Would you complain to neighbour about noise?

[ohbloodyhel]

I moved in a week ago
It's a semi detached
Heard nothing until last night.
From 6pm music blasting and singing top of their lungs.
There's about 4-5 people in
They are in their 40s
I've had no sleep
They clearly on a bender /drink /drugs
I thought this was a lovely house
The men and women are constantly screaming then shouting and obviously the bass.
I've only been hear a week
Can I complain ?

Yes I've got a really good recording on my phone which is time stamped at 3.30 am
They still talking and shouting loud
I wonder how they are going to pull themselves together for work tomorrow

@Whataretheodds I'm a really anxious person
I'm scared that they could be nasty people and cause trouble for me
I just want a house to enjoy and feel safe in
I'm worried that I'm bringing trouble to my door

It doesn't have to be a confrontation -

knock on the door "hello, I'm Ohbloodyhel, just moved in next door last weekend. <what's your name?> nice to meet you. Is it a celebration? Oh that's great! Happy birthday. Would you mind turning the music down a bit please? Comes through the wall quite a bit. Thanks!"

If they say no, or tell you to eff off, or don't turn it down, then you call the council.

If there turns out to be a persistent issue that you have to speak to the council about then they will expect you to have taken basic steps to try to resolve it yourself, ie asking the neighbours yourself to keep it down.

Hopefully this is a one-off. A good reason to say hi to the neighbours and introduce yourself when you move in. People are less likely to be dicks after they've shaken your hand (still a possibility just less likely).

Get your house on a house swap asap….these cunts most likely dont work and clearly dont give a fuck. Youll be living on edge for the entire time you are there. Just move

It won't be a one off I bet.
You need to do everything you can. Local council Environmental health, housing association, police if possible. Try and get other neighbours to complain too.

I'd also try and move.

If it happens again go and speak to them. I don’t understand why you wouldn’t ask them to turn it down before reporting them.

In my younger days I often went to parties, or back to people’s houses after a club, and stayed up all night. It was a lot of fun and we were oblivious to how miserable it was for neighbours. But when neighbours asked we had a reality check and quietened down. We weren’t awful scary aggressive people, we were just having fun and being young and selfish and inconsiderate.

I’m not saying we didn’t deserve to be reported, but given how overstretched the council and police are these days I imagine you’d have a better result if you just went round and asked them to shut up.

I have since lived next door to ‘party houses’ who have 72 hour parties so I know full well how miserable it is to be the neighbour. I spoke to them eventually and they were much more considerate afterwards, and brought round wine to apologise. Don’t assume your neighbours are intimidating and horrible. They’re probably just unaware of how loud they’re being.

Hopefully it was a one-off for a special occasion.

This is what loud garden power tools were made for. Ideal for use on a Sunday morning.

We had a neighbour like this, we tried reasoning with him but there was always an excuse. We discovered a history of people moving on because of him, police being called out by desperate neighbours whose children were kept awake for hours etc but didn't want to risk legal issues as we were so desperate we were considering selling up. He was a renter and we are owner occupiers so after a threat of complaining to his landlord, he moved on. His new neighbours are now suffering with his all nighters.
In a nutshell, I'd cut my losses and move if I were in your position unless this is a one- off.

Bloody hell from your first post I just assumed it was a regular party!
Definitely report them. And you've just moved in? So obviously you need to do some drilling and hammering as soon as they go quiet...

I just had to defrost my freezer yesterday morning after my neighbours kept me awake with their loud talking with friends til 3.30am. Some of us need sleep!!

I was whacking my freezer with a wooden spoon really loudly at 9am. It's the least they deserved.

Hope you have had better nights OP.

I feel for you. My neighbours are incredibly noisy too.
see what your council’s procedures are. Where I live we fill in a paper diary and report the volume on The Noise App, which sends the recording directly to the council. I couldn’t praise the council more, they’ve worked really swiftly to contact my neighbours and there have been significant improvements.