisbee, etc.) would be nice, and maybe just a dinner for 2 for the parents.

It's really neat how little geuninely good people can see a kind act as something nearly priceless. It sounds like you and your neighbors are sitting on a moral goldmine. What a nice event this is to read.

Since I can relate with your neighbor, I can tell you that the mere acceptance of my act of kindness means so much to me from my own past experiences. You may not realize you've given him way more than he would/could expect.

Answer 3

There are a lot of helpful suggestions here! What I would do (and have done in this situation) is make dinner for the family one night. You could also offer to watch their kids so the adults could go out to dinner. (Some people are wierd about that, though, if you're not real close w. the neighbor, that might not be the best thing)

Answer 4

Give him a gift card to a restaurant, so that him and his family can go out to eat one night when he's off. Or you could cook a nice dinner and invite him and his family over, maybe watch some movies,have couple of cocktails(if they drink). It should be fun.

Answer 5

You can never go wrong with a gift certificate to your local pizza place, so him and the family can have dinner together.

Or... since he work's at night he probably drinks a lot of coffee. How about a medium to large sized nice portable coffee mug and a bag of fresh grounds from your local supermarket?

Answer 6

I agree that a dinner may well be beautiful. do not take them out as you are able to not fairly be affording much less high priced dinner in spite of everything the expences of shifting and you do not could make a foul effect by potential of going someplace inexpensive so invite them for a house cooked meal and ask them in the event that they are in a position to't consume something (in case of hypersensitive reactions). do not grant to look after the toddlers because of the fact then they'll assume which you will do it consistently. enable them to return to you or you are able to grant whilst they have hung out with you in case you notice that they actually want a sitter. besides they won't desire to enable entire strangers look after their little ones...nicely...in the event that they are good mothers and dads. possibly you're able to ask them in the event that they prefer wine and purchase them a stunning bottle it fairly is elementary priced (not something inexpensive yet do not bypass splurge loopy).

Answer 7

House plaints are always a nice thoughtful idea for thanking someone, they liven up a house and they are cheerful.
What a nice neighbor you have, you should be so lucky. They are hard to come by.

Answer 8

How about a good old fashioned bar-b-q? Invite your friend and his family on the weekend.

Answer 9

Buy him a nice dinner set for four so that whenever they sit down for dinner they will remember you and your gift.

Answer 10

get a gift card at a restaurant for around $30.00 & offer to babysit while they go out to eat