If you’re playing music in your garden during lockdown that’s loud enough to be heard outside your garden, you’re an antisocial idiot.

[Destroyer]

I feel better for getting that off my chest.

We’re all stuck home together apart from our one exercise per day. People could at least show consideration - there’s nowhere to escape.

People with antisocial neighbours must really be suffering now.

@bridgetreilly I totally agree.

The thing is, most outdoor activities (no matter how annoying have a start/ end time). Music can blare out for 12+ hours without a break.

With wireless headphones/ EarPods there’s no excuse, really.

Yes, I've previously asked my neighbour to turn his music down. I politely asked him across the low dividing fence as he was sat on his patio to turn it down as we could hear it in our house. Usual summer time, everyone out in their gardens so it was affecting other neighbours, not just us.
Because the music was so loud I had to ask him twice more. Bear in mind I did this politely at normal speaking volume and in front of his wife it actually shamed him into doing it.
When he had to turn down the music to even hear me it had more impact that going all "fishwife" at my (usual) full pelt.

I've found that politely asking and explaining that we can hear it through solid walls tends to have a greater impact than rolling up shirtsleeves and ranting back at them.

I hosed my neighbours who refused to turn down their misogynistic awful music and then insult me every time I walked past them or sat in my garden. 'Fucking fat slag' etc. 5 of them, 1 of me. Music got louder with lyrics like 'let me eat your pussy and then shoot you in the head whore bitch' along with the N word used every other word. Couldn't have my kids out hearing that so they had to stay inside. I seriously lost my shit though. I suffer PTSD and the verbal abuse took me back to a place I don't like to go.
Police involved but didn't go very far.
Haven't heard any music since it happened over a year ago, they won't even look in my direction as they think I'm 'unhinged'
No regrets.
Hose the fuckers.

Anyone playing music loud enough to be heard by others is a wanker. Last Friday DH and I were trying to work and the neighbour’s son was booming dance shit out of his bedroom window. Twat.

Ours have tried to pass it off as a 'socially distant' disco. Like they are providing some sort of fucking neighborhood service.

The only thing it has done is caused ever other neighbor to retreat indoors. Idiots.

I don’t mind hearing other people’s music when it’s low but when it’s blasted it gives me the absolute rage. Especially if they’re just sat around or playing in the yard, what’s the need for it to be so loud?

It’s incredibly entitled to think anyone else is interested in your shit music taste. I nearly screamed out of the window last week when it blasted and I (like MANY others) are now having to work from home.

Another neighbour got there before me

We live in what used to be an over 55s block with a couple of owners of any age. A year or so ago, that was scrapped so now we have really noisy people mixed with older residents.
We had music played from the balcony of one flat for the first week of lockdown. It was unbelievably loud and anyone walking past looked absolutely flabbergasted.
I was really stressed as I was trying to communicate at a distance with two older neighbours but it was virtually impossible.
Eventually one of the neighbours reported it and it stopped immediately and it's been fine since.
I then read quite a good post by my council/HA saying all bonfires are banned and any excessive noise and nuisance will be dealt with. I was quite impressed as usually they have all the gumpf saying it's not allowed but getting them to actually do anything is a whole different story!

YANBU OP people forcing others to listen to their music are cunts.

I'm lying in my garden listening to my fucking neighbours music blaring. Been about 3 hours now.

I always thought they were inconsiderate arseholes this just proves it.

I fucking hate them

It has been uncannily quiet here today. Apart from hearing a dog barking a couple of times, I haven't heard any cars or people chatting as they walk along the street, anyone out in their garden, or any music or power tools.

It's really eerie.

I think people need to blare out music in retaliation.

I love where I live. Sitting in the garden distant sound of children playing sweetly and birdsong. Bliss. Totally agree op.

If the aliens from "A Quiet Place" ever make it to Earth then at least the loud ones will be the first to go.

That’s a comforting thought tbh

YANBU! Fucking hate people who do this. It's such an inconsiderate and trashy thing to do.

I think it's fine as long as if you get corona or anything else and need to go to the hospital at night you don't expect the doctors and nurses looking after you to be alert and awake enough to treat you properly.

• She says after being woken up AGAIN post nightshift by lazy fuckers who play music all day long and is therefore working a 12 hour ICU shift on 2 hours sleep tonight. Hope I dont accidentally kill someone 🙄