Annoying neighbours and loud music

[Globalti]

Gawd the stories on here almost make me grateful for my occasional neighbour noise because at least they don't have dogs or play music or football.

I've read that two-thirds of people are stressed by neighbour noise.

 

[Dave7]

As official members of the old farts club we do enjoy peace and quiet.
We live in a semi but they are really solid so next door has to be really loud to affect us.
However......they are both from broken marriages and sometimes have the whole tribe for garden parties......there are lots of them .
We get the warning signs, a rented bouncy castle, swimming pool etc......so we just go out for the day**, anywhere, just anywhere
Don't get me wrong, they are a pleasant family so are entitled to blow out every now and again.
**not so easy with this virus. Last week there were 20+ of them having an all day party. Football, 3 paddling pools BBQ. Grin and bear it

 

[matiz]

My neighbours love it when I play AC/DC at full volume they even threw a brick through the window so that they could hear it better.

 

[Saluki]

Noise cancelling headphones anyone?

That’s what I have. I can’t sleep in them though.

 

[slow scot]

We had an Elvis impersonator, a bad one, who 'practised' all day with volume on full and windows open - living opposite. Multiple requests to them, and their housing association, for them to turn it down didn't work.

Stuck my stereo system on full - all 1000 watts of it - put bad opera on and went out. I warned the neighbours and they were just as frustrated as we were.

8 hours of bad opera seemed to do the trick. He stopped after that.

There's bad opera?

 

[Deleted member 26715]

There's bad opera?

There's good opera?

 

[srw]

There's bad opera?

Plenty. In particular...

Better still a good Wagner opera

There is no such thing as a good Wagner opera.

 

[dodgy]

Another grumpy old man here with neighbours who have little girls with ultrasonic and below screams and can go on for about 3 hours.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Plenty. In particular...

I class opera in the same vein as ice skating, I can see the skill in it but not the attraction, I would not pay money for a load of people to warble out words in a language I can't understand, bit like rap with a silent c.

 

[Drago]

I've got elderly neighbours that think the sun shines from betwixt my buttocks.

 

[Tenacious Sloth]

I was disturbed by my neighbour banging on my front door at 2am the other night.

Luckily, I was still up practising on my bagpipes.

 

[DCLane]

There's bad opera?

There's good opera?

I'm not an opera buff but can tell the difference between someone who can sing and someone who can't. A friend's an opera singer, and a schoolmate's wife is (he composes theme TV tunes). Both can sing.

Florence Foster Jenkins couldn't, but her memory lives on ... and in my house it was at 1000 watts

 

[AndreaJ]

I live in a very small rural village and there is one noisy family who insist on playing music in the garden. They have 3 primary school age boys whose only way of communicating with each other is screaming while the parents shout. Everyone now knows all the children’s names and the new dogs name. The idea that most people live in a rural area for the peace and quiet is lost on them.

 

[slow scot]

I'm not an opera buff but can tell the difference between someone who can sing and someone who can't. A friend's an opera singer, and a schoolmate's wife is (he composes theme TV tunes). Both can sing.

Florence Foster Jenkins couldn't, but her memory lives on ... and in my house it was at 1000 watts

Thanks for the "Gotterdammerung" link. Fascinating to hear it with piano accompaniment. And , yes, they certainly can sing!

 

[Milkfloat]

I love the sound of children playing, even if it is squeals that break glasses at 50 paces. However, I have been to the Opera just once and despite the fact I have conversational Italian, once was enough.