How cross would you be with neighbour?

leanneq

I had a party (shock horror!) in the summer. My birthday fell on a saturday so we had a BBQ which turned into a party in the garden, maybe 15 people there by the end i guess. It lasted until 230am. Do i feel guilty? Not one bit! Ive lived here 7 years and this is my first party, it was a saturday, I'm the only one that does shifts and theres no young babies near by.
It was a one off and that is how you should see this!

heretolearn_2

leanneq - did you have a live band still playing at 4am with no sign of stopping any time soon? No, I don't suppose you did. Like I said, I've never complained about a normal party...hey, I've been to a few myself...but this wasn't normal.

LisaB85

I can understand why you're annoyed but if it is just a one off I'd brush it under the carpet and maybe talk to them?

When I lived on quarters people would go round to let people know they would be having a party and quite often give you an invite too.

Our old neighbours had kids and honestly the noise they make during a birthday party is horrid but they always let us know before hand, our new ones had a BBQ in the summer and invited us round.

Fizzpop

Best way i have found to deal with someone who has a party at silly hours of the night, my little darlings and a conveniently open backdoor to the garden at 6.30am, cue one grumpy teen who ordered my children to keep it down as he was trying to sleep, which prompted an impromtue party in our garden...... Karma is a pain in the butt especially when she has a little black book full of friends with children.

Needless to say the next time he decided to throw a party he gave us prior notice.

19lottie82

magenta22 wrote: »

But..... it could also have made it worse.

Not if the OP phoned the police before going round personally to complain. How would the revellers know it was her that had complained?

If its a bit of loud music or TV, then fair enough, go to the door and ask them to turn it down, but in this situation, a full band / crazy party in the early hours of the morning? doubt that would have any effect. Just call the police straight away.

Nicki

To START at 1am with a preplanned party, not an impromptu get together :eek: That is just plain rude. I'd have been cross too. I might have been more forgiving, had they warned me in advance and started much earlier but were still going by 1, but no way would I be up for an entire night distubed sleep for me and the whole family with no option to plan round it.

Blackpool_Saver

They sound ill educated and inconsiderate to me, obviously not been taught about property lines at all. When people like that are drinking you are not going to be able to reason with them anyway. I hope for your sake it doesn't become a regular occurence.

olibrofiz

I feel your frustration, I used to live next to a student house which had new tennants each year (& the obligatory house warming party/party on return from pub etc - I'm sure we have a different heart rhythm now!)

Have moved now but police turned up at my new neighbours like a shot when someone rang to say they could smell dope when her 16 year old had a party (wasn't me btw, it was tame compared to the students )

balletshoes

heretolearn wrote: »

sure, we've got to live next door for I don't know how long so I've no intention of starting a war. But am I justified in just pretty much blanking them now? I just don't see how I can get a fake smile to stick. But OH thinks we should still be friendly...

I even want to tell the kids to burger off if I see them playing on our steps again, but I know I shouldn't take it out on them.

I wouldn't blank them or tell the kids off for playing around yours.
Its one late party, yes? I mean its not a regular occurrence? One of my next door neighbours has late night parties (ie from when the pubs chuck out until maybe 5am ish with loud thumping music) on family birthdays, New Year etc, maybe 2 or 3 times a year. Apart from that she's a great neighbour and we have no problems. I don't blank her or her kids, I just accept thats part of the deal with a terraced/semi detached house. If it was going on every weekend I'd be hacked off, but its not, so I'm not .

z1985m

it's the whole live band thing i find weird!! live band in a house :-S i can just imagine how loud that would have been! loud music from a stereo and the base banging is loud enough, but a band!!??? crazy