AIBU?
To be extremely peeved off at neighbours windchime?!
AshBluex · 23/10/2018 07:36
Admittedly I may be hormonal due to being 39 weeks pregnant so apologies in advance. We moved in to our home about 4 months ago and have no complaints whatsoever....apart from across the road have an extremely loud windchime. It keeps me awake through the night, and as our street runs down to the sea it is extremely windy all the time. I know it's a petty problem but it isn't petty to me when I am heavily pregnant and cant sleep at all with the sound of that chiming away.
What is the best way to deal with it without causing a row? I have even though about taking it down myself when it has been 3am and I'm wide awake🙈
TIA.
Puddlejumps · 23/10/2018 08:50
Ask them to take it down. We asked our neighbours before putting ours up and said we would take it down immediately if they didn’t like it. They responded by putting theirs up too, we are all happy. Do you leave the window open overnight?as that can let a lot of noise in.
Strugglingtodomybest · 23/10/2018 09:22
Yanbu. My neighbours have loud windchimes, so bad that the neighbours on the other side of us, so two doors down from the chimes, take them down when our neighbours go on holiday.
I wish I'd snuck over and cut them because DH asked them to take them down because they keep me awake and they didn't. Selfish gits.
CupMug · 23/10/2018 09:39
I had some small mirrored dangly thing in a tree in my garden and a neighbour said the glinting was annoying her so I took it down immediately - not a problem at all and I was glad the neighbour mentioned it rather than stewing over it. (and writing a MN thread)
Wind chimes are awful though and anyone that has one that could possibly be heard by neighbours is selfish and inconsiderate.
DaysOfCurlySpencer · 23/10/2018 10:57
I bet they sleep at the back of the house and don't hear it.
I like the sound of the wooden ones but only during the day so don't use them now, but someone at the back has one of those cheap tin things and it is really annoying.
Plastic ties would be quick and easy to attach, or some velcro strips, they might not even notice.
1Brummiemummy · 23/10/2018 12:47
This made me lol! I'm having the same discussion in my head apart from my neighbours wind chime repeatedly bang against the fence with every gust of wind. I haven't heard it for a while but once you do it's hard to block it out. You have a good excuse to do something irrational or just ask & blame the baby 
Gromance02 · 23/10/2018 13:05
Most decent people would want to be told if something they were doing/owned was annoying someone else needlessly.
A family down the road had a son in his 20's that had a motorbike that he revved every morning before going to work at about 7am. I lost it once and walked down asking him not to do it. He told me to fuck off. He carried on doing it but for a while but I haven't heard him for a while so hopefully he's either moved out or been killed on the road. Either way, I've got my peace back.
Rachyabbadabbadoo · 23/10/2018 13:27
Had a quick look at reviews on Amazon for windchimes and found this beaut - just be grateful you don't live next door to this dude:
"After decades of enjoying Mike Oldfields 'Tubular Bells', I have found delightful replacements that cost absolutely nothing to play, just a slight breeze. It is particularly pleasing to introduce the charming chimes so lovingly created in New York State to the southwest Highlands of Scotland. The bronze 'Pluto' chimes are not only enchanting to look at, but produce a perfect aural feast. While I fully expect the chords to need replacing over time, I anticipate the sounds will past as long as there is a slight breeze. A light application of oil to the wood and the chimes will ensure this. Can't recommend them highly enough. I was so enthralled with my purchase that I have since bought the captivating sounds of 'Mercury', the smallest planet, to tinkle in my garden as an additional treat"
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