Hot tub, summerhouse and tv

[stressedsloth]

Neighbour behind us (we don't have big gardens) who are usually quite noisy through the summer have purchased a cheap hot tub that we hear running each night and now have a summerhouse to house the tv they plan on watching.

I just want to moan about this.

How do people think it's ok to have the tv blaring in the garden most nights during the summer when we all have our windows open!

It was bad enough listening to their drunken nights without a tv and noisy hot tub.

Thanks for listening.

Somebody who likes her peaceful evenings.

I feel your pain. I'd hate it too.
We have a field behind us and a cemetery to one side. That keeps it quiet.

It’s utterly depressing, isn’t it? It’s like they think it’s another room with soundproofing. Bet you’re really looking forward to the warmer weather and longer days.......😔

I'm sorry but they have the right to enjoy their garden just as you do. I totally agree that the cheap hot tubs bubbles are noisy though, ours sounds like a jet taking off ( we don't use the bubbles) . I think lock down has led lots of people to use their garden as extra living space and I think it is wonderful. I know I feel better for getting outside. We have a 6m3m gazebo and outdoor kitchen, I'm sure my neighbours think it's an eyesore but if I'm honest I don't care. It's MY garden. They don't have to look. If they make a ridiculous amount of noise then you can always complain.

God how awful, I'd hate it.

Yes people have the right to enjoy their gardens, but they don't have the right to spoil others enjoying theirs.

Compromise?

@ChiefBabySniffer

I'm sorry but they have the right to enjoy their garden just as you do. I totally agree that the cheap hot tubs bubbles are noisy though, ours sounds like a jet taking off ( we don't use the bubbles) . I think lock down has led lots of people to use their garden as extra living space and I think it is wonderful. I know I feel better for getting outside. We have a 6m3m gazebo and outdoor kitchen, I'm sure my neighbours think it's an eyesore but if I'm honest I don't care. It's MY garden. They don't have to look. If they make a ridiculous amount of noise then you can always complain.

Nobody should be watching TV outside without headphones on, it’s incredible antisocial.

I watch stuff on my iPad in the garden but use headphones. My neighbours don’t need to hear it too.

It's not ok and your neighbours sound awful!

I would find the nearest it available space to the said hot tub and summer house and site my brand new and ultra smelly compost heap.
Then I would add a nice bird feeder and hopefully the beds will shit all over the hot tub and summer house.

Beds = birds

Same issue here OP and I agree that it’s incredibly selfish.

I live on a small row of terraced houses and it’s a bloody nightmare! It’s been in use every evening this last week and it means if I go to bed around 10, I need to have earplugs in to sleep to drown out the sound of the tub and their loud chatter, worse in the summer when heavy drinking is involved.

That’s incredibly selfish. Ditto people with outdoor cinemas who live in built up areas and don’t use headphones. What are they thinking?

@Mumblechum0

That’s incredibly selfish. Ditto people with outdoor cinemas who live in built up areas and don’t use headphones. What are they thinking?

I think that's my problem with this. We live in a built up area. We all have smallish gardens. There wonderful selfish decision will affect about 8 houses, at least!

Hot tubs, outdoor cinemas should be kept for houses with lots of spaces where they're not easily overlooked.

I would never dream of doing this knowing it affects everyone around us. Most of us have children. Thank god my kids are in the front.

I'm sorry but they have the right to enjoy their garden just as you do. I totally agree that the cheap hot tubs bubbles are noisy though, ours sounds like a jet taking off Nobody has the right to enjoy their garden in a way that stops other people enjoying theirs.

@MereDintofPandiculation

I'm sorry but they have the right to enjoy their garden just as you do. I totally agree that the cheap hot tubs bubbles are noisy though, ours sounds like a jet taking off Nobody has the right to enjoy their garden in a way that stops other people enjoying theirs.

The law would argue otherwise. They are not breaking the law, unless they carry on at unreasonable times into the night or early morning.

The people that think you can't make a noise in your garden, and anything noisy should be reserved for larger houses.... why not just go buy one of those larger houses where you can't hear people?

You do realise that most people can’t afford massive houses with no neighbours?

If your guide to how to behave is "I can do anything I want as long as it's not an offence" I think you are one of those neighbours.

My husband wanted an outdoor cinema at the end of our back garden. I had to remind him that we're surrounded by gardens and even if the neighbours couldn't see what we were watching, they'd all have to listen to it because we'd only use it on warm evenings when everyone (including kids) will have windows open. He genuinely hadn't thought about it and there's a good chance your neighbours haven't either. It doesn't excuse it entirely but your neighbours are more likely ignorant of the impact on everyone than deliberately causing a nuisance.

The law would argue otherwise. They are not breaking the law, unless they carry on at unreasonable times into the night or early morning. There's no law against sneezing into the serving dish before offering it to your guests, either.

Most people in this country find themselves living in houses which are smaller that they'd like and nearer to people outside their households than they'd like. It works, because most people are considerate enough not to say "It's my house, I'll do what I want and I don't care about the people living around me".

@MrsBertBibby

I live smack bang in a crappy council estate in one of the poorest areas in the uk. All of us would love the sound of outdoor cinemas and hot tubs to break up the noise of the illegal motor cross bikes tearing around the estate. Not to mention the smack heads and drunks arguing late on into the night and then fighting and crying and making up only to start again. The sound of intact cats screaming and mating is a constant around here so it's actually great when somebody cracks the radio up on a summers day. The beat of the 80s dance music matches the bouncing of the 2-4 kids in every other house on the trampoline too.

All of that is true. And I still can't get wound up about the noise any of my neighbours make. I don't have a trampoline. I don't play music outside. I have a hot tub but no bubbles. I have 4 kids, 4 dogs and two neutered cats but they are actually all well behaved. I'm not one of THOSE neighbours - I just let people get on with it and don't expect them to modify their behaviour as I'm such a special show flake that I want things all my way and we hive about some noise outdoors

All my neighbours are nice polite respectful people snowflakes then and I bloody love them for it.

Selfish arseholes and inconsiderate twats stay away from me!

I think it all depends on the situation really. I have a teenager a couple of doors down who plays the drums for one or two hours every Saturday and Sunday which is fine. His schedule is consistent, I've never heard him early in the morning or late at night and he's pretty talented. I also have some neighbours several houses down who have a garden party with loud music every time the sun comes (even if it's several weeks of sun in a row) but they tend to be during the day or early evening and a late finish is about 10pm on a weekend or 8pm on a weeknight. When my husband suggested an outdoor cinema I still said no because I knew we'd watch it late at night when it's dark, it would probably be on warm nights when windows are open and we'd probably watch films aimed at adults while there are kids laying in bed refusing to go to sleep.

I generally agree that you shouldn't dictate what people can do with their own property but there's a point in when it stops being simple enjoyment of their own property and becomes antisocial/ a nuisance.

Oh god, my super classy DB and SIL have done this .... please accept my apologies if you're their neighbour

Proudboomer

I think "the law" in these matters is the lowest the bar should be when it comes to respect for others. The ability to enjoy your garden whilst not preventing others from enjoying theirs is a good marker of whether one is a bit of a knob.

Do you have kids who could develop an interest in cricket practice. Every evening and weekend. Wicket at the end of your garden near the neighbours' telly?

Depending on how good they are at batting, you may need to turn the wicket round.