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To get a windchime??

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tattygrl · 15/06/2023 15:03

Moving house soon, finally I will have a beautiful garden to make my own. I have coveted a particular type of windchime (fairly expensive, gorgeous deep resonant sound) for literally ten years. A currently active thread has inspired me to ask: is it in fact unreasonable for me to put one up in my garden?

Doubts have niggled at me about the fact that obviously neighbours will be able to hear it, and I've wondered whether it's ok to put it up; BUT, then I've thought, windchimes are as popular as ever, surely it's not unreasonable to put one up?

So mumsnet please help with my extremely mundane conundrum. I'm torn between my yearning for this lovely windchime I've wanted for a decade, and my disinclination to irritate and bother my new neighbours. Help! POVs welcome!

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tattygrl · 21/06/2023 13:31

draxdomax · 16/06/2023 18:16

LOL I bet money you don't care, you'll buy it anyway.
If anything, hearing that it will probably annoy your neighbors has only moved your further at the direction of getting one.

If you were a reasonable person, just by asking this, you answer your own question.

But you wanted to vocalise your intention to annoy your neighbors, a bit like a wind chime yourself :D

You'd lose your money. Community and neighbourhood support are some of my core values. If you'd read any of my other responses, you'd see that based on what people have explained about what it is exactly that they dislike about windchimes (the constant, incessant noise, even overnight), I'm planning to buy one and only have it outside on odd occasions that I want to enjoy it in my garden. The rest of the time it will be indoors where I can jingle it if I want to hear the sound.

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MrsJHarker · 21/06/2023 13:45

tattygrl · 21/06/2023 13:31

You'd lose your money. Community and neighbourhood support are some of my core values. If you'd read any of my other responses, you'd see that based on what people have explained about what it is exactly that they dislike about windchimes (the constant, incessant noise, even overnight), I'm planning to buy one and only have it outside on odd occasions that I want to enjoy it in my garden. The rest of the time it will be indoors where I can jingle it if I want to hear the sound.

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That's a great idea, enjoy your windchime 😃

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