to ask neighbours to turn down radio in their garden at evenings weekends

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My neighbours have a radio on in their garden as they are doing building work after work and at weekends.

Radio really bothers me as even with all windows closed I can hear it.

I understand music makes the work easier, but the sound is a nuisance and 90% of the time it is just the bloke alone and he could wear headphones. Btw this is a normal sterio and quite bassy and its heart radio who keep playing the same songs.

I'm a bit worried now that I'm offending my neighbours with occasional music on sunny days.
Does it make it better if it's not the radio but nice polite stuff like Billie Holliday or Carole King? Headphones are all well and good but not exactly sociable if there is more than one of you.

Even more annoying are the people who put music on the stereo system and then fling all the windows open so they can hear it nice and loud in the garden (and so can everyone within a half mile radius).

I am with you OP, if it's excessive, which you seem to be suggesting it is. I wouldn't mind a (not too loud) radio on now and again but if it's all the time then I think people like this are really inconsiderate. They assume everyone wants to listen to what they are listening to and are not allowing other people to enjoy peace and quiet in their gardens/homes.

Consideration for others doesn't involve that much effort at times, people can be selfish unfortunately. Good luck with your quest.

I think it depends upon if it is very loud so everyone can hear it even a few doors away, or if it is just not quiet. To have your radio on so that it is more than quiet is not unreasonable.

I think if you have it on so its quiet but you can hear it ok when you're next to it then its ok. If you can hear it more than background noise in next doors garden then its not.

Many people are just really inconsiderate. I often think it would be nice to listen to radio 4 while sitting in my garden on a sunny day, but I am aware that if I did I would be forcing many of my neighbours to listen too, so I just don't do it.

YANBU. the people two doors up from us have teenagers who invite all their friends round on nice days to hang out in their garden. They play their music loud enough for us to hear it clearly and it REALLY bugs me. I was brought up to be aware of our neighbours and would never play music loud enough for anyone else to hear it from their garden. What's wrong with people that they can't just enjoy the sun in their garden without a constant soundtrack?

Oh my viva that attitude sucks, but I'm not supprised. You were probably called entitled for not wanting to have a rock band next door.

I would swop a radio being on for the young girls who play the screaming game i.e. see who can make the most ear wax shifting noise possible , from 5pm to 9pm. And then wind the dog up by jumping on the trampoline going 'woof woof'. If I sound like a grumpy old woman then I am. Roll on the winter lol.

We've had trouble with builders' music in the past, so when there was yet another planning application for more work, I complained to the Council. When the planning permission was given one of the rules was that any music mustn't be heard beyond the garden boundary. I think that if the Council thought this, it's not unreasonable to suppose that your NDN's music would be considered a nuisance.

I okay a bit of music when I'm outside but it's not often.
I'm less bothered about it annoying my neighbours since their 3am party where me dh and the kids were just wide awake as we are in a semi with extremely thin walks.

In fact the next day I accidentally left my stereo on full blast while I popped out for the day.

Like you viva I was told by some of mn that I was unreasonable to be pissed off by this party.
I was foolishly annoyed that my three yr old was awake and my dh had to go to work at 6.30 after going to sleep at 3.30.

What's wrong with people? I was brought up to not make a nuisance of myself and spoil my neighbours' enjoyment of their gardens. If my dog barks, I bring her in. If my children are loud, I tell them to be quiet. I don't leave my rubbish in the streets for other people to clear up. I don't let male members of my family walk around town in summer with no shirts on.

Am I just a complete dinosaur and have I turned my children into weirdoes by insisting that they do the same?

It might not be 'illegal' to play music in your garden, but it is anti-social. I can't really see why people don't understand this and think it's okay to impose their choice of music/talk radio on other people.

I wish you could buy a house in quiet areas like on the train.
Thoses of us who want peace and quiet could live in the same spot.

My neighbour came in off night shift at 5:30 in the morning and would blast music.
I seethed untill i was up all night with dd and just had enough so i called in and asked her to turn it down.
She did but complained that our power washer was too loud,used once a bloody year, it was a Saturday afternoon..gah !

Exactly what Gideon says. If you can hear it from your garden then it's too loud, let alone your house. There is no need for music outdoors except for the occasional party.

Am I just a complete dinosaur and have I turned my children into weirdoes by insisting that they do the same?

Not at all. The culture of selfishness is a great one to be out of step with. I'm coming to live next door to you with my quiet dog and well behaved children

I wish you could buy a house in quiet areas like on the train. Thoses of us who want peace and quiet could live in the same spot.

Even better - let's club together and buy a hamlet! I actually think I saw a news story last week about an entire Devon village being up for sale, how would that work for everyone?

That's the dilemma, I have no desire whatsoever to live out in the countryside apart from the noise factor. Everything else about living in a town suits me perfectly. Quiet area in a town, now there's an idea.

I keep wishing London would shrink to it's 1950s size so that I could live somewhere (then) semi-rural (maybe Burnham Beeches) and still be a short train ride from the centre of things. Absolute definition of a futile thought process

MY neighbour is lovely, quiet and respectful, until the sun comes out! she has crap music on, but main thing is her high pitched broad geordie voice talking really loud at grandkids, dee yee knaa wot a mean like- every two mins!!! divnt dee that man- eeh am ganna kill yee! Im geordie too and proud of it, but the extremly loud, ,high pitched shouting means I cant enjoy my garden in the sun- maybe I should play loud music to drown out her voice!!

I have a really annoying neighbour who's constantly out on the balcony that adjoins mine shouting, moaning and giving out to her kids. I really wish she'd take it inside. We all like to use our balconies when the weather's nice and we don't want to listen to her whiney voice while we're out there.

Good, Fideline. I'll bake you a welcome cake.

I Play music in our garden to drown out the awful woman whose house backs onto mine....screaming, shouting, swearing at her DCs all day! Though to be fair most of my other neighbours do to. Whole area in the summer consists of radio's, loud car stereos, Lawnmowers, power tools, screaming/laughing children...oh and sirens!

An occasional party with music is also ok - if you politely let neighbours know.

YANBU if it's very loud and constant, just politely ask him to turn it down.

Went to ask him today to turn it down, but he's been wearing ear protection constantly and using power tools so prob woujldnt be able to hear me.