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Put up wind chimes to annoy noisy neighbours

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Stargirl33 · 15/04/2025 22:34

I have recently put up 2 large wind chimes to annoy my neighbours. I’ve had enough work long night shifts & the neighbours who’s house mine is attached too make constant noise have a loud dog that barks throughout the day & every morning at 7 30 am I’ve tried being nice explained I work nights and although they apologised nothings changed it’s horrible I go to work exhausted then can’t sleep when I come home what sealed the decision to buy them & put them up was when my daughter was singing in her room the other day at 6pm then they had a had the audacity to shout shut up & bang on the walls.. Still I am not a bad person so keep umming & awing about taking them down but I don’t think I will I want to bring them some of the stress they have bought me.

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HelenWheels · 16/04/2025 05:51

i would like to know whoever thought wind chimes were a good idea!

PinataHeeHaw · 16/04/2025 05:25

Write down every time the dog barks including date and time and send to your local councils noise abatement team. I had to do this after four years of dogs barking and howling next door to me and speaking to the neighbours didn't work long term. They just didn't give a shit. It took a few letters and phone calls from the council to the neighbour (it quietened for a few weeks but always started up again), but now she keeps the dogs quiet mostly. If she goes upstairs or out, one dog will bark and howl and if I know she's upstairs, I bang on the wall hard. It works.

merrymelodies · 16/04/2025 03:20

I love wind chimes so they would be welcome. Maybe record their dog barking and play it back at them? A cacophony of barking dogs!

Fraaances · 16/04/2025 03:11

I'd be tempted to become and opera "fan" and blast them with everything you can find.

StarTwirl · 16/04/2025 02:16

Call the RSPCA re the barking dog because it’s being neglected

TheBuffetInspector · 16/04/2025 01:45

FairlyTired · 16/04/2025 00:26

Is there any legitimate reason for wind chimes? There's a house a few doors away with them and I assumed it was to keep rats or cats away or something, hadn't considered it was just to be a dick to neighbours 😂

I liked the sound of my wooden ones (before they got mangled in my hedge) They were quite large so it wasn't high pitched tinkly.
I don't think I'd want metal ones.

They were at the bottom of the garden which backs on to another garden so not near anyone's windows or house. Anyway, it's all irrelevant now. I make a xylophone 🤣

homemadebasilpesto · 16/04/2025 00:31

I'd say put them up if you enjoy them, not just to annoy them. I'd love some by my bedroom but don't want to annoy the neighbours who have a bedroom in that area, so haven't. If they put one up there, it would make my day.

FairlyTired · 16/04/2025 00:26

Is there any legitimate reason for wind chimes? There's a house a few doors away with them and I assumed it was to keep rats or cats away or something, hadn't considered it was just to be a dick to neighbours 😂

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Stargirl33 · 16/04/2025 00:15

CaptainCavey · 16/04/2025 00:08

It sounds awful, nothing worse than shit neighbours. What will you do if they ask you to take the chimes down?

No idea probably just say something like it’s not nice being woken up & feeling tired is it? Honestly don’t know just depends how I feel on the day

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Stargirl33 · 16/04/2025 00:13

LadyGaGasPokerFace · 16/04/2025 00:11

I once had this with a neighbour, I worked shifts and they were noisy fuckers during the day. I left my music on blaring and went and slept and my parents house that day. Didn’t hear a peep out of them after that.

This was way back as I had a CD player that could hold and play 3 CDs. It was a kenwood stereo that would also shake the house 😂

Love this im glad it worked for you

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LadyGaGasPokerFace · 16/04/2025 00:11

I once had this with a neighbour, I worked shifts and they were noisy fuckers during the day. I left my music on blaring and went and slept and my parents house that day. Didn’t hear a peep out of them after that.

This was way back as I had a CD player that could hold and play 3 CDs. It was a kenwood stereo that would also shake the house 😂

CaptainCavey · 16/04/2025 00:08

It sounds awful, nothing worse than shit neighbours. What will you do if they ask you to take the chimes down?

ilovesooty · 16/04/2025 00:06

Well it seems to have brought you some satisfaction but I doubt if it's going to alleviate the situation much.

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Stargirl33 · 16/04/2025 00:02

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Not asking anyone to feel sorry for me think you need a chill pill & yes I am quite delightful which is more than can be said for your aggressive foul comment :) you try being woken up over the past year on a daily basis by a barking dog or people shouting & banging doors not that I care what you think but im sure you would be fed up of it too ..

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Stargirl33 · 15/04/2025 23:46

pearbottomjeans · 15/04/2025 23:41

Might not work, I like a wind chime! (Don’t have any as don’t want to annoy neighbours but obviously lots of people like them - every so often you see that random weird house in a neighbourhood that has about 10 sets outside!)

It’s like a little band outside of their bedroom window I see they closed their window tonight so I guess they are not enjoying the sound as much

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Stargirl33 · 15/04/2025 23:44

Ponoka7 · 15/04/2025 23:34

Do you only have one set of neighbours, or will it annoy other people as well?

The space between houses / garden is big enough that it shouldn’t annoy the others there’s is the only one I’m attached too I will probably end up taking them down where I will eventually feel bad I’m generally not a petty person

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pearbottomjeans · 15/04/2025 23:41

Might not work, I like a wind chime! (Don’t have any as don’t want to annoy neighbours but obviously lots of people like them - every so often you see that random weird house in a neighbourhood that has about 10 sets outside!)

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Stargirl33 · 15/04/2025 23:41

TheBuffetInspector · 15/04/2025 23:30

I bought some fairly large wooden wind chimes home from holiday (not to annoy anyone). Shortly afterwards we another named storm. They got blown into the Hawthorn from which they were hanging. Completely fangled had to be cut out. I've got some wooden tubes 🤣

Are you sure they're not going to wind the dog up more? There were never any dogs in our neighbourhood, then some eejit decided to get 2 German Shepherds (we live in terraced rabbit hutch size houses)
4am out into the tiny garden. 11pm out into the tiny garden.

You have my sympathy.

Are both you and daughter at front of house? You don't want to be adding to her disturbance.

Personally I like a bit of ACDC at random hours.

Gotta love a bit of AC/DC & yes we’re all at the front of the house so far it has not set their dog off any more I have seen they have closed their bedroom window tonight though hehe !

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Stargirl33 · 15/04/2025 23:39

Saphire123 · 15/04/2025 23:19

Unless your wind chimes are outside, I doubt your neighbours will hear them.
I have several, but they only chime if the patio door is open and it's windy.

Yes they are outside as close to their bedroom window as possible

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Ponoka7 · 15/04/2025 23:34

Do you only have one set of neighbours, or will it annoy other people as well?

TheBuffetInspector · 15/04/2025 23:31

I didn't proof read that last post. Might be bedtime 🤣

Fgdvevfvdvfbdv · 15/04/2025 23:30

My nuisance neighbours put wind chimes up to add to their general antisocial behaviour and love of winding people up (I had the window open when she put them up, and I heard her say “this will piss them off” and laughed loudly), it backfired on them though because I like the sounds of wind chimes and it turned out they actually didn’t. 😂

TheBuffetInspector · 15/04/2025 23:30

I bought some fairly large wooden wind chimes home from holiday (not to annoy anyone). Shortly afterwards we another named storm. They got blown into the Hawthorn from which they were hanging. Completely fangled had to be cut out. I've got some wooden tubes 🤣

Are you sure they're not going to wind the dog up more? There were never any dogs in our neighbourhood, then some eejit decided to get 2 German Shepherds (we live in terraced rabbit hutch size houses)
4am out into the tiny garden. 11pm out into the tiny garden.

You have my sympathy.

Are both you and daughter at front of house? You don't want to be adding to her disturbance.

Personally I like a bit of ACDC at random hours.