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Original poster

To tell the youngsters downstairs to turn their bloody music down?!

36 replies

blankpieceofpaper · 10/12/2016 19:30

Ok, so it is not every night ... and yes it is Saturday.

Non-student residential area, they are young professionals... but it is an old house converted into flats and it vibrates through the floor!

They had a similar party a few weeks ago, so I bet this is until 11.30. I thought it might have been a housewarming or something.

Bah!

What do I say or do?! Hypothetically or otherwise..

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someonestolemynick · 10/12/2016 19:32

Suck it up if they finish at 11.30...

Mari50 · 10/12/2016 19:33

YABU, I recall living in a flat and the boyfriend of the girl above came down to tell me my music was too loud (at 11pm) I told him his after club shagging was too loud and shut the door.

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blankpieceofpaper · 10/12/2016 19:33

It is so loud we can't really hear each other/ the tv in the lounge. Confused

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DecaffCoffeeAndRollupsPlease · 10/12/2016 19:34

Till 11.30 on a Saturday night? There's not much to say is there?

If it continues much later then you would not be unreasonable to ask them to keep the noise down, but a civilised gathering with a bit of music till 11.30 is not unreasonable of your neighbours.

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blankpieceofpaper · 10/12/2016 19:37

Yeah, I understand 11.30 is reasonable... It is just a long time until then.

It's more like a student party if that makes sense ... like a nightclub in the flat. Probably about 20-25 of them. I just know they are not students but are in twenties.

ah.... the brief break between songs.

We have the same landlady, not sure if I should mention it to her.

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gleam · 10/12/2016 19:40

I'd record the level of noise, just in case you want to show the downstairs tenant or the landlady.

Itchyclit · 10/12/2016 20:42

YABU.

InTheKitchenAtParties · 10/12/2016 20:45

YANBU.
Why don't they just go out to bar? I don't want to listen to someone else's music at any time of the day.

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blankpieceofpaper · 10/12/2016 20:59

I know :(

I asked them (politely) to turn it down a bit. It has made no difference. I tried, anyway.

It is the drunken mob singing as well as the vibrations!

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blankpieceofpaper · 10/12/2016 21:01

Thank you for telling me I am unreasonable for wanting to be able to hear someone else talking in my own lounge - and not have my floor vibrating - and hear every word of their drunken singing.

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ItsASunnyDay · 10/12/2016 21:04

YANBU. If you can't hear the person next to you and it's vibrating your floor then I think that counts as an unacceptable level of noise. I guess now you've asked politely you can't do much else now. Hope they finish at a reasonable time. I'd definitely have a word with the landlord.

gamerwidow · 10/12/2016 21:12

I don't usually mind the occasional bit of party noise from neighbours but if you can't even watch your own tv then it's far to loud and you have the right to complain.

HeroOfFerelden · 10/12/2016 22:33

If you're so convinced yanbu, why ask?

SeparatedByMotorways · 10/12/2016 22:53

Going to the landlord certainly seems a tad unreasonable...

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blankpieceofpaper · 10/12/2016 23:12

It was the YABU without any qualification I was aiming to stress.

They started the loud music at 7.00. It has now been going at or around base/vibrations/ then loud singing for about four hours.

I would mention to the landlady about music so loud it makes the floor vibrate for hours on end and conversation. It's in her interests. I will not say anything on this occasion. As I said, last time they finished at 11.30 ish, so that was ok, but if this keeps being a pattern it is not fair for the rest of us in the building.

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blankpieceofpaper · 10/12/2016 23:13

*conversation can't be heard in a room.

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Pineappletastic · 10/12/2016 23:24

Thing is, they probably don't know how loud it is in your flat. They've never been the quiet neighbours. If you don't tell them, they will quite possibly be totally unaware the sound travels so awfully through your floorboards.

I'd try to catch them when they aren't partying and explain that the soundproofing is awful and would they mind terribly playing their music at a more reasonable volume/not having house parties every week.

They might be arseholes and refuse (tbh it isn't their fault the soundproofing is shit, when I was a student our response to next doors complaints was 'you knew we we're students when you moved in, sorry'), at which point it might be worth mentioning to your landlord and checking the council rules, but you won't know unless you talk to them.

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blankpieceofpaper · 10/12/2016 23:34

I did say this to them when I asked them to turn it down (not off).

It is not their fault the soundproofing is shit.

I hope it stops soon.

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XmasSteamTrainsRealAleOpenFire · 10/12/2016 23:39

OP how old are they? Next time...offer to come down and play some tracks that you grew up with -or are they roughly your age? Grin

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blankpieceofpaper · 10/12/2016 23:41

I am 32 ... not a miser, but I feel it! They are mid twenties I would day.

The throbbing is still going strong.

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blankpieceofpaper · 10/12/2016 23:42

... so yes, songs I knew in my yoof... but I can only pick out some over the loud thumping.

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StiickEmUp · 10/12/2016 23:42

Youngsters ! do the oldsters need a nap 😂

LaContessaDiPlump · 10/12/2016 23:42

I feel your pain op! Neighbour is having a party (terraced houses) and they are playing really shit very loud music that we couldn't hear the tv over. I am now lying in bed listening to it reverberate through our bedroom wall.

Better than listening to them shag loudly though I suppose - that also happens. She's a bit.... squeaky Confused

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blankpieceofpaper · 10/12/2016 23:47

LaContessa - I understand! Oh dear - no shagging here tg just round 100 or so of the singing.

Wonder what time is a-s enough to go down again!

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XmasSteamTrainsRealAleOpenFire · 10/12/2016 23:48

Ok.. so they've missed out on "Proper Prog. Rock, 60's (Hippy stuff), 70's punk, Disco, New Romantics, et cetera.

Now is the time to educate them. BWHAHAHAHAcoughcoughHAHAHA...
but without the bass

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