To not want to be kept awake by neighbours in the next street?

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Teenagers in the next road- it runs at right angles to us, so I can see the back of their house if I look out of the loft- had loads of friends round last night.
Fair enough- there was no music, but my god they were loud in the garden. We're about 8 houses away, and at 11pm I shut all the windows in our bedroom. At 2 pm they were still all shrieking, swearing...finally went in about 3.
I was awake then till 5, and feel knackered.

Parents are obviously away- would it be unreasonable to knock on the door and ask them (politely) to consider neighbours' feelings?

Absolutely not unreasonable. We had same thing last week - parents away so teenagers in house opposite had parties every night. Fine to have parties (we all did it) but not when it keeps neighbours awake. Our neighbour went across to them to ask them to be quiet - poor lad was very concerned that neighbour would tell his Dad on him. They were quiet after that.

Not unreasonable but probably pointless.

They are teenagers, while the cats away etc etc.

How long are their parents away for?

If its any consolation we have this problem with teenagers in our area, one in particular who,lives next door. Its an all year round thing though. Some parents round here just don't give a shit.

TBH, we found that asking the teenagers to be quiet actually made the problem worse as they just tried harder to piss us off.

Up to you of course, but I would probably just put up with it. Can you put a fan in your room to drown the noise out and keep the room the cool if you have to have the windows shut? Its the only thing that keeps me sane at times.

well if you go across and the noise gets worse just call the police. I really don't see why you should put up with it

Police won't come out for noise :(

They will come out for noise in some areas, but I guess it depends how busy they are on any given night. I'd pop a note through the door if you're worried about repercussions etc. With any luck, they'll be worried mum and dad will find out.

I second the fan idea.

try living in a sea of students as I do!

It is lovely and peaceful at the moment as they are all away. Come September there will be wild mid-week parties galore.

I have learned to sleep through it, tbh.

I have just been round...door opened by very hungover looking lad.
I said "good party was it?" at which he looked sheepish and said, "sorry was it a bit loud"
I said yes, and that I lived in the next street......were mum and dad away?
"yes"
I asked if there were any more parties planned- the answer was no.
He was apologetic- and since discovered that 2 other people have been round complaining.

Glad I went round -why should we put up with it? And the police do come out for noise (if available).

I was told by the police themselves that they do not deal with noise issues anymore.

They will come out for anti social behaviour though. But I don't know if a party in a huose counts as anti social behaviour - the teenagers in our area use the street corners for their parties

At least if he was hungover today you can almost be guarateed peace tonight, wouldn't guarnatee it for the rest of the week though - teenagers make plans on a whim.

We had the same thing on Sunday night, music blaring until at least 3am in a house 3 doors down, exhausting. I have a feeling someone went to complain as the house has been dark and quiet ever since, but I'm definitely going to mention it to the parents when they get back, I couldn't care less if they get the hump with me. That's nothing compared to the hump I had with their bratty daughters.

Ithink he's mortified by the fact that people have complained, and they're going to tell his mum .
And just spoken to dh- who went and knocked them up at 8am on his way to the gym.

well done dh, why should they get a lay in when they have kept you up all night!

I'm knackered now. Cleaning the bathrooms will have to wait.

I would assume the police deal with noise on a case by case basis then, doesn't seem to be a blanket policy on it. I know from experience they come out for noise where I live and this was true as of about four weeks ago. Maybe you should all come down to the Home Counties, you can pitch tents in my garden....might not be too comfortable but it would be quiet. I might even let you in to use the bathroom....

glad it seems sorted. Fingers crossed for quiet until the parents return.

the police in dorset told me there had been a change in legislation and it was now a council issue. we had similar problem sunday night with adults screaming and laughing drunkenly in their garden till 12.30 - not good when your husband has to get up at 4am and drive for 2 hours to get to work. if they had lived a bit nearer i would have loved to put the hosepipe on them!

I have a strict, "everyone gets one party" rule. ie if there's a crazy party until all hours, it has to be pretty bad for me to complain. But woe betide any house that throws two in a row, or goes for regular parties.

I take the approach that I know that now and again we are the noisy ones. But if it's only very seldom, then it's okay.

Here in Lancs (Mum works for police) noise is dealt with by the coucil who work office hours, police will only attend if a party is spilling out into the street and causing a nuisance.

Glad the partygoers were suitable ashamed though! :)

Christ it was one night. I'm feeling a bit sorry for the lad now.