To be annoyed about being kept awake by loud braying "Hooray Henry" voices coming from a garden near me

[VulgarAchesButCanRun5k]

Grrr! I went to bed last night at about 10.30 and was enjoying a blissful sleep. I was awoken at about 12.30 am by the Hooray voices. Well, just one in particular . . .

This guy's voice is so loud . . the garden they were in must be about 20 yards away. They were outside until about 4.30 am and this guy's voice booms so much I could still hear him through the double glazing. (Annoyingly , I had to shut the window because it was so loud.) I honestly don't understand how his friend's ears aren't bleeding.

And it is not the first time . . . always seems to be on a Wednesday night. One of my neighbours had a word in the summer but I forgot to ask her what the outcome was.

The house is owned by a guy in his 50's who I think works away from home quite a lot and he has two sons in their early 20's. I'm guessing it is one of their obnoxious friends.

BTW ,it is difficult to have a word with them as they don't have an accessible front door as such, just an intercom at the end of their drive.

I quite fancy putting a note through in thier letterbox but I don't want to provide any source of mirth for the annoying twats.

If I hear that midnight braying once more there could be an ugly scene that's for sure.

What do you think?

[PVish]

if it was "geddere wayne" woudl that be pref?

[McSnail]

Buy a sniper rifle from ebay and set up your position for tonight...

[VulgarAchesButCanRun5k]

Possibly . . .

[PVish]

i once foxed someone at new years eve ( about 2am) who was having a long conversation in german( altho he was eNglish) on a mobile phone outide our house by shouting in german to shut up.

think the person on the other end of hte phone heard too

[VulgarAchesButCanRun5k]

Yes, that was my fantasy at 3.00 am this morning McSnail

[PVish]

id go there when they are doing it with a wooden spooon and wave it threteningly.

[VulgarAchesButCanRun5k]

Pvish - brilliant. i think loud German would be equally annoying as Hooray.

[VulgarAchesButCanRun5k]

I did shout "Shut up" in my loudest fishwife back in the summer.

I guess it wasn't loud enough as none of my neighbours heard it

[wilbur]

You need to write down what it is that he is saying (dull story about work? jokes about his g'friend?) and then just politely put it in a note saying you would rather not hear about his day or whatever it is. That way they know you really can hear it, otherwise they will think you're making a fuss about nothing. Sympathy though - a bunch of people we having an argument in the street for about an hour at 3am last week and I could hear every word. So dull.

[VulgarAchesButCanRun5k]

Archie?

Megaphone sounds like a good idea . . .

Oh, just remembered I did ring their intercom several times on the way to school and back this morning.

No reply but it felt soooo good.

[VulgarAchesButCanRun5k]

Well the annoying thing is i can't really hear the words although it is very loud.

It is cheering (possibly drinking game) and a very loud but indistinct monologue.

Believe me, this guy's voice really carries. you can only hear the other people vaguely.

[freename]

Poor you we have hooray neighbours two doors down (terraced street) who think the rest of us must be deaf. He also has a sister who visits frequently and she has the deepest barking voice I've ever heard on a woman. Seriously. I have no problem shouting 'shut up!' across the gardens. We've fallen out with them in the past over noise but it has become more civilised recently. I don't hold grudges as long as they stop annoying me. They are the sort who leave their engine running at 2 in the morning while they load the car to go off on frequent jolly japes calling loudly to each other 'shall we take the foie gras darling or will you stuff the goose when we get there?' Shut up!!!!

[freename]

heehee DH leaves for work VERY early and also rings their bell and knocks very loudly on their door as he goes. You could also sellotape the buzzer down.

[wilbur]

Than I still think a polite note saying "You probably don't realise how far your voices carry...... but 4am is unfair... blah blah" and give the dates when the noise was worst. I just think making people feel bad by being super polite is the way forward in these kind of cases. Yelling and being stroppy v rarely gets you the result you want - you just end up with one of the tabloid-friendly neighbour rage cases.

[VulgarAchesButCanRun5k]

Oooo- i like the idea of taping the buzzer down.

Freename -Funnily enough we live in a terraced street too.

I do hope terraces aren't becoming a hooray enclave.

[MintyCane]

I hate the summer now because the G and T (not gifted and talented in this case )
keep us awake partying in their back yards all night. It drives me crazy and keeps my kids awake. We live in a terrace as well.

[BitOfFun]

Who are the G and T then? Gits and Twats?

[MintyCane]

ha ha ha Well yes I think Jeremy would qualify as one of those as well as his "darling" friends. However, i meant Gin and Tonic.

[MintyCane]

How come they do it mid week as well as on the weekend ? Do they not have jobs and need sleep. Maybe daddy is funding their lifestyle.

[OtterInaSkoda]

You don't need tape to stick the buzzer down with - clog it up with chewing gum instead. I'd suggest bribing a local hoody to do this on your behalf

[VulgarAchesButCanRun5k]

Just spoken to my neighbour and it is worse for her - she doesn't have double glazing and her Dc's are very young and were disturbed by the noise.

And she cannot catch up on her sleep in the day like me.

She has phoned the police but TBH I don't know if loud voices will be taken as seriously as loud music.

Chewing gum . . now there's an idea . . .

[StrikeUpTheBand]

I sympathise - and yes I think it's probably every bit as bad as my noisy neighbours who leave their little children crying for ages, intermittently coming into the bedroom and yelling "F*ing shurrup will ya!!!". Oh and leaving their kids and visiting kids being loud out in the garden past 10pm (aged between 18 months and about 7) while they have a loud get-together inside.

It's hard because in order to make a complaint you are supposed to have asked them nicely if they would do something about the noise first. I think your neightbours are more likely to take this well than mine. Yes, I think maybe a note or just asking them politely the next day?