Noise from party : what's a reasonable time to wind down?

El_Bee · 07-07-2019 10:36AM

The two lads next door to us would have a big party once a year when their parents went on holidays, they played it really loud till maybe 4am on a fri or sat evening, it's a ****ty thing to do to your neighbors (on both sides) but because it was once a year you just shrug it off, you don't want to be calling the Gardai on your neighbors or getting into fights with a crowd of drunk teenagers, so you let it go (they've all grown up now and there hasn't been a party in years btw).

pablo128 · 07-07-2019 10:40AM

McCrack wrote: »

Internet hard man alert

Is the world full of pussys now that whimper under the sheets rather than confront a lousy neighbour? Call the police? They won't do anything. I've been there. They didn't do a thing when we reported our neighbours head being repeatedly hopped off her floor above us by her fella.

Yes I have gone and given troublemakers a few thumps outside the house. Guess what. They didn't come back. It works.

Brian? · 07-07-2019 10:41AM

Has it stopped yet? I'd say give it till 12 and then ask them to wind down.

Blueshoe · 07-07-2019 10:41AM

McCrack wrote: »

Internet hard man alert

Not always. Remember that guy who kept calling someone an internet tough guy and goading him? I think it was in New York. Anyway the guy ended up spending some money that find out who the person was and called around to his house and carved a giant X into his face with a carpet knife. From forehead to chin with the centre point being the guys nose. Nasty stuff

Moral of the story is not everyone is " an internet hard man" . Some folk are mental

Pauliedragon · 07-07-2019 10:42AM

Take a dump outside the front door of their house. That'll send them a not so subtle message.

boombang · 07-07-2019 10:43AM

I'm amazed that the law isn't better at protecting peace for people in the evening. I understand that there's relatively little that can be done. I'd like to focus legal minds by turning up outside a judge's house in Rathgar with a massive sound system at 3 am. I'm sure we'd get some case law built up pretty quickly then.

lawred2 · 07-07-2019 10:47AM

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

If their country has not won the world cup anything after 23:30 should have a helicopter gunship in to wipe them all out as being scummers who are unworthy to live next to.

Think 23:30 is even being a little generous but you'd forgive the odd occasion. 2:30 is anti social disturbance really.

Lackadaisical · 07-07-2019 10:48AM

Well they wrapped up at about 4:05am.

lawred2 · 07-07-2019 10:50AM

Lackadaisical wrote: »

Well they wrapped up at about 4:05am.

Horrible. And you're so wound up at that stage that going to sleep when they are done hardly ever happens

Strumms · 07-07-2019 11:11AM

Lackadaisical wrote: »

Well they wrapped up at about 4:05am.

That’s nice and considerate of them. So after people working hard all week, looking forward to being able to relax, enjoy a pleasant evening at home with family and then catch up on some much needed sleep, reinvigorated and rested to further enjoy the weekend, they have to put up with **** and nuclear decibels until 4am....

welcome to 2019, the era of, ‘fûck it, I’m having my fun’ brigade who simply think the universe revolves around them, their whims and the idea of adhering to the law or consideration for those around them are about as foreign as self catering in Swaziland. Hopefully they die, slowly in front of their children, at a young age.

Lackadaisical · 07-07-2019 11:14AM

boombang wrote: »

I'm amazed that the law isn't better at protecting peace for people in the evening. I understand that there's relatively little that can be done. I'd like to focus legal minds by turning up outside a judge's house in Rathgar with a massive sound system at 3 am. I'm sure we'd get some case law built up pretty quickly then.

You'd never afford a house in Rathgar on a judge's sallery these days.

Gael23 · 07-07-2019 11:16AM

Midnight would be the cutoff for me

lalababa · 07-07-2019 11:27AM

pablo128 wrote: »

McCrack wrote: »

Internet hard man alert

Is the world full of pussys now that whimper under the sheets rather than confront a lousy neighbour? Call the police? They won't do anything. I've been there. They didn't do a thing when we reported our neighbours head being repeatedly hopped off her floor above us by her fella.

Yes I have gone and given troublemakers a few thumps outside the house. Guess what. They didn't come back. It works.

It does work , some people only response to threat of physical harm, others only actual harm.
But and this is getting truer everyday : Lawsuits..... it's ok if you have no "asertainable" assets. But if you hit inconciderate Joe bloggs, what's to stop him getting 5, 10, 15k from you??

phelixoflaherty · 07-07-2019 11:27AM

According to Limmy
If you can make out the tune, shut it doon

Lackadaisical · 07-07-2019 11:30AM

Well I'm wrecked this morning and I'm hearing from the parents of a toddler who live near by that they got no sleep at all and have had to cancel stuff today as their 3 year old is really out of sorts as she got no sleep.

happywithlife · 07-07-2019 11:34AM

I'd be tempted to park the buggy with the screaming toddler outside the side bedroom window of that feckless couple
While I attempt to get the toddler to sleep

happywithlife · 07-07-2019 11:36AM

Or cut the lawn, trim the hedge, generally have a big tidy up outside -- all day long. And you know you gotta blast those tunes while you're at it (and coordinate your breaks to when the neighbours toddler does nap) :-D

Schwiiing · 07-07-2019 11:36AM

Anything after 9.30/10pm. Plenty of pubs and clubs in town for the sort of scum that frequent them. Leave the decent folk at home in peace.

Strumms · 07-07-2019 11:38AM

Gael23 wrote: »

Midnight would be the cutoff for me

For the MEGA decibels yes roughly then, EVEN 1am I wouldn’t be too pissed, then either they can taxi it to a club or sit around drinking with some low level tunes and I mean low.

RacoonQueen · 07-07-2019 11:42AM

Strumms wrote: »

For the MEGA decibels yes roughly then, EVEN 1am I wouldn’t be too pissed, then either they can taxi it to a club or sit around
drinking with some low level tunes and I mean low.

Yep. Same for me. Our bedrooms face out onto the balconies of the duplexes opposite us. One of them seems to have a BBQ every other night, the can still be outside chatting after 11pm...can be a bit annoying but it's only chatter. No loud music and they'll be gone by midnight.
Had other neighbours before who'd be out strumming guitars, singing etc well into the early hours. Ignorant behaviour.

El_Bee · 07-07-2019 12:16PM

boombang wrote: »

I'm amazed that the law isn't better at protecting peace for people in the evening. I understand that there's relatively little that can be done. I'd like to focus legal minds by turning up outside a judge's house in Rathgar with a massive sound system at 3 am. I'm sure we'd get some case law built up pretty quickly then.

I mean that's the case with everything, take the scrambler problem, if we could somehow get them all to race up and down D6 for a few hours there'd be a citywide crackdown within 24hrs.

the beer revolu · 07-07-2019 12:25PM

Strumms wrote: »

welcome to 2019, the era of, ‘fûck it, I’m having my fun’ brigade.

Oh ffs.
You really think people weren't being asshats and having late, loud parties, 10, 20, 30,40 years ago?
Only in Ireland.....
New Ireland...
Millenials today.....
Etc, etc

rivegauche · 07-07-2019 12:31PM

In Germany it must be quiet between 22:00 and 06:00.
Sundays and public holidays are quiet days.
Fines of up to 5000 euro can be levied.
Police can and do fine the offending party.
Police can and do seize the Stereos of the people making noise.
Police can and do disperse House parties.

The rules are sometimes abused by old Biddies who don't like their Neighbours and make spurious claims against neighbours but there is nowhere near the same level of inconsiderate behaviour amongst neighbours as I witnessed in Ireland.

Lackadaisical · 07-07-2019 12:38PM

the beer revolu wrote: »

Oh ffs.
You really think people weren't being asshats and having late, loud parties, 10, 20, 30,40 years ago?
Only in Ireland.....
New Ireland...
Millenials today.....
Etc, etc

They definitely weren't millennials - 45 was about the minimum age.

branie2 · 07-07-2019 12:59PM

After midnight

Gimme A Pound · 07-07-2019 01:55PM

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

On a Saturday night there's no limit, and I say that as someone who has regularly had to get up at 8 or 9 on Sunday mornings in the past when I was working a marketing job - we're very much the exception and society is built around the idea of a working week and a non-working weekend, in my view it's totally unfair for those of us in the rare position of having to be up early on Sundays to deprive others of their Saturday night sessions which they've probably been waiting all week for. But that's just me. My gaff is sandwiched between a restaurant which regularly holds late night parties unofficially after closing time on Fridays and Saturdays, and a house next door where they have regular late night parties with loud music on Fridays and Saturdays as well (college aged folk) - sure it used to keep me awake when I had to get up early on Sunday mornings to work, but f*ck it, you only live once and you can catch up on sleep later on a Sunday.

Put it another way: Those who don't have to get up early during the week are very much the exception, not the norm, and those of us who do wouldn't appreciate if they imposed their rare circumstances on the rest of us by having loud late night sessions midweek. The reverse is true IMO - the weekend is the time for late night parties for most folk, so when we're in the unfortunate minority who can't enjoy it, it's just something we have to put up with. The alternative is to be a massive buzzkill and impose a weeknight-esque curfew on people trying to have a good night, and f*ck that in my opinion.

Your schtick of "people should be able to do what they want, otherwise it's unfair on them" of course doesn't take into account unfairness in the other direction.

The OP is referring to a residential area: a party until 2 or 3 the very odd time - gotta be expected. But a party all night on a regular basis? Just no.

Your analogy doesn't make sense - those working all week wouldn't like it if someone had a party on a week night, so the latter should put up with people having lengthy parties on Friday and Saturday nights?

I think you're just thinking of people your own age and circumstances. It's not just people who have to get up for work that are affected - and try telling the parent of young children "Ah shur you can catch up on sleep on Sunday."

And what's with the extremes? A week-night type curfew would be forbidding any noise from 11pm. And you'd swear a house party until 10am is the only way whatsoever that people can socialise.

07-07-2019 04:34PM

lawred2 wrote: »

Think 23:30 is even being a little generous but you'd forgive the odd occasion. 2:30 is anti social disturbance really.

22:30 is early evening imo on a weekend. Surely people should be allowed to enjoy occasional parties in their homes? Nonsense saying otherwise.

Yet another reason in the long list of reasons I would never want to live long term anywhere but the country side. I can make all the noise I want as late as I want and don’t have to listen to other people’s noise.

Franz Von Peppercorn II · 07-07-2019 04:45PM

Lackadaisical wrote: »

They definitely weren't millennials - 45 was about the minimum age.

You know at that age they should have grown up.

At least tell your neighbours beforehand and invite some to defuse the tensions.

Franz Von Peppercorn II · 07-07-2019 04:46PM

Vivienne Mysterious Coupon wrote: »

22:30 is early evening imo on a weekend. Surely people should be allowed to enjoy occasional parties in their homes? Nonsense saying otherwise.

Yet another reason in the long list of reasons I would never want to live long term anywhere but the country side. I can make all the noise I want as late as I want and don’t have to listen to other people’s noise.

Nobody cares that much about the countryside and your preferred living arrangements. It’s irrelevant to the topic, noise in an urban environment.

lawred2 · 07-07-2019 08:26PM

Vivienne Mysterious Coupon wrote: »

22:30 is early evening imo on a weekend. Surely people should be allowed to enjoy occasional parties in their homes? Nonsense saying otherwise.

Yet another reason in the long list of reasons I would never want to live long term anywhere but the country side. I can make all the noise I want as late as I want and don’t have to listen to other people’s noise.

Grand. I didn't say 22:30 though.

Noise from party : what's a reasonable time to wind down?

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