Background : Had a really bad experience with noisy neighbours which lasted about 4 years. The walls were really quite thin, and they played loud music all the time, would slam doors so loudly that we had pictures come off the wall and were generally PITA.
After my nerves were getting to breaking point, we moved about 6 years ago into an old style terraced house which had decent brick walls and asked specifically about neighbours, who were apparently a respectable couple with teenage family.
We moved and all was fine and quiet for about a year, at which point the same family next door suddenly started getting their windows smashed, their car was smashed, police arrested the guy and he was put in jail for threatening his wife. He eventually got out and the wife moved out with kids, so just him left. Cue parties, late night banging, police visits, etc. He eventually sold house, and it is now being sub-let.
New tenants are vile. The noise is horrific, either with parties or kids running wild, more police visits, they tried to set fire to our kids play house in our garden by putting their cigarettes out on its roof during a late night party, we're constantly having to move kids out of their rooms at night as they can't sleep from parties spilling out into garden. This family are apparently 'known' in this area, so we've been advised not to confront.
AIBU to want to move to another area (to a detached house so no more fears of bad neighbours) in this economic environment? My DH and i both work, but i'm scared as mortgage payments would obviously increase, which we could afford just now, but who knows what the future holds. TBH though, don't know how much more my nerves can take, and i don't want my DC to grow up in this kind of environment. (sorry for ramble)