Letter from HA about loud music?

[autumnbeee]

So basically I received a letter from my HA about loud music causing a disturbance to other residents here.

I am the only one who received it.

I suspect my NDN reported me as I don't think who else it could be?

Surely they could have just left a polite note or approached me?

I assume this will be on my file now?

Yes the music has been kept low now.

When my boyfriend came over the other day he tried to put it up and I turned it back down immediately.

I honestly didn't mean to annoy anyone.

@autumnbeee
I'm with a HA and what you've said somehow doesn't sit right with me
I know no 2 HA are the same but first I'd have thought your housing officer would've spoken to you then if you continued with the music
You'd have been sent a letter
But
All tenants would've got one reminding them about being a good neighbour etc whilst yours would be more specific
Are you sure it is a letter from the HA?
We had trouble with a aggressive neighbour and when her house burnt down we were accused and sent bogus letters informing us we'd have to go as we'd started the blaze
But
The Fire brigade sent their report to the HA as quickly as we'd sent in the "post" we recieved and of course she and son had started the fire themselves-motorbike petrol/ cigarettes
And that
She'd sent us the letters too
What does your HA stationery actually look like?
Speak to your Housing Officer
You may get accused of much worse if this is someone trying a fast one

obviously It’s a nuisance. Music doesn’t stop at the fence. You’re forcing all your neighbours to listen to your choice of music. You’re saying your wishes are more important than theirs.

it astonishes me that people can’t work this out - or are just selfish antisocial arseholes who don’t give a fuck about anyone else.

In my experience, no person who plays music at antisocial levels has ever responded positively to a polite request to turn down the music. At this point in my life, I would just contact the landlord.

The kind of people who play music at anti-social levels generally aren't the most approachable of people. Your neighbours are probably too scared of your reaction.

Usually noise complaints require evidence , recordings, a diary etc. before HA would send a letter. It's unlikely you have received a letter from your HA for occasional music, even with explicit lyrics.

You already know you're antisocial and ill mannered and so do they. No point in "approaching" to ask you to stop doing what you know you shouldn't be doing. Best just to report.

Why did you need to be told not to play loud music outside, or inside for that matter? Did you not think that everyone would want to enjoy their gardens? And were you playing music with bad language?

Nothing wrong with quiet background music that you can just hear. But anything louder means your neighbourhood also needs to hear it so can’t enjoy being outside.

And no one told you because folk don’t like to approach anti-social people. I’m sure you told your boyfriend about the letter when you got it, so he knew the issue when he went and turned it up. That sounds like an anti social person I wouldn’t want to talk to directly as he clearly doesn’t give a shit, and he is your boyfriend so I wouldn’t think much better of you.

A Council letter really is THE polite way of going about it. Less personal also.

When my neighbours got too loose with their speakers and I had suffered silently for quite some time, I went full on angry pay-back mode.
I created a playlist called "neighbours" with the worst grime rap and death metal available, would start it up next to their bedroom wall at 7am, another speaker downstairs and then leave for work.
If they were barbecuing and blasting their crap for hours (it can only be described as a cross between Islamic prayer calls, Euro clubbing trash and Greek wedding music), I'd get out my concrete cutter and cut bricks right next to the fence, sending dust and noise all over. If the music stopped - I stopped. If it started again - I started cutting too.
Much more satisfying than waiting on a family of ill-mannered brutes to self regulate.

Indeed. There's no way this is as a result of a one off complaint.

Anyone who plays music in their garden is unlikely to be the sort of person who has any regard for a request via a WhatsApp or FB Group.

I'd have gone straight to the HA as well.

Do you not see how intimidating that would be? No wonder they don’t want to talk to you! 🙄

Were you not brought up to ever consider other people? It’s a genuine question.

You were a nightmare neighbour and believe me you would have pissed off loads of your neighbours, but they were too polite to say anything and suffered in silence,

Yep our I overheard our neighbour says she plays music outside at times to the housing people after a complaint

She actually played it really loud from value 8 in the morning till midnight. Luckly our bedrooms are on the other side of the house to her back garden. But I should imagine she drove the other neighbours joined on and those at the back mad. No idea who made the complaint but she did not stop and was evicted about a month ago.

I think you'll find the primary issue here is the offensive lyrics, as well as thr volume. You absolutely shouldn't be playing music with offensive lyrics audible outside, and if you were my neighbour I'd be furious.

Loud music in a terraced garden...Can't believe you ever thought that'd be okay

We have an HA property behind us and had a music issue, funnily enough loud and offensive lyrics and I went straight to the HA about it and opened an ASB case.

I wasn’t worried about asking them direct to turn it down and would have, if the house was owned by them. As they were HA tenants, it meant that if they didn’t shut up, I would complain again and there was a history of complaints logged on the Housing Management System against them.

God I’d actually never play music in my garden at all now I live somewhere with neighbours. Even quietly! And offensive lyrics?! 🤯

Surely you realised you were annoying your neighbours? I can’t see how you didn’t realise how antisocial it was.

Behave like a normal human being and you won't get letters from the HA.
They're your neighbours not your mum asking you to turn that down when you were a teen.

Or just dont be a knobhead and play loud music

Ive lived next to people like you - it ruined my life and even 3 years after they've moved I have extreme anxiety about noise. The Dr's think I have PTSD with how severe my reactions are.

We had it for six years and like you have issues with noise.
It's no way to live.

Clearly was a pain to possibly multiple people. Perhaps you came across as unnapprociable while you were being noisy?

I think being annoyed is easier than self reflection perhaps.

Maybe knock on and politely ask and apologise. No need for ears or anything like that. I’d just make peace and apologise. Call the HA and explain you didn’t realise and have sorted it mutually and keep the bloody music down ;)