Noise

Excellent outcome!
I've been following this thread because problems with neighbours' noise and habits are universal and debilitating.
At present we are fortunate. We have thick walls and can escape to a back room if we want to.
I remember though being on the other side. A previous neighbour was a single lady of mature years who lived alone.
I invited her in but she always declined and never invited me in to hers. We passed a few words over the garden wall. At that time we had a young family and a dog.
The week before we moved out, she invited me round for a glass of sherry. Just me, not the family and I was so embarrassed! I could hear every word coming through the wall from our house.
I apologised for the noise but she just sweetly said it never bothered her. I bet she was relieved to see us go.

For years I fostered lots of babies who were born drug or alcohol addicted so their sleep patterns (and mine) were unpredictable. We live with a pub car park almost adjoining our back garden, I can not understand why people find it necessary to have full conversations shouted at each other over the car park when they've just spent hours together inside the pub before revving engines and slamming doors. There is little I can do about this inconsiderate behaviour but when one of the landlords started emptying the recycling bottles and cans into the bins between 5am and 6am, ensuring baby and I had a nice early start to the day after many a fractious night, we are talking hundreds of items crashing in on top of previous loads, it was time for a quiet word. He was so lovely, apologised profusely, gave my oh and I a meal and didn't do his recycling until 8am from then on. Sadly, it being manager run, the pub has had different landlords over the years and avoidable noise is something we have to complain about regularly. Im not one of those people who move next to a church and then demand the bells stop ringing just that they follow the rules and stop playing music at full blast with all doors and windows open past the agreed cut off time.

SallyDapp Have you contacted the head office of the pub chain? A pub near me has a sign by the door and in its car park asking patrons to leave quietly and be considerate to those living in the area. Worth a try perhaps?

Oldwoman I sympathise with anyone subjected to noise pollution and hope you have found the solution, enjoy your ride! The (only) youngish family in our locality live on the opposite corner on our crossroads and every member of the family has both a car and a motorbike and they enjoy tinkering with them. Well, it is a bit more than tinkering since dad is busy putting in a new engine - clever chap! We have admired their bikes and I was offered a ride on one too but haven't had the nerve to go just yet. I would love to go in a sports car though.

We have a golf club near us and when we first moved here and there was an evening function some people leaving afterwards in the early hours would stand on our crossroads talking loudly - mostly saying good night. I usually have my small bedroom window so I would call "Good night, sleep well" in as pleasant a way as possible whilst remaining hidden. There would follow a deathly hush and they would all go fairly quickly. I am glad to say that it hasn't happened again for a very long time

Oldwoman, Yes, I contacted the head office, there are signs up in the pub asking for people to be considerate but as a general rule customers don't think it applies to them. We had a really nasty episode early one Christmas morning when I asked some boisterous customers to not stand outside my house at 1am making so much noise, most of them apologised, wished me merry Christmas and moved on but one came back and threatened me with violence and threatened to smash my windows, whilst also telling me I should move. I'm afraid I was reduced to his level and gave him a choice of police (far too busy) hospital (with my handy bit of 4x2) or go home and enjoy his Christmas. He chose the latter. I'm not proud of my reaction to that incident and I doubt I'd repeat it but I haven't seen him since and it was a 'Silent Night'.