Our neighbours in the big posh house, whose extended drive backs onto our small back garden and those of about seven or so neighbours on our estate, moved in about 5 years ago. We knew that things wouldn't be the same when they had an all weekend outdoor disco, and massive fireworks display which started at 11;30pm, to celebrate Bonfire Night and Diwali the first weekend they were in- it was incredible and all the better for being free, though our cat freaked out. They are a lovely friendly family but they have no sensitivity about how loud they can be when the extended family and friends arrive for birthdays, weddings and festival celebrations! It's been very quiet during lock-down though.
The most impressive was when they rented their house and driveway for a 'Bollywood' film crew and actors, with a director and all the glamour, who floodlit the house and drive for a film set and filmed overnight until the early hours... though that was very exciting with bling sports cars revving up and lots of lighting effects and cameras on tracks all over the place.
Unfortunately their dad loves petrol-driven garden equipment and bought a leaf blower last year which he loves playing with.... in the evenings through summer and on sunny weekends he spends hours blowing the grass cuttings off his drive back onto the lawns [after their gardener has mown the grass] or the leaves into piles in autumn which he then burns. We've discussed getting together to buy him a big sweeping brush and a composting bin for his birthday.
