It's gone 10pm and the neighbours are still making noise in the garden

[Donaldduck22]

My alarm goes off for a 12 hour shift in 7 hours. It's Thursday night. Why are some people so unbelievably inconsiderate.

YABVU. It's 10pm, not 2 am. Get a grip. Your schedule isn't their problem.

Any type of noise that is causing her not to sleep is valid.

Quiet chat is fine. Loud talking and laughing as though you’re at the pub? Not fine.

I work shifts.
I need to be up at 2am to get to work on time.
I'm a very light sleeper, regularly do a 10 hour shift on about 2 hours sleep.
My neighbours are all decent people, but yes they sometimes disturb me.
Not their problem I work irregular hours. It's mine.

Not sure what to suggest though sorry.

There are a few suggestions l’d have for you !! 9pm - 8am ? Really ?

That’s not what the law says. It depends on whether the noise is considered excessive and OP hasn’t specified probably because it’s an entirely normal level and she’d be handed her arse.

Unfortunately people are allowed to use their garden in a reasonable way.

If they are blasting music that's pretty unreasonable, but chatting seems fine to me.

Ultimately, this is normal neighborhood noise, so your issue to work around. You can't reasonably expect neighbours to go to bed early because of your working hours.

We’re talking 10pm here - not early hours of he morning. As long as they’re not blasting loud music or being rowdy it’s fine.

I have silicone earplugs too and always hear my alarm.

Lol what if you live next door to the pub then? Expect everyone there to be silent?

Can I suggest a snoozeband or something. Can you bluetooth them to your phone. 10pm and still light is such a short lived joy.

I am going to be really defensive on this topic as my neighbours talk excessively loud from 10pm til 2/3am with friends at the weekend. We hear them right through the party wall. There are some selfish people around!

10pm is still early. I used to have to get up at 2am to be in at 3. Yes it's bloody annoying when people are noisy when you're trying to sleep but you can't expect the world to stop just because you have to get up early.
If you're that exhausted surely you'd sleep anyway.

Irrelevant if you live on a residential street not next to a pub.

That’s a you problem, I’m afraid. 10pm on a hot June day is not too late.

But you still ha en't explained what the noise was. I think of it was a party with lots of people and music you would have already say it, because everyone would agree that would be inconsiderate. If it was your neighbours having a drink and chatting, that's not unreasonable behaviour at all, you can probable hear them also because your wi dow was open.

Why isa Thursday notok but a Saturday is? Then there is people whoworks weekends too (I used to), so what do we do? Forbid absolutely everything to take i to account everybody's jobs and schedules?

Either it is convenient for you or not, having a drink and chat in the garden at that time is not unrrasonable and this is the noise, I very much doubt the council would be inerested

It’s rare that the longest day and good weather come together so I think people will make the most of the long nights for the next few days. You know it can’t last so I would suck it up for now . I just love sitting out on a warm night but I don’t play music or chat unless we have visitors
which is rare midweek .

Have you told them ? Are the walls thin or are they actually excessively loud ? But this is not he same as OP’s issue. 10pm is totally different to early hours of the morning and, the noise levels are a factor - OP hasn’t specified so we don’t know if it’s just normal expected sounds or wild party levels ! And the fact that OP has to be up for work at 5am is entirely her own issue. If OP drives, l don’t suppose her neighbours are too thrilled at her car starting up early every morning. It’s give and take.

Depends on the noise really.

Party noise so loud talking, singing, music then they really should be keeping it down by 10pm.

Sitting quietly chatting in the garden as a couple is fine.

I do the latter once in a while during the summer, kids have gone to bed so sometimes between 9, 10, occasionally it creeps a bit later but I'm Cinderella so I get twitchy if it gets late!

I won't stop sitting and talking quietly in my own garden on the odd nice summer night we get just like I wouldn't expect those who work shifts to not drive down the street in the early hours.

I tend to sleep with background noise and haven’t heard the alarm the next morning - DH has and ends up waking me up before he dozes off again.

I hope you managed to get some sleep OP. I do feel for you.
We had neighbours have a party until 1.30am OUTSIDE the other day on a WEDNESDAY. They didn’t bat an eyelid when I asked them to quieten down or take it inside as we had children trying to sleep and work to go to.
People are just so selfish. I feel bad when it gets to 9pm just with conversation level between my husband and I so we come in.

i don’t think that is fair assessment at all. I wouldn’t blast loud music to annoy my neighbours. I wouldn’t mow the lawn at 5am in the morning. I don’t know anyone around me who would.

but I would want to enjoy my garden between the hours of 8am and 11pm as I am allowed. I am sympathetic to people who do awkward hours but I have worked hard to have a garden and in this weather I want to enjoy it. That enjoyment involves talking, kids running about, footballs being kicked etc. yes I wouldn’t be making loud noise after 9pm as I would be conscious people are going to bed but that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t sit outside with the family enjoying their company. I think it is inconsiderate of the neighbours to insist I am not allowed that.

Feels like a you problem OP. I love though how you get lots of suggestions and say none of them work and they’re all wrong. Tells me a story about you.

Absolutely this!
This is partly why I dislike the summer - because some people are just so selfish and think they can make as much noise as they like and sod the neighbours.

Lots of people work weekends- why is it antisocial on weekdays but not weekends?