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Neighbours are having a party

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IDidntFloatUpTheLaganInABubble · 07/08/2021 23:33

My neighbours, well about 4 doors down at the end of my road are having a party.

Not a quiet little soirée you understand a big fecking party. They have a DJ with decks in the garden and an MC who really doesn't seem to need the microphone he keeps hollering into.

I am normally in bed by 10.30 but in my room it literally sounds like they are in my front garden, it is so loud and the bass is crazy.

If I was younger I'd probably wangle and invite and be over there in the thick of it but I'm 46, tired and I just want to go to bed.

What sort of time do we reckon this will finish, what is an acceptable time??

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BunnyRuddington · 07/08/2021 23:38

If I was younger I'd probably wangle and invite and be over there in the thick of it but I'm 46, tired and I just want to go to bed

.What sort of time do we reckon this will finish, what is an acceptable time??

Hate to tell you this but when I was younger I've left parties like this, give to work fir the day and then gone back to rejoin as they were still going strong...

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IDidntFloatUpTheLaganInABubble · 07/08/2021 23:42

House parties were never my thing, i used to go raving.
That was in a venue though not in a terraced house with a DJ set up in the garden!!

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IDidntFloatUpTheLaganInABubble · 07/08/2021 23:45

That being said my DD is 18 and she just wants them to call it a night so she can go to bed!

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BunnyRuddington · 07/08/2021 23:49

I do feel for you. These days I just want a quiet life and to go to bed. Have you got any ear plugs and a good book?

WaterIsBest · 07/08/2021 23:51

I would say midnight, then a call to 101

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IDidntFloatUpTheLaganInABubble · 07/08/2021 23:54

No, no ears plugs unfortunately!

Would 101 even do anything?

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Shallwegoforawalk · 07/08/2021 23:55

Check your council website for their rules on unsociable hours stuff then call the non emergency police number at one minute past that time. Grin

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IDidntFloatUpTheLaganInABubble · 07/08/2021 23:57

Council website says if its just a party don't bother them with it. If its a regular disturbance get in touch and they may write to them.

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IDidntFloatUpTheLaganInABubble · 08/08/2021 00:00

Just checked 101 online and that says speak to your local council so no point to any of that then!

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messybun101 · 08/08/2021 00:00

It's midnight op. Give 101 a phone and in a few hours when it's finished you can get some rest

GintyMcGinty · 08/08/2021 00:02

It's Saturday night and people haven't been able to party for a year and a half.

Let it go.

maddy68 · 08/08/2021 00:04

You're complaining be about a party on a Saturday night ?? Invest in some ear plugs. I live in Spain every night is a party you learn to live with it. Feel their joy instead of feeling agrivated. It's not like it's an every day occurance.
Get a grip or take a bottle of wine round and join in

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IDidntFloatUpTheLaganInABubble · 08/08/2021 00:09

Yes i know I don't blame people for wanting to let their hair down and have a good time.

If I lived somewhere where this was the norm then I'm sure I would try get used to it. I don't though I live in a quiet area.

If the party was indoors then it would not be so bad. It is in the garden that faces us, there is a DJ with decks and an MC so not a normal house party, it sounds like a festival and is excessive.

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AlexaShutUp · 08/08/2021 00:10

Oh gosh, it's fucking annoying OP, but after the year we've had, I think I'd cut them a bit of slack tbh. People haven't had many chances to have fun recently. I totally feel your pain though.

I did call the police about a party a few years ago, I think it was about 2am. Very noisy but I would have tolerated that had they not started pissing in our front garden. I drew the line at that. The police came out quite quickly and closed it down, in a fairly good humoured way.

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IDidntFloatUpTheLaganInABubble · 08/08/2021 00:18

I'm not going to call the police or report it...unless they start pissing in my garden!!

I'm just a creature of habit I guess, in bed by 10.30 up at 5.30 and need my sleep.

It's not going to kill me, its just so bloody loud. I should add I have, according to DH who is not currently here exceptional hearing so that doesn't help!

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maddy68 · 08/08/2021 00:23

Honestly it sounds like their having a great night. Take a bottle of wine round and join in

MyNameForToday1980 · 08/08/2021 00:25

Strangely enough I made my first ever noise complaint tonight.

The flat opposite were having a party so loud the bass made our (newish, so not rickety) windows rattle.

They're in an upstairs flat and I know there is a much older gentleman downstairs from them (in his 80s at least) and a young family to one side (two children under 3). So I made the complaint on our local council website (not council housing) at 11:25 and the 'noise police' (not their real name) called me back at 11:45 and visited the house by 12:15.

It's silent out there now.

It was annoying for us, but I can sleep through warfare. But I mainly did it in solidarity for their direct neighbours.

MyNameForToday1980 · 08/08/2021 00:26

Oh and I'm not a complainer, very much live and let live, I just felt awful for the guy downstairs from them. It was so loud we couldn't hear our TV, I dread to think how it was for him.

Amima · 08/08/2021 00:26

Decks in the garden?! Totally inappropriate, I’d have reported that to police at 11pm.

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IDidntFloatUpTheLaganInABubble · 08/08/2021 00:28

I have no desire to go and join them, I am in my pyjamas!!

The DJ is now fading out the lyrics and they are all singing along. The dogs are now going nuts at all the noise!

It sounds like a great club night, not a mid terrace night though!

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essentialhealing · 08/08/2021 00:29

11:00pm is late enough

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IDidntFloatUpTheLaganInABubble · 08/08/2021 00:30

@MyNameForToday1980 if I had any elderly neighbours between us and them that would be a consideration for sure.

I did look at the council website earlier out of curiosity. It says there is no out of hours provision for noise reporting, notoriously shit council.

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skippy67 · 08/08/2021 00:34

@WaterIsBest

I would say midnight, then a call to 101
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PerciphonePuma · 08/08/2021 00:35

@MyNameForToday1980

Strangely enough I made my first ever noise complaint tonight.

The flat opposite were having a party so loud the bass made our (newish, so not rickety) windows rattle.

They're in an upstairs flat and I know there is a much older gentleman downstairs from them (in his 80s at least) and a young family to one side (two children under 3). So I made the complaint on our local council website (not council housing) at 11:25 and the 'noise police' (not their real name) called me back at 11:45 and visited the house by 12:15.

It's silent out there now.

It was annoying for us, but I can sleep through warfare. But I mainly did it in solidarity for their direct neighbours.

Wow! That's incredible service!!! Would I be right in assuming you're not in England?!
Skiptheheartsandflowers · 08/08/2021 00:35

Solidarity OP, same here with the near neighbours who have a marquee in their garden and are still going! Party started this afternoon. I can sleep through a lot but it is annoying. Not an occasional thing with them either.