To ban wind chimes

I’ve put up wind chimes to annoy my neighbours.

My dh was the one who wanted wind chimes, they're the very low tone wooden ones and I can’t hear them if I’m more than a few metres away.
Fortunately the nearest house is a 2nd home so the owners aren’t around much.
The only noises that disturb me at night are scuttling noises in the loft and mosquitoes buzzing about.

😂

I know, just why?????
What's the point of them!

For the record, a) we don’t have any and b) our house isn’t close enough to be affecting anyone else if we did.

I just don’t get the hate that I see on here that you don’t see annywhere except mumsnet. It’s really disproportionate. But then I don’t get the hate for dogs, cats, shoes on or off, toilet brushes, when people shower, where you hang your washing, vegans, people with food intolerances, people who try to be kind or any of the other myriad of things people get arsey about.

Maybe MN could play some wind chimes in the background to chill everyone out a bit?

I like windchimes but do confine then to the end of the garden so as not to offend the neighbours. I do think they sound infinitely nicer than the drip drip drip torture of my neighbours cracked guttering and the nearby M6

Nah, his radio playing started first.

Our neighbour has them, they honestly make me feel murderous.

But we have a dog who occasionally barks (although he is very closely monitored!) so there’s not much I can do…

Or I am allowed to take the scissors to them.

I took parcel tape to some windchimes one night when I was staying at a holiday destination.

Mind you, the place was empty but that was just as well as I'm not sure how polite I would've been to the owners at 2am.

No, you are not allowed to take the scissors to them.

I agree to silencing them at night but I don't want to hear them when I'm in the garden only. I love to hear them when I'm in my home during the day. That said, my windchimes don't actually go that often as it's not generally that windy, so it's still special to me when they actually do put on a show. I'd probably be happy to give up hearing them inside the house if they put on a show every time I went outside. But that would mean they're sounding more often and for longer, so might be worse if you're a neighbour that doesn't like them.

Maybe he plays the radio to drown out the noise of the wind chimes

@IdiottoGoathats fine that you like it. But it’s loud enough for folk that don’t like it to hear. I knew someone whose husband had to watch The Simpsons to get to sleep. He liked it, found it relaxing. Doesn’t mean it’s reasonable to broadcast it to neighbours from your backgarden throughout the night every night

Wind chimes, loud music, stinky fire pits, stinky vapes and fags all equally annoying. If you like them keep them indoors.

Why, what on earth should I expect to hear in the night? I’m not living in a war zone. Some people might think zone 2 London is similar but the most I hear is foxes screeching occasionally in the mating season.

I love a nice, tinkly windchime. The pan pipe ones, not so much.

I would love a tinkler, as I think they sound quite magical, but the I don't have one because I don't want to upset the neighbours!

Oh goody, the annual wind chimes pile on 😁

I too have the bronze Woodstock chimes. They have a lovely deep melody, not high pitched or tinkly. I also have a long garden and they're hung at the bottom under a sheltered tree, a good 50ft away from windows. I enjoy them when I'm out gardening but did tie them up today as it was exceptionally windy.

I have one neighbour with loud, screamy kids. Another neighbour plays a radio all day every day from his garden office. Loud enough for you to get the base and muffled talking, but not loud enough to enjoy the music. I don't think my noise is any worse than theirs.

Thank you for the kind offer, @ProtectTransRights While I could deal with the children, I'm unsure as to whether or not my fence could withstand being hit with a football once, never mind repeatedly. It has been ravaged by woodworm, and Mr Fencing Man is too busy to replace it yet. It is a wonder it didn't just blow over in the wind last night, but perhaps it was the ivy and my reinforcements that saved it! Thus, I'm afraid you'll have to keep your neighbours and their football for the time being 😆

Has anyone else got visions of various MNetters sneaking around their neighbourhoods with scissors, hacking at windchimes, in the dark tonight...?

YANBU, they are a total noise nuisance.

I hate them and the selfish fuckers who own them.

I no more want to listen to someone's wind chimes all night, than I would their barking dog or their loud music.

Yes, it is very annoying to have people's noise foisted on you. I still wouldn't have wind chimes if my neighbour's hadn't foisted their noise on me, so it's on them for making me feel okay about it.

The thing is… it is really annoying to have other people’s nose foisted on you when you just want a bit of peace. I have terrible insomnia, so yes, I’d be raging if some stupid wind chimes woke me up when I’d actually got to sleep!

Mine can't be reached by the neighbours. 😀

After one particularly windy night my friend found her wind chimes cut down and lying on her patio. She was most put out. I laughed and told her to leave them where they were. They were clearly really annoying the neighbours.

Or we were being considerate of our neighbours by not having wind chimes - until they showed that they had the attitude that they don't care and will do what they want. So, if you can't beat them join them? I'll give the same consideration I'm given, so now enjoy my wind chimes.