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RedQuail · 2024-05-09T13:00:59+00:00

Finally we get a bit of dry weather / sun - Miracle for the UK after 8 months of non stop rain and guess what can't enjoy my garden :( Dog constantly barking one side, few houses away non stop music playing out loud and the house behind me constantly has an older teenager playing basket ball day and night so constant bouncing and banging of a ball and parents having bonfires. Before people ask no this is not a rough council estate it is a private area with a high mortgage! Why do neighbours/ people do it - they seem to deliberately piss everyone off and have no respect for people around them. Seriously doing my head in!

NeedthatFridayfeeling · 09/05/2024 14:21

The music thing would piss me off and i would complain about that, that is rude to have it that loud. Basketball - it's good the kid is outside, dog - they do bark, annoying if all the time but they are maybe crap owners unfortunately, BBQ - frustrating but they are entitled to have one and this is something that comes with living around others, would be nice if they'd have given you a heads up, but they don't have to. I look out of my windows for laundry on people's lines before starting the BBQ and give them a heads up, plus our BBQ is gas so less smelly.
Sorry it's frustrating OP

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RedQuail · 09/05/2024 14:34

Thank you for the comments oh this made me laugh. As mentioned absolutely nothing against council estates, I am unable to edit my post. I grew up on a council estate and my parents still live there. It's lovely and quiet crikey if I could I would move back there.

I was just meaning some estates are loud and you'd expect it more than others.

I am not rich or snobby just because I have a mortgage. I work my arse off I am a bog standard parent.

Kids outside, dogs, people enjoying them selves and others doing DIY of course no problem at all.
It's not BBQ's, it is actual bonfires burning stuff and so the smoke is coming over to my garden and this is all the time along with the dog barking NO it is not properly cared for and is outside day and night all weathers barking. Just all even more highlighted being nice weather and would like to get some fresh air but can't.

As for the music, yes have some music playing fine but when the house is a few houses over and it is really really loud and again it's all the time and like a damn rave it's so loud!

By the way I am on the edge of the country and love nothing more than nature and no problem at all with farm machinery and every day noises just pointing out that some have to go too far with it and have no respect for others around them.

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LieutOliviaBenson · 09/05/2024 14:34

If you've got such a high mortgage why didn't somewhere in the middle of nowhere? You wouldn't have been bothered by the great unwashed then.

Idontjetwashthefucker · 09/05/2024 14:37

RedQuail · 09/05/2024 14:08

I would like some quiet yes - what's wrong with that. I don't mind people enjoying there gardens and of course some noise is normal but this is to the extreme!

Even inside working I have to keep windows closed because of smoke and noise! it's not right.

Music really loud it is like a rave! Dog barks day and night all year round but even more annoying when trying to have some time outside or want windows open and as for the bonfire, right by my fence and all the smoke coming in my garden so all my washing stinks and needs re washing and getting smoked out so can't enjoy my garden at all.

Might be an idea to move somewhere with no neighbours

Idontjetwashthefucker · 09/05/2024 14:40

This isn't just a mortgage, it's a high mortgage.

Shame those poor people in the council houses don't work as hard as you isn't it

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RedQuail · 09/05/2024 14:43

If I could I would! I would love nothing more to be in a remote place or even a place without such inconsiderate noisy neighbours. but sadly can't. With disabled kids I have to be near to local amenities. Although I am on the edge of the countryside so not as if I am in the middle of a town or city.

I just feel it is unfair with neighbours around having no respect for others.

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crumbpet · 09/05/2024 14:43

RedQuail · 09/05/2024 14:19

It was not meant in a snobby way sorry phrased wrong. I was just meaning I work my arse off to have a house in a decent ish area.
No it is not big no it is not posh and no I am not a snob. I would love to live in the country side and really don't care about general noise it is just excessive and inappropriate and not just people enjoying there gardens.

Nothing against council estates I already said that. I grew up on a council estate myself nothing wrong with it at all. But some are very noisy and can be a bit rough and I was just stating it to say this is not the case.

Wtf you're making it worse

FluffyDiplodocus · 09/05/2024 14:45

I live on an estate that’s a mix of council and non council houses, am in the garden and can only hear the birds and a few cars, I feel quite smug now!

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RedQuail · 09/05/2024 14:46

Yes a high mortgage due to rates and cost of living not because live in a posh house.

How many times do I have to say I grew up in a council estate and my parents still live there and I would move back if I could as it is lovely and quiet nothing at all against them. A lot of people have completely took it the wrong way and yes I phrased it wrong but can't edit it so it's ok everyone can just think I am a snob and keep slating me.

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BirthdayRainbow · 09/05/2024 14:47

Rough estate? High mortgage?

Maybe get rid of the chip on your shoulder then you could wear sound cancelling headphones..

MaryBethMayfair · 09/05/2024 14:47

"I was just meaning some estates are loud and you'd expect it more than others."

Huh? Why would you expect it more than other places? You claim to have been brought up on a council estate but everything you write contradicts that. If you had been, you'd know they are perfectly average living areas and that all kinds of people live there. "Council" does not equal noisy scum.

Me thinks you've been watching too much "Shameless" and wrongly believe all council estates are like that.

daffodilandtulip · 09/05/2024 14:56

@RedQuail it's Mumsnet. If you hadn't specified being a homeowner or where you lived, someone would have been along to tell you to go buy your own house in an expensive area if you didn't like your social housing 🤷🏼‍♀️

Matilda1981 · 09/05/2024 14:57

Seeing as you can obviously afford a high mortgage why don’t you move somewhere with no neighbours!!

BrightLightTonight · 09/05/2024 15:02

RedQuail · 09/05/2024 14:19

It was not meant in a snobby way sorry phrased wrong. I was just meaning I work my arse off to have a house in a decent ish area.
No it is not big no it is not posh and no I am not a snob. I would love to live in the country side and really don't care about general noise it is just excessive and inappropriate and not just people enjoying there gardens.

Nothing against council estates I already said that. I grew up on a council estate myself nothing wrong with it at all. But some are very noisy and can be a bit rough and I was just stating it to say this is not the case.

The countryside isn’t quiet. Tractors, combines, bird scarers are normal. Then you have the countryside smells - like muck spreading.

And, guess what, you still have the noises of families enjoying their gardens.

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RedQuail · 09/05/2024 15:06

Yes and I love the country side and the country air nothing better. I basically live in the countryside anyway I don't know why people think I live in a city.

Nothing wrong with noise as I have said many many times.

My point has completely been taken the wrong way nothing to do with people enjoying there gardens it is the amount of noise. My elderly neighbour on the other side has put in a noise complaint to the council about the dog, bonfires and loud music as it is all the time.

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ovals · 09/05/2024 15:07

EarPods work wonders.

I’m in the countryside and muck spreading is happening at the moment. Can’t stick EarPods up my nose to help.

tennesseewhiskey1 · 09/05/2024 15:07

God op - you are just digging digging and digging. STOP.

TL;DR: YABU, sounds like daily noise and to be expected when the sun is out. I love a rave or two in the garden lol. Save your money and move somewhere more rural - though from the sounds of it you might complain about that too....

crumbpet · 09/05/2024 15:15

RedQuail · 09/05/2024 14:46

Yes a high mortgage due to rates and cost of living not because live in a posh house.

How many times do I have to say I grew up in a council estate and my parents still live there and I would move back if I could as it is lovely and quiet nothing at all against them. A lot of people have completely took it the wrong way and yes I phrased it wrong but can't edit it so it's ok everyone can just think I am a snob and keep slating me.

You don't have any more right to quiet because you have a mortgage.

If you're worried about the dog call the rspca or something

SpeedyDrama · 09/05/2024 15:17

Costs a lot of money to be a NiMBY, sorry it’s not paying off for you OP 😞

sesquipedalian · 09/05/2024 15:22

OP, I’m with you. My neighbours have a yappy dog that drives me nuts - nothing to be done about it, though. And the neighbour next door but one plays loud music as soon as the weather is nice - her choice of music is not mine, and I think it’s rude. If you’re having a party, that’s one thing - anything’s fine occasionally. It’s the relentless nature of it that I find a bit wearing, but I have to live with my neighbours, so I just grind my teeth a little and put up with it.

SpringleDingle · 09/05/2024 15:25

I live rurally and it's bloody noisy here too OP! The damn birds never shut up, tweet tweet tweeting all the time. The chickens 2 doors down yell all day too. Then there are the various dogs, the damn horses clipping and clopping up and down and in the distance all I can hear are yodelling sheep (noisy buggers!) Don't forget the passing tractors, sheep trucks, horse vans, 4x4s, dirt bikes and last week there was a flock of escaped donkeys running up and down.

I can smell bonfires and BBQs (the neighbours are never happy if unless they are burning stuff) along with muck (it's spreading time!)

No one get's any peace out in the nature - best to stay in on the sofa!

Itiswhysofew · 09/05/2024 15:32

SpringleDingle · 09/05/2024 15:25

I live rurally and it's bloody noisy here too OP! The damn birds never shut up, tweet tweet tweeting all the time. The chickens 2 doors down yell all day too. Then there are the various dogs, the damn horses clipping and clopping up and down and in the distance all I can hear are yodelling sheep (noisy buggers!) Don't forget the passing tractors, sheep trucks, horse vans, 4x4s, dirt bikes and last week there was a flock of escaped donkeys running up and down.

I can smell bonfires and BBQs (the neighbours are never happy if unless they are burning stuff) along with muck (it's spreading time!)

No one get's any peace out in the nature - best to stay in on the sofa!

Who ever said the countryside is quiet?😄

I'm with you OP. It'd be great if everyone were more noise aware.

MistyGreenAndBlue · 09/05/2024 15:33

Sugarcoatedalmonds · 09/05/2024 14:10

You're the problem I'm afraid. Sounds like everyday noise and people enjoying their garden.

The bonfire is out of order though, but i suspect that would have been in your OP and its been added because the thread hasn't gone your way...

OP mentioned bonfires in her first post.

I'm with you OP btw. It's every single vaguely sunny day - endless racket from all sides. There's just no need for it.

People suck!

Springchickenonion · 09/05/2024 16:24

That's people just living though...

Boomer55 · 09/05/2024 16:41

People paying back a large debt to a bank vs a council tenant does not give you special privilege.🙄

Perfectly normal sounds of people, of all types, enjoying the nice weather.🤷‍♀️