Were we wrong to complain about our neighbours' weekly garden parties?
The complainant says
Our neighbours love having people over. Every Saturday from May to September they host a barbecue for fifteen or twenty people, with a speaker playing music until around 11pm. It's not wild, but it's loud, and our bedroom window faces their garden. We have a baby who goes to sleep at 7pm.
We asked nicely for the music to go down after 9pm. It lasted one week. We then emailed the council for advice about noise, and somehow the neighbours found out and now they won't speak to us.
The other side says the neighbours, as the complainant tells it
They say they are within their rights to enjoy their own garden on a Saturday, 11pm is not late, and that going to the council behind their backs instead of speaking to them again was a betrayal.
Jury discussion (5 comments)
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Every single Saturday for five months is a lot. One party, fine. A season, not fine.
You did speak to them. They ignored it after a week. The council is the next step.
11pm on a Saturday in summer is pretty normal to be fair. Baby or not.
Asking for advice isn't the same as a formal complaint though. How did they even find out?
Probably told a mutual neighbour. It always gets out.