Tips on how to tolerate noisy neighbours/or just move.

[Daisyflowerz]

It seems to be a common thread about noisy neighbours 🙉
We live in a rural area in a detached home but our neighbour still manages to invade our home with his constant noise.
His dog is outdoors all day long, barking some days constantly until he returns home from work,and when he is at home he likes to sit in his car reeving his car on and off for up to an hour.
We love our house and its overall location but he is ruining the feeling of peace in our home.
I don't think the noise will stop as we have already tried to speak with him with no avail.
Is there anything I could do to be less triggered by all the noise or should I just bite the bullet and sell our family home 😢
Would love advice from anyone that's been in a similar situation.

Life is too short to put up with insufferable neighbours. If you can do so, move.

You can call the RSPCA about the dog being neglected it feels the need to bark all day

A barking dog left alone in the garden you can report to the council who will send a noise abatement notice and, eventually, a final warning stating that if the nuisance persists they’ll seek to remove the dog. They will follow this through, I have a colleague who had the same problem with a neighbour.

If you’ve already tried to talk to him about it, I’ve found the most effective route is to start doing something obnoxious and invasive of my own in return. Eventually the neighbours realise that I’m not going to quit my shit until they do, and we reach a truce.

Environmental health and local council about the dog barking. I do know of a family who were forced to rehome their yappy little fucker... It does happen. They do listen. Cctv also. Incase he gets arsey.

@jonesli8811 - are you a ChatBot by any chance?

Haha, as if a rug would help.

I've found this to be very effective too. We have some on obnoxious neighbours and now have a blanket policy of 'right back at them'. It's remarkable effective. You have to be prepared to be childish yourself. You need to find out when his quiet/relaxation time is and then invade it. For example, my neighbour has 'gin o'clock' in the garden about 5 so that's when we mow the lawn, strim or listen to music in the garden if theirs been any nonsense from her overnight. There's then no issues for some time after.

How will a rug help with the noise of a barking dog and the neighbour revving their car? What's a furniture earplug?

So many questions!

Op we had horribly noisy neighbours and moved and for us it was the "proper solution".

Increase the number of furniture earplugs.

I would think if you sorted the dog problem you could ignore the car noise.
He must be a bit odd! Car revving ........

@AIstolemylunch @ComtesseDeSpair Maybe it is what's needed my husband often said that we should espcially early morning time,I was just afraid that would only make neighbour worse and increase his reeving and idling of his cars 🙈Worth a try I guess...

Why is he revving the car for an hour when he gets home?

I'd send DH round to knock on the window and ask if he's having car troubles 😂

The revving on its own would drive me mad. I’d be tempted to ask if he needed the number of a good mechanic!!!

Yes I've been in this position before, more than once. I moved each time [every time to a better place and been happy about it].

Life's too short too wait for things to change, for the other party to move/change their whole mind-set and life style.

Life's too short for the stress involved and the toll it takes on your mental health/well being if you dig your heels in and take them on.

If someone is rude, odd, intimidating, ignorant and a nuisance you're best off getting away. Well, it's worked for me.

I'm ok where I am now. But if things change, if I get new neighbours who prove a nightmare...I will be off. I'm lucky that I'm able to do it and have the option.