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Would neighbours playing music in garden annoy you?

55 replies

theflinch · 30/06/2026 16:35

Another neighbour one! Sorry I have read so many this on week on here lol!

For months now my NDN will play loud music in their garden.

Sometimes it is on from noon to 9pm.

Other times until midnight (in the house but I can hear it throughout my house).

I just don't think it's very considerate.

When I had my bins on my own drive she moaned that they were close to her window and complained about "hygiene issues" but the cheeky cow regularly fly tips down the road.

I moved the bins as I wanted to remain neighbourly but somehow she knows I don't like her so her and her OH now keep their distance which is fantastic as I hated her coming up to me and listening to her talk about herself for ages.

Would this annoy you or is my dislike for her overpowering me on this?aubu

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Blackcatahotcat · 30/06/2026 16:38

Don’t get involved with any neighbours. Keep yourself to yourself. Pray for rain.

tulippa · 30/06/2026 16:38

YANBU. It's really selfish to assume that anyone else wants to hear your music. I'm sure a lot of what I like isn't to everyone's taste so I make sure it's contained within my house.

I also hate it when people walk around the streets playing music out of their phone. Just stop.

PizzaPunk · 30/06/2026 16:39

Well yes, of course it's inconsiderate but what have you said to her about it?

And have you reported her for fly tipping?

SqueakyFromme · 30/06/2026 16:39

yes it is really annoying

theflinch · 30/06/2026 16:39

@Blackcatahotcat Yes I have always been like this but for some reason she just would always approach for me to talk.

After I began saying "I will let you get on" and cutting her short she picked up on the hint I didn't want engage further than a hello with her.

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Urgentbiscuitrequired · 30/06/2026 16:39

Music is OK, but loud death metal might make me complain.

MrSchubertWhiskers · 30/06/2026 16:40

Yes it would annoy me but sounds like you're on a hiding to nothing if you complain.

Raera · 30/06/2026 16:42

My neighbour listens to music and uses headphones in the garden so we can't hear that, however, he sings along loudly and quite out of tune, it's hilarious!

Blackcatahotcat · 30/06/2026 16:42

theflinch · 30/06/2026 16:39

@Blackcatahotcat Yes I have always been like this but for some reason she just would always approach for me to talk.

After I began saying "I will let you get on" and cutting her short she picked up on the hint I didn't want engage further than a hello with her.

Avoid. Avoid. Avoid. If you open your door to put the recycling out and spot her, wait until she’s gone. Who wants to listen to someone drone on about themselves and not ask you a thing. I had YEARS of it at work. Now I’m retired I’m not interested.

Tryagain26 · 30/06/2026 16:42

I hate people playing loud music in their gardens it's antisocial and selfish

BMW58 · 30/06/2026 16:44

Put on some bagpipe music and open.tge windows nearest to her.

Share your music for a change......

BillieWiper · 30/06/2026 16:45

Well yeah cos we just have yards and my house in in the thin wedge of a triangle so my neighbours houses are very very close, just a thin alley separating them and the shape of the estate makes the noise bounce really loudly up to mine.

Just got two sets of fairly vocal new immediate neighbours after the last ones for years being really quiet. Yay! 😕

Turneresque · 30/06/2026 16:51

You are not being unreasonable.
i love loud music but would never subject people to my taste in music.
Thats what earphones are for.
selfish bastards.

Tableforjoan · 30/06/2026 16:59

For me personally it would depend on the music.

But then if I didn’t like the music I’d just play my own 😅

Unfortunately it seems however you also don’t have a. Neighbour worth talking to.

Flamingojune · 30/06/2026 17:03

Offer her some head phones, cheeky cow

Notthisagainyouidiot · 30/06/2026 17:13

Next door neighbour's DC was playing 'Yorkshire rap' full blast in his bedroom with the windows open to listen to outside. I might have to develop a love of German industrial heavy metal .

Sahara123 · 30/06/2026 17:14

I absolutely hate it. At a previous house my neighbour had music on in the garden on a sunny day 😖 he must’ve noticed my husband and I glancing over, he immediately said oh, shall I turn the speakers towards you ! I think the speed at which we both said no thank you must’ve given him a bit of a clue ! They just couldn’t do anything quietly, speak, parties, we could even hear them from inside their house playing loud video games and shouting!
I have realised I’m not good with neighbour noise, we now live in the middle of a field where the noisiest things are the birds. It’s bliss !

Judging · 30/06/2026 17:15

Yes. It’s rude and inconsiderate. I’d say something.

MinnieMountain · 30/06/2026 17:28

It's annoying, but I don't think you can expect complete silence.

Our new neighbours were playing music quite loud on Saturday, so I asked them to turn it down as that seemed fair. They did.

purplecorkheart · 30/06/2026 17:33

It's annoying and thankfully my neighbours don't one the very odd time will have a radio on low when he is doing some jobs outside but it would be rare to hear it at all. It is classical music though.

theflinch · 30/06/2026 17:37

She plays loud rnb/grime music with swear words which I don't think is considerate seeing as I have kids and the whole street is full of kids under 10.

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BlueSherbet · 30/06/2026 17:38

It is annoying, but its reasonable to put up with it on rare occasion.

The people over the back from us hosted a couple of parties once - not close together - but it was extremely loud banging music from about noon onward. I couldnt even hear the TV sat in my own living room.

But fair play to them, both times when it got to 8pm the music went off immediately - obviously in recognition of kids bed times etc.

I didnt like it, but that's the only 2 times they have done it and they were reasonable about the end time, so I was reasonable back.

Another time, a house had a party - it was for a boys 18 or 21st or something - and they still had banging music at 1am and so I did make a complaint about them and they had council officers at their door and the music went off. That was just pig ignorant on their behalf. I know when people are having a drink, enjoying themselves etc, they arent thinking about the neighbours, but its courteous to be aware of the effect you have on others.

If you find a certain neighbour tends to have loud, late parties repeatedly, a good idea is for you to then have loud, early parties the very next morning. Purely coincidentally, of course, but these happy accidents can perhaps make it clear to people the extent they are impinging on others, if they find they cant get to sleep themselves after keeping everyone else up. They never expect to be on the receiving end of their own type of behaviour.

In the street nearby, we have a family of "party people" - honestly, they would celebrate anything. The slightest pretext and they have decorations up, caters in, the street rammed with guest parking, etc. They are never too loud or anything, I just hate people like that, being fairly antisocial myself lol 😂

BlueSherbet · 30/06/2026 17:39

theflinch · 30/06/2026 17:37

She plays loud rnb/grime music with swear words which I don't think is considerate seeing as I have kids and the whole street is full of kids under 10.

Ah thats a good point, if the music is crude / offensive, then it would be worth complaint about that.

Speak to a local councillor or council antisocial behaviour line, I am sure they would act on that.

BridgetJonesV2 · 30/06/2026 17:44

Our NDN plays loud music when he's jet washing his car - he's put a stereo system in his garage. You can imagine the volume level so he can hear it over the jet wash....drives me absolutely fecking insane. Every saturday.

outerspacepotato · 30/06/2026 18:02

Notthisagainyouidiot · 30/06/2026 17:13

Next door neighbour's DC was playing 'Yorkshire rap' full blast in his bedroom with the windows open to listen to outside. I might have to develop a love of German industrial heavy metal .

What is that? Rapping in Yorkshirese?

Cumbia is the correct answer. Both Mexican and Colombian.

I've got an opera singing neighbour, the ones who play reggae, generic pop, and booming tvs, the loud country music partiers had a baby so they cut that shit out.