What do you think about the response from neighbour when asked about loud TV?
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Ambitious_Hackerman@reddit
Unfortunately you can't control what other people do in their own homes, especially if it's fairly normal stuff like watching TV or appliance noise. If the TV is genuinely too loud then a noise complaint is an option but it doesn't sound like that's the case. Just sounds like unfortunate circumstances. In this case it's on you to deal with it
mygk@reddit (OP)
Yeah. I might have to get a TV of my own. Problem is , i need to get to bed at a decent time for work, he doesn't.
wordsfromlee@reddit
I’m surprised you can hear his TV all the way up there on your high horse!
Ambitious_Hackerman@reddit
I'm unsure if you're suggesting getting a TV to drown out the noise, or as a way to escalate the situation. But I don't think either one is a solution here
I'd go with earplugs as the commenter below suggests. When I was at uni, I had the room that backed onto the kitchen. Walls were thin, and I was regularly kept up late by parties, pre drinks and 2am munchies. They were very much not my thing, and on occasion I did ask my flatmates to tone things down a bit if I had a 9am class. Earplugs were the answer there, not perfect but a huge improvement. Longer term you can look at improving the quality of the walls to prevent noise leakage
Nice_Back_9977@reddit
Have you tried earplugs?
Nice_Back_9977@reddit
You don't wake up till 10am?
If he's got it at a reasonable volume its a problem with the house, and he can probably hear noise from your side too he just hasn't complained about it. Probably because he's lived there long enough to know its unavoidable.
You could look at soundproofing, or sleep in a different room.
mygk@reddit (OP)
On a Sunday Id like to sleep in. I work 9 to 5.30 otherwise. At a minimum id like not to hear sky sports and alike at 00.30 to 1am on a weekday
Nice_Back_9977@reddit
You can't expect the neighbours to be quiet until 10am on a Sunday for your lie in, that's really entitled.
I wouldn't want to hear Sky Sports at 1am either but my neighbour has a right to watch it if they want and its at a reasonable volume (which it may well be). I'd just have to get earplugs or something, its my problem not theirs.
mygk@reddit (OP)
Thanks for your input
Nice_Back_9977@reddit
Sorry you didn't get the validation you were after
mygk@reddit (OP)
I have a few solutions in mind and solidarity in the fact that this is a common challenge in terraced living.
mygk@reddit (OP)
Yeah sure. Not asking for silence, just not roaring crowds from sports highlights. Thank God its snooker today.
dennis3282@reddit
It sounds like you have changed your sleeping arrangements?
Yet you want your neighbour to accomodate you and change what they have been doing for years?
Throw on top the boiler stuff, and it sounds like you are the problem.
mygk@reddit (OP)
Fair. Hearing sky sports at 1am tv is picky i suppose
BD3134@reddit
People are allowed to watch TV in their own homes.
mygk@reddit (OP)
Agree and its on the individual to decide whether to consider the effects of their action and adjust , if they wish.
Puzzleheaded-Web1519@reddit
Well said.
GuybrushFunkwood@reddit
Accept you live in a terraced house with thin walls and you’ll always hear noise.
mygk@reddit (OP)
I can handle noise.its constant till 12 and 1am which i believe is unreasonable. Imconly bothered about sleep. Id prefer not to have to plug my ear or use white noise if possible.
Ive not even mentioned the boiler that vibrates the fuck out of the walls too
JBEqualizer@reddit
You obviously can't handle noise if you think a boiler is too loud, you've changed rooms due to road noise and now you're complaining about someone watching TV in their own home.
Icy_Mixture1482@reddit
But you did mention the boiler in your original post.
Strangely, you also mentioned it there while saying you hadn’t mentioned it.
nali_cow@reddit
They mean they've not mentioned it to the neighbour, and you know it.
mygk@reddit (OP)
Thanks. Ill leave this post now. Thats enough reddit today. Thanks ks for your time and contributions all
Icy_Mixture1482@reddit
Oh lol I think you’re right. I thought OP was saying s/he’s spared us from listening to them moan about their neighbour’s boiler too!
Scared-Room-9962@reddit
Its all a conspiracy that only you can see! You've cracked it!
Fabulous-Ball-3149@reddit
Suck it up mate
mygk@reddit (OP)
Yeah. Worth an ask though. Tv is on all day, doesn't work and it seems TV is his passion
Nice_Back_9977@reddit
Bit judgey, you know nothing about this man and why he's at home.
mrfluffypants1504@reddit
Depends on how willing you are to get into a potential fight with your neighbour I guess. Sounds like you are light sleepers if the traffic also bothers you. If you own the house as opposed to renting, why not invest in double glazing to help with the traffic noise and move back in there? You will get used to the noise after a while.
SallyJaneCooper@reddit
But double glazing doesn't work when you have to open windows for summer. I've never gotten used to the noises of terraced living on a busy street so I am saving up for air-conditioning.
frlawton@reddit
You're about to spend as much money and wall depth as you can spare on sound treatment I'm afraid
dennis3282@reddit
How thick is wall?
mygk@reddit (OP)
Going to find out i suppose
bringandbuysale@reddit
We have the same problem, but, really your neighbour probably isn't being unreasonable, it's poor house design like ours. We can hear next doors conversations, TV, arguments and phone calls between the bedrooms and it's shit sometimes, but, not really their fault. I'd suggest either get secondary glazing for your front window (ours blocked out the road Boise completely and we're on a main road), or, sound proofing that wall, or both. Both cost money but that's probably the choice you've got.
mygk@reddit (OP)
I considered secondary glazing before moving bedroom. May you share the details of who fitted them please?
Affectionate_Oven610@reddit
You seem to do a lot of thinking it is on someone else to solve your problems. Have you not lived away from your parents before or something?
mygk@reddit (OP)
Enjoy the sun!
No_Actuary9100@reddit
As you even said yourself: add sound-proofing to your wall. Or move to another bedroom
mygk@reddit (OP)
Ill leave this post now. Thats enough reddit today. Thanks for your time and contributions all
AccidentalSirens@reddit
Do.you have double glazing in the front bedroom? If not, start with that because it honestly makes a massive difference in muffling noise.
SnooCats4929@reddit
I might be in the minority but I don’t think there’s much you can do. Nobody realistically is going to move their whole setup because you can hear the TV. When you live near other people you can hear them just get on with it
mygk@reddit (OP)
Worth an ask about position and sound levels. Is it unreasonable to ask them to not play the tv loud until 11 to 1am?
Over-Language2599@reddit
I put headphones on when I watch TV at night in bed.
Tim-Sanchez@reddit
Have you been round to see how loud it is? It might be at a completely reasonable volume.
SnooCats4929@reddit
Sure nothing wrong with asking. But I know I wouldn’t take too kindly to a new neighbour acting like this. It’s a shared wall, meaning you know..you share it.
Your loud is different to others loud which is different to the councils loud. Given the fact you already are thinking about complaining about their boiler I get the gist your one of those neighbours.
dennis3282@reddit
Define loud. It sounds like they think it is reasonable.
Stan_Dandyliver@reddit
It's not ideal or what you wanna hear I imagine but looks like soundproofing is the only way. I don't know how you imagined he would respond well to moving it away from the wall even if it wasn't attached. If that's his daily routine it doesn't sound like he has much else going for him and if he has had it at whatever volume for years I can understand why he wouldn't be happy about that request. If it's really that bad i think your only way to get him to agree is if you get on good terms with him then invite him round to hear it for himself as then maybe he'd be more empathetic. Are you renting or did you buy? If renting I would suggest moving as soon as your fixed tenancy ends, I lived under a woman who was early 20s and the first of her friends to get a place so all day and night the place was their spot, any attempt to try to chat to them about noise just ended up winding me up. I was pissed cos the only time that my flat was quiet was during the viewing, I learned before to stake a place out before and after for that reason and I'm golden since. Hope you manage to sort some cheap but effective insulation soon
mygk@reddit (OP)
Didn't know the tv was on the wall. I thought it was blasting perhaps near a wall. I recently took the initiative to fix the shared boundry that flew off from the recent storm within a 1 day notice of him bringing it up to me. Won't be so quick next time
House is purchased. No noise during viewings.
Stan_Dandyliver@reddit
That's why my reply says "... even if it wasn't attached" - because unless it was mounted on wheels if its booming the chances are it's quite big or at least backed up with some speakers, either way a massive pain in the arse to move daily. That does suck that he expects you to fix a shared boundary but won't do a compromise on the TV. Like moving it to another wall or something that faces away from you and his other neighbour if he has one... I swear letting/ estate agents will ask and incentivise noisy neighbours to keep quiet during bookings!!!
Scared-Room-9962@reddit
Middle bedroom sounds like you have 3?
Why not sleep in another one?
nearbycat666@reddit
5 months isn't long enough to get used to traffic noise. If the tv is bothering you I'd suggest you move back, I've lived on a main road, then a house on a flight path, and I grew up with a house a few metres from the east coast manline. Got used to all those noises. I don't even notice trains when I'm at my mam and dads house
Suspicious_Steak_696@reddit
Soundproof the wall
Vladamir_pootinn@reddit
Best thing to do is buy a house without this issue.
mygk@reddit (OP)
Crystal Ball might help with that. We didn't hear anything on viewing day. Typical.
Technical_Front_8046@reddit
Might be worth investing in some good quality earplugs (such as, loop).
Sound proofing is possible, and I did it in a previous semi (ooo, errr) that I owned. While it helped, it didn’t stop it completely (as there is only so much you can realistically do).
I fitted 50mm of sound insulation and 12.5mm gyproc sound block, upstairs and downstairs. Muffled the noise, yes, completely stopped it, no.
mygk@reddit (OP)
Noted. I have buds from trying to sleep in the front room on the main road
adamrhodesuk@reddit
I'm fairly certain that if you contact the council, they might be able to send somebody around to see if the volume is above the "anti-social limit" or something along those lines.
If it is, they can enforce action. Unfortunately any route you take to try and solve this issue will cause tension between you and the neighbour. But you have a right to peace in your own home.
Reasonable-Wheel6198@reddit
If the OP is a homeowner, it also means he would need to disclose the noise issues when trying to sell if he takes this route.
mygk@reddit (OP)
Ha OK fck that
mygk@reddit (OP)
Yeah if it continues till after 11pm then might need to be an option
EmptyStock9676@reddit
If your neighbours have politely asked you to turn your tv down and you still have it at a volume they can hear at 1am your an arsehole.
mygk@reddit (OP)
Yeah, its shitty. Maybe he falls asleep with it on
Ornery-Wasabi-1018@reddit
I think if road noise is also troubling you, you might be on the sensitive side of noise tolerance.
Move to the back bedroom? Put wardrobes along the going wall? Sleep in ear plugs? Use a white noise machine?
mygk@reddit (OP)
My fault. Got a property on a B road that has busses flying down it. Just wanted to explore a different bedroom , thats all.
MrMonkeyman79@reddit
Not much you can do to change when and how they watch tv, you mentioned soundproofing but earplugs might be a cheaper solution
PaulaDeen21@reddit
Kind of feels like terraced house living.
donalmacc@reddit
Respectfully, you’re the problem here.
If my new neighbours told me they moved bedrooms due to noise and that my tv was keeping them awake and then started into the fact that their boiler vibrating was audible id probably ask you not to speak to me again unless there’s a leak or youve drilled through the wall.
If you want to not hear your neighbours you need to live in a detached house
Ok-Measurement-1575@reddit
Sound proofing, obviously.
handtoglandwombat@reddit
Ngl I wouldn’t have even responded
SmallPinkHo1e@reddit
I have lived im the same home for 30years and one thing ive learnt is the type of person who makes loads of noise in the night isnt the type of person who GAF about the impact of that noise on their neighbours. If you force the issue you'll just end up being feuding neighbours on top of having night noise nuissance. I see your options as:
Buy some good ear plugs from Amazon. I have had the best sleep of my life since getting them
Get tripple glazing for the front bedroom
Soundproof the walls in you middle room.
Reasonable-Wheel6198@reddit
I'd go straight to sound proofing the walls. If its a reasonable volume (and reasonable is below a certain level that the council would describe as a 'nuisance'), there's not much you can do. He'd had to have the telel on at a very high level to be able to take any action.
You can try talking to him one more time maybe, but i'd be noise proofing the walls if its an option. You dont want him hearing you either.
mygk@reddit (OP)
Yeah. Im considering soundproofing them walls. Id just be gutted if I invested a few hundred and it didn't reduce to a desired level
Affectionate_Oven610@reddit
Why should they completely change their own lifestyle/arrangements to spare you spending “a few hundred”?
TedBurns-3@reddit
Unfortunately the joy of living in terraced. Think you're a little entitled asking them to move their TV 🙄
mygk@reddit (OP)
Worth a try with asking. Its bc the tv is on till late everyday. Sometimes early hours of the morning
Uhura-hoop@reddit
Yes unfortunately I don’t think there’s a lot you can do unless it is classed as unreasonable (see https://www.gov.uk/guidance/noise-nuisances-how-councils-deal-with-complaints). If I were you I’d be looking into installing some soundproofing panels on that wall or trying sound cancelling earbuds. If neither of them appeal, you have a stark choice. With properties attached like this there is always going to be some neighbour noise. Unless you find a way to tolerate it, perhaps a property like this isn’t for you.
mygk@reddit (OP)
Thanks for your take. Appreciate the house is from 1890 and has thin walls. Time for me to take to YouTube to investigate
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