How to cope with a neighbour’s loud music until we move

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I’ve lived in a semi for ten years next to neighbours who on paper are lovely and will do anything for you , but their teen son has driven me crazy for the last five years playing full blast music whenever his parents are out. The walls are paper thin so my poor daughter who is currently sitting her GCSE’s is driven to distraction trying to revise.
hes 19 now and doesn’t work do the second he gets up the sound system goes on.. full volume , drum and bass .. and doesn’t stop until his parents get home around six, then as soon as they go out , maybe to visit friends, it’s goes on.
we’ve asked do many times over the years for it to be turned down, the parents don’t see a problem and he promises to turn it down when I ask him then a few days later it’s back on full volume .
we’ve bought another house and are moving in August, the whole situation has literally made me ill , I can’t even hear my own tv for the constant thump thump, I’m counting down the months until We go - help me keep my sanity until then, appreciate light hearted revenge ideas 🤣 or just coping strategies

You should have reported them ages ago. Does he lie in ? Maybe some Subo at 8am? Or vacumming...

Are you my neighbour but one, OP? 😆

I have neighbours (not joined on) that are like this. The whole family and friends will often be out too during the nice weather. You cannot relax in the garden for their excessively loud, shite music.

Nothing to suggest, just solidarity.

we always hoped it would stop after we’d had words .. and the stress of having to go down the environmental route didn’t appeal, especially as we worried it could have just antagonised them , yes he stays in bed until late morning

@DanaScullysLegoHair That’s just hell isn’t it 😭 we’ve got a few of those round here too, first glimpse of sun 🙈

I'd be recording it and playing it back to his parents. Then say if it happens again, I'm making a noise complaint because its just not acceptable.

Just call the police every time OP. He will soon get the message, you don't have to leave your name.

Before anyone says it's a waste of police time - I'm sure they won't come if they have better things to deal with.

Other than that all I can suggest is getting the wax ear buds with. If noise cancelling headphones on top and trying to stay out of the house.

Id think twice before reporting it. You would then need to declare it on the house sale. Get noise blocking headphones.

It really is. The trouble is, the parents are just as bad as the (late) teen kids that live there. I just wish people were more considerate sometimes. But that seems to be the way society is going. I feel a right old moaner for saying so too.

I like the suggestion by @Balloonhearts. Good luck!

Get a party speaker. There's sound recordings on Youtube of a very high pitched whine that only people under around 25 can hear. Play that in a loop to drive him mad.Either that, or blast out "The Best of Susan Boyle" and sing along loudly.

This!! The last thing you want to do mid house sale is go reporting it officially anywhere as you'd have to declare it.

Keep your fingers crossed that your buyers don't want to arrange another viewing at a time when he's likely to be playing his music!

In the meantime, every time you hear it - just try to ignore it and remember you will soon be living in peace! maybe take up early morning hoovering??

We’ve just got to limp through until August now so it’s not worth starting anything complaint related now - I’ve been very unwell for a few years too which hasn’t helped but meant I really didn’t want to go down the noise nuisance route. I did call the police once when it was playing at 2 am while parents were away but they said unless it was an actual disturbance , I had to just report it to Environmental Health ..

We had this. Luckily we were private renting so got out as soon as the year was up.
It was absolutely horrendous. This guy was maybe early 20s and would do 3-4 day drug binges at home with his mates while DJing for them. He had the full set up. It would be so loud our fittings would vibrating. We asked his mum to come and listen and her answer was "yes it's loud but we need to live too"
Fucking awful. We did play pepper pig extremely loud after on particular binge and went out 🤣 don't think it made him even think but made us feel better for the time we were out.
There's an end in sight, just hold on to that. Wishing you old fogies for your next neighbours 🙏

@Growingaseed I’ve called the police before when it was nighttime but they weren’t interested

@Gettingbysomehow We aren’t selling, We’ve bought the other house outright , and we are renting this house out long term , It’s a very desirable part of the U.K. and area so we know it will rent easily and we will be honest about the loud music 🙈

@didgeridid oh my god that’s awful 😢 Good job you could get out …
yes we’ve had pretty much the same response , or it’s “we’ll do tell him off if it’s bothering you “🙄 but the general attitude seems to be , it’s largely during the day so what’s the problem , we’ve bought a detached house , barely there neighbour one side, quiet couple the other side who like to work out in their garage a few times a week , so a bit thinly but only lasts half an hour and I’m not attached to it.

Horrendous. So sorry to read this. Why are people such total and utter wankers? If my son did this I'd smash his sound system up.

What happens if you knock on the door every time he starts playing his loud music?

@its2025 my daughters room is next to his so she’s started putting her own music on loud when she gets up..
I did have one day of full on pettiness when she was at school and I put “pink shiny unicorns dancing on rainbows” 12 hour version on in her room and went out for three hours 🙈🙈🙈

@MagpiePi it’s so loud he can’t even hear the door! I have to bang for ages , then it’s all apologies, yes I’ll turn it down etc. but it’s like ever decreasing circles .. a few days later it’s back to full volume again

Congratulations on your new neighbours then. Just keep remembering this last bit isn't forever

@bignewprinz I’ve fantasised about doing just that so many times

I bet you have. Your parting give to his parents will be to assure them you will be renting it out to someone extremely noisy and antisocial, maybe suggest it will be a halfway house for prison leavers. Have a nice life. Byyyyyyee.