To ask the elderly person living below me to turn down the radio

[Ijustwantaquietlife]

It's on pretty loud and sounds angled towards my house so can hear it even the other side of my house as the windows are open. It's pretty distracting while I'm working and trying to concentrate.

I'd think asking is reasonable enough if it is significantly loud, not just reasonable living noise and you hearing it mildly but be prepared they can say no. If that's the case, it'd depend on how loud it was and when it was if you could take it further.

your neighbour may have hearing problems and not realise how 'loud' the radio is.
Try a friendly approach without being judgmental.

I had this a few years ago but with a tv. I was a new hearing aid wearer and watching my tv I realised the dialogue I was hearing didn't match the programme I was watching. My elderly neighbour, also hard of hearing had his tv turned up really loud. The tv wasn't against the party wall either. It didn't bother me because I could take my hearing aid out. When speaking to his daughter I jokingly mentioned it so she got her Dad some headphones.

Please be sensitive when mentioning it to him, being hard of hearing and elderly can be very isolating.

YY to could be a hearing problem. The elderly NDN in my last house in the UK must have some setting that made the TV come on very loud. If it was snooker, you could hear the balls click as they touched. They turned it down pretty quickly. Compare this to the next NDN in the same house who gave birth in the same room and I heard nothing. :o

I'm so glad this has come up. Posted about this a while back when I moved on my house, I asked twice and so far nothing's been done. The old lady next door puts hers on at 11pm till about 1am.
Tbh I struggled to get the house so have sat quietly for months not saying anything for 2 reasons.
I am worried moaning at her will make her worse (if it's possible the tv can go any louder) and 2 I was worried she'd complain about me and I'd get given notice. She's not the most accommodating neighbour tbh.

So how do you politely ask them to turn it down for the 3rd time (which I doubt she will do) what's the next route?