I have a history with my neighbours.
I find them totally awful, play loud music in gardens, blocked my parking on my drive, loud kids especially in the morning when husband asleep after late shift, smoke from barbarcue, bin burning and smoke from woodburner.
However we have left them to just get on with it, moaning to ourselves but not doing anything as thats just life.
A few months ago I had a bit of a confrontation with the female neighbour over the wood burner. She was quite aggressive and walked away from me.
Last night I am watching telly at 9.45 and I get a knock on the door.
She is standing there in her pyjamas. Straight away she starts "that noise is ridiculous"
I say "what noise", thinking its someone at the back of us.
She replies "your child, screeching and shouting".
Apparently they are all in bed, kids and adults and hes stopping them from sleeping. Their windows are open, infact she states for some reason , that the male is at the window watching.
I look up and can see my sons window is open. I assume he is still playing on games even though I told him to come off an hour ago.
I say I will talk to him and stop it, but as she walks away I say "there was no need for the aggression"
She says "what aggression"
I say that she could have just asked me to keep the noise down, instead of speaking to me like she did.
I say I will sort and shut the door .
I tell my son off as he is obviously wrong to keep going when I told him to come off , especially when his window is open.
I usually try to keep them a bit quieter after 9 as I try to be considerate.
Where should I go from here?
Im not prepared to be told what I should do in my own house, especially at 9.45, but I do feel we were in the wrong for the noise.
She was so confrontational and didnt like that both times shes been round, I have stood up for myself.