Playing music and neighbours

shoes said:
IN which case you're a bunch of selfish little ***** and I look forward to your next thread 'Angry neighbour laid me out cold because of my **** taste in music and antisocial behaviour.'
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Quality post as always.

I suppose you do everything people tell you, regardless of what it is?

Playing music at 7pm on a Saturday night isn't unreasonable. If it was 9-11pm, or later, then fair enough. But it's the weekend. It also depends on how loud the music actually is.

It's not their fault that their neighbours work strange hours, you can't expect them just to change their lives to suit these newbies.

You seem a little, how should I put this, ascerbic about the issue. Perhaps you should take a step back.
 
I used to get really ****** off by some **** who used to play his drums the flat below mine. Used to really wind me up. It's not the time that makes any different. It's just the annoying continuous thump that you can hear.
 
I had this actually happen to me when I was a student living in a shared house. We moved in and all was well for a week or two and then we have this funny note through the door complaining about the loud music and if we didnt stop it she would `do something about it`. I was actually kind of ****ed off that someone would think sending a note like that would get any kind of reprieve and so did the rest of my house mates so the level of music volume and times of said volume actually increased greatly over the next few weeks. We were all in the front room playing x-box one night about 5 or 6 people playing FIFA and you can imagine there was a bit of shouting and banter but no music playing or anything and there is a knock at the door and there is a women in her dressing gown shouting at one of my mates about the noise, she was f`ing this and f`ing that and we all ****ed ourselfs laughing when my mate just shut the door in her face.

This went on for a few weeks and a few more notes and we had spoken to the landlord about it and he had some trouble with her before regarding some previous students that were staying there. Any way we get a green letter from the local council complaining about the level of noise from the house and if it was to continue we would be investigated. I actually phoned the number and spoke to someone at the council and we has some sound meters installed in the house for a period of time and the lady next door also had some. We didnt really have the noise any less than it was before they were installed and continued as before. We got a letter back from the council basically saying that the level of noise wasnt enough for them to take any further action but we moved out not long after that anyway. From the start of moving in and getting the letter and everything this was about two years or so. Now, if the lady next door had knocked on the door from the very begining and had a conversation with myself I would have shared this with my housemates and we could have come to some agreement but it was really the way it was delt with by her from the start that caused all the hastle.
 
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I think it was probably more to do with 12 people coming and going and chatting over the music?

If they complained after just one time then I would go to war with them :D
 
Slade2 said:
Now, if the lady next door had knocked on the door from the very begining and had a conversation with myself I would have shared this with my housemates and we could have come to some agreement but it was really the way it was delt with from the start that caused all the hastle.
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And if you had just gone to speak to her after she put a note through the door you could possibly have also come to some sort of agreement.

There isn't just 1 way of doing things sensibly dude.
 
Couple of things really....

1: Turn the bass down... Yes I know, it completely removes the point of some music (personally believe this shows the music is rubbish anyway).
2: Turn the volume down. Is it really that hard?
3: Yes, officially it's 11pm to 7am, but if people were trying to play music whilst you were trying to relax peacefully, I'm sure it would bug you too!
4: Have a chat with them, find out the hours they work etc... so that if you really have to have your dubstep *cringe* craving at some point, you can try and find a time that suits both of you.
5: For God sake, warn people if you're going to have a 'party', and invite them! You'd be surprised where pleasantries can get you!

kd
 
.Lethal said:
And if you had just gone to speak to her after she put a note through the door you could possibly have also come to some sort of agreement.

There isn't just 1 way of doing things sensibly dude.
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I agree with that but tbh I wasnt alone in being rather annoyed with the note and the way it was worded full of threats and stuff but I admit I could have been the bigger man and spoken to her about it but meh I hate people like that so didnt.
 
King Damager said:
Couple of things really....

1: Turn the bass down... Yes I know, it completely removes the point of some music (personally believe this shows the music is rubbish anyway).
2: Turn the volume down. Is it really that hard?
3: Yes, officially it's 11pm to 7am, but if people were trying to play music whilst you were trying to relax peacefully, I'm sure it would bug you too!
4: Have a chat with them, find out the hours they work etc... so that if you really have to have your dubstep *cringe* craving at some point, you can try and find a time that suits both of you.
5: For God sake, warn people if you're going to have a 'party', and invite them! You'd be surprised where pleasantries can get you!

kd
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1. So all music with bass is rubbish? strange you think this
2. It wasnt on stupidly loud
3. I usually sleep 11pm - 7am like a normal person would
4. Dont mind doing this but might find out they do work nights or something and then cant play music at all.
5. We didnt have a party, we went out 7pm. Trust me, if we have a house party they will know about it (and we will warn them in advance)

We are moving out in July, might just continue as normal. All they can do is phone the landlords, police will do nothing about music at 7pm on saturday night. Maybe just laugh at them. I have lived with a policeman and he played metal when he came in after nights. Didnt bother me
 
living in apartments is a nightmare, i used to live on the top floor with my gf and the older people below us would come up everyday complaining about how we stamp our feet when we walk just to **** them off (we didnt and we didnt walk heavy footed either) they even complained when family was visiting and had a go at them for "jumping up and down to make their lights flicker" lol i cant imagine what would have happened if i did play music. they were also very childish too, they would through a football at the ceiling while we wer trying to sleep and put rubish in our mailbox and leave threatening notes on our door, the guy across from us also told us that hey had been up to complain several times when we wernt even home. they were in their late 30s and im only 19 but i act more sensible/ friendly than they did.
 
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At 6pm on a saturday I would telling them to get a damn grip if they wanted silence at all hours they should rented a damn house. Moving in and then demanding silence from your new neighbours is bang out of order.

Tell them you are allready changing your lifestyle for them and not playing music after say 10pm at weekends and 9pm weekdays so to be damn thankful
 
King Damager said:
Actually, said that if by turning down the bass on a song and it ruins the song - hence suggesting the song relies on its bass then it's rubbish :p

kd
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Actually a good song can "rely" on every part of itself, playing off against it's harmonies to create the overall sound, and thus removing any part of it would ruin the song, not just the bass.

But hey, lets just ignore that part and carry on being ignorant shall we :rolleyes:
 
King Damager said:
Actually, said that if by turning down the bass on a song and it ruins the song - hence suggesting the song relies on its bass then it's rubbish :p

kd
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I play all my music as its meant to be. I.e with no bass, treble or balance change. I just use tone defeat which misses out the circuit

No music is meant to be played with bass up, treble down or vise versa
 
Guess it depends on how loud you have the music, I'm guessing if you have 12 people round that is what some might term a 'party' even if it is early chances are someone will pump up the volume if nothing else to get it above the hubbub of people talking and chances are making it heard in different rooms (12 people chances are they spread out a bit).

I live in a midterrace with families either side and occasionally (like a few times a year) we will have people round for drinks/music etc, nobody has ever complained although I'd sure you can hear it through the walls. I do tend to regulate the volume if it gets beyond midnight and my system isn't all that bassy.

I've got a friend in Bristol who holds all night parties sometimes involving huge speakers etc, comings and goings at all hours I would NOT want to be his neighbour, it is a relatively posh street (£400k house) they must have wondered WTF happened when he moved in :)
 
mglover070588 said:
OP: Be considerate for your neighbours! It does not matter than it is 'only' 7pm.
Loud music is not appropriate in flats full stop - No matter what time of day!
Imagine after a long day at work, you come in, get some food and sit down, put the tele on......for it to be drowned out by some moron playing chav tunes.
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Quoted for truth!

Anybody saying different probably doesn't live in a flat!
 
While I understand that maybe music being played at 7pm inst the end of the world maybe its worth just knocking the door and say "hey sorry that you think my music is to loud can I test what I can play/get away with the level of music I play?"

This way you show a little understanding and see if they are being unreasonable or you are.

I think its easy for both parties to not understand each other and just having one very one sided view will get you no where.

I had neighbours in a flat that played music at all hours of the day and at one point i was working shifts and then went on to 9-5 neither made a differences as they didnt give a flying ****. And even going down and speaking to them would results in them being ok for a week and retards the next. Thank god in my case they moved out.

Its a simple step to get some understanding. If your unwilling to do this it speaks volumes........ you can all laugh at my amazing joke haha
 
Yeah my recommendation would be to speak to them and maybe do some tests as suggested, you can then see what volume level they find acceptable and take a mental note of it, you never know you might find it acceptable too.

It's very obvious to me that different people have a very different idea of what LOUD (or rather TOO LOUD) means, you can tell that just by listening to the difference in volume people have for their headphones, car steroes etc. I've got some friends that always seem to have their car stereo up what I would call LOUD but for them it is probably normal (to be far the girl is deaf in one ear lol)
 
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