I Can't Wait To Get Away From Here..If Only For A Few Days

Hi Janey... I can really sympathise with what you have been putting up with. When we lived in the city, this would happen day and night and to say it was annoying is an understatement. We lived in a area where during the 1990s lots of houses were sold off to speculators who rented them to students and gradually it got noisier and noiser. We just had to move. Now it's great, living about 20 miles away in a small village and all you can hear is the sound of the birds and the occasional car go by on the road about a quarter of a mile away. I hope your situation improves soon. _Derek

Hello Janey. Oh dear, it sounds like you're having a bad time of it aswell. Our area was ruined a while ago by the family from hell and they moved right next door to us. Their teenage son blasts his "music" out at full volume, it sounds like someone banging an empty oil drum with a sledgehammer! They argue late at night, slam doors, shout and swear and their dogs bark all the time. They've ruined a nice area for everyone but if anyone asks them to keep the noise down he just ignores them. If we hadn't bought this house and done so much to it we'd move but why should we move because of them? Their landlord should evict them. I hope you have a nice time in Edinburgh, it's one of my favourite places to visit except for when I climbed the Scott Monument and got vertigo lol :)

Sometimes it's nice not having neighbors.....

Hi Janey1966, It has been said that, good fences make good neighbors, but I guess you would have to beg the differ. Your neighbors seems to be getting on your last nerve. I can understand how you are looking forward to a mini vacation. How would asking them to low the volume work? Probably not too well, I could imagine their reaction with such a logical suggestion that could bring some peace and relief to you and probably a few more people in the neighborhood. It doesn't genre of music, whether it is jazz, rock, hip-hop, metal, if it is played too loud it is not enjoyable to any listener,not even the ones who's playing, I would think. Consideration for your neighbor, under any circumstance is a sure way to be called a good neighbor. I hope your get-away will bring you some serenity,even though it will be short lived. Getting away from your noisy neighbors and their loud music, will probably be a great treat. Better a little one than not one at all.

When I left home to live on my own, I lived in an apartment and of course you could hear nearly everything that went on in other apartments. I had one stewardess living next door to me who would listen to the same song over and over all day long until she had to leave on a flight. I couldnt take it anymore and decided to give her a lesson in music. I played some classical music.....a military march to be more precise. I had to go out because I couldnt stand it. The big speakers were against the wall between our 2 apartments. I came back that evening and it was total silence. It was the last time I heard her play that darn song. I suppose it worked lol.

I feel so bad for you. I too have neighbors who are just so fond of singing their hearts out and they're the type of people who should pick up the flute instead because that way they won't be able to sing. Does you area have like a homeowners' association that could do something about it?

It certainly sounds like you are ready for a vacation. No chance of getting rid of them at all, I suppose. I would probably be playing music loudly myself in your shoes. I always want to think of a repellent for the little ones.

How horrible to hear someone else's music that you don't want to hear. I thankfully live in a very quiet neighborhood at this time. There was a time when I would go through what you are going through during the summer months. People are so inconsiderate of others and it's just not right. Do they really think the world wants to hear their garbage? I think its just people with not a bit of class or care for others.