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How do I bring this issue up with our neighbours?

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Tenko Mon 27-Apr-26 19:14:53

Just mention politely that you can hear their TV through the walls. My mum lives in a retirement apartment complex and a few years ago she bumped into the neighbour above her. This neighbour mentioned that mums tv was quite loud . Mum hadn’t been wearing her hearing aids because they kept falling out .
So with your neighbours , it could be hearing issues .

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MayBee70 Mon 27-Apr-26 19:08:06

Oh poor you. I’ve just had a huge argument with a neighbour after living here argument free for nearly fifty years ( and I was just doing something I thought was helpful). I think you’ve got to say something but think very carefully how you word it. I bet they’ve bought a tv that now goes on the wall? Better to say something now rather than wait until a time when you’re at the end of your tether over it. I don’t like that wood that people are putting in their houses now but I think it is a way of soundproofing a room so maybe you could soundproof your central wall? Difficult situation all round. Good luck…

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NotSpaghetti Mon 27-Apr-26 19:04:29

Just ask them nicely if maybe they have changed the sitting room round because their TV is now rather loud?

Do they have family visiting?
Maybe speak to them?

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AskAlice Mon 27-Apr-26 19:00:34

Our neighbours, both in their 80s, are very pleasant and we get on well with them in a "pass the time of day" way when we see them outside in the garden or at the front of our house. They moved in about 4 years ago. However, over the last few weeks we have noticed that their TV noise is much more noticeable in the evening and is becoming a distraction. We are semi-detached and their house is attached to ours with the living spaces attached.

I can only think that they have bought a new TV, or that they have re-sited their TV or bought a Sound Bar or something like that. Or their hearing has deteriorated and they have turned the sound up on their TV to be able to hear it more clearly.

How do I bring up the subject to tell them that the sound from their TV is now much more intrusive in our living room in the evening wihtout causing offense?

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