Neighbour seems annoyed by my house party

[Tobythecat]

I had a little house party the other day. I've lived here over 2 years, never played music or had a party until the other night. I started playing music at 7pm on friday, (I live in an upstairs flat)and turned music off at 9.30. Friends left at 11 and I went to bed.

Bearing in mind this neighbour plays his trumpet throughout the week/weekends, as soon as i put the music on he started playing his trumpet, and has done everyday since friday.

I just saw him by the car and waved to him, he gave me a filthy look and turned his back on me (he is usually very friendly).

I know his wife works random shifts, but this was a one off, and I deliberately had it on a Friday so most people wouldn't have work in the morning. I turned the music off by 9.30 and I have never had a party or played music in all the time i've lived here.

AIBU to think neighbour is being a petty cuntflop?

[forceslover]

You have nothing to apologise for! A bit of music on a Friday night, he sounds a bit precious to me, ignore his sulks.

[Anatidae]

Scrap Spain from that. It's constant noise here 😂

Aye fair enough... :) it’s the norm in the more, shall we say, northern regions? 😂

[ButchyRestingFace]

I had a neighbour like yours, except without the trumpet. We were really quiet, but he complained about us moving chairs in the kitchen/living room after 9 pm

Were you above them?

[ILostItInTheEarlyNineties]

He hasn't actually complained though. As it stands it's just a grumpy look from him in passing.

Perhaps he couldn't smile as a result of straining his cheek muscles with all that passive aggressive trumpet blowing?

Just extend an olive branch next time you party and invite him and his horn. He could do a set.

[DameSquashalot]

I’d love it our neighbours played loud music until 9.30pm on just one occasion.

[TerrifyingFeistyCupcake]

I’d love it our neighbours played loud music until 9.30pm on just one occasion.

Yep. OP, the house next to me is up for sale - fancy a move? :)

[SpookghosttiAndMeatboos]

Where we live there’s no noise that’s outwith normal living noise after 7. You can’t put your washer on in a block of flats after 9. That’s quite normal for most of Europe.

Really depends on your bit of Europe.. the 3, no 4 European countries I've lived in other than the UK are more like the UK, where it really depends on the kind of development you're living in, and they think Germany/Switzerland/Austria/all the countries that have these rules are a bit uptight...

Hell, I lived in an apartment in Vancouver where there were rules on the colour and orientation of my blinds, but they still didn't have rules on when I could run my washer!

[bastardkitty]

Your neighbour is a dickhead. Definitely second the tuba suggestion.

[ChelleDawg2020]

You should have let him know - whether or not you think he's strange, it is only polite to warn him. Anyway, you can't play music loudly on the one hand, then complain that he plays the trumpet on the other.

[bastardkitty]

Does he play his trumpet once in 2 years? No I didn't think so.

[Tobythecat]

I won't be putting a note through the door, I just don't see the reason to. Luckily, I'm moving to a house soon (although it's a mid terrace), just hope those neighbours aren't dicks.

Funnily enough, I can hear him and his wife most mornings slamming the gate and whingeing on their way to work every morning (6.30am) whilst i'm in bed. He tends to whinge and moan a lot to his wife, I think he is generally a bit of a whingebag. He even whinged about the chocolates and wine I gave him once for finding my cat

As I was playing the music he started playing the trumpet at the same time, which I thought was incredibly childish.