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.
Yonijust · 24/10/2018 06:53
Its similar to having pampas grass in the garden 
YANBU The mind boggles, why anyone would buy something that makes such a horrible repetitive noise in the first place, and then subject every other fucker to it 
Tell them the 70's called, they want their shit back.
JuneOsbourne · 24/10/2018 07:14
Pop round and have a word with them. They probably have no idea how loud they are out front. Don't use pregnancy as an excuse though. Otherwise they might just put them back up again next month. And definitely don't apologise in advance for your newborn (wtf?!). I assume you won't be leaving your baby to scream out in the street!
JuneOsbourne · 24/10/2018 07:18
Oh and Gromance02, while being told to fuck off is unpleasant it is in no way comparable with wishing someone dead. Talk about disproportionate response. And bear in mind there will be people here who have lost loved ones in motorcycle accidents. Not so hilarious when it's your brother.
HoppingPavlova · 24/10/2018 07:27
I love them, but only if decent not the tinny sounding ones. You can choose what they are tuned to. Mine are fairly large and I use a a hair scrunchy as the solution. They permanently have the hair scrunchy around them apart from when I am home and want to enjoy them AND it’s at a time when neighbours should not have an issue with it. So they are not making a sound all day and all night.
Given mine would only be making (pleasant) noise for a few daylight hours at most, a few days a week at most and generally only in warmer months of year when we are not shut in the house due to blazing heat or the cold I would be might pissed if a neighbour came over to complain about them.
BitOutOfPractice · 24/10/2018 08:39
You could say that about any noise whatsoever though. Should we be completely silent?
No. Did I say that? But there's a million miles of difference between silence and deliberately having something that's only purpose is to make, as this thread demonstrates, a noise that many many people dislike intensely.
keepingbees · 24/10/2018 08:47
Tell them. I have a wind chime, not a loud one, and I take it down when it's windy. I was thinking of next time I see my neighbours I might ask if it bothers them now it's getting windier. If it does I will remove it. I wouldn't be offended if they asked me to and would rather that than them be quietly annoyed.
RiverTam · 24/10/2018 08:50
I really wish there could be a way of locking a thread once a situation has been resolved to stop all the dimwits who can’t be bothered to read the thread, but whose opinion is oh-so-important from commenting.
the wind chime has been removed by the neighbour!!!!!!!
SoupDragon · 24/10/2018 08:55
No. Did I say that? But there's a million miles of difference between silence and deliberately having something that's only purpose is to make, as this thread demonstrates, a noise that many many people dislike intensely.
They make a noise that many people really like and find calming too. Again, you could make the argument about many people disliking a noise apply to anything - what do you propose is the answer if not complete silence?
The poster you responded to was being considerate and silencing her wind chimes for most of the time.
BitOutOfPractice · 24/10/2018 08:58
The answer I propose is not to have things in your garden who's sole purpose is to make noise that's irritating for many neighbours. I haven't said at any point that I expect complete silence so I'm not quite sure why you continue to put those words in my mouth.
SoupDragon · 24/10/2018 09:02
At a time when pretty much everyone is likely to be making a noise that irritates someone. Not sure what your point is really. Some people like piano music, violin practice, the sound of children squealing, rap music, revving their car engine, wind chimes ... noise is part and parcel of daily life and you can only reasonably expect peace at night.
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