God I wish my neighbours would STFU.

[GreeboIsMySpiritAnimal]

We live in a terrace and the gardens are all very close together. We've co-existed peacefully side by side for many years by all politely pretending no one else exists when we're in them, but there's no getting around it, we can all hear every word everyone says.

A new family moved in last summer. They're a nice enough, but they're in the garden from first thing to last and they ^never stop talking.
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They've got a family member over today and she's just as bad. Literally a constant stream of inane chatter, it's driving me insane.

I'm going to go and grab some headphones to drown them out, but I would really rather have peace and quiet.

Headphones are the answer. Neighbour noise is annoying but it's part and parcel of living on an estate/in a terrace. I only got my wireless headphones recently, I'm enjoying my garden so much more now I can listen to my music or an audio book and drown everything else out.

Our neighbours are away. We are actually enjoying our house for the first time in months. The constant level of noise has being driving us both mad and we've decided to sell up when our mortgage deal comes to an end if they're still here. I swear the woman can talk without drawing breath for hours. When she's on the phone in the garden I imagine the person at the other end having wandered off for a long bath and her not noticing. I feel your pain.

I feel your pain.
Our neighbours are lovely but the sun just brings out the worst in them.
They have a bar, hot tub and sofa in their garden. They are outside all day, the lady of the house has a very shrieky voice which get louder and higher with each drink.
The hot tub is surprisingly noisy but I think it's because it's almost against our fence

Oh and I forgot the delights of the fire pit! Bare in mind these are small terraced gardens

There have been umpteen posts started (at least one by me) over the past year about how much people are struggling with their neighbours. All power to those of you who manage to shrug it off but for many it’s akin to torture and can really affect people’s mental wellbeing. I wonder what the answer is? We can’t all move to a deserted rural location And people in general don’t look to be getting more considerate any time soon, quite the opposite

It's the sheer mundanity of their conversations, and the never ending nature of them, that's gets to me!

I think I'd be tempted to join in with some controversial comments to mix things up a bit!

My neighbours are fine, also in terrace we are in the middle 2 houses one side one the other. However my puppy loves to bark at the moment he’s getting better but it drives me insane just had him out playing with his pool and was quiet as a mouse he gets brought in if he barks and I’ve apologised to both neighbours who have been very kind but I’d hate to annoy anyone. Pup is knackered and fast asleep now thank goodness. I usually put radio on low in garden so I don’t hear what neighbours are talking about. Fences are also high so we can’t see each other.

We had this. Of course people can talk (and talking is better than some other invasive irritations) but it’s like you can’t tune out. And just why these people don’t stop to think it might be annoying is another matter. We lived next to a couple who just insisted on giving each other a running commentary through the whole bloody day of their actions - like they couldn’t just have the thoughts in their head. I ended up knowing far too much about their lives….
‘Oooh Brenda, shall we have fish later? Or chicken ? I can’t decide Brenda, because you know Brenda, I love that chicken thing you do. Oooh Brenda have you seen this weed? Is it a weed? Maybe it is a weed? Maybe not Brenda, where is the book on plants Brenda maybe I should look it up, but I need a wee first Brenda, must be all that tea; what do you think Brenda?’ On and on and on. Barely drew breath. And she was just as bad.

When he was alone in the garden he’d have the same inane conversation with his dog instead. Or he’d have talk sport on loudly so I had to hear some other monotone drivel instead.

Drove me nuts. We moved.

Not to be all “you must never complain” but I live in a tiny one bedroom flat with no garden and CANNOT imagine moaning about my neighbours... talking. I would love to have a garden! I’m sure it is annoying and I know you aren’t criticising them but please enjoy your garden in this weather, I wish I could!

People are twats and are just not conscious of encroaching on others' spaces. "It's my garden, I'll do what I want". Fuck everyone else.

I used to like music in the garden, but not so loud that my neighbours could hear it. These days, I like to hear the birds, but my behind neighbours appear to have their kids and ill behaved g kids, so all you hear is the kids' names being shouted over and over again. Followed by the dog, who also doesn't do as it's told.

Then we have people 2 closes away who play incredibly loud music when the football is all. I couldn't tell you what house it's from, but I can tell you the song and feel the beat. Why should I, and most of the surrounding area, have to listen to chumba fucking whumba, just cos one household wants to?

We've got a dog next door that barks solidly. Even with the owners outside. All I hear is
"Woof woof"
"Billy no!"
"Woof woof"
"No Billy"
For hours and hours and hours.
Just sat here and counted actually.
12 barks in 60 seconds.
It's infuriating.

I swear even our dog rolls it's eyes at Billy

We live in a detached but still have neighbours gardens where the children are out making so much noise that it's not pleasent to be outside in our garden.

I dream of being able to afford something more isolated but it'll never happen.

Ah Billy the Dog!! We have one of those down the road too!

Poor precious thing is slightly neurotic over certain noises. ‘It’s not his fault’ you understand?

Mowers, planes, other dogs, post deliveries, in fact any deliveries, motorbikes, birds, cats, squirrels, humans laughing, the wind….. all set him off.

Oh gosh, I wonder if we have the same neighbours!!!
A hoover 3 doors down can set him off. Or a bird tweeting, or car door shutting, lawnmower, helicopter, child laughing. It's relentless!!!

@hippidyhiphip

We've got a dog next door that barks solidly. Even with the owners outside. All I hear is "Woof woof" "Billy no!" "Woof woof" "No Billy" For hours and hours and hours. Just sat here and counted actually. 12 barks in 60 seconds. It's infuriating.

That is something you can complain about

Similar situation here OP. One of the neighbours got a new boyfriend and he and his mates spend hours every day recording videos for his business, loudly, interspersed with loud swearing and smoking weed. The poor family next door have to decamp to their parents up the road, if they want the DCs to play outside and they can't open their windows because of the smoke (and swearing) which also makes their laundry smell of weed.
It has annoyed the entire street and apparently they are aware and are looking for somewhere to move to, but in the meantime we're taking it in turns to run strimmers and lawnmowers while he tries to record his videos, because we're petty and pissed off!

Ours were being very loud. Think children screeching and arguing in the pool and adults sitting barking instructions/shouting no. We were playing bat and ball and the ball went over. I popped my head over for the ball. Threw it back, and then they all jumped up and went inside.
Take up tennis, OP.

@showerbeer

Not to be all “you must never complain” but I live in a tiny one bedroom flat with no garden and CANNOT imagine moaning about my neighbours... talking. I would love to have a garden! I’m sure it is annoying and I know you aren’t criticising them but please enjoy your garden in this weather, I wish I could!

Bless you, I spent many years in a flat with no garden, so I get where your coming from. And yes, I put my headphones on, poured a glass of wine, and enjoyed my garden.

I feel your pain OP. We’re mid-terrace and one set of neighbours are similar to us, just potter about in the garden when the weather’s nice and maybe have meals on the patio. All we can hear is a normal background hum of conversation.

The neighbours on the other side are a different matter, particularly since WFH during the pandemic. The woman doesn’t speak like a normal person, she bellows at any opportunity, whether it she’s doing her IMPORTANT PERSON phone calls or simply talking to her child.

Yes! That's exactly it! A background hum of conversation is fine! Loud, incessant droning on is not!!

Someone in a nearby house has a rooster & the damn thing keeps waking us up now we have the windows open. It doesn't just crow once and then shut up, it KEEPS. GOING. It also can't tell time as it randomly crows during the day as well for a few minutes at a time.

Just remembers another one in our previous house. Try got a dog. Which barked at literally everything. Even worse than the dog was the woman shouting 'fucking shut up Dylan' every time he barked. Dog would look at her, and then go back to barking.

There was a gap in their fence where their dog could see into our garden. Neighbours asked me In all seriousness could train my 2 cats not to sit in his eye line as that made him bark. They were a big reason why we moved!

Oh @GreeboIsMySpiritAnimal I share your pain. And I don’t complain because I KNOW 😀 - I live in a terrace, this is normal neighbourhood noise.

But FFS I can just about tolerate the other neighbours with their creak-creak of the trampoline, the shrieking toddler (encouraged by their dad chasing them with a hose), the barking dogs, the bickering kids who stay in the garden from 7-9, the England match BBQ followed by garden karaoke… but it’s the ones with the droning incessant chit-chat echoing in my windows that actually might tip me over the edge.

Do you think it’s ok to knock on their door and ask them to talk about something more interesting?

Our neighbours chat in their garden a lot, which is of course absolutely fine, The trouble is that they are quite quiet talkers and I can’t quite hear what they’re saying. I don’t WANT to hear but I think subconsciously my ears are straining to hear the words and that gives me a headache! I would be happy if they were either a bit louder so I could hear without straining or much softer so I don’t try. I’m honestly not interested in what they;re saying per se. Also, they are wonderfully hospitable and I know that if we went round and asked if we could join them (COVID rules permitting) they’d immediately open a new bottle for us.

Anyone else have this or am I totally to to?