Next door neighbour wagging his rope about

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I'm honestly going demnted and can't decide if I just need to suck it up because of the length of time, or if I should say something and nip it in the bud now.

Next door are detached from eachother but share a path each down the side of our gardens, each a gate width wide. Next door is into fitness and has installed one of them big whopping heavy ropes on their side, so about 1.5m max from our wall. He's wagging it about making a constant banging noise when he's using it. When we came home and first heard it I honestly thought someone was upstairs in our house going hell for leather in our bed! (Luckily DH was with me or I'd probably have ran up all guns blazing). Anyway he was at it twice yesterday latest being 7pm and he's at it again already today. I'm aware this is only the 3rd time, but the noise is so loud and repetitive it's already driving me up the wall!! Do I say something? Or am I being unreasonable?

That should read next door and I are detached from eachother

It’s better than weed smoke wafting into your garden/house.

It might be a new year fad. Give it two weeks and he might have got bored of it??

I would politely inform him that it's quite noisy, that you have no issues with him using the set up as long as it's not continuously and he is understanding when it's warmer and you are in the garden

I know that sound!
it’s like water torture.
it’s kinda random like kids playing with a ball against a wall or bouncing a ball as in a basket ball game.
I think I’d have to say something.
People are so bleddy selfish. You have my sympathy. I’d hate it.

@KangarooKenny I can think of a million things it's better than in terms of neighbours, but that's not really the point of the thread.

When I saw the thread title, I thought it was a euphemism. I’m quite disappointed…

Unfortunately it's not a fad. He's big into fitness, has alot of gym equipment in the garden. Quiet stuff until now!

Anyone else came on out of curiosity about the nature of the title 😉😅

Nail on the head. This is exactly what it sounds like. Kids with a basketball, over and over. Except the kids are giants and the ball is metal! It's so loud

Apologies for the misleading thread title. If he was indeed wagging his "rope" about in thr garden at least it would be quiet 😂

Is he hitting your wall?

Do you get in with him?

I would go out looking alarmed, then look surprised and say ‘blimey, I thought we had gone to war, all that banging against the side of the house!’ and ask politely that if it is a regular part of his regime now he could restrict it to once a day as the noise in your house is very intrusive.

6 pack revolution?
They just started a new wave & the battle rope is essential equipment.

I remember thinking, how in world could I subject neighbours to that ?! Never mind the whole looking like a prat while waving it around.

Maybe you could politely ask him to schedule it in at predictable times, so you know when to expect it, how long it will last, and then it will seem more bearable. I'd own that I found the noise unnerving but I would learn to ignore it better if they could let me know better when it will happen.

How long do these sessions last?

Is it 10 x 30 second sessions over total 10 minutes once a day?
30 seconds on, 30 seconds off (?)

Yes I get on with them, so the popping out falsely alarmed is a good idea, although can't currently because DD is napping (restlessly, bloody rope) on my bed that has no guards on it. But maybe this evening if he goes for round 2 again i can.
It's not against my wall. He's banging it on the floor on his side of the path, I fear a diagram is going to be needed and I'm crap at drawing.
I think he's doing interval training, so it's been going on on and off for about 30 mins so far.

Agree - I thought to myself, this better be about a penis situation and not about an actual rope

Sorry OP - it sounds really annoying. Could you approach and ask if you can agree on particular times of the day for the rope waggling to take place?

Well I've got battle ropes but not outside. You could fit stuff underneath it to absorb the noise I suppose. It's worth bringing up with him.

Haha me too 😂

I'd pop round and be concerned you can ahem hear the noise of what surely cannot be flagellation and see if he can be embarrassed into moving it elsewhere such as it won't slap the ground

We have the same arrangement between us and next door and it creates an awful echo chamber - even small noises are wildly magnified. He needs to move it into the open area of the garden so he stops disturbing you. I’d just try a polite explanation and maybe get him to come round while someone else does what he does, so he can hear just how loud it is for you.

I know that sound too! My old neighbours (house sharing blokes) went through a skipping phase. The first time I heard it, I was quite scared to look out of the window at what was causing the, erm, slapping noise, so was mightily relieved when it was just a skipping rope!

Thankfully this phase didn't last very long, or they got a mat, as I didn't really ever hear it again.

It was while peering out the window to see where the noise was coming from that I spotted their pot of weed growing on the patio though!

Mats underneath is a good suggestion thank you. I'm wondering wether he's done it whilst his DP is home and if she's realised how noisy it is too or not.
It sounds dramatic, but I can actually feel the vibrations of it on my adjacent wall. Hence why DD is napping in my room, hers has a wall that side.
For those asking about time and if it was brief. There was about 30 mins of intervals, there has been a 15 min break and he's at it again. So it's not just 10 intervals and done.

I used to cart my battleropes over to the beach at nighttime rather than dare disturb my neighbours

You could always play cowboy music and shout giddiup at him when he does it like.