I’m really trying to be fair and not overreact, but the situation with our new neighbours is starting to affect our ability to enjoy our own home.
They’ve installed a pool, with the heater right on our boundary, and it runs constantly at around 50 decibels in our garden. It’s not just a faint background hum, it’s loud enough that we can clearly hear it inside the house, even with the windows shut.
They also have a young son who plays football most days. I completely understand children playing (we’ve never had an issue with normal family noise and have kids between the ages of 12 and 7) ), but this can go on for long stretches (around 3 hours today), with the goal set up right next to our patio despite them having a large garden. So we get a constant thudding against the fence, again loud enough to hear from inside.
The main issue is weekends. Last year they entertained every single weekend. Families over, lots of children in the pool, which in itself is fine, but the overall noise level is extreme. It’s not just children playing; it’s also adults shouting and screaming.
If this was occasional, we’d just accept it as part of life. But it was every weekend, all day, often into the evening, and sometimes as late as 11pm or beyond.
I honestly can’t overstate how loud it is, at times it feels like living next to a holiday resort rather than in a quiet village. Today it’s already the same: hours of football right next to where we sit, plus people over and constant shouting.
We live in a quiet village and other neighbours (including those with children and pools) are nothing like this, which makes it feel particularly intrusive.
Last summer we barely used our garden at all because of it, and even being inside the house didn’t escape the noise. I really don’t want a repeat of that this year.
So… am I being unreasonable, or does this cross into excessive? And how would you handle it ?