What's reasonable re neighbours noise?

Having previously lived in a horrible area once a month would have been bliss instead of daily but I think I’d be ok with once a month till 1/2am?

I think parties until that late should be very infrequent- say once a year. I do think if you live in a terrace you need to be more considerate too.

If we have a party (not very often and house is detached). We tend to warn the neighbours and ask them to tell us if it’s too noisy and we’ll turn it down. They don’t. I think it’s good to be polite and get in with your neighbours. They are not doing that so I would knock again if it happens. Or mention it when you see them.

Once a month at a weekend is reasonable. I'd leave them to enjoy themselves.

The thing is with DC how can you get any rest if you're up till 2am entertaining guests?

They got some heavy metal for an hour this afternoon at full volume. Getting seriously hacked off with them. Next I will be contacting the local authority about it.

Once a month is fine if they wrap it up at midnight. Any later is taking the piss.

Wrong thread 😂

Ours are at it again this month. 2am they finished up their party. Selfish people.

Once a month at 1am is too much as well. Noise has a massive impact on people’s well being and it isn’t reasonable to expect them to put up with it. I would have a word with them. If it doesn’t improve, I’d be talking to the noise team at the council.

Yes, this. We had neighbours like this for a while and we were basically on edge the whole time.

Leave an annoying song like Venga Boys on full blast on repeat whilst you go out to sports club.

I would imagine the baby stays with grandparents once a month and they have a drink and friends and music once a month.
I'd go and knock later today and just say 4am is too late and they will need to change this little set up for next month

Get the porcelain tile cutter out and start that up outside your back door next time they are sleeping off one of their parties.

Have a word with them.
Its not on that they are going to bed and leaving their friend to annoy the neighbours, I would’ve livid!

You need to go round today, speak to the neighbours and tell them politely it's unacceptable.

Their 'friend' was completely out of order, turning it off but then a few minutes later, turning the music back up again.

Arguably you getting up 7am at the weekend and getting ready to go out is not much better!

That's perfectly normal behaviour.

Regular parties isn't.

Go round today and speak to them about it. Once a month parties is reasonable but not noise that late. Arguably you getting up 7am at the weekend and getting ready to go out is not much better!

I would definitely go around later today and say something. You can be polite. If things don’t change then report them.

NYE is a bit different though surely- it's once a year and the whole point is that you're up at midnight!
But one a month would drive me bananas too op- sorry.

I think the problem with parties is not knowing when it's going to happen and causes a state of anxiety. You end up jumpy. It's horrible.

The family we have next door were up til 4am with four dc children ranging from 2yo to 11yo on Hogmanay. Very loud. I felt sorry for the DC, especially the youngest who was whining. Parents were obviously having a great time bringing in the new year so that's all that matters 🙄

The small baby could be staying with grandparents for the night. I would try to talk to the neighbours during the day sometime and outline that you don't want to fall out but if needed you will report them.

If you knew when they were going to be on is there anywhere you could decamp to occasionally? I am thinking a few nights a year as a compromise not every month.

I did this with my previous neighbours. Didn't work. They eventually moved house because I kept hounding the LA noise pollution team and also playing extremely loud music as soon as they went quiet each morning around 5am (just as they drifted off to sleep). We are a family up at 6am daily regardless of the day of week. If you can imagine what that's like day in day out. It was torture and I am still traumatised by what I went through.

Hope OP gets LA involved next. You have to try all approaches. I was over the moon when they sold up and moved away.

I don’t personally think parties are ever reasonable unless they give you warning in advance and it’s a one off. Having regular parties in a house with adjoining neighbours until the early hours isn’t a reasonable thing to do. Strange they’re doing this when they have a small baby too, I’d be concerned about this personally.

I thought that you couldn’t make noise between 11pm and 7am ?

OP I had this on Hogmanay with my neighbours who have four DC. How do they stay up til 4am?!?

They have parties occasionally but not as often as yours. The previous family who owned the house were worse (sex noises all through the night too). Loud enough you couldn't sleep.

I agree it is just not on. The problem is as my DH says it's perfectly normal for people to throw a party at weekends, they aren't committing a crime. He said his parents used to entertain years ago and it could get quite loud🤷🏻

I don't agree with his view. I didn't grow up in a house like that. My family was quiet.

Can you try earplugs?

I'd tolerate once a month til 10. And probably never til 4am, although could probably manage a one-off. Total selfish assholes. I find with parties its less the music rather than the drunk people that is annoying