Next door neighbour, complained about the noise at our house because it started at 8.15 on Christmas Day

[LardLizard]

I think it’s a bit miserable really, although it wasn’t actually NND it was her mum

And the noise was the noise of a fan

What is this toy with a fan as loud as a hoover? And why did anyone think it was a good thing to buy?

A vacuum cleaner is not loud or an offensive noise for a neighbour to have on for 20 mins or so after 8am.

It’s a child’s present. Are you always so ridiculously ignorant about what children like and what their toys sound like?

Considering the noise of many children’s toys, something like a vacuum cleaner wouldn’t even register with me. I would mention it to your NDN and I hope it didn’t spoil your or your daughter’s day.

I'd probably notice the noise and feel mildly irritated but I've got fairly sensitive hearing. No way would I complain it's Christmas for gods sake! You could pop round with something small to 'apologise' as a way of letting her know her mum complained!

We quite enjoyed the sound of excited children next door at 7 a.m. Not least because we didn't have to get up to deal with them.

now if it had been 3 am...

aquashiv
Some people have very expensive ears.
My ds was told off for rustling his popcorn at the cinema.

Is that a joke? Children rustling snacks in the cinema are really irritating. I wouldn't complain, but would defend to the death the right of anyone else to

That elephant game is nowhere near as loud as a hoover, it runs on a couple of AA batteries! Surely a neighbour couldn’t hear that, let alone be woken by it?

They can hear fans and hoovering next door?? The sound insulation must be pretty bad, can you look into improving that?

One year my downstairs neighbour complained at 11am cos my 2 year old was using his new train on the wooden floor - he'd literally only just opened it (we were so careful about noise because of her complaints) so it'd been less than 2 minutes when she rang up.

SUCH a relief when we moved.

In my view the main fault is with the absolutely crap sound insulation that so many British houses and flats suffer from. Some are so crap that you can hear (for instance) your neighbour ironing or coughing. But I agree that 8.15 is not early.

@PristineCondition We were up and loud at 6am
As were all the houses on the street with kids

Bet that was nice for all the houses that don't have kids

What an absolute misery guts of a woman.

Definitely mention to ndn as in 'I'm sorry for the noise on Xmas morning, your mother mentioned it woke her up but it was child's present and they were excited to give it a go'

She will no doubt apologise for interfering misery guys mother and hopefully go and tell said mother to quieten down herself.

Firstly there’s no way that I would complain to an otherwise decent neighbour about a bit of one off noise. .
Lastly your neighbours mother knows she’s unreasonable or she wouldn’t be asking you to keep her moaning quiet.
Go an apologise to neighbour about disturbing her mother and drop her in it, blooming misery guts.

Go an apologise to neighbour about disturbing her mother and drop her in it

TOTALLY do this ^^!! Horrible cow - it was 8.15am!! 5.15 and she might have had a point!! As it is, she can Fuck Right Off!!

Your ndn’s mother sounds like a right miserable bugger. 8:15 on Christmas morning isn’t unreasonable with excited kids, in fact, if you’ve managed to keep them quiet till then you’ve done well. Your ndn’s mother should come and live in my flat. I can hear my downstairs neighbours having a piss, so the constant rowing and 2am shagging would drive her mad. In fact do send her round, she can tell them to stfu.

Why on earth should she tell the NDN? I assume she's older than primary school age and above telling tales. That would make her no better than the mother.

I'd drop the ndn mother right in it. Be super super nice to ndn and say how very very sorry you are that she had to come round on xmas day at 815 to complain, and 'is everything okay' headtilt

I have a feeling perhaps her dd my Ndn is feeling perhaps a bit sad at the moment

Why do you think this OP?

Perhaps because she’s a bit lonely maybe

Soupdragon because the mothers behaviour put a damper on the ops Christmas Day and she’s still worrying about it. perhaps by bringing it up in conversation with her actual ndn she would get reassurances from her that the noise wasn’t an issue and the mother is a bit of a moaning cow, or whatever else her problem might be.

It wouldn't excuse the complaint however I wonder if the NDN's mother wears hearing aids. Lots of people have problems with overloud ambient/background noise with hearing aids and they never get the balance right. I know people who adjust them so that they can hear people and then feel battered by the noise of a kitchen and other every day sounds.

I get it's annoying but is she a visitor or does she live nextdoor?
If visiting put up and shut up is surely in order.
I was kept awake all of christmas eve night by our nextdoor neighbours visitors dog barking and whining pretty much all night long!!

I didn't complain although mightily pissed off because the fog isn't a permanent fixture. Like us their house was over loaded with guests for a few days over Xmas.
I'm sure our efforts at Rock Band and Singstar annoyed them at times too. They havnt complained surely realising it's not going to be part of our daily routine for ever.