noisy neighbour!!

[BennyBean]

We have a new neighbour who is working from home she works in the conservatory with the window open which backs onto our garden which is fine but when she is on the telephone which is frequent she has got one of the loudest voices in the world, we have to close all our windows but we can still hear her also when she is in the garden she talks loud
just wondering if anyone else has this issue? and how you got it sorted i am going to speak to her about it but unsure how to start the conversation my husband and i are not in the best of health we are retired and they are a young couple they are making us unsettled in our own home

I just wanted to let you know that we can overhear your work calls and some of it sounds like it might be confidential. I don’t want you getting in trouble!

Oops posted before I’d finished. That’s how I would approach it so as not to fall out, but realistically she’s only talking during the day, not playing loud music or using power tools and presumably not at unsociable hours. I’m not sure that you actually can do anything other than have a good natured word.

Some people naturally talk louder than others. I can imagine it must be irritating for you, but I think even if you speak to the person and they talk quieter for a while, their natural volume of voice will still return. The neighbour isn't really doing anything wrong IMO, unless you are hearing confidential work information. As annoying as it is, your neighbour could be doing far worse things.

@RestingPandaFace

Oops posted before I’d finished. That’s how I would approach it so as not to fall out, but realistically she’s only talking during the day, not playing loud music or using power tools and presumably not at unsociable hours. I’m not sure that you actually can do anything other than have a good natured word.

your right about the confidentiality bit i don't think her company would want her to let people overhear her private conversations i'll mention that thanks

I totally understand how this would be irritating. But she just has a loud phone voice, so she’s not really being antisocial or a bad neighbour. I think you probably need to put up with it, although mentioning that her calls are very audible and you don’t want to inadvertently hear anything confidential might help - ask if her employer would give her a good headset?

good idea about the head set i could hear the man she was talking to he was talking about he's illnesses i won't mention them and she was telling him about breathing tecniques and kept mentioning he's name i will mention to her about the confidentiality