I live in a really small village, just a pub and a cluster of houses, with a few big houses on lots of land surrounding the village. I can't see my neighbours, but they are just over the hedge across the garden. It is usually as quiet as it sounds. Rural, farming village, with a few people to do a commute into town so get up very early to make buses or trains.
The last week, 4 evenings have been badly disturbed by loud parties. I think some kids are home from University/school/whatever in one house; they had a party with amplified dance music that kept going until 4 am. The following night, a different house had loud music and fireworks; they hadn't warned us about the fireworks and our animals were really distressed. When I know there are going to be fireworks I can prevent this from happening. I was running around at midnight trying to calm a frantic horse and a shaking elderly dog. A few nights later (this was a week night) a different house again had a party, with what sounded like a DJ; they only stopped because it started to rain, which must have sent them inside. Then, last night, the first house started again - loud dance music with a thumping bass, it stopped at midnight, but I get up at 5.30 and by the time it stopped I was so wound up I couldn't sleep.
Police say they can't do anything, too busy to send a car. They could warn them about the fireworks, but as the music has been from separate places they aren't interested. It is summer, our house is stuffy so windows are open at night. I don't want to lock the animals inside when they should be out on a summer night. The few other neighbours I've spoken to say it has never been this bad before in the village. So: what to do? I feel like the next time it happens I'm going to blow a gasket.