Horrible neighbours. Just need to vent!

oldone_2

I am 100% sure that those who have posted about neighbours playing the radio full blast will find they are being forced to listen to pop music.
We who prefer classical music are much too civilised to behave in such a fashion.;)

This leads to my suggestion. The O.P should play at even louder volumes the entire Wagner Ring cycle. Petty I know, but at least the next door chavs would be exposed to decent music for the first time in their lives.

Before anyone says it - yes I am a music snob.

skare44

There's a family that live at the top of our street, they sound like a mirror image of the family you're having problems with, they also own the obligatory £30'000+ car, however in this case, i don't for the life of me know how they did it, but they have what appears to be a new Range Rover, with a private plate that has only 3 digits, two letters, one number, the plate is probably worth more than the car, and they must be on benefits as i often see it parked in town with disabled badges on the dashboard... Grrrrr makes me so angry!

SAMMYE_2

I've known families like the one your talking about and no I dont think your a snob! Kids playing is one thing, but adults outside the front of the house all hours of the day shouting arguing with music blaring out is another thing completely.

I think everyone who works has the right to moan about healthy people just living their lives on the back of the hardworking! As far as I'm concerned they should be on the breadline then there would be no encouragement to sit on the dole, doss and annoy and make the lives of the hardworking a misery.

You give someone and inch and they will take a mile and that is exactly what has happened to the benefit society that this Country has become. Its gone from helping the less fortunate to supporting the workshy and lazy to have a better standard of life than the average worker!

Somethings got to change!


Rant over! lol

thegirlintheattic

Consideration goes both ways, that seems to be something people forget about. The noise problem is the only thing you can complain about, so call Environmental Health.

Children playing in the street is healthy and natural, don't call social services. Think back to when most of us were young and we probably all played out with the older kids keeping an eye on the younger ones. It's not neglect, it's healthy independence. I'd be more worried if the parents were stalking their child up and down the street tbh.

pmlindyloo

As others have said, this is not about people who don't work, people who may be benefit scroungers, people who live in council house, people who live on estates (you get the picture!).

This is about people who are inconsiderate!!!!!!!!!

We know that we all have different tolerance levels - some people love the sound of children playing, some hate it, some love pop music, some hate it.

But the OP finds it a problem.

If this is OP's personal problem then it's a case of 'put up' or move.

If everyone in the road finds it a problem then get together and make a fuss.

Personally I do not think that anti social behaviour is acceptable and if this is affecting several people then I wouldn't rest until I had done everything possible to get it sorted!

RENEGADE_2

I wholly agree with the recent comments by Bagragal and Zaksmum.

No it is not snobby to wish to live among peaceful people, or to live away from rogues. I have had a similar problem as since my ex-wife destroyed my life this past year, I too have been forced to seek accommodation in the form of buying a flat - the problem is my budget as a single-wage security officer in his mid-30s. Time is not on my side for mortgages. I don't wish to be paying until retirement.

The original options were all cheap houses or apartments situated in or close to council estates, or adjacent to a block of flats containing a mixture of private owners and housing association residents (the biggest mistake in my eyes - getting them to mix).

I am NOT against people with needs. I have friends who live on council estates (or ex-local authority) and one of my jobs is delivering takeaways so I know the local area well! I can safely say that 90-95% of families on these estates are functional, good decent people; it is the minority who stand in the spotlight. They are the ones that make you lock your door last thing at night. I feel for the elderly living alone in nearby areas. This is why I say it is a mistake getting them to mix. A row of houses on a new estate may belong to housing and it is possible that every family is fit for purpose. The problem is that these abodes are not all permanent settlements and it is a matter of time, this year, next year, before a tribe of unemployed sсum occupy a property, within two weeks making their house a candidate of those television programmes with human ѕhit on the ceilings.

Thankfully the place I purchased is in a village along a small square or private-only apartments - WITH BALCONIES - and that is what I love!