Music during the day time?

[havalina]

Every fecking time there is the slightest hint of sun, my lovely neighbours take it upon themselves to blast out "cheesiest 80's" or "chaviest dance". I live in a U shaped block of flats with me and neighbour being opposite tips of U with wide expanse of grass inbetween. Am I being unreasonable to be annoyed by this? I can't open my windows or sit outside without being acoustically accosted by Celine Dion or Nicklewankyback.

I am not against her playing music but why the fuck should I have to listen to it, feel sorry for the people above and around her. I was going to send dp go over and have a word, but as it isn't all the time or at night etc I'm not sure if I'm being unreasonable. Why do people have to play music at such a volume? I would never dream of subjecting random people to my weird eclectic tastes. Hmmph don't really want to go through the summer dreading seeing the slightest flicker of sun.

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I agree with Rhubard. I personally dont like hearing other people's music but DSM seems nice to me and calling her all those names isnt necessary.

Well, I personally don't like hearing other people's music, but generally because I don't like what they are listening to. It's not the end of the world though, and there is something summery about hearing radios in gardens.

Needn't be 'blaring' though.

It's ok to have tunes on at an acceptable volume IMO, and I agree with tulpi it's nice a summery .

If they;re playing Celine Dion however that's aural pollution and could contaminate your soul

I like NickleBack too

I think it's inconsiderate. Can't stand having to listen to other people's music out doors on sunny day. Doesn't matter what they play.

Only time it wouldn't bug me is if they were throwing a party or something in the garden, exceptional case. Just other people's music droning out on a sunny day is a major pita though and I admit to having been one of those teenagers who flop about in the garden with the radio on all day. Wouldn't do it now though.

Can't people use earphones or ipods?
i hate being forced to listen to other people's music,would never inflict it on others. Just selfish imo.

We play music in our garden too but without trying to impose it on the rest of the neighbourhood.
The problem is that - from experience - most of the people who don't give a toss about their neighbours are the ones who like music such as 'Annoying Bouncy Speedy Euro-House Volume 12'. They're also usually quite intimidating. If they can't get their brains into gear to realise that they are being anti-social in the first place, they're hardly going to apologise and never do it again if you go round there and ask them nicely to turn it down. Our council seems to be quite keen to deal with loud music, even in the day. We had to ask them NOT to give out an asbo as a first resort when we made a complaint last year. Have you tried your council?

Hear hear kerry! (like my pun! )
Its not a question of 'live a little' we all live at different paces with different enjoyments. I like listening to the birds and to be able to have conversations at normal levels. Excessive noise is stressful both physically and mentally. It is becoming increasingly more intrusive, helping in part to lead to a society that is in general more tense and less tolerant.

i must say I agree with KerryMum there!

I agree with Kerrymum, noise is bad...but poor DSM...she may be a little naieve, thinking no-body minds about about her music in the garden But intentionally rude?? ignorant?? etc.... I suspect not. Though I don't know enough about either Kerrymum or DSM to pass that particular judgement.

I have Dirty Pretty Things playing rather loud at the moment, all my windows are open, as are my patio doors and my back door.
Mind you we have a building site oppostie us right now, some new houses are being built where the farmer sold some land and I get rather pissed off with them starting their diggers up at 7am when I've just got back to sleep after feeding DS for a third time, so in comparison my music is nothing.

It's annoying, but I just take it as part and parcel of living somewhere where all the gardens back onto eachother. I like my neighbours, but I do wish they would not play that irritating nonsense... but hey.

I personally would never play my own music out the windows because I just don't think it is my business to dictate what the neighbours have to hear in their gardens.

DSM, at some level, most likely, however well you all get on, I am sure there is the teeniest tiniest irritation caused for your neighbours, having to listen to whatever you are playing.

Just like when our neighbours decide to sit and chat in their garden after 8pm. I have absolutely no business getting annoyed by that, but I irrationally do, because I worry it'll wake my two DSs up. If it bothered me that much though, I'd find somewhere in the middle of nowhere to live!

Nice to know we are surrounded by people having a nice time to be honest! That outweighs the irritations of music outside.

no one can hear mine luckily

and of course i have impeccable taste so would be educating them if they could

I am feeling your pain. I am continually tempted to make a revenge attack by blasting out Chas n Dave at 6am when DD wakes.

Our sitting room backs out onto lots of back to back gardens, and we end up having to keep the windows shut to muffle the worst of it. I riles me most when it's just one person sunbathing on their tod - Get a sodding ipod.

Thinking about it no-one can probably really hear mine, we are semi-detached and our next-door neighbours are hard of hearing, plus the house that backs onto us is empty.

When I lived in flats though everyone played their music as loud as they wanted, there was a jamaican family with dancehall and ragga, me with rock/indie the lad above me with his beyonce and jamiroquai and an older man with things like dean martin, no-one ever complained, but maybe it was because we all did it. The only time I got annoyed was if it was late at night.(beyonce singing me, myself and I on repeat at 2am cos the dude has fallen asleep drunk was infuriating )

I wouldn't have an Ipod on if in the garden listening to music because DS would be there too and I want to be able to hear him, also my door or phone if it goes, but then I suppose if I can hear them it's not that loud anyway.

If I was PM for a day I'd make a law that if noise can be heard outside your own property boundaries it's too loud and needs to be turned down immediately. Our neighbours, perfectly nice people, have the radio on in the garden most afternoons during summer while dcs are playing outside, and they have many barbecues in the evenings which all involve music. The music generally isn't my type of music and it is intrusive, but it wouldn't really matter if it was my favourite piece of music, it would still be intrusive. I like to sit in the garden and read without having Rhianna or some such blasting over the wall. It's unthoughtful, rude and for heaven's sake can't we just have the occasional hour of piece and quiet......

Havalina, sounds like you live where I used to live. If she has two rottweillers, about 10 people living in a 1 bed flat and they climb in and out of the window to get to the grass rather than walk around the building and use the door, then you live where I used to and you have my sympathy.

In Germany there is some law like that. Above a certain level of decibels and you break the law. Apparently (my DH is German) some people take it upon themselves to buy devices for their private use, so that can measure the levels, and then they can 'shop' their neighbours.... if they so choose.