just want to enjoy hearing the birds in my own garden on sunny days

[SuzzieScotland]

I work full time, on the odd sunny weekend I just want to sit in the garden and read.

Unfortunately my neighbour always likes to bring their radio out and have it on for hours and this makes me retreat inside and close all the windows.

Already had an argument with one neighbour due to their security light that shined in my bedroom window every time a car went by so don't want to have another tiff. The music isn't really loud, but loud enough that I can hear the vocals and every single word of the adverts. They are nice people, so far,I just think its really selfish to play your music in the garden when other people are nearby.

Surely it's more reasonable to expect people to listen to music with headphones than for all their neighbours to have to wear earplugs?

I really hate it when my neighbour does this. I have now got a set of ear phones for my phone and I listen to nature sounds on it. It's quite soothing but I wd prefer to hear the birds but a lot of people don't seem aware that they upset others with noise and are very noise tolerant whereas I feel silence is such a precious thing!

YANBU, but the soundtrack to a sunny day here is next door's power tools and barking dog. A radio would actually be an improvement!

I used to have a neighbour who listened to radio 1 full blast whilst he fixed up and revved his motorbikes all day long - was sooo glad when he moved. I think you should have a word about it though and just ask him to turn it down a notch when it's a sunny day and you want to be outside. Is very stressful when you are boiling up with rage about these things..

Said neighbour also had a security light which shone into our bedroom too - really the light shouldn't be visible beyond the boundary of the house but most people don't bother to check these things when they install them. We got a blackout blind which helps.

Good luck - hope you get some peace in your garden soon..

It is so bloody inconsiderate to have radios on in gardens. Why would anyone inflict their noise on their neighbours and think it's ok?

My neighbour is up at 4 am everyday. He must have a chronic lung issue as he stands outside waiting for the bus, coughing, hacking, spitting, snorting, making the most disgusting sounds. This goes on for fifteen minutes, Monday through Friday, year round. He stands at the end of his driveway which is almost level to my back bedroom window. Sometimes, I have prayed for the bus to run him over.

Selfish and inconsiderate, no one should play music outdoors where others can hear it, whether it's gardens, parks, campsites unless it's for an organised event.

YANBU. Selfish bastards. We used to have the exact same problem and when we asked them really politely if they might be able to them it down a wee bit, we were told to fuck off.
It was resolved by us moving house. I would suggest you do the same because this is a difficult argument to win unless they are genuinely well-meaning people who didn't realise that you could hear it. But I would imagine they are just selfish knobs.

Ha thanks guys, although the bad story's have put me off even wanting to ask. Most people I've found are selfish and inconsiderate if you ask them to change something they do.

Definately get a water feature! We have 3 (in a courtyard garden) which range from a rather pleasant light rain type of noise to a Niagra Falls loud fountain. It drowns out my fighting neighbours!

At least you have a garden :D I have to sit inside and watch the sun :(

Extreme sometimes I wish I didn't have an argument as I say raging in my house boiling like a mad kettle on the music that makes me unable to enjoy my garden, or I'm out there enjoying it and the awful music starts up

YABU! How can people expect others to be completely silent!? What if she had children? They'd be whooping and yelling all day like my neighbours DC do. On one side there's a family and on the other a couple in their 50s who talk in THE LOUDEST VOICES you've ever heard. I wouldn't expect them to shut up because I prefer birdsong.

You need to move to the countryside.

Children / voices is very different to a radio on constantly for 10 hours a day!

YANBU
amplified music is antisocial in gardens except for a couple of times a year for parties

No problem with voices, children or adult, but music is totally unnecessary, play it indoors or use headphones.

YANBU. I really enjoy the peace and quiet in my garden.

yanbu, if people want to listen to music outside they can wear headphones, it's obnoxious to disturb everybody else's peace.

you want music in your garden get some earphones imo - you really impose with loud music outside - why should others have to use earplugs - it is just being considerate to neighbours imo

I agree, it's really inconsiderate and ignorant to inflict your music on your neighbours. They should wear headphones.

I think hearing other people's music in my garden is completely different from hearing children playing/yelling. It doesn't bother me at all, mostly b/c it's not reasonable to expect children to be silent ... it is reasonable to expect adults to be considerate to their neighbours.

Why not at least try talking to them? You've got nothing to lose. And if you're polite and reasonable they might be too (I've had good experiences in the past with this same issue!)

Yanbu. I have the same with neighbours' dogs that bark and yep and whine and yowl at every passing car and pedestrian.

It makes me stabby.

Afaik you are entitled to quiet enjoyment of your property. Do tell them to switch the bloody thing off!