To hate this time of year, or rather my neighbours at this time if year

[ConfuciousSayWhat]

One has a bonfire on the go, one a barbecue, two have trampolines, and they all have various music playing at full volume. Is it too much to ask that I be able to sit in my garden in the sun in reasonable peace without stinking of smoke?

MsJamieFraser

Chimera

I knew someone with chronic hay fever, asthma and other respiratory disorders. To be fair to her, it was pretty bad. She lived in a terraced house with a garden backing onto another similar terrace. She would complain constantly in the summer about neighbours cutting their grass and the adverse effect it had on her condition. Which was true, but what did she expect them to do? Was an entire city block supposed to leave the grass uncut until she went on holiday? If she went out for a walk should the houses she passed stop cutting the grass until she was at a safe distance?

Like her I think YABU. Noisy neighbours/cooking smells are the price we pay for the convenience of urban living. Unless of course you are living next to our old NFH whose kids fought and swore non-stop from dawn til dark. Then you are right to complain.