Nuisance neighbours ... but only at weekends/night.

elsien

You've not done yourself any favours though by your wife yelling through the wall then having a tit for tat with your TV. volume.
Would have been far better at that point to have talked to them, even if it was the next day, rather than ignoring each other till the next time.
I'd still try to have a conversation before going down any formal complaints route. My guess would be the 2am ones are after a few drinks when all their inhibitions go out of the window (done that myself once or twice) so speaking to them another time would probably be better.

sheramber

Prohibited times for residential noise

http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/your-environment/noise/residential-noise/prohibited-times-for-residential-noise

andyca

sheramber wrote: »

Prohibited times for residential noise

http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/your-environment/noise/residential-noise/prohibited-times-for-residential-noise

I can't read that site - it's all upside-down. :rotfl:

Edit: In all seriousness thanks for the link, it does outline a set of reasonable times to aim for with my neighbor.

JustAnotherSaver

andyca wrote: »

with his girlfriend there as she sounds like a more positive influence.

Well you'd think so after the first episode, and so did we.

However since that she's been just as noisy if not moreso. With her 'singing' i've had to listen carefully to determine whether she's actually being attacked or not :rotfl:

To not be totally negative - they've not created that same level of noise in the bedroom since my wife shouted through.

However only a dead-head would be oblivious to the noise travel. We are well aware of what noise output they're producing & what is required to create clear word-for-word understanding whilst in our living room and also how this then impacts up the wall & in to the bedroom.

Before it's suggested, it isn't because we go looking for these kind of things. All we look to do is relax, go to bed then sleep. We don't sit there waiting on noise but when it happens & your sleep gets disturbed then there's clearly a problem.

takman wrote: »

JustAnotherSaver i would suggest buying a sound level meter; even just a cheap one from AliExpress will do. Then you will be able to give an actual value on how loud the sound is at specific places in your house.

This then makes it far easier to discuss the problem with people.

I did actually wonder about one of those to be honest after the May episode. Wondered how accurate they were though.

elsien wrote: »

You've not done yourself any favours though by your wife yelling through the wall then having a tit for tat with your TV. volume.

I can appreciate what you're saying and it's easy to say as a third party to sit down, have a coffee and smile at each other.
However have your sleep disturbed in that manner (the first incident) and how would you react? I'm not saying there aren't people out there who would go knocking on someones door saying hi, i'm really sorry to disturb you and this party mood you're in right now but i hope you don't mind me telling you you just woke me up and i'd like to sleep if you don't mind.

See if someone shouted to me to knock it off ... and at that hour, i would genuinely feel quite embarrassed. I would probably shout through SORRY and knock it off and then the next morning or the next time i saw them out i'd just say hi i'm really sorry about that night.

But then that's the point - we're all different. I'd react with an apology, they reacted with childishness which probably then influenced me when i just kept turning the TV up as i thought why should i sit here watching my TV with subtitles on? Why should i be the one to seemingly keep having to go and say excuse me you do realise you're being loud ............... AGAIN?

My guess would be the 2am ones are after a few drinks when all their inhibitions go out of the window (done that myself once or twice) so speaking to them another time would probably be better.

I would agree with you (regards the drinks).
I've drank before also. Excessively. Yeah you may get a bit louder when you talk but it wouldn't make me dumb to the fact that if my TV is usually xx volume and my radio is usually xx volume then if i double that number then it's going to create a bit of noise. Alcohol may make you drunk, it doesn't make you totally thick. I think people use alcohol as an excuse far too much for things.

Murphybear

sheramber wrote: »

Prohibited times for residential noise

http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/your-environment/noise/residential-noise/prohibited-times-for-residential-noise

I don’t think you could hear people from Australia:rotfl:

ska_lover

Having nuisance neighbours can be awful....but it does sound like your wife jumped in a bit early with the shouting at them the first time they ever made a noise - after six months of living there in peace, they make noise one night, and your Missus is screaming through the walls.

Sounds to me like they had come back from a night out a bit drunk, and yes, were being careless, but no need to take it so personally - it was a one off. In that situation, no I would not knock the door, and I wouldn't feel it necessary to scream at them through the wall, your wife really over reacted to it and made a drama out of it

I am wondering if they think YOU are the nuisance neighbours to be honest with all this tit for tat

Sarastro

We used to live with some really annoying neighbours who were forever telling us to leave our bins on the left-hand side of the driveway instead of the right-hand and to park our car facing outwards rather than inwards and to ensure the children didn't laugh too often...

JustAnotherSaver

ska_lover wrote: »

Having nuisance neighbours can be awful....but it does sound like your wife jumped in a bit early with the shouting at them the first time they ever made a noise - after six months of living there in peace, they make noise one night, and your Missus is screaming through the walls.

Sounds to me like they had come back from a night out a bit drunk, and yes, were being careless, but no need to take it so personally - it was a one off. In that situation, no I would not knock the door, and I wouldn't feel it necessary to scream at them through the wall, your wife really over reacted to it and made a drama out of it

I am wondering if they think YOU are the nuisance neighbours to be honest with all this tit for tat

Out of interest...are you a barrister?