Noisy holiday neighbours - Cornwall idyll ruined

[amateurschoolhunter]

I'm currently on holiday in a small Cornish beach resort with my parents and children. This is our 7th year in a row in the same place and every year until now it's been idyllic
But yesterday a family moved into the neighbouring holiday home which has a pool in the garden. There was a lot of noise all afternoon and evening but as it was the first day I ignored it. But we were all woken today up at 7am by kids shrieking in the pool, hot tub whirring and general noise. AIBU to get on the phone to their letting agent? This is a naice holiday destination and we usually only hear seagulls

This is what gets to me op. You never know what other people you will be having to share space with. You have it in holiday parks, hotels abroad, campsites, even private rentals and the enjoyment of your precious time away is at the mercy of others and luck. I do feel quite strongly that while it’s ok to have fun on your holidays it shouldn’t be disturbing to other people. It’s a courtesy thing and some people just don’t have it. People pay a lot for their holidays and it’s precious time off work etc. I feel so sorry for you op

I would actually just drop a note through their door, asking if they would mind not letting children be noisy in the garden until after 8.30 am. You could say you fully appreciate they want to enjoy the lovely pool, but that you too are on holiday after an exhausting period and would so appreciate not being woken at 7am by children.

To be honest, if you’re only there a week, dropping a note will mean they get the message today and can act on it immediately. Going via an agent could mean it takes a day or two. There’s no knowing if they will respond positively (most will) or be irritated and ramp up the noise, but it’s probably a risk worth taking. And at least you do t live there…..if noise continues, although it’s annoying, at least you won’t be permanent neighbours.

I'd be thankful I wasn't living there permanently and was going home in a week.

I wonder how the actual residents feel?

We’ve just returned from a holiday home in Norfolk. The house next door had 4 children. The middle 2, about 7 and 3 year olds were quite noisy and throwing things over the fence. They even stood on something to talk to us over the fence. Luckily they were at school daytime.

We had a rental villa with a pool in Florida one year. It was spring break and every evening around 10 pm the youngsters would come back to the house next door and use the pool to the early hours and then sleep in late the next day and repeat every night. There were no rules on noise just safety.

We had this problem one year op, so you have my sympathy. We had booked a cottage which was in a group of 4. First week was lovely, second week a family group had booked out the other 3 and they were a bloody nightmare. Constant noise, day and night.

I’m not sure there’s an awful lot you can do. Some people are inherently selfish and really won’t give a shit if they are disturbing you or not. I fear this level of behaviour will be worse this year as those who would have gone abroad are holidaying in the uk.

I would never book a property in close proximity to others again for this reason.

They've paid for the use of all the facilities. You have no right to ask them not to. You'll look a bit mad if you talk to them. It's their holiday and they are entitled to spend it how they choose.

There's literally 0 chance I'd curtail my holiday activities for some random who's also on holiday. I wouldn't allow my children to 'shriek' or scream etc, but the hot tub, being in the pool and the rest being limited to certain items? I'd laugh in your face - why is your right to enjoyment trumping theirs?

I think you're being unreasonable. They're on holiday having a great time. We rented a villa in Spain a few years ago, DH and 2 DS one of the nearby residents complained to the owner that we were making a noise in the daytime. We were only mucking about in the pool. We did try to be considerate but its so hard when your kids are just laughing and generally having a good time. People are so bloody miserable. You get many complaints on here about kids making a noise in their own gardens and now on holiday. When exactly are they meant to have fun??

Blimey I wouldn’t let my DC use a pool/tub earlier than 9am and later than about 8pm because of noise - even if we were just enjoying our holiday, so are other people! I’d ask politely if they could keep the noise down at these times - no need to take wine round though, you’re now asking them form a big favour - just a bit of consideration. At least you’re not sharing a pool with them!

*not asking them for a favour

tbh some of the prices charged over here for holiday lets are so over inflated in I would be spending as much time as possible making sure I got every pennies worth.

It's the local residents I have sympathy for. Out of season they have a nice quiet, clean area.

I feel sorry for the residents of Cornwall. They have had a terrible time lately. My elderly mil lives in a cornish coastal town and finds nipping to the shops now impossible with all the holiday makers. The whole country has descended on Cornwall.

As much as this would annoy most reasonable people, your post absolutely reeks of entitlement.

You're in a residential area with houses close by, whereas the residents probably thought of you as the nuisance for many years, now you think it is someone else.

If you want quiet and private, you need to pay for that. If you can't afford that then you take your chances like everyone else.

Buy a pair of earplugs for overnight and enjoy the rest of your holiday.

@LadyPoison

I'd be thankful I wasn't living there permanently and was going home in a week.

I wonder how the actual residents feel?

This. Holiday cottages and airbnbs have totally destroyed communities in Cornwall and elsewhere. There are ways of going on holiday that don’t do this, and i have zero sympathy for someone bothered by noise but not bothered by their holiday choices meaning that Cornish communities are wrecked in the process.

Usually there will be house rules to follow and they will usually state no loud noise in pool etc before a certain time . Wait and see if it happens again tomorrow then ring the letting agent

LookItsMeAgain
*Seriously??? They are making the most of their holiday.
Leave them be.
Invest in a pair of earplugs if the early morning swimming and hot tub motor is annoying you.
Next year, you pick the holiday let that has the pool and the hot tub so they can't if it's annoying you so much.

Don't be that person that complains when someone else is just enjoying their holiday separately to you*

This 100%
they are every bit as entitled to enjoy their holiday as you. I’m sorry they are disturbing you but they are on holiday. Just be grateful they don’t live next to you all year.

@DobbyTheHouseElk

I feel sorry for the residents of Cornwall. They have had a terrible time lately. My elderly mil lives in a cornish coastal town and finds nipping to the shops now impossible with all the holiday makers. The whole country has descended on Cornwall.

Didn't help with various mps standing in front of cameras actually suggesting a couple of places to go, Cornwall, Devon and the Lake District weeks ago.

YABU. and having booked next to, what I'd describe as a party house, were very lucky to have peace on your last 7 visits.
When we want peace we book the Hebrides, Some beautiful beaches and so quiet. You can't really complain about kids enjoying their holiday.

Your idea of a holiday is peace and quiet.
Their idea is a pool and hot tub. I think you live with it and look at Google earth before booking something else for next year. Or book that one for next year.

Whilst 7am is annoyingly early, yabu. They are on holiday and it's normal kid and family noise. Next time stay somewhere without neighbours

But yesterday a family moved into the neighbouring holiday home which has a pool in the garden. There was a lot of noise all afternoon and evening but as it was the first day I ignored it. But we were all woken today up at 7am by kids shrieking in the pool, hot tub whirring and general noise. AIBU to get on the phone to their letting agent? This is a naice holiday destination and we usually only hear seagulls

YABU. Just because another family doesn't do their holiday like you.

And now you know how locals feel every summer ... Your "naice holiday destination" is their home.

Other people on holiday at the same time as you, and with children who go in the pool?

This really is terrible.

With easy birth control one might have thought there would be less of this terrible problem.

I think you are unreasonable still being in bed at 7.00 when the early mornings are so beautiful with the gorgeous weather. If I had a pool I would be in it by 6.30. But possibly not screaming.

Yes, they have paid to use facilities, but common decency tells you what times noisy activities are unreasonable at.

If you were at a hotel or on a holiday site, pools near accommodation wouldn’t be open at 7am. Most people wouldn’t let their kids play loudly in a pool in a built up area at that time, but would wait u til at least 8am or 8.30am. Likewise, they wouldn’t be letting noisy pool play continue after 10pm or probably earlier.

This idea that people have paid to use the facilities and therefore they are free to use them as they wish 24/7 without regard for others is SHIT. Can’t people appreciate that it’s not all about them, even when they have paid lots of money. Unless you hire a property in the middle of nowhere, neighbours always require some consideration. Very early morning noise and late night noise are just rude and inconsiderate and it’s very likely there are terms are conditions about the pool use to reflect this. If the kids used the pool 9am to 9pm they would still have 12 hours of use…hardly being curtailed.

I don’t understand why people cannot balance the idea of enjoying the facilities they have paid to use and also appreciating other people are nearby. To not do so is terrible selfishness.

It will be important to ask about not starting to use the pool in the right tone. There’s no point complaining or demanding. However, a friendly note in a cheery tone will hit a chord with most decent people. Those who feel entitled to do whatever they like 24/7, becauese ,we are on holiday’, ‘we have paid for the pool’ and ‘we can do what we like’ might not be swayed, but fortunately, most families can still grasp that asking their kids to wait until 8.30 in the morning befor e a full day in the pool begins.

Bit ironic too, Cornwall full of noisy tourists Like my friend who went to Rome and moaned it was full of Catholics.