AIBU to mention neighbour's daughter's guitar practice carrying into our house?

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Need to know if I'm being unreasonable, we're in a new build so small garden which backs onto the side of another house. The teenage daughter in this house has recently taken up acoustic guitar which is great, all for kids being off screens! Issue is her playing is becoming constant, working from home it sounds like she's in the house playing with our windows closed (hers open). I've not mentioned anything so far as I know I don't have a cause to say anything as it's not antisocial hours or anything. Issue is tonight she's practicing now and our in our kids bedrooms whilst they're trying to sleep and you can hear it pretty loudly with the windows closed. I get it's a heatwave so she'll want her window open but would I be unreasonable to say anything? I'm friendly with her parents (ironically they had a noise issue with another neighbour which was also affecting us last year and was sorted) so wondering if I casually mentioned it, would it be okay? Any advice welcome! We're looking to move in the next couple of years as the sound proofing in this particular new build is pretty awful 🙃

Definitely don't say anything. The day will probably come when your kids are being noisey. How would you feel if they complained to you about that.

Don't say anything unless its antisocial hours.

She is unlikely to keep practicing for hours on end for very long. I would ride it out if she isn't playing during anti-social hours.

As a parent with kuds who've done many instruments including several brass, guitar, drums .... we had a rule if times they could be played during the weekend / weekend purely so we weren't anti social to our neighbours ( we live in a rerrace).
If someone complained about playing during 'acceptable' hours i probably wouldnt alter anything. You working from home isnt their issue.

Started up again at 7:45, is this classed as anti social hours?

I agree with the advice so far but 7.45 is antisocial for sure

On a Sunday bank holiday I d say yes

It would not be unreasonable to mention starting early and finishing late especially if it’s past any of the kids bedtimes.

I would be tempted to give it a week or two before I complained- especially if I got on well with them.

it’s very likely that she will move on to the next interest soon !

We have a LOT of instruments in this house and I’m very surprised you can hear an acoustic guitar so loudly in your house. I can barely hear an acoustic when I’m on a different floor of the same house.

the electric guitar and drums are another matter. Thank god our neighbour is deaf!

I think it's fine to ask if she could keep it to before/after certain hours if possible.

I’m sorry but this is really unreasonable of you. When my DH plays an acoustic guitar in a different room and I can’t hear him, so your houses must be very badly designed, or you must be very very sensitive to noise. And what a lovely thing to be disturbed by…a child doing something fabulous.
i’ll swap for my neighbour who does his glass recycling at 6am if you like

If it's supernearlynor super late then I would want to know. We have a blanket rule on piano, 9am-8pm is fine but before or after is a no-no. If the neighbours had young kids it would be before that.

During the day, sorry nothing you can do.
But, I would speak with them. Explain you can heat it all day, but the issue is when your loss are trying to sleep at night, or early in the morning. Should not be before 8 on a Sunday.
You're not asking her to not play it, just respect that you have young kids.

I can’t understand how you would be able to hear an acoustic guitar in an adjacent house. It’s not a loud instrument. You would be hard pressed to hear it in an adjacent room. Unless it’s an electroacoustic and she has it plugged into an amp maybe?

Wait til she graduates to an electric guitar and amp.

I was horrified to find from my neighbour that all through secondary my teen had spent the time alone in the house before we got in blasting out his guitar.

I think it’s ok to ask them nicely to keep their windows closed between 8pm and 8am and explain about your kids sleeping.

Musical instrument practice is acceptable noise, but 7.45am is a bit early. Especially on a Sunday.

What songs is she playing? She got anything down yet?

For an acoustic guitar no, it would be wildly unreasonable to complain. If it was drums or electric guitar I wouldn't complain but might casually mention whether children's bed times could be avoided or she could practice in a different room at that time. But an acoustic guitar will not be loud or intrusive so no, definitely don't mention it. It will likely tail off anyway over the next few months.

7.45 way to early

Sounds like it’s an electric acoustic. You’d be hard pushed to hear an ordinary one.

Pun intended……😁

I think you could possibly get away with asking about the early mornings on a Sunday but otherwise I don’t think there’s much else to be done. 8pm is a normal time for that kind of activity. Get some white noise machines for kids rooms (or a fan), will help a lot.

What hours would you consider to be acceptable? 9-8? If so then politely mention it to the neighbour. I can't imagine she plays for hours and hours. There's zero need to mention "wfh" - that's your choice, the houses were built for people to live in. If you want a focussed office space, you can go and work in one.