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AIBU- noisy aviary

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RhigaOsaka · 10/10/2020 19:17

Hello. I'm new here and learning all the shortcuts so apologise if I get something wrong. AIBU by being upset by the noise that is coming during daylight from an aviary two gardens down? I have spoken to them and they are a lovely old couple but all they said was "sorry, there is nothing they can do". They also said that now it is coming up to winter they won't be so noisy for so long. I told them that it was the summer when I would prefer them to be quiet because that is when I want to be outside.

They have an aviary that runs the length of their garden but it faces mine. They have a parrot, some cockatiels (don't know how many) and over 30 budgies. The screeching is fairly constant and I have to have my windows closed and hate going into my garden. The lockdown obviously made this worse as I was at home all day with my DD and DS (I'm learning the lingo). DH is also bothered by it but less so than me. I spoke to the neighbours next door and they said it doesn't really bother them but they have a yapping jack russell that is let out occasionally and maybe they don't want any complaints about their dog. Although I would rather not have the yapping they only let it out 3 or 4 times a day for 10 minutes or so. No, it is the screeching of the cockatiels and parrots that upset me and when they are quiet (not often) the budgies just chirp along.

Does anyone have any advice or should I just try and get used to it?

OP posts:
nettytree · 11/10/2020 11:08

Wow. The birds were there when you moved in and now your complaining. Bet you would complain about church bells too.

GoldfishParade · 11/10/2020 11:17

I would report them to the RSPCA.

How it is still legal to cage and keep birds in 2020 is beyond me. Its disgusting.

ftm202020 · 11/10/2020 11:23

I am sure your children playing in the garden make noise. I think you need to learn to live and let live.

AlternativePerspective · 11/10/2020 11:26

How it is still legal to cage and keep birds in 2020 is beyond me. Its disgusting. well, it’s actually preferable that birds live in an aviary Than in smaller cages. Budgies are flock birds and given these ones are captive bred they cannot be released into the wild, therefore the couple are keeping them in a far better way than most....

BlankTimes · 11/10/2020 14:33

I was wondering if your sellers should have included the noise from the aviary on their sellers forms when you bought the property.

The info here is a bit wishy-washy
www.yopa.co.uk/homeowners-hub/do-you-have-to-declare-noisy-neighbours-when-selling-a-property/

You could try asking the Council if there have been any previous complaints, stress you're not yet making one but you are interested in finding out if there have been any previous ones and how many.

If your seller has complained to the Council, then they should have disclosed that to you in their documents before you bought the place.

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