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What's reasonable re neighbours noise?

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Lorelaigilmore88 · 06/01/2024 02:41

Live in a terraced house, never heard anything from old neighbours so was very fortunate for several years.

New neighbours moved in 6 months ago. Young couple now with a baby. Pleasant enough, exchange hellos on the street, they've put my bin out when I went on holiday and I hadn't asked them too which was nice...
They are fairly quiet but louder than the old neighbours, playing music, baby crying occasionally, tv noise... I am generally not bothered by this, my view is daytime noise is fine and to be expected in a terrace. My two can be noisy on occasion - but my household noise stops at 8pm. This is when my children go down and after that my house is quiet.

But approx once a month, always on a Friday night, the neighbours seem to throw a party with friends until about 4am. Its going on right now. I currently feel like I am connected to a rowdy pub. Right now they are tunelessly screaming along to Amy Winehouse. The music is so loud I am amazed my two are still asleep.
I am more than happy to go around and tell them to turn it off, which i think they would. But I didn't because I thought, is them doing this once a month unreasonable? This is their first house, I remember throwing parties when I first moved out...

But at the same time, I am sat here awake getting miffed thinking about my alarm going off at 7am and getting the kids to sports clubs tomorrow first thing.
What do other people accept re noise on a infrequent basis at the weekend?
Also they are now singing beautiful liar, Beyonce and it is painful.

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spanishviola · 06/01/2024 09:53

Ponoka7 · 06/01/2024 02:58

I agree or 1-2am at the latest. Come summer you've got people mowing lawns early, so even if you didn't have clubs, you'd be woken up.

Once a month at 1am is too much as well. Noise has a massive impact on people’s well being and it isn’t reasonable to expect them to put up with it. I would have a word with them. If it doesn’t improve, I’d be talking to the noise team at the council.

Vettrianofan · 15/12/2024 17:07

Ours are at it again this month. 2am they finished up their party. Selfish people.

lakesiders · 15/12/2024 17:18

Wrong thread 😂

Vettrianofan · 15/12/2024 17:20

The thing is with DC how can you get any rest if you're up till 2am entertaining guests?

They got some heavy metal for an hour this afternoon at full volume. Getting seriously hacked off with them. Next I will be contacting the local authority about it.

Once a month is fine if they wrap it up at midnight. Any later is taking the piss.

JLou08 · 15/12/2024 17:26

Once a month at a weekend is reasonable. I'd leave them to enjoy themselves.

Delatron · 15/12/2024 17:46

I think parties until that late should be very infrequent- say once a year. I do think if you live in a terrace you need to be more considerate too.

If we have a party (not very often and house is detached). We tend to warn the neighbours and ask them to tell us if it’s too noisy and we’ll turn it down. They don’t. I think it’s good to be polite and get in with your neighbours. They are not doing that so I would knock again if it happens. Or mention it when you see them.

Whatevershallidowithmylife · 15/12/2024 17:50

Having previously lived in a horrible area once a month would have been bliss instead of daily but I think I’d be ok with once a month till 1/2am?

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