To give them their poxy bottle of wine back?

[Rainatnight]

New NDN are having a massive party. Still going on - very noisy.

They came round a week ago with a note about it and a bottle of wine. DP thought it was lovely. I was deeply suspicious and I’ve been proved right.

The DC are going to be up in two hours (they don’t know about the clocks) and I feel slightly deranged.

I want to give their poxy bottle of cheap white back to them.

(I won’t. I just felt like a rant. But FFS).

Tbh I would at this time be calling the police on 101

I would let it go on this occasion no matter how annoying it is. If you call the police and they find out you called, or suspect you called, it will become extremely difficult living next door to them, seeing them in the back garden and so on.

They did at least let you know in advance and so probably will if they have another party - at which point you could make a comment regarding when it is likely to finish and hopefully they will get the hint.

I’ve just heard from my NDN that someone else was heard shouting at them to ‘shut the fuck up or I’ll punch your fucking lights out’, so clearly other people were bothered as well!

I was in a similar position with neighbours who gave advance warning of a party and said the noise would end by midnight. At 1.30 my husband went round since I was 6 months pregnant and could feel the baby kicking in protest at the noise. Neighbours were uncooperative. He went again and told them he would be calling the police.
After DS was born I put the cot beside the party wall, since they clearly needed a dose of their own medicine.

Just FYI, police actually have no jurisdiction when it comes to noise. That's all down to the council- environmental health. Yes, police may attend and give words of advice, but in essence they have no powers (unless of course it's an illegal rave) and there availability on a Saturday night is sadly likely to be really stretched. :(

I'm sorry though, it's so shit, especially when you know you've got an early start with energetic children! I hope you're doing all the noisy/outside activities today!

*their availability. Ew, sorry,

Last night must I've been the night for it! Maybe because the clocks changed, people took advantage of it and made it Party night?

Our neighbour-over-the-back who we've not yet met had a MASSIVE party last night in a marquee (which does not muffle the sound of a speaker system and professional DJ), hordes of drunkenly screaming adults (I think in their 40s/50s judging by the music selection) all out in the garden, speakers cranked so high that you could hear every crackle even with all the doors and windows firmly shut.

In the closest bedroom (my DSs) it sounded as though the DJ was screaming in his face all night. Like trying to sleep in the middle of Notting Hill Carnival. It went on until 3am, despite the fact that I'd reassured my DS that they'd turn it down by 11, as 'that's the law'.

TBF, this is the first time so I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt - maybe it's a milestone birthday or something? But at 2am I fucking loathed them.

One off, or at least ‘first time’ then I would have just let them get in with it. Second time (in under a year) then I’d be having words.

& no I didn’t miss that it went on until 5am

I just think if it’s not a regular thing it’s not a big deal. The neighbours who let their dog bark all fucking night are annoying, the people who walk past shouting & carrying on are annoying. But a one off party - genuinely wouldn’t bother me.

@QuizzlyBear if they have another can you wangle me an invite?! A party with music that suggests their age (and mine) sounds great! & I’m generally not terribly sociable 🤣

Sorry it kept you all awake though!

Must have been your party!!
Grow up and respect others!

They'd have got their bottle of wine back through the largest closed window they had.
I've become quite handy at tripping fuseboxes via outside cabling over the years. It comes in very useful at times like this.

The Police won’t come out for a noise nuisance. They’ve got better things to go. You’re setting yourself up for a long time neighbour dispute by going round and being deliberately rude.

Once off I would let it go. Small price to pay to get on with your neighbours.

@Isitnearlyweekend that's not strictly true. The police absolutely will come out but it depends where she lives. If she's in the midst of inner London on a Friday night there is no chance she will see police. If she's in rural Cornwall on a Sunday night and several neighbours have also complained then police absolutely will come out. Because they have a duty to prevent a breach of the peace and this kind of issue often escalates. Tired angry people crossing happy drunk (possibly drug intoxicated) people is not a good combination. Either way I would call police and out of hours environmental health. Keep records, record the sound. Get neighbours inside and report everything, even if it's in slow time. Anti social behaviour can make life a living hell and the only way to deal with it is to be on top of reporting g and being a thorn in the side of the authorities. I hate to say it but with stretched resources it is 'the squeaky hinge that gets the oil'. As an aside, other than what you've e already done OP (ie. asking them to turn it down etc) I would not get involved in vigilante action or arguments. It doesn't help your case and simply muddies the water. Staying above reproach makes it easier to paint the picture of who's at fault. Sorry you're going through this

@Isitnearlyweekend the noisy neighbours are only renters so doubt OP is that bothered, they're not going to be living there for that much of "a long time". The rude ones are the people that care so little about the rest of the street that they're blaring music until 5am, after OP texted nicely several times and others evidently asked them to turn it down too.

My NDNs have 'gatherings' on a weekly basis but at least the music goes off at or before midnight, only occasionally will it run on longer and they turn it right down if asked with no hassle

Nobody will really care for a one-off. There was an organised rave in the field behind our village - 6pm to 6am - perfectly legal but bloody loud.

Well, one other person was annoyed, Rain. A quite vulgar, abusive person by the sound of it too.

MutedUser: Once off I would let it go. Small price to pay to get on with your neighbours.
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Yes, that's what I think.

One night. Get over it.

@shouldhavecalleditoatabix after what May has done to obliterate law and order and decimate every Police force there isn’t a force that would come out to a noisy party, regardless of where it is. It’s all about safeguarding now. You can be a squeaky hinge till the cows come home but if there’s no oil to spare you’re not going to get the response you want unfortunately. I too would go down the council route, keep notes etc. Hope poster doesn’t have to put up with this too often. Noisy neighbours are a real quality of life issue.

Personally for a housewarming party type thing I would've ignored the noise until midnight and expected some noise 12-1 as people left or quietened down etc. After 1am I would've been calling the police.

Wankers.

Unless you can afford a hotel or arrange to stay with friends/family, what use is warning? Sound proofing is very difficult to achieve and not possible for a night (unless you can sleep in ear plugs and ear defenders).

I"m in central london and I've had police turn up within 10 mins of complaining about noise (me complaining, not me making the noise)

The problem with 'one off' parties is that people who are rude enough to do it one time, are very likely to do it again, especially if people dont' complain.

I've had neighbours warn in advance of parties (terraced houses, so it is intrusive) but even with warning, if they aren't done by 12:30/1 am ish I will be over there yelling at them to shut up.

No excuse this day when you can hire a silent disco and midnight is fine. 5am is ridiculous.

Ah that's why they don't give a fuck... because they're renting.

What bullshit. How extremely smug some house-owners are.

I’m actually slightly more annoyed now having gone through all of Sunday with the whole family absolutely deranged with tiredness.

I don’t think it’s cos they’re renters, tbh. But then I don’t know what it is, because I can’t get my head around being that thoughtless.

I’m not hugely bothered about my long term relationship with them, though. The weird layout of how the houses relate to each other means that we don’t see each other over the garden fence and their front door is around the corner from me. I get on really well with all the rest of the street.

Next time you and all the other neighbours will be calling the police much, much earlier I suspect.