Summer noise

Heya, no worries. Its common to find mad teens in your neighbourhood, my gandpa had same problem, I installed sound absorbing panels . They work great and is relaxing, enjoy

Some people have made the point that the summer and hot weather won't last much longer, but that isn't the point.
People want to be out in their gardens, because it is lovely and warm, and absolutely should not be prevented from doing so by some selfish individuals who insist on inflicting their 'music' on everyone else.

It's incredibly selfish behaviour, and I don' accept for one minute that those responsible aren't aware that the noise can be heard by all the neighbours.

Noise is the bane of so many poor souls lives these days.

I live in a detached house and one set of next door neighbours do have noisy parties, including in the garden in the summer. Wife has a particularly noisy 'cackling' laugh. However in every other way they are great neighbours so I've learnt to ignore it and just turn the TV up. If it happened day in, day out it would be a different matter.
I once lived in a flat in a small town near an RAF base where much of the housing was forces families. My downstairs neighbour used to come in after the pub closed and turn the TV on loud keeping me awake 'til 3 am. It happened one night and the next morning the air base had an exercise starting at 6 am where air raid sirens sounded and there were loud-hailers in the roads waking everyone. Needless to say I was in a pretty bad way getting to work that day after little sleep followed by a 20 mile commute. When I got home I put a note through the door asking the neighbour to keep the noise down, as he was never there 'til late at night and I'd never met him. He came home as usual late that night. I heard his car, music blaring, then he went inside. I waited for the onslaught of noise - but nothing. I never heard him again. Clearly my polite note had made him realise how loud he had been. I never heard him again and never did actually see him! From some of the posts on here I guess I was lucky it was just thoughtlessness on his part and not a totally inconsiderate neighbour.
I feel so sorry for those of you suffering really inconsiderate neighbours and grateful that most of the time mine are lovely.

Thank you for your response, we are in the UK and I used the word yard because it is literally a yard, no grass, no trees, flowers etc, just toys. I also forgot to mention innumerable footballs that end up in our garden.......... This family are very popular with lots of friends and family, hence a huge number of garden parties, to be honest, I am really apprehensive about starting something with them in case it backfires with their 'crowd'. I did buy a box of chocolates to take round as a peace offering as I was going to talk to them about it, but they were out when I got there, so DH ate them!!!

Thank you BiblioQueen,

I know it affects a lot of people, I live in a fairly quiet neighbourhood now thankfully, but like everyone else you still get the "Sunshine Noise" where over the way neighbours come out and play their music loud, but I like the sunshine too and know mostly it doesn't last for too long unless you get the odd one who are out at sun-up and in at dusk with screaming children and loud music. I just either go out or put my headphones on if I sit out in the garden.
All the winter and Spring its quiet, Summer through the week its heaven, but come sunny weekends and school holidays it can be loud. I love listening to MY music through my headphones, not Others music blasting out. I'm mostly at peace now but I truly sympathise with those still suffering from it.
Our last place where we had the evil neighbours was a big Victorian Terrace and we were in the middle of it! You'd think the walls would have been thick, but even when I sneezed you could hear the them mimic me!
Ill never understand why they though I deserved being treat like that, or even how anyone could be that vicious towards another human being. I always give people the benefit of the doubt and look for good in people, but they must have had an awful life themselves to want to torment me.
I'm sitting here and can't hear a pin drop so I know how lucky I am to be away from my tormentors at least.

Glad your OH was inventive enough to add soundproofing which helped, mines not so handy I'm afraid :]

BiblioQueen
Thank you.
My husband likes a challenge too, after all he married me.

Very young kids roaring round shouting & screaming late evening. No consideration these days!!

We lived here for 12 years and our neighbours had 2 children who grew into teenagers and went off to university . They had a dog . Apart from the occasional football thud we heard nothing , no voices calling , screaming shouting , no music , no dogs barking . Using our garden was a pleasure . They moved . The new neighbours moved in about 3 years ago . He turns the music on loudly opens the windows wide and then goes out into the garden to mow his very large lawn . ???
The children scream and screech all the time , argue and fight and balls are thumping all the time against the fence .I had children and taught in a school . Playground duty with 400 junior school children did not bother me as much as these children . I dread to think of what it will be like when they are teenagers . We can very rarely sit in our garden as there is always some form of loud noise from them .
They only have occasional parties but they go on literally all night and there is shouting and noise all night , in the garden as well when weather permits .
They NEVER let us know in advance or apologise after .
Music is no fun at all when it is too loud and interferes with what you want to do and when it is not to your taste it is awful .
I feel like being really petty and going out early in the morning after one of their parties and making one hell of a noise . My husband stops me from being like that .
I remember once years ago when my sister suffered endless noise from a houseful is students and we used to joke that we should play very loud Cliff Richard music loudly from 6 in the morning .
It is sad that these days even adults think they can do what they want when they want with no regard to others . We have wireless earphone and all sorts of othe things available now . The sound of children playing is not a problem but My children would have been asked to stop that scratching screaming and whinging or they would have been brought
indoors . I can still remember saying things like "other people don't want to listen to your racket "

Oh just B&Q or somewhere - maybe Wicks -it was a case of 'if she's happy, I'm happy' on his part, I think....or perhaps he was just utterly fed up with me ranting. Having said that,
he does like a challenge...

BiblioQueen
Where did your husband buy the fiberglass blocks?
He sounds very handy at jobs most would perhaps not try.

Mojomax, I'm so relieved for you that you have found peace after your appalling time. I really feel for you, and for the other people here who have suffered. I think that judging from all these stories noise pollution (and the associated selfishness) is one of the major curses of modern life. By the way, we have successfully soundproofed our home against the rap/ drum and bass fans next door by DIY extra thickness on the party walls (fibreglass blocks and plasterboard, DH did it, bless him, to stop me going insane) - it works brilliantly, and luckily we are end of terrace so only one side of the house to worry about. (Of course soundproofing the garden stretches even DH's decent enough DIY skills!) The stress that relentless noise inflicts is enormous..and the dread and horror of it never really goes away, even once the noise stops, as people have said. I have huge sympathy for those of you with awful neighbours and hope you all manage to stay sane somehow...it almost makes you wish for rain. When our neighbours were particularly bad I used to feel physically sick if I saw a big picture of a shining sun in the weather forecast.That's how bad it can get, and how sad is that. Take note, paddyann and your ilk.

We can ignore it now, gmelon, block it out as it is across the valley, whereas before it was just behind us.

I can't comprehend why people think it's acceptable to play music in the garden so loudly that it can be heard all around the neighbourhood. The height of selfishness.Musical taste is a very personal thing.Wether it's drum and base or opera not everyone will share your love of it.My DDs immediate neighbours for the last 2 summers has blasted out a commercial radio station from speakers on their summer house immediately behind her fence.So not only music but adverts every 10 minutes.Until a few weeks ago when I was babysitting and could stand it no longer.Politely called over the fence and told them I was looking after the little one whilst DD was trying to sleep before a night shift,and that the elderly man next door was very ill.Both true.I expected some abuse but they were genuinely surprised and immediately turned it down.So far it's not been so loud again.They had obviously never considered how intrusive it was.Amazing.At least they took it on board.

Jalima1108
A dog barking is one of the most annoying sounds, I feel for you. If you can still hear it in the distance it will be a reminder that you could well do without.

Jalima1108 Yes, thank you . I moved to yet another cul de sac and I wouldn't even know that I have neighbours.
I think they all rush out and cut their lawns when I am out because I never hear so much as a lawn mower.

Fflaurie Couldn’t work out if you were in the U.K.? or not because you mentioned yard instead of garden but if you are in the U.K. try contacting environmental health re noise nuisance

gmelon that must have been terrible, I hope you have some peaceful neighbours now.

We used to have a dog living behind us that barked all day long - yes - all day every day. They used to put it out in the garden when they went to work. The only time it stopped was when another neighbour took it in her house.
Complaints from neighbours to Environmental Health were logged then lost. Eventually they moved - we can still hear it in the far distance, annoying others.

Have you never just wanted to sit in the sun and listen to your favourite music
No, we never do that
I sit in the shade and read
DH lies in the shade and falls asleep

I am sick of my neighbours, they have a yard for their children, in this yard, there are only toys, a bouncy castle and compressor, a trampoline next to our fence, a set of goal posts, a basket ball net, a climbing frame also next to our fence and an adult sized paddling pool. They don't talk they scream, shout and try and outdo each other in the noise levels, plus the childman of the house also likes his music on so that he can hear it when he is in Australia. We have no peace, the kids can be out there from early morning to late at night, we have to sit in our garden wearing ear pods. They are selfish and thoughtless. Mine were not allowed out until 9am or 10am on Sunday and were in by 7 or 8pm the absolute latest. I stopped them from screaming and they got the look if they shouted. No one cares anymore.

I have always been a considerate person who would help anyone. I hate confrontation and vexation, I wouldn't consider myself to be a killjoy but there should be a law against those who are constantly causing noise without due consideration of others. I hope all those who suffer from noise find peace in their lives.
We only have one life but there will always be someone who makes it a misery because they have nothing in their own life to make it worthwhile!

Teenage children in the house behind us were alone all last summer, while their parents were at work. The noise was horrendous, as all their friends joined them. Blaring 'music', which sounded like someone banging a metal drum and shouting loudly. Laughing and screaming. Complaints to the parents had no result. Their next-door neighbour, who does shift work, including nights, ended up in a minor fracas with the father, and the police were involved. Thankfully, they were given a noise abatement order, which DID solve the problem, and they eventually moved away. Our quiet, friendly neighbourhood has returned to its peaceful state once more, thank heavens.

Our neighbour has recently started boarding dogs, these are only small terraced houses and the yapping is constant! Of course they are going to bark, they are in a garden that's strange to them but why leave them out there barking for so long? It's the small breeds that sound more annoying to me, it's the high pitch I think. It's bad enough from indoors but when I want to sit in the garden I find my temper rising and end up back indoors before I end up screaming obscenities!

I don’t have a problem with children playing in the garden provided it’s not too early or goes on too late, even if they shriek!.
I don’t mind BBQ or wood burners either As it’s one of the smells of summer, and I would hate to see either of these our door cooking things banned!
Don’t mind lawn mowers not too keen on noisy chainsaws
I don’t mind people laughing and chatting and occasional summer parties ( again provided that it’s not every night and prefer not a work night?)
Altogether I prefer to hear people enjoying their summer and the outdoor spaces. I count myself lucky that I have access to an out door space and feel sorry for the families stuck in high rise flats in big cities without a garden?

mojomax
I went through similar in my previous home.
Mine was a single man in his fifities whose music taste swung between eighties rave, gangster rap, Frank Sinatra, Cher and Rick Astley. He knew the general rules because at 9am the music started and at 11pm sharp the music ceased.
He also like to hang out of his bedroom window until the early hours talking loudly, spitting and telling children there was chocolate and sweets in his home. "I bet you like chocolate don't you, does mummy let you have much".
The police said there "isn't much we can do really".

He regularly boasted that the noise regulations did not apply to him because the music helped with his mental health and he could get away with anything - headphones an option here I think and the landlord actually purchased some for him, wireless so he could walk around indoors. He would not use them.

Enviromental Health started action after he ignored many warnings from his landlord.
They supplied me with the tools to prove a case.

After a year of keeping written records and using recording equipment from my home a case was proven and a warning issued.
The warning was ignored.

Then, still using the recording equipment and also using the 24hr on call EH officers to witness it the battle continued. There has to be two occasions where the EH officers are present to hear the noise . You ring them and they dash to your home.

You would be surprised at how difficult this is because the on call officer may be elsewhere when you ring. Plus this man was on contstant vigil from his bedroom and noted any unfamiliar car in our quiet cul de sac and turned the volume down.

Eventually his equipmentwas seized. In an early morning raid with police escort alongside the EH.
Ask anyone's advice and this is where the story would end.
Equipment seized , there you go problem solved.

However;
By lunchtime that same day he had new equipment and was off again with the music. I still had the recording equipment so could prove the noise, however the process of the EH officers witnessing it started all over again.

In the end he was prosecuted successfully by the Environmental Health.
Then taken to court by the landlord and evicted.

This action takes a long long time and has many lasting effects upon your ability to sell your home.
It also took all my strength and affected my health no end.

Surely you could use an iPod ?I think it's really bad mannered to inflict your music on anybody who may just want a quiet couple of hours in their own garden .I am not an old fuddy duddy and really love loud music but realize other people may not like the Beatles Adele ext