AIBU to wish that there was dedicated housing for quiet people?

Sounds a dream. I have a chronic illness that makes me very sensitive to sounds, so I'd love somewhere like this.

Although the other occupants might have noisy grandchildren visit them. And yes agree dogs should not be living in flats.

Yes! Eg 10am to noon on a Sunday. That’s reasonable. Then everyone knows come midday they can relax in peace. Surely people would sign up voluntarily to do this?

I can't wait til I'm old enough to live in a retirement complex.

Can there be a designating mowing/ power tools hour too. It’s a beautiful day here but all I can hear is mowers etc. as soon as one stops another one starts. Enough already!

Why should someone be exiled to the middle of nowhere with no amenities just for wanting some peace from screaming kids, barking dogs, loud music and BBQ chatter in their own space.

This. And there are some. My boyfriends apartment complex is dog free. Mine is not unfortunately.

I didn’t think about it really until a neighbour let her unleashed dog run around the building and jump up and scratch me then refuse to leash it when I asked her.

The following week a (different ) dog pissed in a lift and the owner decided to just leave the pool of piss for someone else. I know it was a different dog because apparently they were caught on cctv and the property manager person told me it wasn’t the same one which jumped up on me (which I’d reported) 😑

tbf there haven’t been any incidents since then and I know a letter was sent to the dog owners about keeping your dog leashed and cleaning up after them. I still don’t bother going in the communal garden etc though due the dogs.

When I was young screaming was for emergencies. The little darlings over the back from me could be in mortal peril and you wouldn't know the bloody difference.

I had the same thought yesterday. Moved here 10 years ago, between one retired and one middle-aged couple, who have grown up kids who’ve moved out. I have DD but I’ve always made her keep noise to a minimum, especially outside. No houses behind us, so I thought the gardens especially would always be quiet.

i didn’t realise two doors down would be so fond of having a ton of people over. I was enjoying the quiet yesterday until a minimum of 10 adults turned up, all with screaming or crying kids, drowning out the sound of their thumping dance music 😕

Yes sounds like bliss.

Upstairs neighbours have apparently forgotten they live a first floor flat and the thumping footsteps and lack of parenting is terrible.

I’ll come as long as my neighbours who don’t have much to say apart from fuck this and shit that and crap the other aren’t invited. Every single time they’re outside that’s all I hear. I don’t mind swearing at all normally, but come on, surely not in a quiet garden on a Sunday afternoon?

I'll happily let other people live exactly how they want as long as I can live how i want. But people insist on getting annoyed or interrupting those things.
I would happily pay extra to avoid excess noise. But then others who want to make noise would insist on coming in. Like quiet coaches.
I'd pay extra for quiet planes, trains, restaurants, cinemas (which should already be quiet but I'd pay extra to guarantee it).
I save and save to buy a detached house and yet I can guarantee you people on here would be annoyed at me for "having a house bigger than I need". Yes it is. I'd much rather have a nice small flat. But I physically cannot tolerate the noise in one. If I could live somewhere that was a "quiet" block I'd do it tomorrow. But I guarantee you the noisy people would move in claiming they need exceptions made for them to make noise and I'm back to square one.

You get permission / buy-in for occasional noise making. If you’re generally quiet and considerate, then you inform your neighbours ahead of time eg that you’re having a party until X time then it’s very likely they won’t mind at all.

A neighbouring teen did this, posted a note to all the neighbours saying she’d be having a party on X date which would involve cars parking outside, people and music, which would be turned off at midnight sharp, and she did! I felt so warm to her just because of her courteous note and that it’s a rare occurance.

Great idea! If kids are banned there will be no noisy parties until 3am, no loud shagging and no slamming of doors when they go in and out to have a fag. Oh wait...

Switzerland already has these rules to enforce peace and quiet especially in evenings and on weekends.

The rules are followed to the letter by the population who all vote for, agree with and appreciate them!

This is from a Swiss Government website;
“Peace and quiet is important to our quality of life. It enables people to relax, sleep well, concentrate, and to hear each other. Noise, meanwhile, is intrusive, and causes illness.”

https://www.bafu.admin.ch/bafu/en/home/topics/noise/in-brief.html

Sick of people forcing others out because they cannot control themselves

bet you have a hot tub and play shit music all day

Betws isn't quiet. That house is on the main road up the mountain. Constant speeding cars, loud motorbikes and people driving like twats. I'd rather hear kids playing than live there.

I live in a lovely quiet area, with quiet neighbours in houses with very thick walls. I have to look outside to see if their cars are outside to see if my neighbours are actually in. (And no, I'm not telling you where it is...)

But my argument against Quiet Living enclaves is - what if you are generally a quiet person but want to have visitors who might be a bit noisy? Or you want a party - strictly a one off but it might get loud?

Even quiet people aren't quiet permanently.

It's pretty quiet where we live. All the houses are detached and most of our neighbours are retired.

It is the first really nice day this year and the most noise I have heard is tractors driving through the village. No doubt the farmers are making up for lost time.

Too many noisy assholes about.

it Exists
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/141024821
plenty more like that take your pick
hth
so sick of people trying to police other people to their wants