There are times in life when a neighbor may ask you to write him a description. As a rule, such a document is required if a person decides to become an adoptive parent or guardian of a minor child. Also, household characteristics are considered when deciding on parole (parole) and in a number of other cases. For example, sometimes such documents are asked to provide applicants entering universities that train law enforcement officers.
Instructions
Step 1
A characteristic from neighbors (also called a "household characteristic") is often written collectively (in this case, it is signed by at least three people living in different apartments), but it can also reflect the opinion of one person. The purpose of such a document is to find out what opinion has developed about a person in the environment where he lives. As a rule, a characteristic from neighbors is written in an arbitrary form. However, she must have a certain "backbone".
Step 2
Household characteristics, like all similar documents, usually begins with an indication of the addressee of the document and its authors. Traditionally, this information is located in the upper right corner of the page. For example: “To the Petushinsky District Court of the Vladimir Region from M. V. Sukhorukova, residing at st. Lenin, 14, apt. 53.
Step 3
The next block is the name of the document and an indication of the data of the person who is given the characteristic. The title is written in large size in the center of the page: "Characteristic". On the next line, with a small letter - the surname, name, patronymic and address of your neighbor's residence. For example: “on Kovalev Dmitry Alexandrovich, living at st. Lenin, 14, apt. 55 ".
Step 4
Then, on a new line, start talking about your opinion about what is being characterized. To begin with, indicate how long a neighbor has been living in your house (entrance) and what is the composition of his family. For example, like this: “Kovalev D. A. lives in our house since 1999, married since 2003, has two sons - 7 and 12 years old”.
Step 5
Then start describing your neighbor. If the characteristic is collective, indicate: "according to the testimony of a neighbor, such and such …". Such characteristics describe the character of a neighbor, his participation in socially useful affairs, to the common property of an apartment building, relationships with other residents - those aspects of life that usually manifest themselves in the process of neighborly coexistence. For example: “Reznichenko A. D. enjoys authority and respect among neighbors, never conflicts with the inhabitants of the house, actively participates in the improvement of the yard, always goes to subbotniks. On his own initiative, he arranged a flower garden at the entrance and painted the fences. According to the reviews of a lonely pensioner Ospishcheva IA, who lives in a neighboring apartment, she often helps her free of charge with solving everyday issues."
Step 6
You can also write about the life of a neighbor “inside” the walls of his apartment - but in this case it is better to mention where you know this information from. For example: “As a neighbor in the stairwell, I often turn to the Osipovs for help and occasionally visit their house. The apartment is always clean, comfortable, a good repair has been made with our own hands, it is clear that the owners are very attentive to their house."
Step 7
When selecting information that will be included in the characteristic of a neighbor, you can take into account the purpose for which the document is drawn up. For example, if we are talking about the adoption of a child by a childless couple, the emphasis can be made on the nature of family relationships, relationships with neighbors and neighboring children, good breeding, accuracy, responsibility. If the characteristic is required as part of the process of revoking a driver's license - describe whether the neighbor complies with the parking rules and does not create inconvenience to others, whether he was noticed drunk. For the criminal process, it will be very important how the character of the neighbor manifested itself in everyday life, how much this person is prone to conflicts, whether his lifestyle and behavior correspond to those accepted in society.
Step 8
At the end of the characteristic, it is imperative to put the personal signatures of everyone who took part in its compilation and gave a characteristic to a neighbor - and also indicate the date of compilation of the characteristic. Next, the document must be certified. Contact the housing office, or the board of the homeowners' association, so that you have a stamp on your characterization. In some cases, an assurance from the district police officer may be required that he agrees with the neighbor's description and it does not contradict the obvious facts (for example, the neighbors describe the man as an exemplary family man, and the district police officer has several statements from his wife beaten by this “family man”).
Step 9
As a rule, all documents of this kind are drawn up on a standard A4 sheet of writing paper in a vertical orientation. The characteristic can be either printed on a computer or written by hand, however, the signatures of the authors of the document in any case must be affixed with their own hand. If a review about a neighbor is written by hand, try to write clearly and legibly, without blots and strikethroughs. Characteristics demanded from neighbors are often "attached" to a folder with a personal file - therefore, on the left side of the sheet, you should leave quite wide margins (at least 3 centimeters wide).
Step 10
A neighbor's description is purely voluntary, no one can force you to write it. However, remember that it is this seemingly trifling document that can play a decisive role in the fate of your neighbor. The court carefully examines all the papers that are provided to them. Therefore, people familiar with office work advise to write characteristics as fully and in detail as possible, indicate everything, even the smallest, good deeds of a person (he helped an old woman-neighbor, built a birdhouse, picked up a homeless dog, and so on) - but at the same time not distort the actual state of affairs … If your opinion about the neighbor is negative, but you do not want to express it, so as not to make an enemy for yourself, you can simply refuse to participate in writing the characteristics.
