Hi Sunnyday
I too have had neighbours who became a bit too intrusive in my life. I am the kind of person who likes to wave at neighbours, stop for a 5 minute chat in the common areas but don’t knock on my door when you feel like it. Had a couple of neighbours who would see me wave out my window and decide that meant “come knock on my door and interrupt what I am doing”.
One was worse than the other. To stop this behavior, I sent the worst one an email saying “can you believe the neighbour at unit x came knocking at my door just because he could see I was home? Who does that?”. Surprisingly this worked. By telling him i didnt like someone coming unannounced to my door without actually accusing him, he stopped. No more knocks on the door. Only the encounters by the letterbox to deal with. But my peace and quiet in my own home returned without directly telling my neighbour that his behavior was unwelcome.
We might have to live in close proximity in strata, but we don’t have to live in each others pockets.