If you were currently on a hen weekend, what would you think if you’ve got this note…

[Greengrassohla]

I live next door to an Airbnb house, that is currently rented out to a hen party.

This has been a recent development with the short-term lets, and frequently we hear really loud music late at night.

I am a little bit worried that sending a handwritten, anonymous note makes me look like a mentalist, but I absolutely do not want to be knocking on the door and interacting with these people.

What would your reaction be if you received this, would it make you just ramp up the noise even worse?

“Hi, I am just writing to let you know that this is a residential area, and any music you play is audible to your neighbours.

It would be great if you could keep this in mind if you choose to play music later. Thanks x”

An anonymous note through the door tells the recipient one thing- the sender is frightened to knock.

Unpleasant and or drunk people will carry on as they planned to or may even be deliberately louder.

A knock on the door in the evening to respectfully say it's late and they need to turn the music/antics down or off.

They know them that you may become frustrated and call the police or keep banging on the door etc.

If you want them to turn their music down NOW, ask them to turn their music down now. Don’t mither about “just in case for later-ing” when you don’t know if they’re going out this evening or whether they’d turn their music down later anyway.

Either ask them now, face to face, to turn it down a bit or wait until tomorrow morning when you know how they’ve behaved later in the evening. Doing it by note is more acceptable in the morning too (if you don’t feel able to speak to them face to face) as you can start with something like “hi, didn’t want to knock too early in case there are sore heads this morning, but just to ask if you could keep the music volume down a bit tonight - thanks”.

Play music later? So they play it at 10pm, then 11pm, the you will get annoyed it is on too loud too late. And after all you asked them to play it later...

Be more direct as to what you want.

I was thinking that too. If they see it there's a chance it'll just get lifted unread & put to one side

Personally I'd address the problem IF it occurs you're possibly totally jumping the gun & the note is a bit passive aggressive. That would piss me off receiving that. Its like being told off or warned to behave

Well I doubt any music they play is audible to their neighbours unless you all sit in silence and the house is made of card. So I'd eye roll at the dramatics.
I'd stick to something along the lines of
Just to let you know, soundproofing is awful, can you keep music to a sensible level after X time

Your note is polite and clear but I'd be irritated by two things:

1. I haven't been loud, and there's nothing in the note to suggest this is a long-standing pattern at the house
2. It's anonymous. I tend to disregard those on principle. Anyone who can't at least sign "Jane from number 6" gets none of my effort.

I've lived near Airbnbs and make sure I have the owners details. If I'm being kept awake at midnight or later then I phone them so they can share the experience and handle it whatever way they see fit.

Honestly, I think everyone suggesting I knock, probably doesn’t live next door to an Airbnb party house. The thought of having to knock every single time the music is too loud, just fills me with dread for the future. Whereas what I thought was the idea of putting a note through at least makes me feel like I’m doing something and that might have a positive effect. Of course I’m doubtful if it would work for all the reasons you’ve all stated above.

People are being deliberately obtuse claiming they wouldnt understand the note

Jesus, perhaps go back to school, its fairly obvious its about keeping the music volume down late at night

If you regularly get bothered by noise from the AirBnB, I’d complain to the host directly. If nothing is done about it, your local council.

‘Well I doubt any music they play is audible to their neighbours unless you all sit in silence and the house is made of card’

The walls are actually really thick, the problem is that the kitchen/dining party area is completely open with massive French windows at the back. I also think they must have some kind of sound system installed because the base really rumbles.

Theres no way Id be knocking at a door of a house full of drunk strangers. Or in fact drunk neighbours.

When we stayed in a big house for a wedding the terms said any neighbour complaints would cause the deposit (£500!) to be forfeited. I'm not sure if that could be enforced but I didn't want to find out! Perhaps you could ask the landlord to add a similar clause.

I think I’d just Chuck it in the bin and carry on.

isn’t it something like 11pm you can make noise to?

You have beautiful handwriting!

‘When we stayed in a big house for a wedding the terms said any neighbour complaints would cause the deposit (£500!) to be forfeited’

Wow! That’s incredible. It’s really interesting to see that’s an option.

It’s owned by a company in Cheltenham, rather than an individual, so that makes it feel a bit faceless and like there isn’t a real owner to speak to.

Great idea, that would work

Yes, you always have to factor in the arseholes, op. Sadly.

They'll probably go out later.

I don't think individual groups keeping the noise down will help. Speaking to the council is probably a better bet.

I'd sick it to a bottle of wine then ring the doorbell and leg it.

I, like a previous poster, was prepared to cringe at your note. But actually that's nicely done OP.

You have lovely handwriting

Thank you for comments re handwriting 😀

You sound like a busy body . I wouldn't play music late at night at all anyway, but if I got that note (after doing nothing) I may be tempted to play some .

I wouldn’t necessarily read a note that came through the door as I’d assume it wasn’t for me as a renter for a weekend.

Then you are quite unpleasant and probably need to have a bit of a think about why your knee jerk reaction is so vindictive and petty
That isn’t normal behaviour for a well-adjusted person

If noise is a problem I'd definitely speak to the owner about it.
We had one next door previously, generally as it was only a one bed flat it was fine.
One time they had a party and I rang the owner the next day who were really apologetic and said it was in the terms about no parties etc similar to what a PP has said.