AIBU to have just asked our neighbors - at 5am - to keep the noise down. They are a group of younger people living in a house in an area where it's mainly young families and retired people. They frequently have parties - all bar one were at the weekend. When they first moved in I asked them to keep the noise down as they were out the back smoking and speaking loudly at times like 1am, 2am etc on and off until 5am.
Tonight we have visitors staying so I'd like if they got a good night's sleep - the neighbours returned from the pub and a group of about 5 or 6 were out the back laughing and talking - not trying to keep the noise down. At 5am I told them as nicely as I could they were waking us and they went into the house and have been quiet for the last 15 mins.
I think I should be able to sleep at night in my house regardless of the day of the week - but I've seen previous threads here where people seem to feel there is a right to have a party and make a certain amount of noise on a Saturday night. I think this is unfair in a residential area with small children sleeping nearby - I could never make noise knowing I may be waking my neighbours. It just seems to inconsiderate. Not sure though how the neighbours might view me.