It's gone 10pm and the neighbours are still making noise in the garden

A vibrating alarm wouldn't wake me, I'm exhausted after an already 40 hour working week.
So you've already done 40 hrs and have another 12 to do.
No wonder your grumpy!.

@Teenybub this is what I meant earlier when I said people go nuts. Are they fucking stupid, our ex neighbours were like this, entitled stupid twats, hope the kid voms all over them from over excitement.

It's not actually. According to a yougov study a few years ago it's about 39% so actually a minority. I've just got in from work now

I wish I could get earplugs that are effective enough to block the alarm

It’s the hottest day of the year and it’s not other people’s fault you get up at the crack of dawn. I’m normally a peace and quiet advocate myself but come on, it’s an unusually Mediterranean evening. You can’t blame people for wanting to make the most of it!

We've just had tea in the garden. Are you my ndn?

Thats rubbish @Donaldduck22 , i feel for you. I hope you get a sleep. If it was me id be so annoyed i wouldn't sleep even when they eventually shut up.

The 5 year old next door is still screaming on his trampoline. It annoys me during the day but I can just about tolerate it but it’s driving me mad now. His parents are encouraging it by using a water gun on him to cause the screams, where is the common sense?!? There’s probably 7 houses in close proximity with bedrooms at the back that are impacted

Can recommenda smartwatch with alarm (as well as separate alarm). You’ll feel it so both together will definitely wake you up.

Our neighbours have only just taken their extremely tired and grumpy toddler indoors. He needed to be in bed about 5 hours ago by the sound of it, but given how hot our house is upstairs, I've just put some ear plugs in and tried to distract myself with Alexa and a whirling noisy fan on full blast. could still hear the little fucker though.

I also get up at 5. I’m up late tonight as I have some time off but usually in bed hours ago.

I don’t expect others to stick to my schedule although I did move to a very isolated location in order to avoid people! Highly recommended. I don’t expect people in my household to stop everything because I have work in the morning so wouldn’t expect my neighbours to either.

If you can’t hear your alarm through earplugs then you either need a louder alarm or you have amazing earplugs! What make are they?

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how do you think people who are hard of hearing or deaf get woken up in the mornings??

OP I get you want to sleep but can you just close the window? How much noise are they making? If it's just normal socialising and they don't do it often I'd just let it go. Put some headphones in and you'll still hear your alarm.

Just ask them. If I was making noise in my
garden and someone asked me to quieten down at 10pm I would. I’d move inside or just finish up the evening and head to bed myself. It’s not a big ask.

Do your neighbours work?

Also came on to ask ‘what kind of noise?’.

Chatting a few drinks, music on low - not a bother at 10pm

Shit faced, screeching and singing - I’d be inclined to ask them to turn it down a notch.

I think if they’re just having a quiet conversation then that’s acceptable but if they’re playing music or being raucous it is very inconsiderate.

Yeah you’re definitely not being unreasonable op. And I’m surprised at these responses given that MN is generally the most entitled place on earth and nobody should ever be bothered by anyone else ever! It’s almost like people enjoy being contrary just for the sake of it.

But yes 10pm is too late to be disturbing other people. Nice weather or not, some of us have to be up for work.

Completely agree with you OP, this would drive me insane too on a weeknight but probably after 11 rather than 10. I'd imagine with them being your neighbour too they'll know you do shift work. You must be knackered. Hope you get some rest and fingers crossed they've gone indoors by 11.

What kind of noise? And do they know you have an early start?

i do think you’re overreacting tbh

10 is hardly late. If you have to be up so early then you need to realise that you're the one out of step with the majority and will have to organise yourself accordingly.

There are people however who do night shifts and have to sleep during the day. They aren't able to do anything about normal daytime noise either. The laws are written so as to apply to the majority of people rather than a minority.

If you can hear your neighbours in the garden to the extent its preventing you sleeping, surely you are sensitive enough to noise that a vibrating alarm right under your head would wake you up?

You need one of these OP https://www.snoozeband.co.uk/

Unfortunately for the council to take note I suspect it will need to be a pattern of occurrences over a period of time. If excessively loud after 11pm the police is the best better of getting an instant resolution if they have anyone available.