Neighbours fallen out with us

[Ilovewatchingthedrama]

Could I have a bit of perspective on this please?

Our neighbours of many many years installed a high pitched bird scared in their back garden. It drives us crazy and it doesn’t actually stop the pigeons going into their garden. We have asked them a couple of themes if they could turn it off or at least down. When they refused we asked if they could at least leave it off until later in the morning as DD was sleeping in the back bedroom and it was waking her up. That was also met with a refusal. So the weather got nicer again and it meant we couldn’t sit in the back garden or have the patio doors open. We tried one last time but again they refused to turn it off stating what he did in his property was up to him - if only the sound stopped at the boundary that would be fair enough. we made a noise complaint to the council. They got a letter and we got a diary sheet to fill in. One of our other neighbours spoke to them (they are also sick of the noise but not willing to do anything about it) and he told them nothing was going to change. Someone else must have made a complaint as the council guy came out to him and told him to remove it. Neighbour is now chatting shit about us and the easy going relationship we had has gone forever. I know how different noises can be perceived differently by different people but we couldn’t stand that high pitched whining.

was I unreasonable to take whatever steps necessary to allow me to use my garden ?

They didn't care enough about you and other neighbours, so I wouldn't give a toss about them. Some people just don't care about the noise they create in a neighbourhoods, which is extremely selfish.

They got what they deserved.

Not everyone can hear them - just like a dog whistle, children and young adults much more likely to be negatively affected than older people who have gradually lost the ability to hear higher frequency sounds.

i can sympathise as currently have neighbours encroaching and the other day they kicked us off our own property when we went to weed whack it. Really don’t need the stress of this.

Had this with my neighbour who never even gets out in her garden. My daughter and I couldn't use our garden for about 2 years as she had about 6 in a tiny garden and they'd go off consecutively they did my head in. I eventually went round and she said she got them for squirrels even though she insisted on putting food out for birds which inevitably bought the squirrels in and they didn't give a damn about the high pitched sound, and hadn't bothered her in the previous 8 years 🤦🏼‍♀️ I was seriously tempted to steal them at night or just take out the batteries and replace and she said she couldn't even hear them. Luckily they seem to have been thrown/broken and not replaced. She has a habit of buying loads of junk from catalogues so assume it was something she thought she needed and clearly didn't and won't buy again 🤞🏼 Honestly sounds like that to me are maddening and it was horrific I feel your pain.

I do know the stress of living next to selfish f*** like this takes its toll on your health. Great neighbours are priceless. Have you thought of moving?

It sounds horrible. I am sorry OP. You did the right thing and I hope they let it go now.

Lovely for all the other neighbours, not. I have neighbours who let their dog bark, so dealt with that through the council. Then the other side who claim their poorly trained yappy cockapoodle thing doesnt bark. Yes it fucking does - shut it up. I find dog owners to be very thoughtless. They should put the dog licence way higher - Rachel - you want to raise some money. £1000 per annum per dog, that would cut numbers of dogs down.

Is it legal in a domestic setting? Noise intrusion is a tort.

They obviously don’t care about you or whether you can use the garden, so I wouldn’t care about them falling out with you, or having to remove the bird scared! Why did you have an easy relationship with them in the first place if they were intent on making your life a misery?!?

Make him a scarecrow 😂 We lost £20,000 off our last house because of our ndn and their dogs barking 24 hours, every viewer but one was put off so had to take lower offer, now live rurally with no neighbours in sight, it’s bliss.

theyve been selfish arseholes so dont let it bother you if the "neighbourly" relationship is gone...they didnt care so why should you....enjoy the peace x.

ooohh...i love windchimes

You are absalutely being more than reasonable OP.

Continue to make logs of every, single incident your stupid- sore-loser of a nieghbour has done.

In GRAPHIC detail too.

He's a pillock and may be motivated by maliciousness towards you hence the diary sheet which acts as evidence which the council need to deal with him.

He's an idiot.

If he had a brain, he would not put a foot wrong because local authorities now have more powers to really put anti social nieghbours ' through their paces' and some people have to learn this the hard way and your nieghbour is one of them.

Persevere........it will be worth it in the end.

Yes they should be banned

When I was living in London, the block of flats opposite put one up

We discovered that some people can hear the noise and some people can't. Those of us who could hear it were being driven absolutely mad.

It was removed within about a week of our management company contacting theirs. But we did also have photos of pigeons wandering around as normal on their roof. So that might have been the real reason they took it down.

They should just be banned and they clearly don't work

He sounds like a complete arse though so I wouldn't worry about the relationship. But hopefully he's not going to do anything in "retaliation".

did they just cope with the noise or could they not hear it?

Hopefully it was (for the neighbor).

I'm post menopause so definitely not a youngster, not far off my bus pass and it nearly sent me insane. It didn't bother the younger school children though. Or the foxes, or cats. Perhaps it was a Winter scarer? 😬

OP you got the right outcome from the council (which is refreshing!), I think you just need to take the win and put the fallout with the neighbours out of your head as they're pricks anyway, but obviously ensure you have cameras up for peace of mind.

YANBU But, when you are ready to move you have caused an issue as you will need to declare a neighbour dispute.

Put on a black outfit then sneak out at night and chuck a huge handful of birdseed over the fence, maybe 2. Deny all knowledge.

It was hardly an easy going relationship if you asked him several times to take the irritating thing down and he refused.

This, you’ve never had a good relationship him, he clearly doesn’t give 2 sh1ts about you and never has. Nothing has changed except the noise

We won’t be moving until we are ready to retire and downsize - they are older than us so they probably will “go” before us (one way or another)

You should have banded together with your neighbors beforehand, but it's not too late.

Rubbish. I would be going out there and smashing the device OR I would be playing heavy metal on a Bluetooth speaker right on their fence line 24/7 till the agreed to turn that shit off

Yes, because of course people do that when selling houses…. LOL 😂