Lovely day, neighbours playing music in garden

[WilsonMilson]

Live in a detached house, so it’s not as though we have anyone too close, and reasonable sized gardens, but we do have other houses around us, so don’t expect silence.

Neighbours over the back are in their garden as it’s a lovely day, fair enough so are we, but they have also got their music playing. Loudly.

Aibu to think it’s the height of rudeness to have music blaring in the garden knowing full well others around can hear it too? It’s Christian easy listening type of music.

Tempted to put a bit of Motörhead on the Sonos, but that would be a bit passive aggressive. So I’m just stewing in silence and posting here instead - it’s certainly not making me feel very Christian!!

Why the fuck should I have to listen to anyone else's shit taste in music?

NB I'm pretty noise adverse, but cutting the grass or using a hedge trimmer during daylight hours is eminently reasonable IMO. For some reason I felt it a less intrusive noise than music I dislike; at least it's constant and can be tuned out like white radio noise.

Other people, eh? Bleurgh.

@vivainsomnia

EVERYONE has the right to enjoy their garden. For some thats with music for some it's without. Why can't the two live together and get their way sometimes? It doesn't have to be all or nothing either way Standard words of those who are just self-centered parasites who can't fathom the notion of respect for others.

As per my name, I suffer from insomnia. I am up at 4am most nights. Would you have that same attitude if every night at 4am, I were to have jazz music loud on so that it woke you up and you couldn't sleep? You'd be massively pissed off, not going about how it's ok because I have the right to enjoy my home.

You're attitude would be that most people sleep at 4am so this should be respected. Well most people don't want to have to listen to other people's music when they are relaxing in the garden, so the same principle applies and the needs of others should be respected.

You'd be one in a teeny tiny minority who'd want to do that. Music in gardens is something plenty of people want to do.

And in fairness I wouldn't mind if you wanted to play music at 4am every so often. My neighbour does the odd early shift and gets up at 3am and puts the radio in her kitchen on with windows open in summer. I hear it, I understand it, no drama.

It's about being flexible and considerate or what other people want and need to do to be happy.

Several of my neighbours do this regularly - it's Vile and thoughtless but complaining has done no good - essentially means I usually go out on warm weekends - but I make sure to have a really smoky BBQ or bonfire esp if they have washing out - I'm not too proud to be passive aggressive

It is a bit anti-social. I used to do it as a teenager and my parents complained. Now I understand how they felt.

Under the Noise Act 1996 noise doesn't have to be late at night. Often its the repetitiveness that can be an issue, so if it's frequent. Loud music and other household noise at an inappropriate volume at any time can be judged a noise nuisance (lawyer here!)

It totally depends on the volume. It’s nice to have a bit of music in the garden but not ok to have it playing loudly. My either side neighbours are considerate but opposite is a man-pig who sits on his sad he’d like a big hairy gorilla with his music blaring and his fish/wife woman screeching at her kids. We’ve planted lots of conifers hoping to drown them out and to stop him sitting on his shed roof looking into our garden.

Impossible to get LA to take an interest in daytime garden music though.

I think neighbours should be considerate and not have music blaring unless it’s an exception. My neighbour called today to say they were having a get together an it might be loud. They do this about 2 or 3 times a year. I don’t mind as they recognise it might be a bit of a nuisance, so give a warning and it’s not a regular thing.

When I had a neighbour behaving like yours (not christian music, that would probably be worse), having asked them politely to keep it down, and finding they didn’t, I found the music that was most opposite to theirs (classical in this case), placed a big speaker against their wall (it was inside the house) and put it on full blast. Within minutes, their’s was turned down. I would do the same in the garden if necessary (I prefer to have a friendly chat and resolve things amicably, but that doesn’t work with some). Of course it would sound awful to other neighbours and it doesn’t take long to make the point, so in the end, probably a relief to other neighbours too.

It’s so annoying and pure selfishness. People can’t help a lawn mower noise etc etc, and I don’t mind the noise of children whatsoever, but when I was younger I don’t ever remember hearing our neighbours’ playing music in the garden. It’s the self before community attitude which seems to be increasing.

Is just be glad it’s not at 11pm to be honest.
Last weekend our neighbours at the back were singing McFly Star Girl at the top of their extremely out of tune drunken voices. I loudly sang “Shut the fuck up” along with the tune out the window at them.
Music in the daytime? Fill yer boots.

@Imapotato

I think during the day people can do what they want in their gardens. It’s only really annoying if very late at night and it’s keeping people awake.

If you feel you want to put on your own music, go ahead, it’s your garden.

I'm with your nut I do tend to listen to my music with my headphones on because I like it loud and both of my neighbours are elderly and I don't like being told off 😂

YANBU and the people who do this are entitled pricks so I would have no hesitation in blasting heavy metal music on your speakers at full volume and go out for a few hours. That should sort it

Jeez, that's quite the character assassination I've got there. My music isn't shifty, I don't blast it out, I occasionally listen to it on a sunny day. My friends aren't drunken louts because I have a few bbq's in the summer. I'm not a selfish shit & I don't cause problems for my neighbours. I have lovely neighbours they also use their gardens in a similar way. Brace yourselves we even sit out the front sometimes & have a little street gathering. Cool your jets ladies

I would never play music outside in the garden! I don't think the neighbours would like my taste in 80's tunes as they weren't even born. It's just a no from me. If I wanted to listen to music in the garden (would rather hear the birds) I would be the one wearing the headphones.

That time of day on a Sunday are you sure it wasn't just a church service if it was that kind of music? There are a couple of places round our way doing outdoor services atm.

I had a neighbour one side playing Neil diamond that she plays every day and the other side is shouting at her children most of the day, so am I expected to just sit in my garden listening to them, well no I have my music on so I can’t hear them, not selfish at all.

To be fair, music I can cope with. Fucking non stop barky dog on the other hand 😤

I never understand why people think the entire neighbourhood should have to listen to their music just because it’s sunny.

I have no problem with people playing music low in their garden but I had two sets of neighbours blasting music yesterday - it was intolerable and I had to go out. People can be incredibly selfish

I think YABU to be complaining about others listening to music in the sunshine in THEIR garden... but YANBU if it’s religious/political/explicit language etc Christian pop would drive me crackers tbh, I’d definitely be cranking up the Sonos 😂😂😂

THEIR garden

It's not just in their gardens though, is it. It's also in others's gardens.

I go by "would you tell someone to fuck off if they made that noise on a street in front of the house? If yes, then it's not ok for the back either" 😁

I have to say that tonight here is a bliss. It's making me nervous😂

I’m sitting on the back garden at the moment listening to the wood pigeons and other birds, next door chatting to their teens, some cars driving in and out of the cul de sac, the wind in the trees and people and their dogs on the woodland path that runs behind us. It’s all lovely - intermittent background noise that comes and goes. No-one blasting their choice of music at the rest of us - bloody brilliant

I was ok with the music, but I was not ok when I came out this morning to the garden to find it covered in discarded food and broken glass. I knew they were sleeping off a hangover...DS loves DJing and particularly enjoys Slayer and Venom. Need I say more. Round our way it chaos anyway fights, music, stabbing its a smorgasbord of antisocial behaviour.

@Teessider

It is rude and inconsiderate and I could have written your post. The trouble is, some people think that their wants trump other people's. They want to listen to music so they'll do it - and it's never at a low volume.

Some people are just twats

This!!

I listen to music in my garden, loud enough for me to hear it without annoying others.
There is zero need to play it at top walk so everyone in the neighbourhood have to listen to it too.

When my neighbours have their music on, it drowns out my music and why should I have to wear headphones just to be able to sit in my garden??

Rude. Entitled. Inconsiderate.

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