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AIBU?

To be irritated at the neighbours and their kids

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tiredandirritated · 22/10/2016 22:11

Neighbours are an utter nightmare. We've had environmental out who wrote them a letter but nothing's changed.

I have no idea if I'm being unreasonable or not but it's 10 past 10 and I'm ready to sleep and all I can hear is their kids (4/5 and 7/8) running from end of the house to the other screaming and banging.

Surely to god kids of that age should be in bed by now? I have a 3 yr old and she's in bed by 7pm every night sometimes 7.30/8pm on a Saturday.

For background - we've written a polite letter and got no response, DP had to go round and ask them to stop hammering as DD couldn't sleep, we've had environmental write a letter about the noise and it's gone ignored.

Actually totally lost at what to do I feel like it's totally killing the enjoyment we get out of this house

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FerretFred · 23/10/2016 07:59

Well OP. It's 8.00 on a Sunday morning. Are you not up hoovering? Do you want to borrow my petrol strimmer and start on the garden?

I feel Tchaikovsky sounds perfect at this time of the morning too. Hell, I'd invite the local brass band round for a practice session!!!!

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blueturtle6 · 23/10/2016 08:09

Havenosocks,he probably slept so little because he wasn't getting out enough, I have a little one who's sleep is in direct proportion to how long we've been in the park.

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rainbowstardrops · 23/10/2016 08:09

I hate noisy neighbours and it's the reason we moved house. Just so rude, selfish and inconsiderate.

I'm wondering what the parents are doing while the feral kids are stampeding around the house? Does it not irritate them too?

If you get on ok with the neighbours the other side, maybe you could go round together and tell them to shut the fuck up quieten the children down?

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Creampastry · 23/10/2016 08:15

Get your kids to do the same early one morning.

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cherryplumbanana · 23/10/2016 08:23

I'm wondering what the parents are doing while the feral kids are stampeding around the house? Does it not irritate them too?

Of course they are rude, but they might not suffer as much as the OP. In my old house, if you were downstairs and the kids playing upstairs, you would have thought they were destroying the place and the ceiling was near collapsing with the stamping/ trashing/ jumping whilst they were in fact just playing very reasonably, sometimes with adults. If you were upstairs with them, the noise level was absolutely fine.

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NavyandWhite · 23/10/2016 08:26

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DesolateWaist · 23/10/2016 08:32

My neighbours are like this. All stomping about until about 4am, even on a school night! But what I don't understand is that they are up early too, well up and dressed by 9 anyway.

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hmcAsWas · 23/10/2016 09:02

Persuasion, negotiation (or early morning noise revenge) is plainly not going to work.

Either you move house or you soundproof: here

Those are the bald facts unfortunately

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tiredandirritated · 23/10/2016 09:55

We all woke up at. 9.30am!!
I'm really lucky with my DD she sleeps at 7.30/8 and doesn't wake til about 9.30
I did notice they were silent next door though so I made a point of running up and down the house fetching various things!

It's interesting the person who said it was a cultural thing - next door are Polish so I wondered if that was the way they did things over there? I've never got around to asking my colleague as he only moved over recently!

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tiredandirritated · 23/10/2016 09:57

Also for the people who asked - I'm council and they're bought. So even less of a chance of anything being done.

Just having to deal with it and hoping that they move seems to be my only option!

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Artandco · 23/10/2016 10:07

The running around isn't great, but I don't think there's anything wrong with a 10pm bedtime. Mine sleep at 9pm school nights, and whenever they are tired weekends and holidays. Last night my 6 year old went to bed around 9.15pm as tired, but 5 year old was awake until 10.30pm when he went off to sleep.
It doesn't bother us, they entertain themselves quietly or join in with what we are doing.
Both are still asleep and Dh and I just woke, which works well for our family as we have a family party this evening starting at 8pm and they would be too tired if they had woken at 7.30am

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QueenLizIII · 23/10/2016 12:55

I'd do your hoovering at that hour, slamming into the skirting boards etc.

This might sound bad, but do they know you're council tenants? Might they be a bit snobbish, not caring because of that? Some people are like that.

It is annoying as if they were also council tenants you'd have more luck with complaints.