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 had a neighbour who owned actual DJ decks and speakers and who liked to "rehearse" his "sets" for hours at a time - usually between 11pm and 3-4am. He also didn't like to use headphones as they "spoilt his vibe".

I had a 5am waking toddler and a very small baby at the time (and I wanted to kill him).

I found that putting "I'm a Barbie Girl" on repeat with speakers next to his bedroom wall and going out to the park at 7am worked a treat.

When, a few years later, I had the pleasure of neighbours on the other side who liked to play trance music after coming in from the clubs on a Saturday night I found that my young children really enjoyed a party dance CD (think YMCA, Agadoo etc) with accompanying rowdy dance moves on a Sunday morning (in the bedroom next to the neighbours of course).

Thankfully now I live in a semi detached with only the quietest possible neighbour on one side. In fact theres no noise (and very few kids) on my street and I love it!

You need to be able to do it anon. Any unconsented building works you could put them into council for?

(I recommend anon as I was recently threatened by a neighbour and told he was watching me).

Personally I’d have stuck a kipper thru their door once things went quiet, imagine wakening up to the smell of that when your on a whitey!! 🤪🤪🤪

I know it's too late now, but for next time....

Rape alarm through letterbox - my favourite.
Parcel/electrical/sello tape across the doorbell so it permanently rings... when they remove it, give them half an hour to get back to sleep and do it again.

Revenge is a dish best eaten cold. If you live in a cul-de-sac, the opportunity will certainly arise, but it's too early to say what that might be. It might take a year, or two. Just bide your time.

If you know their phone number, how about some early morning "wrong number" calls every 10 minutes, using your best "rambling and confused old lady" voice. Just don't forget to dial 1571 before the number. Or maybe if you plan to make a habit of it, get yourself a cheap basic pay-as-you-go mobile especially for revenge calls....

100% next time send all the streets kids into the neighbouring garden to
theow a ball against their wall…
or even bouncing a ball
repeatedly on the road outside their
house…..
and there’s nothing as beautiful as young children playing the recorder! Especially when you’re hung over!!

How about all your neighbours get together to play baby shark on their phones and tablets.... all out of sync?

Had this with the adjacent flat at the weekend - until about 2.30am
The communal laundry is directly below them - I don't usually use it until around 9am an the weekend.
Busy day on Saturday, got started with the washing at 6am.

I'm totally with you. Neighbours are increasingly failing to recognise they are part of a community of dwellings whether they like it or not, & live as if they are in acres of solitude. We were recently assaulted by our local wannabe gangster nan for having the temerity to put out a fire her grandson was tending at the base of the big tree. Watched smilingly by said nan & his mother. Other neighbours did nothing, in fact after she started hitting me, & choked my daughter, they seemed to form the opinion that I'd got what I deserved for interfering. "It's not on you to sort it out" is their attitude to everything from twisted firestarting to mail theft, & filling the recycling bins with their rotting refuse. Then complaining when rats arrive to feast.
I say all this to concur, you are rightly vexed by selfish neighbours & if there was some way of inflicting an experience to open their eyes I'd say Go for it!
Sadly, they usually lack empathy hence their thoughtless behaviour in the first place.
Pressure on landlords, or with other decent residents of your culture de sac, to shut down opportunities to pass off the street is the way forward. Alongside a healthy journaling habit to vent the fictional eye for an eye revenge scenarios!

I had neighbours who were having super loud parties, practically weekly. Kept all the kids and a lot of adults awake all night, because it went on until around 4am. One night it sounded like a fight kicked off, so I called the police. I ended up keeping a diary and sent to the council. After putting up with it for years, they finally chilled out on the partying

Beijing opera or bagpipe music works an absolute treat. I had a neighbour in the flat above me who would have frequent arguments with his teenage son at all hours of the day and night.

they would be screaming and shouting and stamping on their laminate flooring above my kids bedroom at 1am waking them up/ everyone up. We went down the council mediation route- complete waste of time- nothing worked. Every time I tried to talk to him nicely he was totally defensive, acted like he didn’t know what I was talking about and nothing changed.

after years of this I took action into my own hands. Bought a cheap getto blaster, placed it a few cm from the ceiling of his kids bedroom (no neighbours on the other side) and played Beijing opera loudly all fucking night (I got my kids to sleep in my room and I went into the living room). I thought ‘right you fucker, get some of this’ the sense of satisfaction was indescribable. This bastard had made my life hell for years - no amount of talking or reasoning with him had made any difference but god almighty the ‘music’ I blasted back to him did!

the occurrence of fighting at 1am was greatly reduced. After that I didn’t care if they made noise as I felt I was no-longer ‘helpless’. Each time them made noise nuisance to me, they knew there would be a consequence to their actions (which up til then there hadn’t be) start waking me and kids up at 1am - and they would have to put up with Beijing opera for the next fucking 8 hours or more blasting into their bedroom- the noise would have been hell, yet not once did this arsehole ever knock on my door- because he knew!!!

Sometimes there is no other option but to fight fire with fire.

I can sleep through the loud music but its the farewells and toots on car horns that drive me mad.

I agree.

They are likely not reasonable people, so won't respond to reasonable requests.

We had students next door who played the guitar late at night, parties every weekend and a general noise nuisance.
Council, letting agent and direct complaints didn't help.
So my landlord tied a small radio to the end of a broomstick and positioned it outside their bedroom window at 4am.
Close enough to wreck havoc but at an angle their windows opened towards, so they couldn't reach it.
Pettiness as I'd never encountered before and it worked.
They moved not long after.

I imagine if they are having super late parties then they are probably not waking up early. Play some metal music super loudly at 7 am after every party. That should do it.

Sprinklers ......

Order food deliveries every half hour, 12:30 to 4:00. Pricey for revenge, as you would have to pay, but maybe order yucky, stinky things they are not likely to enjoy.

Epic!

I still think cutting the grass early. It might be legitimate eh. Non confrontational but will get the message across

I would be keeping a diary of events and proof like anything caught on CCTV I would speak to the other neighbours as well and maybe a couple of you could approach the neighbour and have a friendly word, these things can escalate really quickly it might seem trivial to someone but speaking as someone with ADHD it happened to me and my partner and I had to move I was ill with the stress.

YABU - but I like it.
I know someone who bought some cheap personal alarms, turned them on and popped one through nieghbours postbox and the other in their garden bush!

When my neighbours bothered me I'd just send my Dad around. He'd drink all their booze. Then usually get bashed. But the worst part for them is the next day he would still be there. They soon quieten down.

You should send your Dad to do the same

What day of the week was the party ??? If it was a Saturday I think u are being unreasonable if it was a week day then no you are not

if you never have visitors, make a noise, let your children laugh or cry, slam car doors, forget to bring your bin in off the street for a few hours, let the hedge get overgrown etc etc then I can see why you think this is the pits.
If it's every week that's one thing but an occasional party is something we all feel entitled to hold in our own houses once in a while.
Revenge is never a good idea with neighbours. A friendly quiet word more likely to encourage them to be considerate in future than start a war with them. I'd be inclined to pop round with a Christmas card and just say you wondered if they're having any more parties over the festive period so you can plan for it, as the noise has quite an impact on your household.