On 25th June as I was leaving our house, I was stopped by a man called Damian who informed me that Mariano had left and he was our new next door neighbour.
We were completely unaware that the house had changed hands because all this was done without any For Sale sign or advertising.
Our neighbours who we have known since we moved in 20 years ago, whilst we have never been over friendly, have always been polite but over the past few months we have noticed that they have distanced themselves and now hardly speak to us.