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To throw a dart at the hot tub?

137 replies

Mylittlesandwich · 08/05/2021 19:09

NDN's have hired a hot tub for the weekend (something they do semi regularly during the summer). It's only 10 past 7 on day 2 and I'm over it.

Considering an act of sabotage but in fairness the hot tub isn't the actual issue. It's the loud dance music and talking late into the night that is the actual issue.

Previous attempts to politely request a reduced noise level (after midnight) have been met with open hostility and ridicule.

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mumwon · 08/05/2021 22:36

my d old ndn use to make her own liquid manure in a old fashioned rubbish bin with lid (stinging nettles or any green weeds in water -leave to ferment its great for tomatoes) but OH my god the smell when she took the lid off!
I suggest you do this right next to the fence near her & you can replace the lid in the morning & dispose of evidence over flowers etc.
&
make dart out of ice - I read to many detective books!-than when they look for dart -its thawed
Alternatively I can record me singing opera & send you copy

getyourfreakon · 08/05/2021 22:39

Definitely be careful here. Last year I had a similar issue. Next to next door neighbours. Thumping music, screaming, shouting and swearing in their little "bar" they'd built at the bottom of their garden. It went on for a good few weeks, night after night from 6pm until gone 3am.
I could hear the music upstairs in my bedroom two houses away with earplugs in and my fan on. One night I just lost it. Filled a big water balloon, stood up on my kids slide in the garden and fucking launched it as hard as I could. I wasn't confident that I could make it over two fences, but apparently pure fucking rage let me hit my target. I immediately jumped sideways off the slide and heard "WHAT WAS THAT?! WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?!" The music was shut straight off and I bloody army crawled back into the house while people were shouting "GO AND FUCKING FIND WHO THREW THAT!"
I spend a good hour shaking and thinking how stupid I'd been. They didn't find me and it's been quiet since. I'm kind of glad I did it, but also I could've had my head kicked in.

user1471538283 · 08/05/2021 22:40

I feel your pain. It's not the hot tub it's the teeth rattling loud music and shouting that goes on for hours and hours. My ex neighbours were so loud they could be heard from across the street at the front and the filthy hot tub was in their back yard but only 6ft or so from my bedroom window.

I think you need to spray it with sugar water to encourage ants. Wait until they are sleeping and put on some very loud repetitive music for a good hour. Stop it for 5 minutes, then back on for hours and hours. If they are anything like my ex neighbours dog poo wont put them off ...

getyourfreakon · 08/05/2021 22:41

And before anyone suggests it, yes, I had reported them many times. Nothing was done. Also yes to Rammstein!

stormy11 · 08/05/2021 22:43

Some of these suggestions are brilliant.

Go and put the Rammstein on op!

user1471538283 · 08/05/2021 22:43

@getyourfreakon - that is amazing!

OnceUponAMidnightBeery · 08/05/2021 22:43

@Hankunamatata

Grandma got ran over by a reindeer on a loop
Totally OT I love that song. It can get me in the Xmas spirit when all else has failed.

Have called local police for similar neighbours to yours @Mylittlesandwich. It was 2pm-2am and still going. Friday- Sunday. For 3 weeks running. Finally lost it at week 3.

The alternative was 80s hair metal on loop. If I didn’t have neighbours with young children that would’ve been my weapon of choice

Plus my singing.

Weenurse · 08/05/2021 22:54

@getyourfreakon you are my hero 💐

MrsLeclerc · 08/05/2021 22:56

Following for ideas.

Neighbour’s teenagers have hot tub parties every weekend their parents are away in the summers. Crap music, girls squealing and boys cheering at each other in random bursts. Until about 1am.

Drove me insane when DS was born and sleeping in our room. Luckily his room is on the other side of the house so he doesn’t hear it now. We get the pleasure instead!

SquashMinusIsShit · 08/05/2021 22:57

Anyone else got an advert for pools Grin

I'm so glad we li d on a.street with a lot of quoet.people, loud not tub neighbours sound like the work.of the devil.

@getyourfreakon you are a bloody hero!

@Mylittlesandwich I'm jealous you have a chocolate orange Grin

SquirtleSquad · 08/05/2021 22:58

The condom filled with egg white is a great one! Grin

Ireallymustgotobed · 08/05/2021 23:17

My NDNs had one briefly, lots of loud chat, music and weird ‘oohs and ahs’ into the night. My cat went to have a nosey at them in the dark from the flat roof of their extension, scared the life out of them! Grin

CervixHaver · 08/05/2021 23:19

@Whammyyammy

Light a bonfire, plenty of wet green branches and leaves
THIS!!!!
Mylittlesandwich · 08/05/2021 23:19

@SquashMinusIsShit

Anyone else got an advert for pools Grin

I'm so glad we li d on a.street with a lot of quoet.people, loud not tub neighbours sound like the work.of the devil.

@getyourfreakon you are a bloody hero!

@Mylittlesandwich I'm jealous you have a chocolate orange Grin

  • had a chocolate orange
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DrJump · 08/05/2021 23:20

Ypu need a shard of ice. So it will melt leaving no evidence.

CervixHaver · 08/05/2021 23:21

@little0miss0mac

Gravy granules 👍
😆😆😆
Disorganiseddad · 08/05/2021 23:22

Two words, Sodium polyacrylate (the absorbent stuff in nappies) Chuck a load in and wait for the whole thing to turn to gel

Dee1975 · 08/05/2021 23:26

Play music loudly from 6am ... direct speakers there way. Get a load of kids in the garden to dance and Jump (and scream) on a trampoline.

Yea that’s petty. But okay them at their own game 😉 But only do it when they are late. They might then get the message ..

CervixHaver · 08/05/2021 23:26

@Ireallymustgotobed

My NDNs had one briefly, lots of loud chat, music and weird ‘oohs and ahs’ into the night. My cat went to have a nosey at them in the dark from the flat roof of their extension, scared the life out of them! Grin
🤣🤣🤣 What did the little devil do exactly?! I must know
SeaToSki · 08/05/2021 23:45

How about a load of youtube videos of dc first violin/recorder/saxaphone concert at school. Crank it up 😁. The only thing worse than bad music, is bad music played by dc at school

Happytobejabbed · 08/05/2021 23:48

Have they got an external meter cupboard? Have you got several neighbours?

If so......

The keys for the cupboards are all the same. Have a look at your own - they are all similar.

Under the meter will be the main input fuse. Sometimes they are wired in with a security seal - so you may need wire snips.

Lets say its midnight, dark and you’ve had enough.

Put your own lights off. Quietly go round and remove their fuse. Close the door to the cupboard.

If you are feeling charitable leave it where they can find it. If not feeling charitable then hide it/dispose of it.

Quickly and quietly go back home and observe through a slit in your curtains.

They’ll go and look at the distribution board - the one in the garage/under the stairs thinking a circuit has tripped and so you’ve a bit of time to get back unobserved.

It’ll take most people ages to work out what’s happened. Main fuses are not available from b&q etc.

Thewiseoneincognito · 09/05/2021 00:03

I’d put a tiny puncture into it or Chuck in a dead bird if you can find one.

Gingersay · 09/05/2021 00:09

I feel your pain our ndn have a hottub on friday to Sunday every week and it's about 6 foot from our livingroom patio doors, they also have an outdoor cinema that they set up in front of the hot tub last week they watched line of duty in it about 10 mins in front of us so we bloody knew before we got to the good part.
The gravy idea sounds fab!

Thewiseoneincognito · 09/05/2021 00:16

Hiring a hot tub is so rough, I feel for you having to live amongst such horrors 🤭😆 This is why we couldn’t have neighbours near us.

I second the condom filled with egg white or just a lone one floating for one of them to find 😊🙈

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