I work nights from home, a pattern sort of 2 on 3 off 3 on two off so not always getting weekends off or set days of any sort.
Next door has been empty for a few weeks. New neighbour introduced herself to me a couple of days ago, youngish woman, very smiley and lovely-told me it was her and her husband and their little daughters. I was just getting in the door from a run, and was on the 'phone but I ended the call and said hello and welcome and to give me a shout if she needed anything, all very civil.
It's 2 am and I am hearing noises outside-It's a very quiet street, private road, nothing in the way of car traffic as It's narrow and awkward and very little foot traffic, so this is strange. I ignore for a bit but eventually hear louder voices, my dog reacts, I look outside and 3 young men are outside next door, a car parked that they're leaning against, laughing and talking loudly.
I don't think they saw me.
It's now 10 past 3 and they're still there and a minute ago were making repeated, loud 'fart' noises (I don't know how), laughing and giggling)...
Okay I work nights. I don't have any children. They've not woken me up and probably wouldn't even if I were asleep on a night off as my bedroom is the other side of the house.
They're not technically doing anything wrong.
But-opposite me are two very quiet elderly couples. Next to me is a woman of similar age to me who works fulltime and her bedroom is on that side of the street-I am very mindful to be quiet when I am working nights as to not wake her up. They were being loud enough for me to hear them in my sitting room which is at the opposite end of my house, and fart noises at 3 am, really?
As an aside I couldn't park outside my house today and had to park at the bottom of a different street. They have a (small) drive, whereas I have a front yard instead. They're old terraces and close together.
Their car was sticking out at such an angle that I'd have had to have been very careful as to slot it in between my other neighbour's car and their sticking-out bonnet, it was probably possible, but not without a 30 point maneuver that would have been very awkward to do. I think I will say something to them about that. It's annoying and I find it inconsiderate -the fella who lived there before always parked in such a way that it wasn't a problem, I think he pointed his bonnet facing the other way and reversed far enough back, and nobody parks next to their drive in the other direction.
Am I being a pearl clutcher unreasonable to hope the chatting at this hour doesn't continue, for the sake of my neighbours if not me?
I think I'll say something to one of them about the parking problem-previous MN threads have taught me about nightmare neighbours though so I wish I didn't have to!