Neighbors - WWYD?

[spk926]

The house next door is a rental house. The old renters were an awesome family with two young girls and were great neighbors. They bought their own house in the fall and so the house was rented out to a new family. This family has two parents and 3 teenage kids. They are fine neighbors except for one issue - their noise.

Nearly every night they blare their music really loudly. I am sitting in the living room with the windows shut (it's hot and humid here) and I can almost FEEL the base coming from their music. That's how loud it is. I can also hear the music and at times even the lyrics. This happens probably 4-5 nights a week. It usually starts around 7 or 8 pm and lasts until 10 or sometimes 11pm. Rarely does it happen during the day (I'm home so I would know).

I don't know if the parents are home and are okay with this or if it's just the teenagers alone doing this. We've talked to the dad on the deck a few times this spring and he seems like a nice guy.

Would you say something and if so, what? I feel like this should be simple but I'm struggling with if I should say something and how to say it.

BTW - my city has no noise ordinances.

[verypunny]

Just nicely ask if they can turn it down. " I don't mean to be a fuddy duddy but the baby is sleeping and is such a light sleeper, do you think you could turn the music down a touch" or whatever your excuse is. Maybe don't say fuddy duddy. But you can.

[lucky513]

I would just ask them to keep it down at night if they don't call the police after 10pm

[Deleted]

Next time you see Mom or Dad: "Hi, I'm not sure if you're aware of this but I can hear your music loudly enough every night to the extent that I can distinguish the lyrics. Can you please keep it down? Thanks!"

Do you know the landlord? If neighbor doesn't comply, call their landlord and complain. He/she would want to know these things, I would think.

[hisno1girl]

"Hi. Your music is really loud and I can hear it in my house, even with the windows closed. I'd really appreciate it if you could please keep it down. Thanks."

I'm so glad I'm surrounded by old people.

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Jun 25, 2013 20:54:58 GMT -5 hisno1girl said:

"Hi. Your music is really loud and I can hear it in my house, even with the windows closed. I'd really appreciate it if you could please keep it down. Thanks."

I'm so glad I'm surrounded by old people.

We've had the same exact problems with our neighbors. This is word-for-word what H said. They were totally cool about it and didn't even realize how loud their music was. It's only been a problem a few times since then but H usually just goes out and the second they see him they turn it down lol. 

[blackcat]

Ugh, sorry to hear about that. I have no advice but wanted to say that I was in the same exact situation with renters, actually they just moved out and it's been WONDERFUL. I am hoping the next people are cool. The rental house has a very big flat patio (20' by 20'), and they would have all these people over ALL THE TIME (all day weekends, evenings, etc) playing basketball and being noisy. The basketball playing got really annoying after a while. I mean, you just hear "THUMP THUMP THUMP" for hourrrrrrssss. The houses are very close together, we're on 1/8 acre, and their patio is next to our bedroom window. Anyway one night they were out there playing at 11:30 at night. They had been playing non-stop all day and I just had enough. I went over and NICELY asked them to please stop playing because it was late and the noise was bothering us. (there is a noise ordinance in our town). They got really snippy, and in response, they started slamming the ball on the ground, really hard. At this point it was 11:45 and I was at my wit's end, I had a police officer come out and shut it down. I did not want to have to do that but I had no other choice. Neighborhood noise problems SUCK.

[RoxMonster]

Our neighbors (renters also) do this too when they go out to sit in their cars and smoke. The music will make our whole house vibrate. I have not said anything yet because it's only for 10 min. increments when they're smoking and only about once a week that I hear it.

But I agree with PPs. I would just say, "Hey, I don't know if you're aware how loud the music is, but we can make out lyrics through our closed windows and it's quite loud in our house. Would you mind keeping it turned down?" If they refuse to or give you grief, then the next time I hear it, I'd be calling the cops.