New neighbours moved in today

[MrsMcW]

New neighbours moved into the flat below mine this afternoon. My heart sank- they are three girls in their early-mid twenties, two of whom are students. Eight hours in and they are already throwing a massive party... music blaring through my floor and I've answered the front door 4 times to their friends because they can't hear their own doorbell over the music and so the friends rang mine instead.

AIBU to give it until midnight and then ask them to turn it down? My main worry is that I'm pregnant and due in 6 weeks- it's one thing keeping me up now but it will be a nightmare with a newborn involved too! If I turn a blind eye (and a deaf ear - if only) now, does it set a precedent going forward? Am I just being a boring cow ruining their fun? They've bought the flat (or rather, Daddy has) so I can't complain to a landlord.

Leave it this time, if it becomes regular or ridiculous times speak to them, if that doesn't work speak to the landlord. If no joy go to environmental health at your council where you can ultimately get a noise abatement order. You have a right to enjoy your space.

Phone the police and tell them its an Oxfam party and might have drugs involved guaranteed intervention and a quiet life, the good news is your newborn will make their life a misery for a while usually at midnight

Why not go down with two boxes of something bubbly & lovely, walk into their apartment, introduce yourself and remember what it was like to be young?

They are clearly healthy and sociable people.

What's not to like?

You are lucky! The new tenant could have been a sad old man with an incontinent Labrador on its last legs.

What is AIBU YANBU Dc and Dd???

Why not go down with two boxes of something bubbly & lovely, walk into their apartment, introduce yourself and remember what it was like to be young?

She did pretty much exactly this and said it several times. Do people just not read the thread???

The new tenant could have been a sad old man with an incontinent Labrador on its last legs.

What is wrong with an old man and an old dog?

@Anne ,

AIBU is 'am I being unreasonable'
YANBU is 'you are not being unreasonable'
DC = dear child/children
DD = dear daughter

Toad Lost me at point number one. I hope you are joking because that is unbelievable. You sound very confused about your rights Re noisy neighbours as a parent compared to non-parents, as you have none! No special treatment for having children I’m afraid.

I would also be feeling worried if I were pregnant, but they are mid twenties, not teenagers and this is hopefully not going to be a regular occurrence. Hopefully when they see your great big pregnant body they will get a hint that banging music in the wee small hours is not a good idea. I would let it go but if it happened again to me within a week I would definitely go and have a word. You don't need to be a bitch about it but just explain how loud it is and how you can't sleep. If they had parties when I had just given birth on the other hand, I would go ballistic. I have a temper though....

Toad....couldn't be bothered to read your lengthy essay pontificating about why your rights should trump those of childless neighbours. You are wrong, morally and legally, but your posts show that you are so lost in your own entitledness at the expense of others that there is little point arguing with you. Point one in your lovely list shows how deluded you are.

I had the same next door to me a fe months ago. 4 ppl moved intomupstairs flat of the that house, the 1 living next door to my daughter's bedroom was having a party in her room when we returned homebatn5pm, blaring down the street with all the Windows,open. It went on til 8am the next morning!! I said nothing and we all kind of slept thru it on and off. It hasn't happened again tho there was a lot of loud banging at random times of the day and night waking us, God knows what, went on for months. 1 Saturday at 7am the banging started, my daughter was already awake so i just started shouting at the wall - stop banging, repeatedly. There's not been a bang since 😆 I've never even seen them go in or out of the house so have nomidea who they are .....