New neighbours from hell (rural surrey types)

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NC for this!

We have new neighbours and they're pond life. Sorry, but it's true.
I need a rant.

We live in a very rural place and there's only three houses- bit of a strange setup as it's on an old farm and we're actually three terraced houses.

New neighbours, moved in last few months (they have a business and rent an office on the same estate). We've said hello etc. First warning bells were when I said hello and was told "you must tell us if we're noisy!" surely you know if you're noisy.
Anyway, they've got two young girls who we have no problem with as they're just kids. It's the adults that are starting to grate.

They have a dog that shits everywhere- he/she just wanders round communal areas. He talks to her likes she's a piece of muck on his shoe and we, lucky us, get to hear it all as they're so fucking loud. Warm weather means all the windows are open and they're out in their garden arguing early yesterday morning- he's shouting that she's 'busting his balls' and she's shouting that she's 'been up since six!'
They had what was clearly a birthday party for one of their DD's a few weeks back and had a hugely noisy, bassy, microphone and music system in their garden for a few hours- without even alerting us or the other neighbours that they were going to do this. Other neighbours had a quiet lunch with family ruined as it was impossible to sit in either garden due to overwhelming noise.

They scream at each other all week long from 6/7am in the morning then act like try hards in front of people they have round- which makes them even louder!
Oh and I know I sound like a right cow but they really are awful. Faux posh twats acting like they own the place.

Am so sick of them already. Should I just move.

Are they renting or have they bought the house? If renting you could speak to the landlord as it sounds if they are being anti social, if they have bought the house then I doubt it will get any better and if I was you I would definitely think about moving, if you start making complaints about noise etc the the council I think it comes up on searches so could hinder your attempts to sell. As they have said to you to let them know if they are noisy, you could approach them and see if the situation improves, if it does not I would be putting that for sale board up. Hope things improve OP.

We have new neighbours and they're pond life. Sorry, but it's true.

Other than them being loud and him being mean to his wife, I can’t see any evidence that this is true at all. Being loud doesn’t make people pondlife.

Have you actually told them that they are noisy?

Being loud doesn’t make people pondlife

Letting your dog poo everywhere does

Are you in rural Surrey? Or are you suggesting that all people from rural Surrey are loud, argumentative and allow their dogs to mess everywhere?
I've seen lots of stereotypical things written about Surrey residents but that really isn't one of them.
How about asking them to keep the noise down and pointing out to them the dog is leaving a mess.
Is there a landlord or do you all own?

"you must tell us if we're noisy!" So, have you?

Are you the 'rural Surrey type'? You can't surely be stereotyping your 'pondlife' neighbours as being from Surrey?

You chose to live in a property that has massive potential to have problems with neighbours.

what's 'faux posh' about any of that?

Hello all, firstly let me say i'm talking only and specifically about my situation. Not commenting on everyone in surrey, or those who are loud etc etc etc.

Yes, have asked them to clean up after their dog, as has neighbour young ds plays out there. Also asked for prior notice next time they're using the garden in such a way it makes it impossible for us to use ours (i.e. noise levels).
They rent but the landlord's useless.We have lived here for 12 years with no previous problems so it's definitely them.

Thanks for the replies, feels better to have put it all down and it may well be time to move.

You sound really snobby. If you live in a terraced house you may hear noise from the neighbours.

Often it seems it's the rural types that are more stereotypical than the Surrey types.

She told you to tell her if they're noisy; so do it. If people come from urban or suburban areas they really may not realise how sound can travel.

The dog mess is the really awful part; you do have a legitimate ace to grind there. Again, discuss it or take direct action and bag it and stick it in their garden.

It sounds a bit six of one and half dozen of the other really. She obviously preempted that they're loud and you've struck lucky up to now.

No idea what rural Surrey types are supposed to be like.

Disturbance from terraced houses and gardens is always dependent on how people are naturally and how they communicate with their neighbours. If we were having a loud party I'd let next door know beforehand and I'd certainly always be clearing up after animals. On the other hand if she said tell me if we're noisy and no one had, they probably thought you're ok with them until you raised it. If nothing changed after that, then it most likely won't.

How were they with you when you did say something?

Sigh. Are they on a 6 month let? If Y then tell landlord, I'm sure he'd prefer to keep you, you will leave if he renews. If N then start looking for somewhere else.