To HATE the church bells?

Husband is a vicar's son and he hates church bells with a passion. I absolutely love them though. I find them so atmospheric.

I know, it's like buying a house near a pig farm and complaining about the smell of shit.

@DrCoconut What a lovely thing to do for your grandma.
I often think how quiet the country must have felt on Sunday mornings when the bells didn't ring and how hearing them would have lifted spirits after the war.

Church bells? That’s your biggest problem? One of most bucolic signifiers of home ownership? Jeez I’d love to see how you’d cope spending a week dealing with the noise on my estate…You need to check your privelege and get a grip!

@Friend2023 I like them too. I had them at my wedding despite being on a budget as a small tribute to my grandma who also liked them but didn't get to have them at her wedding due to being married during WW2.

Oh you can't leave it there!

Another thought: it's like people moving in next to a pub or a railway station, then complaining about the noise. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Was the church there first? You must have realised that the bells would ring. I can hear the nearby church bells and especially love to hear them on a warm, sunny day.

YABU.

I mean, didn't you think this might happen if there was a church nearby?

My bedroom and sitting room windows look right out onto the bell tower.
Westminster chimes on the quarter hour, 24 hours a day, are the heartbeat of my home and the glorious soundtrack to my life.

When I was 8 my parents moved us to a village where we lived next door to the church (mum and dad still there). After a while you don’t even notice them. Every couple of years new people move here and it’s not long before they start complaining. Never gets them anywhere though so I’m afraid it’s tough luck. These places aren’t going to change just because you need a kip

Why not write to the church and complain that they 100+ year old bells and ringing practice is disturbing you relaxing in your new home.

I spent my entire childhood and early adulthood living right next to Cathedral. The bells ring every 15 minutes. And on ever special occasion. For hours. It's really not that bad.

I lived by a church that had bell ringers and a chiming clock. Woke me all the time for the first couple of months then suddenly I stopped hearing it. My brain completely turned it out unless I actively listened.
Hang on there and you should soon get used to it.

We live near a church, have small children the bells don’t bother us at all.

Things like this piss me off. People who move near something, pubs, stadiums, event venues then complain about the noise and foot traffic.

Confucius he say- man who lives in pigsty cannot complain about smell!

Church bells are lovely. And I speak as someone who lives in close proximity to a bell-ringing church, so I’m very aware of the noise. YABU, op. A woman moved to our village and complained about the bells as well as other things and she was given short shrift by the locals. She moved and isn’t missed!

Tuesday seems to be a popular night for bell-ringing practice.

YABU unless a church with bells have been built since you moved in.

Hopefully you will learn to love them and enjoy the fact there are church bells as a bonus of living in a nice area. Maybe you could even join them....? It's a lively way to meet your neighbours!

So move or get used to them

As well as the people who move to a very nice house overlooking the village green where the cricket team plays or move into the country and complain about country smells!

You should have researched th area better so tough. Yabu.

It’s not something I’d choose to live near but there are worse noisy neighbours to have. At least it’s scheduled, predictable noise and you know when it’s going to stop.

I’d get really good ear plugs or headphones and make Tuesday and Wednesday my go-to nights for the gym, dinner out with friends or going to the cinema.

You could always see if they’re looking for new bell ringers. If you can’t beat them …

It's half 8, it's not like it's 3am!!

I couldn’t get that exercised about it. I’ve rented for long periods of my adult life (including, actually, my long stint near a village church that had bellringing Wed night till 9.30 and from 9 on Sunday mornings before the main service). You have a secure tenancy. You say it’s likely to have been available because of its proximity to the church.

How long is your rental agreement for? Is it private or council/housing assoc. Depending on the tenancy if you don’t get used to it, then would moving further away from the church be possible. If it’s a long term tenancy then other than soundproofing as much as possible and headphones, I’m not sure what the solution is really. Unless enough people are disturbed by the practice sessions, there’s no chance of altering or shortening the time I shouldn’t think. I do think kids would be so used to it they’d not even be aware of it after a while . Even people living under flight paths often seem to get acclimatised to it somehow. I hope it’s something you get used to in time. My DB lives between and very close to two churches in a Catholic country. Christmas, New Year, Easter and saints days, they can go on for ages, day and during the night. Sometimes, seemingly randomly