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AIBU to complain again about neighbours talking loudly in the communal yard?

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EmptyTheFrickingBins · 27/05/2026 09:23

My neighbours have taken to sitting in the communal yard and having loud conversations and video calls. It literally sounds like they're in the room with me and it's seriously starting to effect my mental health and quality of life.

I work shifts including overnight and got in at 6am. I managed to get maybe an hour's sleep before they started. I'm currently absolutely exhausted and I'm back at work this evening so really need sleep.

They also leave the security door wedged open which makes a really awful high pitched sound that cuts through earplugs and white noise.

They both have very strong accents that really carry and they genuinely might as well be in my bedroom with me right now. They have access to a nice garden outside of the flats but have decided they'd rather sit in the yard where the bins live.

It was the same last summer and it reached the point I was so exhausted I booked a hotel near work because I wasn't safe to drive home. I have asked them politely several times if they could use the garden rather than sitting directly under my bedroom windows but if anything it made things worse because they started also playing loud music.

I have tried white noise, various earplugs, audiobooks, and they don't block the voices. I honestly don't know what to try next!

OP posts:
Foraor · 27/05/2026 09:43

EmptyTheFrickingBins · 27/05/2026 09:40

We all rent.

I really don't want to move- it's perfect apart from them making so much noise!

They said they'd use the garden but then returned to the yard and started playing music so talking to them really didn't help.

Well, all you can do is talk to them again, say you’re trying to sleep in the daytime overhead and ask if they can use the garden instead. If this doesn’t work, I think you may need to acknowledge that, however ‘perfect’ everything else is, this is a dealbreaker.

GoodkneeBadKnee · 27/05/2026 09:42

MegMortimer · 27/05/2026 09:35

Vile neighbours make life hell. Could you move at all?

Vile? Really? For talking in an outside communal area?

EmptyTheFrickingBins · 27/05/2026 09:40

We all rent.

I really don't want to move- it's perfect apart from them making so much noise!

They said they'd use the garden but then returned to the yard and started playing music so talking to them really didn't help.

OP posts:
MegMortimer · 27/05/2026 09:35

Vile neighbours make life hell. Could you move at all?

wrinklycactus · 27/05/2026 09:29

How did they react when you spoke to them? Any apology/ acknowledgement that what they are doing is bothering you?

I ended up leaving a house share for a similar reason - guy in the room next door took every single phone call on his balcony, right next to my window, and would talk loudly for hours at any time of day from 6/7am to 11/12 at night.

It really impacted my mental health and I just moved out because he was obnoxious and didn't care.

SandwichSuperstar · 27/05/2026 09:28

It sounds awful but if you've spoken to them and they're still doing it, I'm not sure what else you can do?

Do they own or rent their home?