very noisy party and the police say they can't help

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Two doors down a very noisy party. DJ in the back garden. Random people screaming and squealing. All our windows are closed and it's still loud. I called the police and they say they can't do anything. Apparently at weekends they don't do noise calls, only crimes. The person on the telephone told me I need to ring Environmental Health and they don't answer calls at the weekend. WTF? Do any Mumsnetters know what to do?

Has the neighbour done this before OP. If they haven't, I wouldn't bother purring it. It may be that by doing so, you'll just antagonise them. Keep your powder dry

pursuing, not "purring" !

Went to the Environmental Health site and it appears that they only share their OOH phone number once you have logged an official complaint with them. So they won't even work with you until you've complained at least once. At least this might give me some leverage in the future.

Notyoda, I loved the "purring it" typo!

...fake a warning letter from the police?

They sound a bit dense so they'd likely believe it.

I'm sorry if you did that, and I didn't see it, but why didn't you knock on neighbour's door and told them they were disturbing you?

I'd still be talking to them today about it. Pointing out outburst with other neighbour.
And that any neighbour could hold a late night party. You could even invite all neighbours but them.

We have a friend who hosts a couple of these a year they are like mini festivals we went to one and agreed it just wasn't cricket and haven't been again. As fun as it is watching live bands and drinking til four in the morning (music stops at 11) in a residential area it's just wrong. She does invite all her neighbours but has a proper fuck you attitude which means we limit our contact (and tell her why)

We had this last night too, reggae music and a load of karaoke in a neighbour's back garden, all broadcast to everyone within a mile wide radius via loudspeaker . I was annoyed as one DC couldn't sleep, but let it go as we've lived here years and it has never happened before. I can definitely see how it could drag you down if it happened all the time though, we're all tired and grumpy today.

Did anyone else have a drunken rendition if "we wish you a merry Christmas" at around 11 am?

As I've said we've not had a loud party before but there have been some neighbour argument that wouldn't have been out of place on EastEnders and there's a barking dog behind us that drives us crackers.

We almost moved out to the middle of nowhere once, i sometimes wish we had.

I feel for you op. At the start of the summer, a house near us (in an adjacent road) had the most rip roaring party I have ever heard. We heard shouting and thumping bass starting at about 6pm. At 9pm I had a little wander around to find out where exactly it was coming from nosey Discovered the house decked out in a balloons and fairy lights visible in the garden with a dj. By 11pm the partygoers were all congregating in the main road drinking and dropping glass bottles. There is also a green area in front of our house which all the lads were actually pissing on! There were also girls rolling around on the floor screaming and laughing.

The party went on and on. Thankfully we could not hear it when we went to bed at 1am (shut our windows)...but I felt so sorry for their nearby neighbours. It would have been impossible to sleep. I was also concerned about the carnage in the morning. Thankfully there were only a few bottles but not much else.

Don't know if the police attended...but about 3 weekends after... it happened all again! This time it was just music and shouting. Hasn't happened since, but I can't believe how inconsiderate some people are.

usernamezxcv
Why are you being one?
There's no need for that and it's not the OP who was in the wrong, but the neighbour.
She just had other options, which might work or not.

Oh the irony usernamezxcv

The thing is though. A one off birthday party is fine. Constantly having parties just because you can in a built up area is just disrespectful IMO. One of my NDNs has a birthday party every year, and I never mind because we are warned in advance and she's considerate of others mostly.

Our area is renowned for it, I can't move as buying isn't an option and no one wants an exchange because of its reputation. (Wasn't my choice - we were moved here when I split with the Ex).
Last month, there was a massive party in the garden a few doors down, on a Sunday night, a Tuesday night and a Thursday night. (School Nights). Then again at the weekend. These went on until 2 / 3am and when they've finished they all drunkenly and loudly spill out into the driveways as they go home. Oh and god forbid the rest of you should make a loud noise whilst they sleep off hangovers .

In our block, there's two families with newborns and then there's a few pensioners too. I'm sure none of them would like to be kept awake too.

OP, do be warned, they'll probably just note it down if it's a one off, it has to happen several times before they ask you to start keeping a log and then possibly the noise recording equipment should it go that far. (that's how it works here anyway).

Re my last paragraph OP, I was referring to Environmental Health sorry.

The thing is though. A one off birthday party is fine. Constantly having parties just because you can in a built up area is just disrespectful IMO. One of my NDNs has a birthday party every year, and I never mind because we are warned in advance and she's considerate of others mostly

^^ This.

Did you go over and ask them to calm down?

Well it's good old Dave that you thank for that. He's the idiot who cut the police force. It's not the police's fault. They have to prioritise and they have far bigger things to worry about than a noisy party. That's not to say I don't sympathise, though.

I'd chat to all the other neighbours and plan revenge if it happens again. I'm thinking lots of lawn mowing, hedge trimming and the like. If you planned it properly I'm sure you could make it last all morning!

Dontyou my friend's husband is a surgeon. He has been kept awake several times by the local multimillionaire putting up a marque on his tennis courts and basting out music (we could hear it many streets away). On the upside we get brilliant firework displays on 5th Nov, just a shame they are on at 11pm.

It's just the randomness of not caring about your neighbours having a party somehow meaning you don't mind being operated on by a surgeon who knows they're too tired to operate safely

All my other neighbours are mowing and strimming with a vengeance right now!

Tinkly, thank you so much for this helpful advice.

As to going over there and asking them to be quiet, if they're that drunk and there are so many of them and it's past midnight, it's a bit intimidating, tbh. I'd worry that I would just get a load of abuse.

How has that gone for people who have actually tried this approach?

^lol!

I think the very occasional loud party OK. But no justification for loudspeakers in a garden in a residential area. Mental!

I was once chatting about noisy parties to a chap who is well over 6' tall and powerfully built. He said they once had a very noisy party in a house in their quiet residential street. Neighbours had tried and failed to get the noise turned down and had called the police/EHO to no avail. So he walked across, through the open front door and made his way to where he was pretty certain he would find the fuse box, as it was the same type of house as his. Pulled it out, walked back over the road, job done.

Probably not wise to try this unless you are very large and strong, though.