To HATE the church bells?

Bells even!

Move house. Bella have been ringing there for far longer than you’ve been there, why on earth should they stop

I love church bells so I really hope they don't stop them on your account!

There's a lesson in here somewhere...

I assume the church is older than your house?

What??????????????????
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I live next to a scout hut. I love the sound of the kids playing in the woods and making the most of the outdoors. I’ve lived here nearly 20 years, the sound of kids playing has never bothered me, its lovely that they are camping and cooking out in the fresh air (and even impressive when it’s the Rangers doing it in November in a snowstorm!) But I complained for the first time last year. A larger group of scouts had booked the hut and parents had parked in such a way they blocked the end of my lane, meaning I couldn’t get out in my car. I politely asked if whoever’s cars it was could move their car but they all just shrugged and no one came forward to move their cars. Ironically, this meant I was late taking my son to his own scouts meeting, which he was quite upset about because they were having an inspection that evening for points towards their term competition, and he would be marked down if we were late. So I wrote to the scout group in question and asked if they could ensure their parents knew not to block the lane for residents. I suspect this would quite likely have been relayed to parents in the format ‘parents, please don’t block the lane or the residents put in complaints about us.’ Of course, it could be that whoever complained about your scouts was distressed by the sound of yet another rendition of ‘ging gang goollie’ for the 27th night in a row!

As for complaining about church bells, I think if you move next door to a church with bells, you can expect to hear them being rung!

I love the sound of them but I don't live right by the church and can totally understand that if you are very close they would be annoying....like Cockerels and wind chimes too....idyllic in small doses but does your head in on repeat. Mind you I would take any of the above over a thudding baseline through the wall or the racket of inner city traffic or drunk people staggering home at kicking out time, then sporadically through the night....or dare I say it the hum of a hot tub right outside my window.

Sorry! Just rang a bell (joke) as a thread that very shortly followed a local thread on a local Facebook!

I live near an RAF base, every so often someone new to the area will complain about the noise. This feels very similar.

If you move near a church with a full peel then you are going to have to learn to love them and the practise time sounds normal for such a complicated group musical activity.

Yabu. Church bell ringing is a centuries old part of our culture. If you don't like it it's very easy to choose not to live within earshot of a church. It's like moving to the seaside and complaining about the noise of the waves.

Other churches have been issued noise abatement notices for similar. I remember one local-ish to me was required to limit its practice to 1 hour per week following complaints from neighbours.

I love church bells - ours practise on a Monday from 7.30.
We used to live near a little airfield which had been there since pre-WW1 and people moved into the area and complained about the odd buzzy little private plane overhead.

I get you OP! I don't live next to the church (11 mins walk according to google!) and can hear ours. I have also been sat since 7pm thinking I could do without that tonight. Despite the distance, it sounds like they're ringing in the back garden!

YANBU - they can absolutely be annoying and 3 hours p/w seems like too much.

Are you waiting until you go deaf before you move in? 😂

When I moved next to a church (through no fault of my own-DV relocation), I popped in and spoke to the vicar/priest.

The bells peeled every 15 minutes, then, on the hour, they did the full peal, followed by the 'dongs'. Midnight was impossible to ignore.

I explained to him, that anyone else making that level of noise, with that frequency, would be slapped with an ASBO.

He invited me for lunch, and I met all the 'churchy' people - volunteers etc.
They gave me a huge amount of support, and the vicar was my referee, when I felt ready to apply for jobs.

When I finally found a home 10 miles away, I missed it, and me and my son struggled to sleep. The darkness and the silence were too much.

My point is, try to embrace it, if you can.
There are worse things.

Briefly lived in a flat very close to Chester cathedral. Now those were some fucking bells. My whole head was ringing by the end of the day on Sunday.

However that's part of life near a church/cathedral/bell tower of any kind.

This.

YABVVU

Yabu. Church there how many years, you just moved there. Shocked you didn't research. Love church bells, it's comforting and safe.

I love them. My grandmothers house was slap bang next to a church so was very accustomed to the chimes through the night, practice on Wednesday, weddings and services on weekends. The practices didn’t half go on, but even in single glazed house max 15 metres from the church it wasn’t a problem.
I find church bells comforting.

At times if feels nice and others I cant stand the noise.

We have a property we bought several years ago to rent out in a nice location etc as we may want to move into later, However, the noise is much greater there than were we live , le 4 minutes walk from there

YABVVVVVVU!

Tuesday seems to be bell ringing night practice across the nation. Sat listening to ours now (Oxfordshire)...

Did you move into ye olde bell ringers cottage? Of course YABU, the Church has been there for many many years and bells are traditional. All kinds of noises can irritate us. If you did not like church bells move somewhere they cannot be heard.