Yeah the neighbour I moaned about upthread, it’s one or the other. Him in his hot tub or him out, and the dog howling and barking and throwing himself around.
I could happily live next to sheep!
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I could happily live next to sheep!
Can you put a speaker outside and play some annoying repetitive tit over and over? Give them their own medicine back.
My neighbour is an absolute bellend! When asked to lower the noise she referred to it as her lifestyle and wouldn’t be told what to do!I seriously don’t know what my neighbours problem is with me using my garden, I’ve posted about her a couple of times now.
my husband left his sandals in the garden and popped out to get them - he had barely opened our back door and all we heard is ffs and her get up and slam her door.
she has serious issues, from her knocking last year and asking me to turn off my outdoor light as she wanted to sleep (with her blinds and curtains open) I’ve still not used my garden once it’s dark, I really just want to try and enjoy my garden this year but it makes me so uncomfortable.
I near amputated my own tongue biting it so hard not to say
Yes a lifestyle that involves drunken idiots with no social awareness to congregate, talk and play music too loud, then start what sounds like arguments with each other all whilst a dog barks!
It’s infuriating when im working from home and cant even have a window open.
Days off, evenings and weekends you are made to feel like you are the imposter. As though you are eavesdropping on them or being nosey. When in fact it’s because they are so loud that you are hearing everything.
I can’t relax with loud music so I’m not going to put on something to drown them out.
Have told my OH this year is the year I’m no longer tolerating it! Not by complaining or getting in a fight with her, but simply by making our presence felt!
I do things like putting on white noise on high volume by the boundary fence!
Have unnecessary brushing or hammering episodes outside.
Play acting loud phone conversations inside the house with window open . Talking about spreadsheet and training courses and meetings
Ones outside to friends family and work colleagues banks and travel agents
All to build up that picture that even when I’m home alone and oh so quiet, neighbour you are not the only one that lives here!
I’m making my presence felt in calm understated but hearable ways.
I have a right to use my outdoors after a hard day or week in work, same as this 24/7 never worked in her life layabout!
And as for the lights! Screw her I would put them on when you want. Not breaking any laws!
NDN dog has been alone now for THIRTY NINE bleeping hours. It’s barely taken a breath to stop barking, and the back door is open so you can’t even sit in the garden without him jumping and howling at the fence. I can’t take any more!
Oh that sounds like a bloody nightmare. I hate humming noises - they get stuck in your head.
Gardens used to be places for quiet relaxation, lawnmowing the noisiest thing, children playing nicely. I blame those bleeping garden makeover programmes like that one with Diarmud Gavin. Always advising people to have outdoor cinemas with speakers, bars with speakers when you can see the garden is surrounded by other houses. Selfish guys.
It's so awful to only look forward to Winter and torrential rain.
I was thinking today about how nice it would be to move into a kind of estate where everybody who moves does so because they value 'peace and quiet'.
I would quite happily stick to very strict living rules, knowing that 'common sense' is mostly lost in the UK and so few people can be trusted to simply be good neighbours. I'd agree to rules such as no outdoor speakers, power tools to be used one afternoon a week only, no hot tubs or dogs not to be left outside unsupervised, etc. Even no kids, honestly. Just a focus on... quiet.
I'm not sure it could ever actually be implemented, but I would so dearly love to know that I would be surrounded by like-minded people who would be relieved by knowing your neighbour will always value peace as much as you do.
I would quite happily stick to very strict living rules, knowing that 'common sense' is mostly lost in the UK and so few people can be trusted to simply be good neighbours. I'd agree to rules such as no outdoor speakers, power tools to be used one afternoon a week only, no hot tubs or dogs not to be left outside unsupervised, etc. Even no kids, honestly. Just a focus on... quiet.
I'm not sure it could ever actually be implemented, but I would so dearly love to know that I would be surrounded by like-minded people who would be relieved by knowing your neighbour will always value peace as much as you do.
Who is feeding it??
Someone has visited once today for about thirty seconds.
Sounds like he needs liberating from his situation. How awful for both of you
Poor dog, they should never be left alone for that long.
He came back late last night, went straight to bed and back out at 5am…when it started again. The poor dog has never left that house in its life, and now it never sees anyone either. I do feel sorry for it, but dear god, the constant howling.
I'd be on to the council about it. Nothing worse than a howling dog.
They’ve “investigated” - neighbour told him their dog doesn’t bark and they got someone to walk past one day who didn’t hear anything.
Have you recorded the noise?
I'd anonymously call the RSPCA.
I did it once to our old neighbours.
They had two beautiful spaniels that they left outdoors in the front of their house all the time. They didn't bark or were a nuisance but the area was completely tarmacked over and they were in full sun all day with no shade or shelter and one small bowl of water which no doubt was boiling. That summer it was regularly up into the high 20s. They'd be just lying there panting and had thick coats. I felt bad I didn't just liberate them there and then and put them in my cool house until the owners got home but the gate was locked. So I rang the RSPCA and from my window (curtain twitching) could see them come round, break the lock and take away the dogs so it must have been bad.
They got one of the dogs back - don't know what happened to the other
but they didn't leave it outside again.I'd do it again in a heartbeat. A clear conscience is better than guilt or annoying an unkind undeserving owner.
In your case the neighbour might be intimidated, and someone walking past means nothing - the dog might stop when it hears someone thinking it's owner is coming back.
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Don’t know if this has been mentioned before or is any use to anyone here, but there is something called The Noise App which you can use to record and send noise nuisance issues direct to your council - not all local authorities have it, but it’s worth checking. Ours does and I’ve used it to report stuff before.
Ooh that's good. Never heard of it tbh. Interesting construction sites included as they can get away with all sorts of noise infringements eg the time they start and finish. And you can feel powerless against big businesses like that.The Noise App App - App Store
Download The Noise App by RH Environmental on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips and more games like The Noise App.
Don’t know if this has been mentioned before or is any use to anyone here, but there is something called The Noise App which you can use to record and send noise nuisance issues direct to your council - not all local authorities have it, but it’s worth checking. Ours does and I’ve used it to report stuff before.
Yeah! I was surprised at that too, I used it to report incidents of noise from a pub that was breaking the law, and the council took immediate steps.
I have worked for a number of large house builders and they really can’t get away with it. I’ve had sites stopped because of it. It they are operating out of agreed hours then report to the council.
Agree with this. We’ve called the RSPCA on a neighbouring dog owner as the poor thing was left out after 11pm at night in the driving rain and she was just crying. Turns out owners were away and the dog sitter was doing a terrible job so it was worth the call!I'd anonymously call the RSPCA.
I did it once to our old neighbours.
They had two beautiful spaniels that they left outdoors in the front of their house all the time. They didn't bark or were a nuisance but the area was completely tarmacked over and they were in full sun all day with no shade or shelter and one small bowl of water which no doubt was boiling. That summer it was regularly up into the high 20s. They'd be just lying there panting and had thick coats. I felt bad I didn't just liberate them there and then and put them in my cool house until the owners got home but the gate was locked. So I rang the RSPCA and from my window (curtain twitching) could see them come round, break the lock and take away the dogs so it must have been bad.
They got one of the dogs back - don't know what happened to the other
I'd do it again in a heartbeat. A clear conscience is better than guilt or annoying an unkind undeserving owner.
In your case the neighbour might be intimidated, and someone walking past means nothing - the dog might stop when it hears someone thinking it's owner is coming back.