Neighbours camping out

[Durhamborn]

Our neighbours allow their teenage son and three mates to camp out in their front garden (Our bedroom is at the front) They play loud music and scream, swear and shout until gone 2am. I’ve complained to his parents and suggested they stop at midnight. Am I being unreasonable? I got no sleep last night cos of the noise and then feeling stressed.

Encourage your children to play circuses and orchestras in your front garden at 6am?

Seriously though, it does sound annoying. Perhaps a visit and civilised talk later today about how it impacts on you.

YANBU. Agree that another visit to talk clearly about how this affects you is in order.

YANBU. Noise like that is anti social whoever makes it. I agree with PP, go and chat to your neighbours today about it.

It is anti-social to be noisy at that hour. At some proper camp sites they'd be asked to tone it down by the warden, let alone a front garden. Have you any other neighbours who are also put out? Could they all complain so that it isn't just you?

Is it every weekend? If it is once in a blue moon yabu. If it's every weekend just go and have a word.

Go and do something loud and wake them up.

Of course you're not unreasonable.

It sounds as if your neighbours aren't bothered. You've already told them and they haven't enforced any sort of curfew on the noise. We had this and complained to the neighbour about their son's party that went on until 4am, while they were away on holiday. The neighbours never spoke to us again.

So far its been every other weekend. No other house if affected. They are our only neighbours for about half a mile. I think that’s why they do what they want. They have always been a noise family but this feels like the last straw 😢

Your front grass needs cutting now, doesn't it?
I think you asking forca midnight curfew is exceedingly reasonable. Go talk to them.

parents sleep at the back of the house i guess. i would talk to the parents in the first instance and try get them onside. other than that it would be a phone call to environmental health.

You have my sympathy, totally, OP. You don't all out war with neighbours, but this is intolerable. The parents know perfectly well that this is not acceptable and they are probably out of control of it themselves. Could these young people camp in the back garden instead? Would that be an improvement? Try and talk to the neighbours. People are very funny when it's their dc as they will defend them even if they are blatantly in the wrong sometimes.

Don't forget to keep a diary. Although if you do need to go to the eho don't be surprised if relations with the neighbours go sour. What are they like at the moment?

Bucket of water out the window?

Agree, now the lawn at 7am, but the bins out at 6, if you have kids let them splash in the paddling pool at 7am (while they are in the tent next door) and offer a prize for the loudest squeal.

@Fruitbatdancer yes perfect!
Do they not have a back garden? Just seems odd being at the front presumably by a road?

YANBU
I thinks it's time to cut your grass, followed by some "urgent" repairs involving hammering. Have you a petrol strimmer? They're perfect for annoying teenagers...

I’d definitely be out strimming the lawn at 7am. Hugs because it sounds crap.

Do they know your bedrooms at the front? Can't you sleep at the back of the house?

We stayed at a pub b&b last night where they have live music until 1.00 am every Friday and Saturday night! (In a little market town in Yorkshire). Very loud, enough to make our room shake! So sorry for all the neighbours putting up with that every weekend.

I had chav reighbours who'd think it was ok to be disruptive until the early hours. I'd go out the next morning, knowing they were hungover and trying to sleep and cut my grass. Very loudly and strangely, it would take me much longer than usual.
It's horrid when you can't get your sleep so I'd also be having a (reasonable) word with the parents.

Yanbu. They are being obnoxious little cunts and the parents should be utterly mortified.

This works really good with an iPhone, their alarm is particularly annoying.

Set it to 5:30, 6:00, 6:15, 6:25 and 6:45, place near offending tent on your side of the garden and walk away.

I’d suggest opening your window wide and playing Wagner loudly and handing them a leaflet from a local campsite.
Seriously, go and talk to the parents.

Get a sprinkler, time it to come on at midnight.

Ring up the parents AT THE TIME you are being disturbed, and ask them to go out and shut up the teenagers. If they don't, ring again 20 mins later, and repeat as required. If you can't sleep the thoughtless parents don't deserve to either.