I have neighbors who just installed wind chimes on their balcony. I live in a densely populated apartment complex in a very noisy city. It was finally a quiet night here - no teenagers blasting music in the park, no loud parties, no police sirens (for now). I opened my windows to get some fresh night air.
However I have been listening to this wind chime from the neighbors for one hour and got a terrible headache.
I wrote a polite note asking them to please remove the wind chimes from
their balcony, that I live across the courtyard and they are bothering me. I signed it “Thank you.”
They must have returned to find the note I left in their door and removed them because now I cannot hear them or see them, thank goodness.
I think some people do not realize that it is bothering other people. Since we live in such a crowded complex, they probably figured I was not the only neighbor who was bothered by it. Sensible people.
I have had to have some very uncomfortable discussions with my neighbors about noise over the years. I try to be a quiet neighbor and whenever anyone has had a noise complaint - I take it seriously. Most people do not like to confrontation with their neighbors and would not say anything unless it was really bothering them.
I feel terrible for the people who sold their home and moved because of the noisy wind chimes. What a huge hassle! The neighbors they left behind got what they deserved - new neighbors who are equally inconsiderate.
Every neighbor has a schedule and their own lifestyle. In one instance, the neighbors in the apartment below me had an infant child that screamed constantly for 3 years. I put in earplugs and figured it was worse for the parents than for me. Their neighbors next door, however, had a more “high volume” experience.They moved out.
I am sure those parents were completely oblivious to neighbors’ discomfort because the person told me they were too embarrassed to say anything.
Crying infants and babies, you can’t remove. Wind chimes are another story.