Playing music in the garden - annoying or not?

[Realitea]

What is the rule on this? Dh says it’s allowed as long as it’s not between 11pm and 7am. I think it can still be reported to the council though can’t it?
And even if it’s allowed, people would still find it annoying wouldn’t they? I’d feel self conscious playing music loud knowing that I’m forcing others to hear it.
Bit of a twist to the story - it’s my dh that’s playing this music. It makes me feel on edge and embarrassed.

It depends.

We play music in our yard and, but we don't do it very often and it is never loud. It's quiet enough that when I'm at the fence on either side it is very difficult to tell what song is on. Definitely background noise.

Also, we are in a detached house with plenty of trees in the yard. Several of our neighbours quite regularly play music in their yard, some much louder than us. So I can't imagine it being annoying.

If you're blasting the tunes and you have close neighbours then it is very antisocial even during the day, and I would hope it would be a one off for a party or similar.

One of my neighbours regularly plays County music in the garden. I enjoy it and it always brings a smile to my face, but as a genre that a lot of people don't like, I imagine other neighbours do not feel the same. At least the kid learning to play the drums has given up!

There's no need when there's so many good earphones/ ear buds on the market.

There is no such thing as noise being ok before 11pm. Disruptive noise can be anytime.

I hate hearing other peoples music really loudly in the yard or in my home. It is unnecessary and distressing. In my previous house I would be in tears with my neighbor shouting, the hot tub and loud music.

No one knows what is going on in someone else's life. They could be sick, working shifts, just wanting peace.

It's annoying and I dont like it but I do think if it is occasionally on and not too loud then maybe. We all have to rub along together and accept that unless you live on an huge piece of land noise is going to be around and inevitably.
Give and take.
Personally I only play music when I'm alone in a car and not in a neighbiur hood.

I find this so annoying.

We ended up moving because my neighbors were always playing music on the garden. We could never use our garden as they were always out there with their stereo blaring.
It was miserable, being stuck in our house having to wear headphones all the time, never bring able to open our windows, because they didn't have a single shread of respect for anyone else and felt that their right to pretty music outweighed everyone else's rights on the area. 1st lockdown was the final straw, as we couldn't even leave the house to escape it... House went on the market the day the 1st lockdown ended.

I'd say it's ok for the occasional party but definitely not a regular thing. I like to sit in the garden and listen to the birds, not someone elses music.

The occasional evening when they have guests round, or the odd day when they're doing some work on the house (or have builders with their own radio), fine and tolerable, because we all know it's going to end.

Every day / every time they use their garden, is not ok at all, because inevitably, the good weather days when we all want to use our gardens, are the same days.

It's like marking territory, bagsying the whole neighbourhood's garden space, with a massive sonic beach towel.

Most people won't blast back, because they're not twats and are aware of the effect on other neighbours, but many will tempted to ramp up the opera etc, just to make a point.

Oh yes and noise pollution is definitely an 'all hours' phenomenon. I had the Council noise person round with their noise-ometer one morning, because next door's house alarm had been going off for two or three days, inside their house only, coming though my wall but mostly affecting my living room - so daytime nuisance.

If I tell you 'd like to smash my neighbour 's radio into a thousand pieces does it answer your question OP?

T ell you I'd like it should say....I would also like to smash my ipad
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it doesnt bother me if its occasional. Sometimes my neighbours have bandmates round and they do music in the garden and it can be quite nice on a sunny afternoon to sit out there and listen to it like a little festival.
I wouldnt want it to be all the time, but here and there I cant say it bothers me one bit

I can tolerate occasional weekend afternoon music from neighbours as this is when most families are home and using gardens. I dislike evening noise and, for some reason, week day noise.

Absolutely cannot stand music in the garden unless it’s literally like a one off once a year party type thing. So intrusive.

I've been outside when I can hear three different neighbours' music, all very different. Doesn't bother me at all; I quite like it.

(and yes, I am musical - classically trained an all that)

I don't like it and find it very anti social. No one has to listen to what you are listening to and not everyone can afford detached homes with acres and acres of land separating you from your nearest neighbour, so it's not a case of move somewhere like that. If you want peace and harmony, respect your neighbours and be considerate. I love music myself and instead of blasting it out, I use my headphones so I don't have to inflict my taste of music to others who don't share the same taste or simply who want peace and quiet.

Can't stand it. We have new neighbours and this is the first full summer they have been here. She plays music constantly whenever it's sunny. It drives me crazy ! I had covid during recent heatwave and just wanted to sit in the shade in my garden and chill. I felt pretty miserable with it. I didn't need her music blaring all day. No one wants to listen to your choice of music.

'Yacht rock'? Wow how affected. Does he play it quietly?

I've never understood why some people have to have a soundtrack to every bloody thing they do, even relaxing in the garden. I've always put it down to them having a head so empty of any thought or imagination that they have to have extraneous sound to fill the void.

(No offence to your dh, op )

It's rude.. One of my ndn plays Boyzone and James Blunt on loop, top volume, starting at 8.30am every morning and plays all day long. I've spoken numerous times to her and she told ME to wear ear phones if I don't like it, hmm what about the other 6 people in my home, so we all wear ear phones too drown out her shite music.. I just don't get why people play music at full volume for everyone to hear. It makes using the back garden impossible.

I feel exactly as you describe when my DH plays music in the garden OP and yes, it is annoying for the neighbours. That said we live in a street where everyone does it so I try really hard to have an 'if you can't beat them join them' attitude these days, it's surprisingly liberating

I don’t like it, but it’s a give and take thing. I have a neighbour who often puts music on when he’s gardening or has friends around. I’d like it better if he didn’t, but it’s not for hours at a stretch or even every day so I accept it as reasonable. Actually, I find his water feature more annoying - sounds like an open drain! I feel for people with neighbours who play music outside at every opportunity. It’s utterly selfish.

Neighbour 3 doors up plays music that sounds like fairground music through subwoofers every Friday and Saturday night, the on next door to them plays some other dance or house or something...then other side plays metal...we like metal and Rick so just join in with them 😅 I prefer to play some metal to drown out the other shocking choices

*rock not rick oops

My neighbours play music in the garden. Doesn't bother me. It's part of the background of the summer. Music, lawn mowers, kids playing, drunken bbq singing. I quite like it, it makes me smile & it's only for a few weeks.