Fucking neighbours.

[DonaldJTrumpet]

Neighbours used to have a party most Saturdays and be a little loud but always finish by 11.30 and you could barely hear them.

Now it's summer and lockdown they have one every Saturday. They shout and sing in the garden til 2.30. I can hear it through my closed window which I am pissed off about having to close because it's hot.

They're even doing it in the week occasionally.

Would you call the police after a certain time and see what they do? Assume nothing but worth a try? What else could be done? I don't want to knock on their door. They obv don't give a fuck and I don't want to put myself as being the one that's bothered.

They're mostly nice, keep to themselves (apart from turning in the cup de sac with music booming in their car at all hours) and say hello. There were loads of them living together but now it's an older couple, a younger couple and a few kids. Maybe 2.

If it was over by midnight it would be fine but it's so inconsiderate it does my head in!

We’ve got the same over the road!! They’re so loud we can hear every word in our bedroom through the double glazing!

Firstly at no point has it been that hot. Secondly it's Saturday night and thirdly they are nice the rest of the time.

It's absolutely a priority to be tolerant of neighbours especially now. Maybe you or another neighbour makes a noise in the morning on the weekends? That's not fun either. Loud children, lawnmowers, it's all part of living in a crowded place.

Buy earplugs and relax. Or buy a farm (equally noisy). I feel like I'm lucky with my neighbours but actually we all just accept each other's foibles and make an effort, for each other. It's work, as in it's not all about what suits me but working on it is worth it.

Don't succumb to corona madness...

Yep neighbours playing loud music, very annoying. When mine do that I put my music on, although mine can not be heard, nor can i hear theirs.

Where i live in Scotland you call the council on anti social behaviour line. You only call the police if there if fighting or damage being done to property.

where I live you also call the district council's noise complaint line and they send out contractors (the legal sort). The neighbours will get a warning. if you need to call them out again, the equipment is confiscated.

Pretty hard for the police to sort it the next day unless they hear it now.

disobedient hamster

The thing is, if you call the police or get the council involved and you own the house, you'll have to divulge it when you go to sell it.

This is always trotted out. Yeah - you should. But you should also weigh up the real extent of the problem, whether it’s likely to continue after you’re gone and therefore the likelihood of your sellers suing you for that misrepresentation. And they’re likely to do this only if the dispute concerns an ongoing serious problem with noise or some other antisocial behaviour by neighbours, about which you haven’t told them.

And, IMO, this should never be a fear which stops homeowners taking action to complain against inconsiderate prick neighbours - otherwise we are all unreasonably held to ransom by these dickheads.

This is enlightening:

www.problemneighbours.co.uk/what-you-have-declare-about-neighbours-when-selling.html

At no point has it been that hot? Erm, where have you been? I don't mean this week specifically but over the last few weeks it has been really hot.

Last week I put music on to relax to and cover them. They still screeched every few minutes which is how I know it went on til at least half 2.

I agree that it's a priority to be tolerant of neighbours but ffs. It's also a priority not to be a cunt.

I also thought you must be living near me.
I dont like confrontation so I just leave the windows open all day to keep the room cool, then close them when I go to bed.

I rang the police on my neighbour once. He has a history of dealing with things by getting drunk and playing music untilm 6am. This time he was processing his wives cancer. So we turned a blind eye at first. But then it v It was si load uou coukd hear it down thd street. We had tried ringing,

Oops pressed to soon. I was fighting off the cat. I wont go into the whole story just now because he wants feeding. Anyway the police said if you can hear it outside the house it's too loud. So ring them every time.

I did an online 101 report on someone down the street last week as they were having a loud party on Tuesday night, people shouting in the street at 2am etc.

The police attended within 20 minutes!

It's absolutely a priority to be tolerant of neighbours especially now. Maybe you or another neighbour makes a noise in the morning on the weekends? That's not fun either. Loud children, lawnmowers, it's all part of living in a crowded place.

There is no way anyone should have to be tolerant of people playing music, shouting and singing until 2.30am.
The other examples you give are typical of what you might expect to tolerate but parties every Saturday until 2.30am? No.
The OP even says she wouldn't mind if it went on until midnight and then stopped.

OP, can you not have a word with them and ask them to stop the noise from midnight.

My old neighbours used to be awful, parties most weekends till 4am. I knocked once and the husband just slammed the door in my face. I then decided to ring the police and they told me they couldn't do anything but I should contact environmental health. We were only renting so decided to move instead 😩.

Maybe just try to talk to them first

Really stealm? If someone mows their fucking lawn at 7 or 8 am on a Sunday I would consider that highly anti social. Children screaming all day can ruin a weekend for neighbours too. What you think is ok others don't and vice versa.

But hey let's all get into a big shit fight with our neighbours instead of buying ear plugs. That's the MN way.

TBH, trying to talk or reason with people who do this is a waste of time. If they behave inconsiderately, they’re hardly going to be rational or understanding. I would report them to the police when it’s happening. I’ve done this before and they do come pretty quickly. Don’t think the neighbours knew it was us, but I wasn’t really bothered anyway. We are civil with each other, as in greet each other if we see each other, but they’re just neighbours, not friends or family.

Please don’t call the police. They are busy, overstretched. They don’t have any powers to deal with noise disturbance from a private property. You can report noise complaints to your local council who have appropriate powers to deal with it including court orders if other methods fail.

No stay anaonymous and report to police every time, report to council, keep records of dates and times and activities, record and photograph the activity.
This is the only way to deal wiith bastards like this.

@Serin

Yeah I'd ring the police for advice. 2.30am is not on at all.

The Police won’t attend a noisy party.

icansmellburningleaves They do. I’ve called them for a noisy party which was midweek, still noisy at 2.00 in the morning. And they came pretty quickly. There for five minutes, and whatever they said worked as the party stopped. Often it’s not just inconveniencing one household, but several, so of course the police should attend.

I’ve had to call the police on my neighbours and they were very good. The officer said they prefer to nip problems in the bud, before they become serious neighbourhood issues.

Pre lock down my neighbour would have a party Thursday to Sunday it drove me mad. During the day you'd hear their drunken "banter" over who was the biggest wanker then the dance music would start at 7pm and carry on through the night. For the few hours they'd try and get a bit of kip in the morning I'd blast the high school musical soundtrack through the walls . He actually had the check to come round and complain about it and was promptly told where to go.

Since lockdown began he's been as quiet as a church mouse and I'm rather concerned he might be feeling a bit lonely and depressed - if you'd of told me six months ago I'd be worried about him I'd never have believed you.

The Police won’t attend a noisy party.

Yes they will, yes they do and yes they have

Technically our ‘noisy party’ is two very loud people screaming at their iPad with god knows how many people screaming back. They are asleep now...😈

Neighbours can be such arseholes OP. Our neighbours have been joyfully DIYing for the last 2 weekends. Power saw now going off at 9:30 on a Sunday morning. It will go on all day like last Sunday no doubt.

It's so fucking inconsiderate, but once you start down that road of complaining to them it's really difficult to come back from it and like PP said, if they're inconsiderate enough to be making the noise in the first place then they're unlikely to be reasonable when you mention it. They're nice enough people face to face but obviously just don't give a furry shite about disturbing all the people who live around them.

If you report to the council do they reveal who reported? Tempted to do that to be honest. You're not even supposed to use machinery after 1pm on a Saturday, let alone all day Sunday. Twats.