To want revenge on my neighbours?

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For deciding to have a loud party until 2am? Not the first time. One of the other neighbours must have called the council or something as somebody turned up to tell them to keep it down (I couldn't quite see who, didn't look like a police car).

Cul de sac of ten houses. Wasn't so much the music as the large amount of people spilling from their front door, shouting and swearing in the street until gone 2. My bedroom faces the front.

I'd quite like to find a way of waking them up now, without waking my other neighbours who are probably also knackered.

AIBU? And... any suggestions? Without getting myself into trouble.

I'm not your neighbour. Why would you be beginning to suspect I am, just because I think petty revenge is pointless?

I live on my own. I don't have parties. I get on well with both sets of neighbours thankfully. If either of them know there's going to be unusual noise they let other people know.

If "all" the neighbours are "pissed off" and you know that for a fact, perhaps you could work together on addressing the situation?

Perhaps. But I'll definitely hold that loud, glittery birthday card in reserve - it's genius and makes the point brilliantly.

It's quite clear on this thread who hasn't ever had to deal with nuisance neighbours. If you go and talk to them about it, they usually tend to make even more noise, sometimes they can become quite agressive. The council will just tell you to keep a noise diary/record the noise and you're lucky if they decide to do anything with it.

I usually blast out opera music as loud as I can for 3 hours starting about 6am

I never understand the people who suggest talking to the neighbours as the obvious, 'adult' solution to these kinds of problems. If they were reasonable people likely to respond well to such a discussion, they wouldn't have created the situation in the first place. Reasonable adults don't do these kinds of things.

Quite frankly, I don't want to put myself at risk of harm from horrible people who know where I live and are well placed to make my life a misery for the foreseeable future. I'll admit that I find this kind of person frightening. You never know what they'll do, because they behave like a different species from the nice, normal people in my life. I don't trust them not to do something stupid.

If you report to the council you may have the added pleasure of seeing the letter they send to your neighbours and the response. I thoroughly enjoyed the whining e-mail my neighbours sent to the council all about how they were decent law abiding folk and rarely had parties. This despite the list I had sent to the council with dates and times for the previous six months. They were vile people who came and knocked on everyone’s doorsteps trying to find out who it was had reported them. I blamed someone else as one does!

I think its time to form a cul de sac brass band. Optimum practice time 8am the day after the party in the cul de sac obviously , of course you are all learning your instruments from scratch

Feeling vengeful is a strong emotion but rarely worth acting upon. Was it a one off or are these parties frequent? I'd ignore if the former, have a polite conversation if the latter.

They may be totally unreasonable people (or merely thoughtless), but there is no need to join their ranks.

You should handle this properly.

Ask them politely first. Works 99% of the time.
If that doesn't work out then you can resort to other Sicilian means.

On my street no one would dare to do anything after I've asked politely or raised my concerns.

A note of caution. If you complain to the council you will have to declare the disagreement if you ever want to sell your house. I would never ever want to buy a house next to people who had been proved anti social, so I would advise restraint on this point.

If you're in rented, knock yourself out with the drum kit.

My first post discouraged revenge etc.

This isn't revenge as such but will bring quick results.......

Damping down a party......

What they have to have..... Meter cupboard on accessible outside wall.

What you need...... Dark clothes, meter cupboard key, small wire cutting pliers.

So when it all gets too much......
1.Dark clothes on.
2.Go to meter cupboard by non direct route if the have cameras.
3.Open cupboard
4.Snip/remove security wire/seal seal holding main fuse in.
5.Remove fuse (and dispose of as you see fit.)
6.Return home via non direct route.

The entire house's power will go off. Lights, music etc. They will go to look at the fuse box - inside. then think its a power cut. By this time you are home.

Peace. It will take most people a few minutes to work out that the fuse has gone missing. It would take most people a few minutes to think of a removed main fuse.

Depending on your anger/kindness etc. You could....
1.Put the fuse back in after an hour or two. Lights will go on, probably not music.
2.Give them the fuse the next day saying you found it on the road.
3.Let them find the fuse somewhere.
4.Put it in your bin.

Ooh you're tame - I thought airhorn!! 🤣

Postal Pranks... anonymous parcels containing as much glitter as you'd like to pay for.

I bloody hate glitter and the non-environmentally friendly state of it, but I do confess (you lot are literally the only people I've told - not even my DH knows!) that at 4am the other night when our neighbours were still pumping out the bass from a party in their garden (yup - garden - in November!), I may have bought an anonymous tube of exploding glitter, that when the bit popped out and threw glitter over their house, had a sticker on it saying "You suck!".

Is call the police and say people were fighting outside. Every time

For all those suggesting you pop round for a quiet chat I would say that you have never had these kind of neighbours.

If your neighbours were the kind of people who cared about keeping their very regular parties quiet then you wouldn’t have to ask, they don’t care, that is why it is a problem and that is why talking to them won’t change anything.

Petty revenge is great, you get a moments satisfaction but sadly it then escalates. My “can you keep it down” escalation ended in my car being trashed one night!

All you can do is keep a noise diary, document every disturbance, keep ringing the council noise service, encourage the other neighbours to do the same.

It wouldn’t be the council, they wouldn’t be there to answer their phones on a weekend 😁

I think you live on my street! Same b&stard type inconsiderate neighbours in our culdesac too … on top of the parties, they seem to be running a car repair business from their drive too. I feel for you and I’m reading for revenge advice here 🙏🤞🏼👊👊👊

You’ll have to keep a diary you can call 101 and neighbour hood police can intervene

I had a neighbour like this but their loud party would start Friday evening and finish Monday morning with lots of alcohol and drugs, house regularly raided (council house)

Over 8 years I kept various diaries, tried to talk to them, had the council out who warned them and I ended up being threatened. I had several other neighbors who were putting in complaints too but when the council offered mediation they all dropped out as they were afraid
I ended up moving because I just couldn't take it any more and it seemed no one was going to stop them doing this
My old neighbor on the other side told me they were eventually rehoused after one went to prison
I would suggest getting on to the council yourself if this is becoming a regular problem to keep a noise diary

Surely to cause most upset, you need not be a skilled trumpeter. Surely the more raucous the better?

My neighbour had a party one sat night and I was in work the Sunday. The music was blaring until 6.30am. They had done the same 3 weekends in a row so not a 1 off. Before I left for work I got a speaker and put it up to the wall of their bedroom and blasted music from 10 until I got home at 5. Petty, yes! Do I care, no!

Personally ring the door bell with coffee and some bacon sandwiches.... this might help with the hangover- get everyone on the street to do it at 20min or so intervals with their favourite hangover cures!!!

That is awful 😞. I'd be contacting the council but make it anonymous so they don't go feral

Oh yes particularly the loud and shrilly operas!