To ring my neighbour's doorbell every half hour

[Bellini81]

To make sure they are up? Back story is we have a house of "professionals" who live four doors along (no idea how many live there, but there is a few of them) and come the summer months they hold regular parties that spill into their back garden and keep us all awake, we knock when they wake our kids up but they are always so very pissed and it's like talking to a bunch toddlers when asking them to take the party indoors.

Last nights party went on till 3am, we went and knocked 4 plus more times before the noise settled down. I've got work today so I can't have a lie on go catch up on my sleep

Would I be unreasonable to go and ring their doorbell every half hour with a cheery smile to make sure they don't get to sleep off their hangover?

I've just lodged a complaint with the local council but I'm sitting here so tired and fed up.

I'd go back every 10 minutes, just enough time to start drifting back off.

Or stand at the door and play the recorder or something.

Just do it but then walk off the next time OP. Don't keep engaging in conversation with her

I think it's a lovely morning to get the kids in the pool and play some annoying music...

Put Disney cd on repeat

Cross post.

Don't worry, good responses.

YANBU.

Revenge is a dish best served early in the morning when the bastards have got hangovers.

Yes, I wouldn't actually hang around. Ring the bell/knock loudly for a little longer than necessary and stroll off.

But I'd probably stop now and let your shopping have a go later.

They probably won't answer next time but just keep ringing that doorbell anyway

Shopping should read dh

Buy a Klaxon

We have a neigbour who keeps parrots and other extremely noisy birds, in her garden. They wake up and first light screeching, it is like living in a zoo. It annoys the bejezus out of me, but they may be a lovely addition to your garden 😬

YANBU.

Nothing fucks me off more than noisy neighbours.

OP, they weren't having a party at you. By all means call the council but you're not a complshing anything by harassing this woman. Of course she enjoyed her party, what's ludicrous about that?

Yes, they were inconsiderate. But your 'revenge' isn't covering you in glory. Feel free to play loud music yourself but ringing their doorbell repeatedly is harrassment.

I'm going to be honest got no round there at 8am was a poor effort it needs to be 6am really then every 30 mins from then onwards until lunchtime so they get literally NO sleep

Ffs! *going round

Time to give up on the doorbell and get the kids playing football against their door. And the recorder.

I'm so tired but currently looking up where to buy klaxons while slowly trying to put make up on to cover the industrial size bags under my eyes for work.

The neighbours two doors down have a newborn and toddler so I feel a bit bad making any noise that will disturb them outside.

I'm hoping my complaint actually reaches someone at the council who will do something about it. I can't face a summer of braying, hooting laughter and screaming till the early hours.

I'm a great believer in putting my speakers against the wall, playing something really bassy and then going out for the morning. Or letting my dc shriek in the garden.

I wouldn't do it for a one off party, but I would for continuous piss takers.

Put a big sign outside their door saying " All Party Canvassing Welcome! help us decide who to vote for."

Then just sit back, your work is done.

YANBU! Brilliant!

I would not have the nerve to do that, but anyone who does is a legend!

Me and DH and the kids went to a hotel by the sea for a long weekend once, and we were as quiet as Church mice, and played scrabble in the evening (after having dinner and a few drinks downstairs,) then we all went to bed at 10pm.

All fast asleep by 10.30pm. Then at 11.30pm, a BANG CRASH WALLOP! came from next door to us. The room had 2 men who had brought 2 women back, and they were screaming and hollaring and yelling and shouting, til 2am. They were clearly very drunk. We could hear EVERYTHING. By 3am, we were asleep again after 2.5 hours of noise and abuse on our eardrums. And having to comfort 2 tired, upset infants. (Well, 5 and 6...)

7.30am came and our alarm went off, as we were going on a trip at 9.00am, and had to have breakfast first. As soon as we were all awake, me and DH banged the wardrobe doors really loudly (that were next to their wall,) about 10 times. Then half an hour later, we got ready and trotted off downstairs for breakfast. 5 minutes after we got there, all 4 of them sloped in with their eyes bloodshot and bleary, looking completely zonked.

'Awwwww, didn't wake you did we?' I muttered quietly under my breath with a satisfied grin.

Be careful she doesn't report you for harassment 😬

RhiWrites I understand they didn't have a party at me.

But while the rest of us have to get up for work or with our kids why do they get to have a lovely lie in after behaving like twats till 3am? These people are fully grown adults, not teens.

I'm being cheerful when I go round. Her response was ludicrous because she could have just said sorry about the noise but instead stood there and acted like I was being unreasonable.

Our student neighbours were like this. We used to live in the flat below. We'd jam a matchstick in the intercom buzzer on our way out in the morning. They lived on the top floor.

Good Luck. I thought that new laws brought in in the 1990's were supposed to give the council/police more power to resolve the issues when this happens. Unfortunately, we seem to be living in an age where all the authorities give mouth service to the abhorrent use of excessive/deliberate noise to annoy/disturb others but catastrophically fail to protect those who are victims of it. Try your local rental property agents to find out if it is a rental through any of them, then lodge a complaint with the agency. As not disturbing neighbours in this way would be included in their rental agreement. However if it is owned by one of the occupants then the council/police are your only options. Silicone earplugs help slightly.