AIBU to give you an update re Church noise?

Baffled at some posters’ idiocy - when the OP reposts with an UPDATE (yes, the clue’s in the name) would you not think if you’re interested enough to post - “oh, the OP has posted a link to the original thread, maybe I’ll read that before I make a twat of myself.”
No, because some people feel they are so busy and important that they couldn’t possibly spend 5 minutes reading a couple of threads, so they’re quite happy to distress someone who is already at the end of their tether.
So, for the hard of understanding, we are not talking about a few hymns and tinkly bells. We are talking about noise that if made by a nightclub would probably cause its licence to be withdrawn.
OP, your update was not what I was hoping for. These people give religion a bad name. Good luck going forward.

I remember your thread,OP, and I'm so sorry that this is still an ongoing issue. Good luck.

For those who have chimed in without rtft, although there was a link to it - perhaps a tick to confirm you've read the thread and understand the issues here?

This has probably been said already but have you had a solicitor write both the landlord and the renters a cease and desist letter? You don't need the council to agree it's a nuisance. It clearly is a nuisance.

@Herocomplex
From the OP
we could hear the lyrics of the hymns they were singing

FWIW I did read the original thread, and there are elements to this worthy of complaint. I don't feel the above is one of them. It's like moving next to a pub that only opened in the evening, shuts by ten/maybe eleven, full of old men in flat caps, no music etc. Then it gets taken over, serves food, open seven days a week, plays music, suddenly busier and noisier, I'm not saying it wouldn't be irritating but it's a risk you take buying next to a pub. The OP has taken the decline in religious observance and people rarely using the church and when they do in small numbers, as a given. It's not, all businesses need to survive whether that's a pub or a church, even a church needs enough money to stay open. As I said the parking and loitering in the street making noise (if after 11pm) is worthy of complaint. The rest is what it is.

I think the Methodist Minister is probably keen not to lose the payment he’s getting from the SDA’s.

Anyone eyeing clearly didn’t read your original thread!!

Calling him ‘wet’ was generous I’d be calling him FAR worse than that!!

I really hope this leads to a satisfactory outcome for you! There would already be bodies under the patio if I were you!

I feel your pain op and am following this thread. We live backed onto a church which has also recently started Friday night and Sunday morning services which are way beyond normal church noises. They have massive amplifiers that blast out the singing for hours and it’s really not pleasant. I don’t know how anyone could even stand to be in the building and I just don’t understand why it needs to be so loud. Luckily as it is at the back of us we are not too disturbed at the front but trying to sleep after a night shift is impossible.

WhyBirdStop I think you must be on the wrong thread. This one’s about a noise and parking nuisance, not hymns.

Jizzle

RTFT

If they are parking illegally that's one thing, but complaining about hymns being sung in a church!!! WTF. MN jumped the shark.

4 or 5 hours of socialising outside the church after a service is utterly unacceptable. Is there a way to stop them - eg play amplified music of your own religion or atheism at them so their ears are blasted and they cannot hear to talk to each other? Or walk up and down with a "There is no God" placard or invite another local religious group to come down every time there is a service and preach to them outside to try to convert them over to the other one true religion and that kind of thing?

It sounds exhausting OP. I did read your first thread.
Good luck with it.

OP I don't know how you've put up with this for 4 years. It's not even remotely acceptable. There was good advice in the previous thread too, it's time to really fight this.

All I can say is how very Christian of all the christians! Completely missing the point of christianity here.

Isnt all the wailing about being considerate and kind people, about forgiving and helping those that are suffering not ignoring and increasing the suffering

OP I have read every post on both threads. This thread, like your noise nuisance issue, is going nowhere. On the last thread you were given some good advice on how to escalate your complaint. Now you are updating that you've been told to make a note of the issues for 6 weeks. They literally saw you coming. I don't think your DH is clever and knows all the laws, and I think this is going to continue until you educate yourself, use the internet to find things out and involve your MP, the Methodist board and a formal complaint against the local authority - rather than have a chat about it on a forum.

Can you push the council to install monitoring equipment at the boundary. You will then have hard evidence that they are causing a statutory noise nuisance and the council will have to act.

The SA won't give a shit, OP. They believe they are doing God's work and that's that. It's the Methodists you need to go for. Threaten to sue unless they stop their tenants making this racket.

If you have the phone numbers (landline and mobile) of the Methodist minister you should start phoning him in the night when you're being kept awake with the noise. Even better, if you know where he lives go round there and bang on his door. It's what I'd do, but I accept I'm aggressive as fuck when it comes to noise.

I live in a terraced house and can hear people going up and down the stairs, running showers etc., all those sounds are completely acceptable and part of everyday life. There's a huge difference between ordinary day-to-day noise that people make and the kind of noise the OP is putting up with.