Neighbours having a REALLY loud party

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Hi MNers
My neighbours are having a really loud party in their garden. They are three doors down. It's been going on all afternoon. It's loads louder than a pub garden. Banging music, about 50 shouting guests. My child wakes up at 6 every day & I am exhausted.
Really wanted an early night. So fucked off. Is there a 'cut off point' & who do I complain to if its still loud in a few hours time? AIBU to complain?
Can't go round there as just me & my girl live here.
No warning nothing.

I don't know what's all 'these days' about it, but I do wonder why your desire to have a party trumps my desire (and that of others, I live in a square which means noise affects a lot of houses) to enjoy my day off in peace? Or to get a decent night's sleep before an early shift?

Pah, everybody is allowed the odd party in the midst of a summer heatwave aren't they?
I think you should chill out. My kids are up at 6 every day but that's my fault for having them, not my neighbour's!

You can still have a party and have fun without keeping everyone awake. Just don't have the music ridiculously loud and turn it down and go inside when it gets late. It's not difficult.

Exactly, Overly

I might be being crotchety because this happens regularly to me. I'm a big opera fan and have thought of inviting some likeminded mates round and blasting the Ring Cycle in the back garden until the early hours, why shouldn't I do this?

Just take your little girl with you as a perfect reason as to why you're asking them to turn it down.

Try living next to the creamfields festival.....

I agree with Oblomov. If it is a one off I would not get worked up about it. The house opposite had the first loud party in years on this street and I told the children it was fine, they were just having fun and everyone is allowed to let their hair down and have a singalong now and then.
Chill out.

This is exam results weekend. My usually reasonably quiet street has several parties on for the teens. I don't mind. It's an exam party! It's all context. Could it be that?

Please don't tell me to 'chill out'
I'm exhausted, I'm a single parent who gets up at 6am every day & for once I wanted an early night so I can be full of energy for once tomorrow.
It's terraced houses, if I was inviting 50 mates over & getting a sound system I'd be reasonable & tell the neighbours. Anyway just made a bed on my daughters floor. Selfish fucks they are. Didn't look like exam results party. All in their 30s n 40s.

I do think it's tad selfish they can turn music down at 11 and still have a good night

If its that bad I expect someone will complain anyway. If they're generally good neighbours I'd probably let it go tbh.

Ring doorbell at 6am. Ask if they mind you having a party now.

My neighbours are also doing this (unless OP and I actually live round the corner from each other). It was fine at 6pm, it's now nearly 11.30pm and I want to go to sleep! It sounds like the whole of their cup-de-sac are out - they back on to us, so we don't know them to go and say "can you turn it down a bit please". I realise it's a bank holiday weekend, but I would really like to get some sleep.

Yes! Doorbell at 6am! Best post so far they have now turned the music UP. Total fuckers.
And yes, I like parties too but wouldn't do this.

This happens once in a blue moon in my street and I let it go.

Sleep deprivation isn't nice but as a PP said, when you're living in a community, these celebrations happen sometimes.

WRT telling the neighbours, well that might have been awkward because they might have felt obliged to invite them too.

I don't think they are trying to upset you. Reading between the lines, I am assuming it's a rare occurance, and most people would let it go instead of working themselves up so much; you'll get no sleep if you allow yourself to get riled.

Jammiesrock90 I live six miles from Creamfields and can hear it through earplugs. Must be deafening close up.

Op I hope they settled down. I hate it.

Re Creamfields I'm also 6 miles away and can still hear the fuckers. I've friends in birch wood and Newton who can also hear it. We've been told that police can't do anything as they have a license to play music until 4am but it was suggested that we all complain to the council and hope that it's heard before next year. I reckon there will be outrage in the local press next week. I've never heard it so loudly for so long before. I dread to think how bad it is on the other side of the bridge.

Hope you folks near creamfields managed to get some sleep!
My main point here is why don't people who are having parties which are usually planned in advance not tell their neighbours? People can then choose to go away/buy earplugs/stay with a friend... It's just selfish!
I will admit I called the council @ 11pm as did others & they were brilliant. Came over & then went & asked the party peeps to calm it down a bit.
People have to work on a Sunday/have kids/are vulnerable/elderly etc... Just respect your neighbours with a little note a week or so in advance I say. Maybe I'm getting old & boring.