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

So they're not playing music, they're just using their holiday home? YABU, could be a lot worse!

7am on a boiling hot day on holiday is not that odd. You sound quite snobby tbh. Nothing you have described sounds over the top.
If you wanted complete quiet then why go to somewhere with another holiday place next door. There are lots of remote spots. It doesn’t matter that it was quiet before.

@Penistoe

7am on a boiling hot day on holiday is not that odd. You sound quite snobby tbh. Nothing you have described sounds over the top. If you wanted complete quiet then why go to somewhere with another holiday place next door. There are lots of remote spots. It doesn’t matter that it was quiet before.

my 5 year old is still asleep at 7am, even on a school day, let alone a holiday!

Of course it's rude and unreasonable.

It's not snobby to expect basic manners and respect from everybody who choose to holiday in a residential area. If you want to make noise, you book a remote place.

Just tough I think. It's a gorgeous day and they wanted to use the pool.

I am definitely thankful there isn't blaring music etc - I've read enough threads on here to know it could be far far worse. All I am hoping for is no loud shrieking and shouting in and out of the pool after 11pm and before 7:30am.

I think yabvu. They also have paid a lot of money for this holiday . They have use of a private pool and probably super excited. Especially after this past year. You don’t know what they’ve been through. Unless they are blaring music or fighting violently outside or on your property, leave them alone. Imagine having your holiday ruined because you’re having decent harmless fun and someone doesn’t like it. Leave them be.

I do have kids, so I admit an interest here... but I've ALWAYS loved hearing water splashing and kids playing outside. To me, that says "HOLIDAYS!!!" more than seagulls. I'm also a very early riser though, I love it when the world is just waking up and those first rays of hot sun break into the garden.

OP it is only a week of your life, maybe instead of being a miserable whinge, you could just embrace the holiday atmosphere, get up early yourselves, and enjoy being outdoors?

And if you want absolute peace and quiet, a residential road in a holiday area probably isnt a safe bet. YaDBU

OP your post is exactly the reason we are not doing our annual UK camping holiday this year.

We go to the same place every year (for the last 11 years), chosen precisely due to how quiet and off the beaten track it is.

I know I wouldn't enjoy it this year now that every man and his dog have taken up camping.

Once the Benidorm Brigade bugger off next year we'll start going again.

Struggling to see the relevance of it being a “naice” place or costing a lot of money.

If the noise is unreasonable, then it’s unreasonable whether you got a Sun offer for Butlins or an expensive private rental 🤷🏻‍♀️

I think you abvvu, they are just enjoying their holiday. My advice to you is to not waste any more time and energy complaining, forget how it was all the other years, relax, let go, breath, get on with your own holiday. Try and enjoy the sounds of pleasure!

All I am hoping for is no loud shrieking and shouting in and out of the pool after 11pm and before 7:30am.

you are very friendly!

I wouldn't allow my kids to make noise before 9am earliest, and after 8pm! And no child needs to scream or shriek to have fun in a pool either.

If they must scream, they should take them to a beach. Shouldn't be too hard on a beach resort. It's also unpleasant for everybody else, but at least it's more bearable.

@Cocomarine

Struggling to see the relevance of it being a “naice” place or costing a lot of money.

If the noise is unreasonable, then it’s unreasonable whether you got a Sun offer for Butlins or an expensive private rental 🤷🏻‍♀️

depends, if you go on holiday to a "19-30" club kind of thing, you can't expect a quiet evening. Ever.

Butlins tend to attract families who like noisy kids. You know that before you book.

A residential or beach resort.. you expect peace and quiet.

YABU. You can't control what they do. Anywhere there are tourists or families, there is noise. I'd get some ear plugs and/or have a nice coffee. Maybe hit the beach early!

@Cocomarine

Struggling to see the relevance of it being a “naice” place or costing a lot of money.

If the noise is unreasonable, then it’s unreasonable whether you got a Sun offer for Butlins or an expensive private rental 🤷🏻‍♀️

And to add… no it isn’t worse for you because it’s “wasted” so much more money than Butlins. Because relatively, that Butlins holiday was quite likely more of a financial burden than your private rental.

I’m aware that Butlins isn’t always cheap btw! But just as an example of what’s seen as a cheap holiday.

I think it’s picky to complain, 7.30 am fine, luckily you’ve never been part of the 4.15am get up for work mob.
Be glad it wasn’t all night, awake at 6am, seems normal, write a note and see what happens

@onlyhereforthecake I agree that you expect more noise at a club 18-30 or Butlins. But I disagree that you can expect quiet at a private property rental. Yes, if it’s marketed as an adults only, no groups, deep in the forest type location… but for a regular residential in a Cornish town? The chances are high that you’ll have holidaying neighbours who are noisier than regular residents. It still sucks! But it’s not unexpected.

Thanks everyone for the different points of view. We've recently had a huge family tragedy which is probably making me more emotional than usual.

I'm going to make sure we are up earlier to get on the beach - and hit the gin in the evenings

I sympathise with you too, I would feel the same. You have to expect that a house that has a pool is going to be used to it’s full potential, however 7am is too early IMO. The people you have next to you sound like the people that get threads on here about them behaving this way in their gardens. It’s just the way some families live whether they are home or away. There’s little or no thought for how it impacts on others around them but in my experience it won’t change. Enjoy your time, the weather is beautiful, just mark it down as an annoyance rather than ruining your stay.

I would just have a quiet word first, and ask them to keep the noise down until 8am/8.30am on holiday. I remember being on holiday with small children and being up with them at 5am, but keeping them in until they could be unleashed into the garden at 8.30am so as not to disturb the neighbours!

If they aren't amenable, stick loud music on as soon as their kids go to bed and see how they like it.

Just explain to them nicely: children should be seen and not heard.

Well, they’re on holiday - It sounds reasonable!

You maybe need to realise that you do you and live and let live a little more. 7am is inconsiderate if you’re at home and someone starts mowing but early swimming on holiday? No.

This is a private holiday let in a holiday town, surrounded by other privately owned properties.

When you book somewhere like this, you don’t know exactly what kind of properties will be nearby or if they are privately owned or used as holiday let’s etc. You don’t know if there will be flats or houses or big gardens or small or if they will have hot tubs or pools or BBQs or what. You turn up and take what you find. There is no knowing who the neighbours for the week will be either.

I do think people shouldn’t let small children play in a pool before 8am in a built up area, or on a holiday complex either. People should be able to have a bit of a sleep-in. 8am isn’t a big ask. Beyond that, and expecting people not in be noisy in the pool after perhaps 9 or 10pm, you have to expect people to be outside in the garden and using pools or hot tubs for many hours of each day. Children won’t be quiet and if you book holidays at July and August you can expect lots of children.

Consideration is needed from everyone. That means people with small kids not just sending them out at 6.30am, to run wild in the garden, in the hope they get an extra hour in bed at the expense of the neighbours. It also means those who don’t enjoy the sound of children, understanding and expecting that in July and August in holiday places, children will be there and will be playing outside. During non anti-social hours you have to expect it.

Off topic but the same place for 7 years,

@Nothingyet

Just explain to them nicely: children should be seen and not heard.

who said that?

There's normal behaviour, and there's the CF entitled idiots thinking it's ok to start screaming at 7am and late at night.

It's not difficult to take others around you in consideration.

The worse people on holiday are fucking hoorays. There was one family when we were away one time who thought they owned the pool and managed to somehow take over the whole pool with dad and two young sons in it, and so braying and loud.