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We've often heard about good neighbors—the ones that bake you pies, invite you over for barbecues, help with renovation, pet-sit—the list goes on. But on the other side of the spectrum are the annoying people who make living next door to them impossible. Whether they block your parking space or throw their trash on your patio, some individuals need a lesson or two on how to be neighborly.
Today, the Bored Panda team has compiled a list of people who love being neighborhood DJs. Yes, we are talking about the ones who play their soundtracks on blast. These folks don’t consider that people might be sleeping, working, attending a seminar, or simply enjoying their serenity when they make excessive noise. Cover your ears, pandas, as we look at some music lovers who can’t keep the volume down.
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#1
I have setup a decibel alarm right by my fence.. when the punk kids music gets too loud my siren goes off the only way it will stop is if he lowers his noise. At first it was going off all the time. But now it hasn't gone off in months.. he finally learned his lesson
Many people listen to music using headphones, and by doing so they only subject themselves to loud sounds, not anyone else. When individuals attend concerts or go to clubs, they are making a choice to be at a place where things get noisy. However, when your next-door neighbors play songs on loudspeakers, they expose everyone around them to high decibels (dB) of sound.
Hearing music can be relaxing, but regularly listening to songs at high volume can be dangerous. Studies show prolonged exposure to high levels of noise can lead to hearing impairment.
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#2
I'm an incredibly petty individual.
Ever since my neighbour moved in earlier this year, I've had constant nights of being woken up by his music at 5am (after all the clubs have shut), mostly on work nights. Literally about 2 nights a week on average.
I (and other residents) first tried speaking to him with no success, so I then complained to the council during summer and they sent their toothless letter etc and that worked for a while, and then it started again in September.
About 6 weeks ago, I messaged his landlord to get him to stfu. Thankfully, this seemed to work.
However, last night, right on queue, starts blasting out music at 5:30 in the morning with girls screaming their heads off. Turns out he'd actually been travelling for a month so his landlord's bollocking lasted all of about 2 weeks.
I've been ill all week with flu, and I couldn't back to sleep despite only needing to be up at 8am, so I lied awake for about 2 hours trying to sleep to no avail.
Now, I want payback. The idea I currently have is to put my Alexa in the room adjacent to his whilst I go away this weekend and get her to play Baby Shark at full volume at 4 in the morning.
#3
Many years ago we had awful neighbours across from us who had loud noisy parties. Several nights every week. The landlord - who lived in the area - never seemed to follow up. Not just us, several neighbours also struggled with the antisocial behaviour and loud thumpy music. (Had to report complaints through a letting agency btw and they did nothing.) But someone down the road also knew the landlord, and told us apparently he was well aware there was an issue, just not bothered to do anything and allegedly didnt want the hassle and to lose money with costs of evicting and reletting fees etc. By chance we got the landlords phone number. Every time there was party late at night /early morning we would phone him and stand outside our door and play the noise over the phone so he could hear what we had to put up with. He said why bother him so late, we said well we thought you should know just how horrible the constant noise is at all hours. Shared the number with other suffering neighbours so they also did the same. It sometimes went to his voicemail so we prefaced the noisy recording with date and time amd how longnit had gone on for. And left heaps of messages with the noise …. Within 2 months the noisy tenants were given notice
Sami-Jo Ross 9 months ago
Two months is too long. Should have been two weeks at best with that many complaints.
While you can’t really escape everyday commotion, when it comes to certain activities like music events, bars, and nightclubs, you can choose to control your exposure. Many young adults enjoy leisure-noise exposure these days. For instance, they feel motivated to work out when they listen to peppy songs. Other factors include personal preference, socializing, or a desire for rebelliousness.
A 2022 study revealed that unsafe music listening habits are putting 1.35 billion young adults at risk of damaging their hearing. Researchers found that people between the ages of 18 and 34 listen to loud music at entertainment venues for unsafe lengths of time. While it might be an enjoyable activity for individuals, they are risking their future ear health by doing so.
#4
If you are visiting apartment you consider renting/buying and you hear loud music from other apartments, GTFO out of there ASAP. It is NOT a one time thing. No, these people are not celebrating birthday, new family member or promotion, don't fool yourself. They are neighbors from hell. People who blast loud music do it all the time and they won't stop. Considerate people don't blast loud music inside apartment even during holidays. Considerate people know that neighbors don't care about your holidays and don't want to listen to your music
CatWoman1014 9 months ago
Well I learned if you complain enough they will stop bc they’re tired of getting knocks on their door. My old neighbors used to blast music in the middle of the day while I was trying to work. I complained on them every time and after a while they stopped bc they realized I wouldn’t relent on the complaining. Word of advice: if you want to be a douche and blast your s**t music go live in the country where you don’t have a neighbor who shares a wall with you
#5
Our old neighbor, TripleH (HipHop Honky - we’re white af so it felt ok to call him this). He played HipHop constantly, and loudly whenever he was home. Sometimes he’d drive around the neighborhood in his s**tbox doing the same. Dude was always picking fights and being a general nuisance. One day somebody must’ve had too much because the cops came and he ended up brawling with them in the street. They took his a** away and we never saw him again. All his c**p was on the lawn about a month later (he rented). God was that satisfying
#6
Our neighbor installed a high-end speaker/subwoofer system right by our property (.25 acre lots) and would blast bass and vibration into our home every night and all weekend long, from April to October. I cried for months. We first tried to work it out with him but he harassed and threatened us (mind you, he also built a fence on our property and created damage to our property which we had to fight and thankfully resolved after a lot of trauma). We learned about our county sound ordinances (no music past 11PM AND a beautiful one: "No person shall permit, operate, or cause any source of sound or sound generation to create a sound that is audible and discernible in any other person’s residential dwelling with the doors and windows to that other person’s residential dwelling closed." We called up the county zoning folks who showed up to his house and warned him about the misdemeanors and fines he will face. He's been keeping the volume down for several months, but I feel pretty confident he will test us out. At that point, we will call up our friends at the zoning department to come out and fine him
karen snyder 9 months ago
If he really is "harassing and threatening" you to the point where you're crying and traumatized, that may even be a felony.
Among young people, a major source of leisure-noise exposure is nightclubs. Loud music is beneficial for businesses, as people tend to drink more when there is less social interaction. In the absence of any conversation, people quickly finish their cocktails or mocktails. Clubbers, on average, experience continuous noise levels of close to 98 dB if they spend roughly five hours a week at a disco. Clubbing for 10 years generates more than 60% of the maximum noise exposure acceptable for a working life of 42 years.
So how much is too much? Anything below 85 dB is okay. For instance, when you're walking down a bustling street, you will encounter various sounds, such as honking cars, people talking, and occasional construction work. Such noises combined fall within the range of around 70 to 85 dB. Anything louder than that might require hearing protection.
#7
My brother works from home. The walls literally shake from their music at all hours. He knocked on their door and told them he's trying to work... They turned it down. When they did it at 12am on a Tuesday, he wasn't happy and came knocking on their door. Basically said, "Dude, it's 12 in the morning... The walls are shaking and we need to sleep." Guy just said oh ok like it was new to him that it was loud. Fortunately, It's been mainly quiet since then
#8
I just bought my first home and didn’t realize my neighbor would be such a problem. I’ve never had issues with any neighbors. I mind my business and don’t care what my neighbors do, but this guy literally plays music daily from around 9-10 am until 1-2 am. Occasionally playing music loud is no problem, but it’s every single day. I have young children and he even plays it with them playing in the driveway 15/20 ft away, with every other word being the n word or f**k or b***h. Sure I could ask him to be quiet, but also this guy is in 50’s and I feel like I shouldn’t have to teach someone twenty years my senior basic human decency. I set up my sound bar and subwoofers today and played music louder than his, next time I’ll take it a step further and set it up right in the driveway like he does. Only thing is I don’t want to piss off my other neighbors but also this guy can eat s**t
#9
I know it probably bothers me more than most because I’m on the spectrum, but I don’t even live next door to these people. They’re literally 3 streets away. And you can hear their bass from their music in the entire front half of the neighborhood.
I’m ordering noise reducing curtains but part of the reason I got a house is to leave the noise of an apartment behind. I don’t know how their next door neighbors deal with it. I can slightly feel it in the walls if I touch them, and it’s coming from a car with brand new speakers in it. People are so inconsiderate.
But the neighbors behind me have told me a lot of people have been moving out of this neighborhood because neighbors like this one. They buy a house here and play really loud music. She bought her house a year before we got ours, and the previous owners of her home moved because of who lived in mine. They frequently threw old food out in the backyard and attracted mice to the street. Everyone on our street had to get exterminators because of who used to live in my house
KatSaidWhat 9 months ago
My friend sent photos last night of the bread being thrown into their yard by a neighbour. Told her to get a ring doorbell camera to capture it on film and report to council.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, USA, suggests that you shouldn’t be exposed to 90 dB for more than 8 hours per day. In a busy restaurant, the overall ambient noise level—a lot of conversations, clinking dishes, chaotic kitchen noise, and other background sounds—can reach around 90 dB.
Being exposed to 100 dB for more than 15 minutes is usually not recommended. When you attend a rock concert in a small venue, the volume is generally high to create a vibrant atmosphere. In such places, chances are the music reaches 100 dB or even higher, especially near the stage or speakers.
#10
I live in a townhouse and i have the same problem but we share ONE wall only. People are extremely inconsiderate my wife spoke to him he said sorry but nothing changed landlord got involved he told him "i'm allowed to have fun" um yes you are but your bass is vibrating my home and i have 2 young kids so sleeping is already a luxury for us. To this day nothing changed it's been ongoing for almost 2 months now landlord said it's his home i have no power to do anything and my wife thinks calling the cops will make him blast it even more.
We will be moving in May but i get so many panic and anxiety attacks when i hear his music my wife can easily shrug it off and ignore it but for some reasons i can't at all i'm having suicidal thoughts and 3 days ago i had a meltdown and my wife is starting to hate me for it.
I'm able to handle many things in life but for some reason bass music triggers a fight and flight response in me and i have no clue how to stop it i wish i can sleep till May and not wakeup but unfortunately not an option. Hoping i don't die from a heart attack by May but reading stories on this subreddit helps me calm down sometimes.
Stephanie Did It 9 months ago
I agree on the effects of bass sounds. My old neighbor used to get up before dawn and start up his huge diesel pickup truck to idle for half an hour or more, summer or winter (it's a cultural "thing" in my area). That deep chugging just outside has an ominous sound that sounds so sinister. I was so glad to leave that neighborhood.
#11
I (27F) know that COVID is kind of old news by now, but my organization is healthcare related and hasn't moved corporate staff back to the office. I'm fine with it although there are some quirks to working from home for the last year.
One of the quirks is that, since we live in an apartment, we have neighbors. I believe that the person whose room is on the opposite side of the wall from my office is a teenager or at least a young person, because I can see a sliver of their room through a window and it looks like teenage wall decor. (Not trying to creep, obviously -- their wall juts out further than mine does and their window looks in on my office window.) I can only assume they're not in school though because they BLAST music during the day.
It's not every single day, and it's not music I don't like (it's usually American pop music or Spanish music) but it's just so loud that I'm afraid to turn on my mic during video calls for work. I can hear basically all the words and certainly the notes and VERY certainly the beat. It gets even worse if they open their window and terrible if we both want to have the windows open on a nice spring day.
I love music as much as the next person, but damn. I have a job.
#12
I’ve lived here for 7 years and this kid just moved in caddy corner across the street from me about 6 months ago. Apparently his grandpa used to live there but now the kid is taking over the house but his mom technically owns it. Anyways, he starts blasting music super loud in the middle of the night and afternoon. If my door is open, it sounds like I have my stereo cranked to full blast. It’s the most disrespectful thing I’ve ever experienced in my life. I’ve called the non-emergency police line numerous times and they do nothing. Apparently I can keep a log of the disturbances and take him to court but I really have wanted this to remain anonymous. One of my neighbors knows the mother who owns the home and called her to tell her what was going on and it stopped for a short while but he is back at it. Since the cops won’t do anything about it, I’m ready to take matters into my own hands. Was thinking of stink bombing his house so he decides to move eventually, some random thing periodically like egg his house, blast a horn by his house early in the morning, anything to pester him repeatedly without getting caught
Stephanie Did It 9 months ago
Check your city/state/province's noise ordinances. Talk to Code Compliance.
Loud noises pose a threat to ear health as they might damage the outer hair cells in the ear’s cochlea. Sam Couth, an ear-health researcher at the University of Manchester, said, “These cells are responsible for amplifying sounds; they help us to hear things better. If they are damaged by loud noise, they are not going to amplify everyday sounds, and we’re not going to be able to hear as well.”
#13
Guy next to me likes to smoke with his buddies until 5am which doesn’t affect me at all if they’re quiet but noooo they have to f*****g yell at the top of their lungs over stupid s**t while I work night shift. I’ve called the cops multiple times in the past and I don’t give a f**k if I have to keep calling. You’re not gonna make my dog bark and f**k over my wife’s sleeping routine just bc you wanna be a loud motherf****r
#14
Live in the suburbs so it’s not like we share walls. We have asked them previously to turn it down. The bass from inside their house can be heard on the other side of our house with the tv on! It’s infuriating to hear during the day, even worse at night. We have had to walk over at 2, 3am and ask them to turn it down when they have parties. They don’t. We’ve contacted their landlord and he said he’d have the management company tell them to stop. We’ve even called the cops once when it’s 3am and they’ve spoken to them.
It was quiet for about a month and then today it started all over again. So much for a quiet New Year’s Day. I hope the landlord doesn’t renew their lease when it’s up.
#15
I blasted my noisy neighbours with a few hundred watts of power via my 17" subwoofers but I do not advocate this solution as it is almost certainly illegal and in violation of your lease lol. I understood and accepted the potential consequences at the time but 2 kids and a housing crisis later, I would not do this
Javelina Poppers 9 months ago
Had a neighbor who apparently worked 2nd shift and after he got home at midnight would blast the most obnoxious music until dawn when he finally went to bed. My friend ran a business providing sound systems to various large outdoor venues like rock concerts and the like. He loaned me a JBL Dual 18" Active Subwoofer with an onboard 2000W Crown Amplifier for my revenge. I took a week off and about a half hour after his music stopped and he was in bed, I'd proceed to play my music on the back porch featuring every bass heavy song I could find. I may have done structural damage to my home but he got the message and his music stopped or at least was toned down to tolerable.
To lower your risk, you should avoid exposure to loud areas, especially places where the sound is exceeding 85 decibels. If you are in a tiny space, it’s best to stand a little far away from the source of the sound. And if you're unsure about the noise level, there are many mobile apps that help you measure it. Taking regular breaks from noisy environments gives you time to recover. So, while attending a concert, you can take a 10-minute break after an hour or so.
When you use headphones, keep the volume at a reasonable level. You can also use the noise-canceling feature to block out external sounds when you are in a noisy place. Alternatively, you can wear earplugs or earmuffs as well. This is especially important for people who work in noisy environments, like construction sites or clubs. Taking proactive measures to protect your hearing is important. You should try to schedule regular hearing assessments with an audiologist as well.
#16
It's not even the bass in my case. It's the overall volume, with the occasional shouted conversation because they can't hear each other by speaking normally. If I knew spanish I'd understand every part of the song. They've got it cranked up entirely too loud. My neighbors are weird to me. They seem to come home then go straight to the backyard and have guests over, and start a party. They don't seem to go inside until around 11pm. This is EVERY day now. they used to only do this on/around holidays, now it's like one of them wants to be a big man at work so he invites all his coworkers to his house for daily after-work get-togethers. There are always 2-4 cars of people who don't live at this residence when this is going on. My neighbors all have the "I'm used to it, I'm from the projects/just turn your tv up louder" attitude. This is the ONLY house around here that plays excessive music. I let this go for 6 days before I started calling the police
#17
Our neighbors play heavy ~heavy~ bass music for hours a day. It’s always profanity laden which is odd cause they have small kids. Can start as early as 10am on a Monday, if not, 3p-730p without fail. We’ve asked them to chill before and they were very apologetic but it hasn’t stopped. There are ordinances we can put on them but don’t want to cause too much of a rift. That being said, we’ve lost patience. We’re in northern NJ.
Spencer's slave no longer 9 months ago
Opera, play opera. Madame Butterfly is my favourite "annoying" music, second is HMS Pinnafore.
#18
Every single Friday and Saturday starting between 10-11pm my across the street neighbor starts playing really loud thumping repetitive dance/beats/bass heavy music. I live in a single family house and it makes my windows rattle sometimes and I can’t get any sleep. Then cars are coming and going all night and groups of like 6-12 teens are running in the street at 1:00am screaming and crap. The thing is I don’t know who is playing this music. I barely know who lives there because there’s usually between 6 and 8 cars, and I see different people come and go. I wouldn’t even know who lives there if I rang their doorbell. The one I think is doing this is the 16 year old.
I’ve asked them to turn it down. They did. Once. I’ve called the cops multiple times and they come by and tell them to turn it down. But they do it EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND OVER AND OVER. I don’t call the cops until it’s after midnight but I’m getting really sick of this not being able to sleep in my own damn house.
Should I call the cops every time or try and speak to them? They don’t speak English very well and again I don’t even know who lives there for sure.
Anna Drever 9 months ago
Cops. Every single time. Without fail. Don’t know if it’ll work but something has to be done.
If you are exposed to loud sounds because of people like your neighbors, it’s best to have a chat with them. You can try to explain to them the impact of their actions. Maybe share this post with them. And if talking doesn’t help, you can approach all the others in the neighborhood who are disturbed by their actions. Collectively, you can figure out a solution for the problem.
If the problem persists, you can also try to block the sound by using a white noise machine, installing noise-reducing curtains, or filling your space with furniture to better absorb the sound. Have you ever had a neighbor who blasted music all the time? Share your experience with us in the comments.
#19
For those of you who have neighbors who play loud music, for how many years does it go on for?
I have neighbors who play loud music every Thursday through Saturday and I’m sick of it. They’re in their 50’s for whatever that is worth. I only just moved here so who knows how long it was going on. But I wonder just how many years will they keep this up? They even blast it in the winter! But in the winter it isn’t quite as frequent.
I just want to know if this can go on indefinitely. I read stories of loud music neighbors but I’m not sure if they ever stop before someone moves etc.
Tempest 9 months ago
If it happens every week it’s probably a regular practice that wouldn’t go away anytime soon unless those people move away. People who lived in your house before you moved in probably left because of it. Try to talk to them first. Then check up with other neighbours who might be able to give a good idea of how long this has been going on. If they still refuse to stop, get the police/landlords involved. If it’s a lack of official involvement you might have to get teamed up with neighbours and be relentless with complaints until the problem is resolved.
#20
We had neighbors just like this. Their father was deaf so he didn’t care. It was Thursday though Saturday. Young millennials with no respect, living off of welfare and cheating the u.s system. We sold our house after only one year because it got so bad one of the young guys started threatening us with physical violence after asking then several times to stop. Good luck! If you have the time, money and energy to sue go ahead but if you want to live in peace as we all have the right to do, sell while the market is somewhat a hot
What do you think ?
Christopher Preston 9 months ago
As a bagpiper, my granddad actively enjoy morons playing music obnoxiously loud. As soon as it turns of and they think they're off to bed, oh no, you're getting treated to a rendition of Hector the Hero. After a few nights of trying to sleep through what probably sounds like the massacre at Glencoe, they decide to call it quits on the loud music. He would only do this had conversation not managed to sort out the problem.
Steve Hall 9 months ago
I don't feel sorry for most of these people because they seem to be too dumb to just call the police.
LJS 9 months ago
Police don't deal with noise complaints in most countries. I think it's literally just the US where they do.
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I agree with LJS. Noise complaints aren’t even a thing in most countries. In my neighbourhood alone there would be loud parties about once a month at some house, some so far away that we can’t even locate which house it is but can hear the music, but nothing happens. Worse is some politicians or “celebrities” who sometimes rent out this stage we have in our local area and use absolutely eardrum shattering speakers for their events, sometimes late at night. That noise can often be heard several towns over but it is never charged as a disturbance because they call them “public events”. The rest of the neighbourhood has to just suck it up and try to sleep/get by their day. I absolutely hate this because I’m someone who can’t sleep with any noise or light.
Jaya 9 months ago
If your neighbours are bothered by your music: turn down the bass. The bass travels through walls the most, so if you turn down the bass, you have to turn down the general volume way less than if you leave the bass on normal setting. Sometimes you don't even have to turn down the general volume at all if you just turn down the bass. Seriously, asking your music playing neighbour to turn down the bass does wonders.
Eric Johansen 9 months ago
Part of the problem I have with this is sometimes it's some of the songs and music. For example besides hip hop and rap and doom metal and r rock and heavy metal music has a heavy bass. I religiously listen to the song Towards Infinity by Hippie Death Cult and I have and use YouTube music and my stereo is Bluetooth so I listen to my music on my stereo. However the stereo has preset digital equalizers on it so even with my Bass boosted and my equalizer on country ( lowest bass setting I could find) and tuning and adjusting both my stereo volume itself and using the Bluetooth volume through my phone it's still difficult to keep the bass low and yes it even annoys myself as well. I do blast my stereo once in awhile and of course I respect the no loud music unit noon rule in my building and always have it turned back down around 5 pm I live in a building that only has efficiency apartments and doesn't have any children living in it. And I really don't want to be disrespectful either.
Tempest 9 months ago
My university dorm had some extremely unruly guys who were an absolute nightmare to the rest of us with their loud music. My room was right above theirs so even the floor would vibrate with the music. Several students including my roomies and I repeatedly complained to the management who kept giving out warnings but never evicted them despite them having strict dorm rules. It was absolutely frustrating! It was impossible to study or sleep because they would play music into the dead of night. It was a bunch of Indian students who were playing their country’s music which if anyone knows is extremely loud. I used to like some Bollywood songs but now I can’t stand any of them without being reminded of those guys. Nothing against Indians because I had several other Indian friends in the dorm who themselves were irritated with those guys. They were just terribly selfish people. People please be considerate of your neighbors! No one likes loud noises and not everyone enjoys your music taste!
Kathy Richardson 9 months ago
After reading these, I feel especially blessed to live on a farm. There is one road in and it dead ends at my house, and the river surrounds our farm in an oxbow. My nearest neighbor is half a mile away and is my stepdaughter so no issues there. I could never, never, live in a city again
MoMcB 9 months ago
Back quite a few years ago, I was still living with my mum, my Dad had died about 3 years previously. A young family had moved in next door, and it soon became apparent that there were huge issues in the marriage. Next thing was, the wife started to bring boyfriends home, all sorts going on. The husband's response was to blast out a Pet Shop Boys song- can't remember the name, but there was a
MoMcB 9 months ago
Was a chorus of "what have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this" over and over, all day at full volume. This went in for weeks. Then one Sunday, I was in bed, I had been out clubbing, and was hung over. It started again. I opened the window, and yelled to shut up, we had all had enough. My mum, who is very well mannered was horrified, but it stopped. The husband left shortly after.
Jae 9 months ago
Not a neighbour, but one of my nephews had those obnoxious subwoofers in his truck, the ones that you can feel in your rib cage. He had them until the day he turned them on when my baby was sitting in a stroller on the sidewalk. He had never considered the effect his speakers had on others until he saw the baby wailing in my arms. I don't think I ever heard those woofers again.
Melissa Harris 9 months ago (edited)
Years ago I had to call the police for a noise complaint on a neighbor. They'd had a party all day and it seemed like It had wound down around 11pm which was fine. It was balls hot and all the windows were open. My back yard and theirs were divided by a fence. Around 4am I was woken up to loud, drunken "conversation"; practically shouting. It went on for awhile and I needed to go to work in the morning so I called to cops. Only time in my life I've had to call the police. About 20-ish minutes later a black and white with it's lights flashing was parked infront of the neighbors and I can hear the cops telling them about noise complaints and bylaws, etc, to keep it down and pack it up. Never had any problems again so I guess they learned their lesson.
Gavin Johnson 9 months ago
I live in a house built in the 1700s, it’s got walls that are between 1’ and 2’ feet thick and solid stone. I have neighbours who have a young child. I play my drum kit or bass at all hours of day and night, my taste in music is what you might consider loud. My neighbours never complain, I never wake their child. I recommend Derbyshire stone and a builder from the 1700s who builds houses to last. It’s also cool inside in summer and retains heat in winter, I do love my house!
Sophia Athene 9 months ago
All of the above but the guy was a police officer. Didn't matter how many times we asked. They would start again the next night. No police officers were ever sent over to deal with him when we called. I was on antianxiety meds within weeks when covid hit. It was his kids during the day and him at night. On top of that, the dogs of 3 neighbors barked incessantly all day. I had to do my work late at night recording video for my job so the dogs and music couldn't be heard. I did get noise cancelling headphones but they didn't block out everything and my ears hurt from wearing them all day everyday. Thanks, neighbor cop!
Ghostpotato 9 months ago
I had an apartment neighbor who thought that the "silence after ten at night" rule meant it was ok to play extremely loud music with enough bass that my windows actually rattled, every day from early afternoon until just before ten pm. I filed complaints and apparently others did too because after a couple of months I overheard him complain how unfair it was that he got a warning because he didn't do anything wrong...
Nickie LaRue 9 months ago
I live in an apt and share a wall with people who play this loud, thumping bass music.. I complained to my manager and it stopped for about a week (I wasn't comfortable going to their apt at 11pm, as I've never met them) and then it started up again.. so I started banging on the wall til it stops.. it's been a couple days with no music blaring through the wall.. maybe they got the hint..
Mad McQueen 9 months ago
Got a kid across the street from me. Call him Malibu aka Malibus most wanted. White trash kid. Every week him an his homeboys pull up outside to pregame before going to the bars. 2-3 hours pregame drinking in road. Finally told the dad to tell him to go inside or their back yard. Sorta does that most of the time. But then gets home 130-230 am and starts loud talking in the street drunk. His buddies too. Clubs are loud an they forget they don't need to yell to talk I assume. Then it would go to the back yard a more music and loudness. Oh they would pull up with thumping music blasting. Last week I woke at 130 am to that c**p. Kept me up most of the night and on way to work I'll back out and pull up near the bedroom window an lay on my horn for a ten count. It's about 815 am when I leave so noise ordinance is ok. Then I leave. Just enough that I'd wake him back up. I've purchased an air horn now so if he does it at night I'm going blast that once or twice from my window and yell shut up
Herringbone 9 months ago (edited)
I have twice had problems with 'super-hearing' women neighbours complaining about my music. 1) To test this, I put on something at normal volume, and went to see her: we stood in her bedroom, below my living room, and I couldn't hear a thing (my hearing is fine). On another occasion when she dropped off a note of complaint in which she mentioned being annoyed by her horizontal neighbour 'plugging and unplugging' (how dare they use their electrical equipment?) I realised she was a fruitcake and ignored her. 2) Two weeks before I knew she was moving out, she complained about my tv late at night - I was sure it wasn't me because I go to bed about 10pm. I checked with other neighbours and they hadn't been bothered, so one night I did put on something a bit louder, quite late. Sure enough, a rather rude note appeared. I haven't really been bothered by loud neighbours, though for a while the people upstairs slept through their alarms which buzzed for an hour at 5:30am, but they've stopped.
Kristal 9 months ago
No, there are people with sensitive hearing that, gasp, have better hearing than you. If the noise is unreasonable and/or at an unreasonable hour, than yes, notes should be given. But ultimately the sensitivity to the noise is that person's issue which they need learn to work with instead of trying to make everyone bend to their sensitivity. I'm one such sensitive hearing person but I have a portable ac unit that either is on 'fan' in the winter or 'cool' in the summer. The sound of that fan drowns out any neighbor conversation or other normal living sounds. Granted, I'm on the top floor for a reason (sound) so I don't have to deal with that. Anywhoo, don't shrug someone off just because you can't hear what they can.
Load More Replies... Herringbone 9 months ago
I didn't shrug her off until I thought she was unreasonable (the plugging), and on that test occasion, she couldn't hear my music either. Her fiancé/boyfriend/lodger (his status seemed to diminish every time I heard about him) told me once that he had stopped her from complaining a few times. The second person annoyed me because I'd been there two years and she didn't complain until she was about to move out. I have told my current neighbours to let me know immediately if I'm bothering them, but they haven't felt the need. The sound of a fan would drive me mad if it was on all day!
ShellsBells 9 months ago
So I'm the noisy neighbor. My house is considered a condominium, but I call it a duplex as we share a wall with the neighbor. It's my father's house, I live here to take care of him as he's 94. The shared wall is in the master bedroom. Apparently, since he is profoundly deaf, his audio book reader and TV are so loud, the neighbors can hear it in their master bedroom. The TV is on the opposite wall. A new neighbor just moved in and planned to put noise reducing tiles on their wall. I've apologized profusely, and they seem to be OK with the tiles. I'm thankful my room is on the other side of the house and I have to use a white noise machine to drown out his TV. Other than that, we are pretty quiet. My car is somewhat loud, but thankfully the neighbors truck also has a Hemi, so we're even on that, lol.
Jaya 9 months ago
I know people who are hard of hearing who use headphones for their TV, to bother their neighbours/housemates less. There are some thingies that send the information to your wireless headphones, so you don't have to be attached with a wire to the TV, which is annoying. I don't know what those thingies are called but I love them, I use them to listen to music from my computer on my wireless headphones while doing dishes at night when other people are already asleep, so I don't need to carry my phone.
Load More Replies... Melissa Harris 9 months ago (edited)
My MILs hearing aids connect directly to her TV using Bluetooth. Bring your dad to an audiologist for better hearing aids. Also, show him how to use the close captioning on the TV.
Christopher Preston 9 months ago
As a bagpiper, my granddad actively enjoy morons playing music obnoxiously loud. As soon as it turns of and they think they're off to bed, oh no, you're getting treated to a rendition of Hector the Hero. After a few nights of trying to sleep through what probably sounds like the massacre at Glencoe, they decide to call it quits on the loud music. He would only do this had conversation not managed to sort out the problem.
Steve Hall 9 months ago
I don't feel sorry for most of these people because they seem to be too dumb to just call the police.
LJS 9 months ago
Police don't deal with noise complaints in most countries. I think it's literally just the US where they do.
Load More Replies... Tempest 9 months ago
I agree with LJS. Noise complaints aren’t even a thing in most countries. In my neighbourhood alone there would be loud parties about once a month at some house, some so far away that we can’t even locate which house it is but can hear the music, but nothing happens. Worse is some politicians or “celebrities” who sometimes rent out this stage we have in our local area and use absolutely eardrum shattering speakers for their events, sometimes late at night. That noise can often be heard several towns over but it is never charged as a disturbance because they call them “public events”. The rest of the neighbourhood has to just suck it up and try to sleep/get by their day. I absolutely hate this because I’m someone who can’t sleep with any noise or light.
Jaya 9 months ago
If your neighbours are bothered by your music: turn down the bass. The bass travels through walls the most, so if you turn down the bass, you have to turn down the general volume way less than if you leave the bass on normal setting. Sometimes you don't even have to turn down the general volume at all if you just turn down the bass. Seriously, asking your music playing neighbour to turn down the bass does wonders.
Eric Johansen 9 months ago
Part of the problem I have with this is sometimes it's some of the songs and music. For example besides hip hop and rap and doom metal and r rock and heavy metal music has a heavy bass. I religiously listen to the song Towards Infinity by Hippie Death Cult and I have and use YouTube music and my stereo is Bluetooth so I listen to my music on my stereo. However the stereo has preset digital equalizers on it so even with my Bass boosted and my equalizer on country ( lowest bass setting I could find) and tuning and adjusting both my stereo volume itself and using the Bluetooth volume through my phone it's still difficult to keep the bass low and yes it even annoys myself as well. I do blast my stereo once in awhile and of course I respect the no loud music unit noon rule in my building and always have it turned back down around 5 pm I live in a building that only has efficiency apartments and doesn't have any children living in it. And I really don't want to be disrespectful either.
Tempest 9 months ago
My university dorm had some extremely unruly guys who were an absolute nightmare to the rest of us with their loud music. My room was right above theirs so even the floor would vibrate with the music. Several students including my roomies and I repeatedly complained to the management who kept giving out warnings but never evicted them despite them having strict dorm rules. It was absolutely frustrating! It was impossible to study or sleep because they would play music into the dead of night. It was a bunch of Indian students who were playing their country’s music which if anyone knows is extremely loud. I used to like some Bollywood songs but now I can’t stand any of them without being reminded of those guys. Nothing against Indians because I had several other Indian friends in the dorm who themselves were irritated with those guys. They were just terribly selfish people. People please be considerate of your neighbors! No one likes loud noises and not everyone enjoys your music taste!
Kathy Richardson 9 months ago
After reading these, I feel especially blessed to live on a farm. There is one road in and it dead ends at my house, and the river surrounds our farm in an oxbow. My nearest neighbor is half a mile away and is my stepdaughter so no issues there. I could never, never, live in a city again
MoMcB 9 months ago
Back quite a few years ago, I was still living with my mum, my Dad had died about 3 years previously. A young family had moved in next door, and it soon became apparent that there were huge issues in the marriage. Next thing was, the wife started to bring boyfriends home, all sorts going on. The husband's response was to blast out a Pet Shop Boys song- can't remember the name, but there was a
MoMcB 9 months ago
Was a chorus of "what have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this" over and over, all day at full volume. This went in for weeks. Then one Sunday, I was in bed, I had been out clubbing, and was hung over. It started again. I opened the window, and yelled to shut up, we had all had enough. My mum, who is very well mannered was horrified, but it stopped. The husband left shortly after.
Jae 9 months ago
Not a neighbour, but one of my nephews had those obnoxious subwoofers in his truck, the ones that you can feel in your rib cage. He had them until the day he turned them on when my baby was sitting in a stroller on the sidewalk. He had never considered the effect his speakers had on others until he saw the baby wailing in my arms. I don't think I ever heard those woofers again.
Melissa Harris 9 months ago (edited)
Years ago I had to call the police for a noise complaint on a neighbor. They'd had a party all day and it seemed like It had wound down around 11pm which was fine. It was balls hot and all the windows were open. My back yard and theirs were divided by a fence. Around 4am I was woken up to loud, drunken "conversation"; practically shouting. It went on for awhile and I needed to go to work in the morning so I called to cops. Only time in my life I've had to call the police. About 20-ish minutes later a black and white with it's lights flashing was parked infront of the neighbors and I can hear the cops telling them about noise complaints and bylaws, etc, to keep it down and pack it up. Never had any problems again so I guess they learned their lesson.
Gavin Johnson 9 months ago
I live in a house built in the 1700s, it’s got walls that are between 1’ and 2’ feet thick and solid stone. I have neighbours who have a young child. I play my drum kit or bass at all hours of day and night, my taste in music is what you might consider loud. My neighbours never complain, I never wake their child. I recommend Derbyshire stone and a builder from the 1700s who builds houses to last. It’s also cool inside in summer and retains heat in winter, I do love my house!
Sophia Athene 9 months ago
All of the above but the guy was a police officer. Didn't matter how many times we asked. They would start again the next night. No police officers were ever sent over to deal with him when we called. I was on antianxiety meds within weeks when covid hit. It was his kids during the day and him at night. On top of that, the dogs of 3 neighbors barked incessantly all day. I had to do my work late at night recording video for my job so the dogs and music couldn't be heard. I did get noise cancelling headphones but they didn't block out everything and my ears hurt from wearing them all day everyday. Thanks, neighbor cop!
Ghostpotato 9 months ago
I had an apartment neighbor who thought that the "silence after ten at night" rule meant it was ok to play extremely loud music with enough bass that my windows actually rattled, every day from early afternoon until just before ten pm. I filed complaints and apparently others did too because after a couple of months I overheard him complain how unfair it was that he got a warning because he didn't do anything wrong...
Nickie LaRue 9 months ago
I live in an apt and share a wall with people who play this loud, thumping bass music.. I complained to my manager and it stopped for about a week (I wasn't comfortable going to their apt at 11pm, as I've never met them) and then it started up again.. so I started banging on the wall til it stops.. it's been a couple days with no music blaring through the wall.. maybe they got the hint..
Mad McQueen 9 months ago
Got a kid across the street from me. Call him Malibu aka Malibus most wanted. White trash kid. Every week him an his homeboys pull up outside to pregame before going to the bars. 2-3 hours pregame drinking in road. Finally told the dad to tell him to go inside or their back yard. Sorta does that most of the time. But then gets home 130-230 am and starts loud talking in the street drunk. His buddies too. Clubs are loud an they forget they don't need to yell to talk I assume. Then it would go to the back yard a more music and loudness. Oh they would pull up with thumping music blasting. Last week I woke at 130 am to that c**p. Kept me up most of the night and on way to work I'll back out and pull up near the bedroom window an lay on my horn for a ten count. It's about 815 am when I leave so noise ordinance is ok. Then I leave. Just enough that I'd wake him back up. I've purchased an air horn now so if he does it at night I'm going blast that once or twice from my window and yell shut up
Herringbone 9 months ago (edited)
I have twice had problems with 'super-hearing' women neighbours complaining about my music. 1) To test this, I put on something at normal volume, and went to see her: we stood in her bedroom, below my living room, and I couldn't hear a thing (my hearing is fine). On another occasion when she dropped off a note of complaint in which she mentioned being annoyed by her horizontal neighbour 'plugging and unplugging' (how dare they use their electrical equipment?) I realised she was a fruitcake and ignored her. 2) Two weeks before I knew she was moving out, she complained about my tv late at night - I was sure it wasn't me because I go to bed about 10pm. I checked with other neighbours and they hadn't been bothered, so one night I did put on something a bit louder, quite late. Sure enough, a rather rude note appeared. I haven't really been bothered by loud neighbours, though for a while the people upstairs slept through their alarms which buzzed for an hour at 5:30am, but they've stopped.
Kristal 9 months ago
No, there are people with sensitive hearing that, gasp, have better hearing than you. If the noise is unreasonable and/or at an unreasonable hour, than yes, notes should be given. But ultimately the sensitivity to the noise is that person's issue which they need learn to work with instead of trying to make everyone bend to their sensitivity. I'm one such sensitive hearing person but I have a portable ac unit that either is on 'fan' in the winter or 'cool' in the summer. The sound of that fan drowns out any neighbor conversation or other normal living sounds. Granted, I'm on the top floor for a reason (sound) so I don't have to deal with that. Anywhoo, don't shrug someone off just because you can't hear what they can.
Load More Replies... Herringbone 9 months ago
I didn't shrug her off until I thought she was unreasonable (the plugging), and on that test occasion, she couldn't hear my music either. Her fiancé/boyfriend/lodger (his status seemed to diminish every time I heard about him) told me once that he had stopped her from complaining a few times. The second person annoyed me because I'd been there two years and she didn't complain until she was about to move out. I have told my current neighbours to let me know immediately if I'm bothering them, but they haven't felt the need. The sound of a fan would drive me mad if it was on all day!
ShellsBells 9 months ago
So I'm the noisy neighbor. My house is considered a condominium, but I call it a duplex as we share a wall with the neighbor. It's my father's house, I live here to take care of him as he's 94. The shared wall is in the master bedroom. Apparently, since he is profoundly deaf, his audio book reader and TV are so loud, the neighbors can hear it in their master bedroom. The TV is on the opposite wall. A new neighbor just moved in and planned to put noise reducing tiles on their wall. I've apologized profusely, and they seem to be OK with the tiles. I'm thankful my room is on the other side of the house and I have to use a white noise machine to drown out his TV. Other than that, we are pretty quiet. My car is somewhat loud, but thankfully the neighbors truck also has a Hemi, so we're even on that, lol.
Jaya 9 months ago
I know people who are hard of hearing who use headphones for their TV, to bother their neighbours/housemates less. There are some thingies that send the information to your wireless headphones, so you don't have to be attached with a wire to the TV, which is annoying. I don't know what those thingies are called but I love them, I use them to listen to music from my computer on my wireless headphones while doing dishes at night when other people are already asleep, so I don't need to carry my phone.
Load More Replies... Melissa Harris 9 months ago (edited)
My MILs hearing aids connect directly to her TV using Bluetooth. Bring your dad to an audiologist for better hearing aids. Also, show him how to use the close captioning on the TV.
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