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”

I hate upsetting people but if I had rented an airbnb I'd be really irritated by a pre-emptive complaint. I think it could backfire snd they make more noise than they would have otherwise.
I also think that if its a regular issue you should raise it with the owners.

It's not a preemptive complaint.

Audible is a common word used by people every day it's hardly a wanky word just because you'd prefer "heard by"

Wanky words 😂. Some people have embarrassingly small vocabularies.

I used to live next to an airbnb and I can tell you you'll get no where with that.

I wouldn't make a pre complaint, but if there's loud music past 10 I'd absolutely go around there and ask them to please keep it down, these are our homes.

I'd also complain to the landlord and through the let website.

I'd explain that if they don't keep the noise down I will contact my neighbor and ask for them to ask them too. This is the only way we've got loud people to keep it down at night.

It's shit. Thank goodness it's mainly summer.

It's not phrased as a complaint but it obviously is. OP said that based on the music in the afternoon she's expecting more later. That will be obvious to the hen party.

Wouldn’t you be better off contacting the owner of the Airbnb, saying there’s a regular issue with loud nighttime music, and could they please make it plain it will not be tolerated after x pm?

I think you’d get a better response if you added that you’ve had bad experiences before and that this is nothing personal about their behaviour. It is a touchy subject because people don’t like being told or even a suggestion that they’ve done something wrong. I’d add a suggestion e.g. shut the doors and be inside after 10.

Tbf if you make a nuisance of yourself OP eith enough rental.psrties, the guests will leave bad reviews and perhaps the owners will realise they need to be proactive in setting rules.

I think I’d be a bit more direct but friendly. How about.

‘Welcome to City!

We hope you have settled in to the house. This is a residential area with people who live here year-round including the elderly, shift workers and those with young children. With this in mind, we’d be grateful if you could keep noise to a minimum in the evenings.

Thank you for your consideration and we hope you enjoy your weekend here.’

I get why you're annoyed and if I received that note I certainly wouldn't ramp it up, however, unless I was told explicitly when I booked the accommodation that no parties/hen parties were allowed, I'd carry on as I was..

Sorry but it's on the owner of the property not the folk who have actually booked this out for a hen celebration.

AirBnB are a total bloody nuisance and people should have to jump through loads of hoops before being allowed to rent our places like that

When we went to Liverpool on a hen we never realised the air b and b was right in a residential area till we pulled up. The neighbours came straight out before we even got in and said just to let you know we are in a dispute with the owner of the air b and b and the noise making our lives a misery, we have two little children who are regularly disturbed we would appreciate it if you could try keep the noise down to a minimum level late at night. Which we did with no hassle at all.

If the council or owners aren't going to do anything then ear plugs and noise cancelling headphones might be a good buy for your sanity going forward.

I'd be pleased! I'm an over worrier when it comes to the noise that my household is making. If I got this I'd be able to say to the others that we need to be respectful. When drink is involved people often don't realise how loud they are. I feel for you!

In future though can you not send a similar message to the land lord and ask them to remind renters to keep it down from 11pm?

This I don't think there's an issue with sending a note- I'd rather get a note than a chap on the door- but make it a bit more friendly sounding and they're more likely to act on it i'd say.

I wouldn't out myself as the letter writer. Just say you're a neighbour.

All these suggestions of wine are silly- the OP would have to do this every weekend. That just isn’t going to work in the long-run. I actually don’t think there is much point taking it up with individual guests. I think you have to complain to environmental health and the council every time there is a problem and try to engage with the owner to ask for low volume past 11. The individual guests probably aren’t going to care to be brutally honest.

I've been on a few hens like this and we've lost our deposit once because of noise.

I'd put the note through, but say something like please turn it down by midnight as I have a sleeping baby or something they might relate to. You never know, they may take it on board. A few moments of awkwardness is better than getting worked up all night.

The problem is, even if they play it quietly they will probably have a good song song and sound worse.

I’ve seen reaches and then this… are you Mr fucking Stretch? Sorry… Ms.

The people who are playing music loud enough to annoy neighbours aren’t going to be the kind of considerate people who would respond well to a note. You need to start keeping logs and reporting this to environmental health and the council every single time.

Yeah. I really hope they have shitty neighbours themselves one day. Unfortunately, karma doesn't work that way.

Gosh I feel sorry for you OP. I hate listening to other people’s noise, especially when it’s incessant and impacts your enjoyment of your living space. Playing loud music/making an unreasonable amount of noise, without consideration for how it impacts other people, is really obnoxious behaviour.
I guess as it’s an Airbnb, from the guests’ point of view they’re being noisy as a one off, but for you it’s nearly every weekend which can be really stressful.

At the time you wrote it yabu and abit mean...if it's 10pm maybe ok.