Noise Complaint - What to do
Discussion
Teddy Lop said:
Hugo Stiglitz said:
Police don't come for noise complaints. At best you'd get a PCSO.
Depends what strings you can pull - I've had one "instruct" me to silence a building site working well within prescribed hoursI would hope you put an official complaint in so the 'string puller' could be reprimanded and preferably sacked for inappropriate use of 'overstretched, underpaid, resources'
Imagine living next door to a quiet neighbour for quite a few years.
That neighbour moves and a new family buy the property.
Having never been disturbed before you find that shortly after moving in they are already having a party and in general being more noisy.
Its a shot across the bows from someone who is concerned about this change in situation and is trying to deal with it, without wanting (or having the personality) for a direct discussion.
Isn’t that concern a lot of people have when new neighbours move in?
That neighbour moves and a new family buy the property.
Having never been disturbed before you find that shortly after moving in they are already having a party and in general being more noisy.
Its a shot across the bows from someone who is concerned about this change in situation and is trying to deal with it, without wanting (or having the personality) for a direct discussion.
Isn’t that concern a lot of people have when new neighbours move in?
RB Will said:
... If I'm just nodding off I can hear the foxes creeping around on our decking. Since they only do it a few times a year and are not taking the piss with music on or similar I just say fair enough, If it was every weekend I'd have an issue.
Bloody foxes and their noisy boom boxes! 
Piersman2 said:
RB Will said:
... If I'm just nodding off I can hear the foxes creeping around on our decking. Since they only do it a few times a year and are not taking the piss with music on or similar I just say fair enough, If it was every weekend I'd have an issue.
Bloody foxes and their noisy boom boxes! 8IKERDAVE said:
Me and my family recently moved house. The house is on quite a nice estate which is quiet for the most part and on the whole a nice place to live.
The house is detached but as with all houses built around this time there isn't a great deal of garden space.
The music was on, albeit not at any ridiculous volume as both kids were in bed. We were popping outside throughout the night for cigarettes and about 1am
1am - that's the problem The house is detached but as with all houses built around this time there isn't a great deal of garden space.
The music was on, albeit not at any ridiculous volume as both kids were in bed. We were popping outside throughout the night for cigarettes and about 1am
Four people who have been drinking so are talking at higher levels can clearly be heard for hundreds of metres when it's quiet
So whilst you might not think you're noisy, you are, at that time in the summer when everyone has their windows open
If it makes you feel any better my Uncle is a 70yr old retired accountant living in a £5M+ row of homes each set in an acre or so, he held a retirement party - his first one ever and pre warned the neighbours
The Police were still called and like yours, they said there wasn't a problem and to carry on, it's actually worse in wealthy areas with the "Do you know who I am ?" types, hence the Police go out
There's summer noise and there's playing music at 1 am. Regardless of it being inside the thumping of the bass can travel quite some distance, even if at source the volume doesn't seem "excessive." One of our neighbours does a regular online Zumba class and the bass creates a horrid, rhythmic thump at whatever intervals deemed necessary by whatever upbeat song she appears to be playing. It's incredibly annoying and I suspect she doesn't realise as we can't really even hear the actual music properly.
People's sensitivity differs - I find families with kids are more tolerant of noise because, presumably, they're used to it. The kid across from us sees fit to thump his football against a stone wall for 45 minutes on a morning before school for example, which I find rather antisocial but I guess the parents don't.
People's sensitivity differs - I find families with kids are more tolerant of noise because, presumably, they're used to it. The kid across from us sees fit to thump his football against a stone wall for 45 minutes on a morning before school for example, which I find rather antisocial but I guess the parents don't.
The only issue i have is smoking, but then if you wish to continue killing yourself, as long as my tax doesn't pickup the bill, good for you.
Anyway, regarding neighbours and noise, do what you want. if it gets too much, you will get more complaints. If you let people control what you do, you will end up not wanting to live where you live.
Anyway, regarding neighbours and noise, do what you want. if it gets too much, you will get more complaints. If you let people control what you do, you will end up not wanting to live where you live.
Mr Spoon said:
The only issue i have is smoking, but then if you wish to continue killing yourself, as long as my tax doesn't pickup the bill, good for you.
Odd comment, you have issue with someone smoking? We all die therefore we kill ourselves just by being alive? Should one not ride motorcycles, ski, walk a pavement and where would you like to see your tax pound spent?OP, don't worry about it. The problem with a post like yours is that it becomes embellished within people's minds, they make judgement and escalate your post, you must have had a rave, the bass, drinking, then obviously you were shouting, you held a dwarf and monkey fetish party, noisy buggers etc.
Perhaps apologise in a leaflet drop and within that suggest in future forewarning will be given and if too much please call your mobile ###
I’m going to pile in with everyone else and say that noise after 11pm is generally not acceptable.
As said, sound really travels at night and even a couple of people talking in a garden can be loud enough to p
s off a load of people who are trying to sleep and have windows open.
Maybe it’s just me, and the fact I often sleep with windows open, but there isn’t much that is more annoying than ‘unnecessary’ noise being made at night on a housing estate/development.
Up to 11pm is fine, but once you get past that, there really will be people trying to sleep. Talking in the garden, doors being opened and shut, and music leaking out of open windows will be annoying.
Even taxis arriving to pick people up, and drunk women giggling as they say goodbye can be quite noisy across an estate at night.
They probably gave you the benefit of the doubt until about 11, but once it got past 12 they knew you were taking the piss and phoned the police.
Be thankful you now live on an estate where people actually value peace and quiet, because if you live somewhere they don’t value it, it’s far worse.
As said, sound really travels at night and even a couple of people talking in a garden can be loud enough to p
s off a load of people who are trying to sleep and have windows open.Maybe it’s just me, and the fact I often sleep with windows open, but there isn’t much that is more annoying than ‘unnecessary’ noise being made at night on a housing estate/development.
Up to 11pm is fine, but once you get past that, there really will be people trying to sleep. Talking in the garden, doors being opened and shut, and music leaking out of open windows will be annoying.
Even taxis arriving to pick people up, and drunk women giggling as they say goodbye can be quite noisy across an estate at night.
They probably gave you the benefit of the doubt until about 11, but once it got past 12 they knew you were taking the piss and phoned the police.
Be thankful you now live on an estate where people actually value peace and quiet, because if you live somewhere they don’t value it, it’s far worse.
Jimmy No Hands said:
The kid across from us sees fit to thump his football against a stone wall for 45 minutes on a morning before school for example, which I find rather antisocial but I guess the parents don't.
It could be worse.My neighbours let their kid use half the lounge to play football - sometimes with his dad too. Every single evening - including kicking the ball regularly against the dividing wall. Constant thump thump thump, which carries into every room in my house. Just to make it really good, they allow their kids to stay up until they go to bed - so sometimes it's been as late as 11pm.
(And they have a garden, but for some reason seem to prefer to play indoors for the last 18 months)
Very apologetic when I (calmly) complained, promised to sort it out - and did absolutely nothing about it.
On the plus side, they are moving soon and planning to rent the house out. It is VERY tempting to now show them how f*****g annoying it can be to have neighbours who make constant noise - let's see how quickly you can get renters in when I've got heavy metal music on full volume every time you have a viewing you inconsiderate t
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Short Grain said:
zedx19 said:
You may not have realised how loud your music was, bass will travel some distance. If you're worried about upsetting anyone, turn the volume knob down past 11!!
There's your problem op! 
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