Neighbour complaining. What do you guys think is reasonable.

snowdog said:
Luckily guys like you don't make the law, who would want to live in a house where you have to be silent at 8pm :confused:, surprised it doesn't drive the house prices down. Some people ( like me) don't even come home at 8pm from work, how can you expect complete silence at that time ?
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We are not talking about silence at 8pm though, we are talking about a rowdy world cup party until way past 11pm.

BIG difference.

My neighbour has his tv on till midnight most nights.....I can hear it but its not offensively loud....it doesn't wake anybody up.

30 mates in the house chanting and singing after 11pm is a completely different matter ;)
 
Sorry I can't be much help as I live in the country.

I have lived in several cities however and although I did enjoy some of the benefits of city life I wouldn't give up my golden silence (or at least as close to silence as a tinnitus sufferer can have lol) for anything.
 
With no prior notice then any sort of noise that kept me up past 11pm would see me getting very annoyed very quickly. My job demands from a legal standpoint that I get a good nights sleep so it wouldn't be very good if I had to declare myself unfit to work because some people had a knees up. If it was the weekend and I'd had decent warning (and it wasn't too often) then I wouldn't mind so much as I could take measures to mitigate the noise (wine!) or go out and do something.
snowdog said:
Will you pay for it ?

The law says 11 pm. A pint at the pub is 5€. A pint at home is 70 cents. Expecting silence at 8 pm is anti social imo.
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Anti social? Perhaps slightly, but if you've got a baby then noise* that intrudes into your home from somebody elses to wake said child is enough to complain about; suddenly you're talking about what is in essence a health issue, small children need their sleep.

*Within reason, going about normal business is unavoidable, but loud music etc is out of order
 
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AndyOcUK said:
We are not talking about silence at 8pm though, we are talking about a rowdy world cup party until way past 11pm.

BIG difference.

My neighbour has his tv on till midnight most nights.....I can hear it but its not offensively loud....it doesn't wake anybody up.

30 mates in the house chanting and singing after 11pm is a completely different matter ;)
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Ah, I misunderstood, still, expecting silence 365 days per week is unacceptable imo.
 
I don't want to hear my neighbours after 10 on a weekday or 12 at the weekend.

If it gets to 3am and I can still hear some thumping music then I am calling the police end of.
 
I don't tend to hear my neighbours, but when I do, it is usually when they are shagging. She is a bit loud, though my impressions whilst they are at it haven't put them off yet.

Maybe I need to make more funny sounds, or shout some running commentry. :D
 
Stringy said:
With no prior notice then any sort of noise that kept me up past 11pm would see me getting very annoyed very quickly. My job demands from a legal standpoint that I get a good nights sleep so it wouldn't be very good if I had to declare myself unfit to work because some people had a knees up. If it was the weekend and I'd had decent warning (and it wasn't too often) then I wouldn't mind so much as I could take measures to mitigate the noise (wine!) or go out and do something.

Anti social? Perhaps slightly, but if you've got a baby then noise that intrudes into your home from somebody elses to wake said child is enough to complain about; suddenly you're talking about what is in essence a health issue, small children need their sleep.
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Agreed.

Common sense.....If my neighbours wanted a screaming 21st party or retirement party and popped round to square it with me first, I would respect them being up front about it, send baby to the grandparents for the night, and probably join them.

If, on the other hand, no such courtesy is forthcoming, then you can't complain if they go ballistic when you and 30 mates are screaming "Come on England" at the top of your voices at 01:00am when your neighbours are up for work at 06:00am.

Its not rocket science :D
 
Telescopi said:
11pm any night of the week, and that's because it's the law - if you just wanted to be a good neighbour, decent human being, and not a complete **** I'd say 9-10pm.

If noise travels through the walls so much that you can't do anything without hearing it think about insulation or moving, it really is your problem - not your neighbours.
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This
 
Out of interest what area's do you guys live in ? I think you wouldn't cope a single day in a bigger city in a flat/heavy populated area.
 
snowdog said:
Out of interest what area's do you guys live in ? I think you wouldn't cope a single day in a bigger city in a flat/heavy populated area.
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I live in Stafford.

I have lived and worked in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester and London.

City Bustle and street noise isn't the same as listening to screaming voices and loud music thumping against the wall that your pillow is next to ;)

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I've never had a complaint about making noise at a party, but then I tend to try to keep things quietish, and warn neighbours if it's going to be a particularly big one. Actually, I have once, but that was in China, where any noise after 10pm just saw the police turn up at the flat with no warning.

I have no set times for any of them, really, but then I tend to be up late and sleep heavily, plus my bedroom's on the outer wall of the block, so it's not really an issue. I can often hear the guys upstairs talking and listening to music at 3am, and the guy across the hall often doesn't even get in til then, so I don't worry too much about it on the occasions I make some noise myself.

Surely it's just a question of mutual respect, anyway? You should take in to consideration the needs and lifestyle of your neighbours, but at the same time, they shouldn't expect you to live your life around them all the time? Near silence after 8pm strikes me as particularly unreasonable.
 
snowdog said:
More expensive and no, one is a public and another is a private place.

I disagree. :confused: Not allowing people to have some social fun once in a while is dis-respectful in my eyes.

A little noise doesn't mean you can't sleep.
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a little noise? you know we aren't talking about a little noise so why change what we're talking about to get your point across? also a little noise means YOU can sleep, don't assume that's the case for others. a little light means i can't sleep, so a little noise could mean others can't. i sleep in dead silence and if my pc is on i can't sleep. you sound very very inconsiderate of others.

snowdog said:
You can always react normally and if it bothers you
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you can always react normally when someone thinks having a party until 4am is unacceptable, but you said it makes you angry. :rolleyes:


Do you think people should be forced to stay inside at night?
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what a ridiculous thing to ask.
 
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^ +1 ;)

Its all common sense......something that will sadly be gone in 2 generations the way things are going. :D

Anyone who thinks screaming and shouting at 4am needs to give their head a wobble imho - simple as that ;)
 
Mammalian said:
a little noise? you know we aren't talking about a little noise so why change what we're talking about to get your point across? also a little noise means YOU can sleep, don't assume that's the case for others. a little light means i can't sleep, so a little noise could mean others can't. i sleep in dead silence and if my pc is on i can't sleep. you sound very very inconsiderate of others.
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Sorry but that's what I think of the '' I want silence'' people.
I don't believe you, that you can't force yourself to sleep with your pc on or with a little noise.
you can always react normally when someone thinks having a party until 4am is unacceptable, but you said it makes you angry. :rolleyes:
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Yes, if you go call the cops because one of your neighbors has a party once per 6 months, that makes me angry indeed, very inconsiderate of others.

Anyone who thinks screaming and shouting at 4am needs to give their head a wobble imho
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Anyone who thinks of silence at 8pm needs to give their head a wobble imho.
 
I have big problems with my neighbours as they keep complaining about me and my flatmate. It's not that we are bad but they are just noise nazi's. We live in a detatched building that is two flats, ground floor and first floor. We are on the first floor, just 5 minutes ago they banged on their ceiling at us for all I can think of is because we were laughing at the TV, as it is not on loud, and not even continuous or loud laughter.

Got to the point where I just ignore them as they will never be pleased. They don't have any kids or pets or anything, they are late 30's I'd say and me and my mate are mid 20's.
 
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snowdog said:
Sorry but that's what I think of the '' I want silence'' people.
I don't believe you, that you can't force yourself to sleep with your pc on or with a little noise.

Yes, if you go call the cops because one of your neighbours has a party once per 6 months, that makes me angry indeed, very inconsiderate of others.
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then don't believe me, i understand why you don't want to as it means you can continue to selfishly making noise into the late hours and think it doesn't bother others even though it obviously does. great way to be considerate.

snowdog said:
I would be raging if someone would complain about a party once in a while, once every 2-3 months imo everyone should be able to hold a party into the late hours.
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if say once every 2 months a late night party per house, that's once every 8 weeks. i live close enough to i'd say 15 other hours/flats that if they had a late party i'd hear them, which would mean every weekend i have 1/2 parties going on until 4am. great way to be considerate
 
Meh, if you feel so violated by being kept awake past midnight, you can always go mow your lawn, or start some DIY perfectly within your rights at 8am to get the late-night revellers back :p

I think there's a balance to be struck, namely the hyper-sensitive, the night workers and those with babies or young children need to understand they are not the 'average' person with 'average' needs and so they need to be reasonable about what they require from their neighbours, just like not every person is a late-night reveller, midday-rising student and so a degree of consideration is required from those people too.
 
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