Good fences mean good neighbours, when on a farm...we strongly suggested when our son bought his new home recently not to get one with a common driveway, usually ends up in tears.

We own all our neighbours, (the bank does) and the land we don't own is crown land....three townhouses across the road, we can control who lives there and if they cause us grief we evict them....the house next door is a dozer job one day, inside is better than it appears from the outside, and we just let people we like rent if from us, and the stipulation is if we hear them they too are gone.
I do consider our neighbours and dont leave the v8's running in the driveway, or take them to the gym early in the morning if there is a choice.