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This is part rant, part cry for help.
I've been living on my property for 30+ years, and have had no issues with any of the neighbours (some of whom have been here longer). We all get along and visit each other every so often.
This new family moves in 5 years ago (2013), and they were not exactly the most neighbourly people, however we respected each other and had no issues.
2 years ago (2016), they purchase a drum-set, supposedly for their son. However, the father used to bang on that thing everyday. Our house are not far apart, and the noise was unbearable and could be heard over the sound of the TV. I was studying at the time, and after 2 weeks, I couldn't take it anymore so I confronted him (politely) and told it was a disturbance and asked that he stop.
He did, however he moved it into the room furthest away from my house, and continued to play. The sound was heavily muted, but could still be heard, but I ignored it since it wasn't a major disturbance.
Fast forward to 2018, and this situation has changed. He has moved it back into the original space (nearest to my house) and continues to practice, oblivious to the noise he is making. Another neighbour confronted him, and asked him to sound-proof his house, but he sent his wife to tell the guy that the noise is not loud and everyone else was noisy as well.
In fact, this whole family plays those drums and do so for hours and at anytime of the day. They close their windows and pretend like their neighbours don't exist.
I have 2 elderly parents, both 50+ years old, whom I take care of, and they enjoy having naps, watching TV, and having lunch outside during the day.
But because of this bastard neighbour, they cannot do that when they want.
I feel really helpless, since this situation is something that I can think of nothing to do to fix it. It really does create anxiety and angst in my family when we hear this noise.
Has anyone had an experience like this, and got their neighbours to stop?
I really need to know what I can do to make this stop. Because they don't have the common sense to know that it is affecting other people.
*UPDATE*
I spoke to the idiot man-of-the-house next door, and asked him to practice somewhere else, because we can't put up with the noise anymore. He told to do what I have to, to make him stop. I did log a complaint at Metro and they did show up to give a warning to my neighbours. Of course they lied and said their son only plays and he does so once a week on a Saturday. The metro cops then came and spoke to me and told me about what was said and asked for my side of the story. Long story short, they said that I need to provide evidence of such noise occurring at irregular intervals and then they can charge them. This is a bit of a joke, but at least now they know that I'm not going to keep quiet about it.
This is part rant, part cry for help.
I've been living on my property for 30+ years, and have had no issues with any of the neighbours (some of whom have been here longer). We all get along and visit each other every so often.
This new family moves in 5 years ago (2013), and they were not exactly the most neighbourly people, however we respected each other and had no issues.
2 years ago (2016), they purchase a drum-set, supposedly for their son. However, the father used to bang on that thing everyday. Our house are not far apart, and the noise was unbearable and could be heard over the sound of the TV. I was studying at the time, and after 2 weeks, I couldn't take it anymore so I confronted him (politely) and told it was a disturbance and asked that he stop.
He did, however he moved it into the room furthest away from my house, and continued to play. The sound was heavily muted, but could still be heard, but I ignored it since it wasn't a major disturbance.
Fast forward to 2018, and this situation has changed. He has moved it back into the original space (nearest to my house) and continues to practice, oblivious to the noise he is making. Another neighbour confronted him, and asked him to sound-proof his house, but he sent his wife to tell the guy that the noise is not loud and everyone else was noisy as well.
In fact, this whole family plays those drums and do so for hours and at anytime of the day. They close their windows and pretend like their neighbours don't exist.
I have 2 elderly parents, both 50+ years old, whom I take care of, and they enjoy having naps, watching TV, and having lunch outside during the day.
But because of this bastard neighbour, they cannot do that when they want.
I feel really helpless, since this situation is something that I can think of nothing to do to fix it. It really does create anxiety and angst in my family when we hear this noise.
Has anyone had an experience like this, and got their neighbours to stop?
I really need to know what I can do to make this stop. Because they don't have the common sense to know that it is affecting other people.
*UPDATE*
I spoke to the idiot man-of-the-house next door, and asked him to practice somewhere else, because we can't put up with the noise anymore. He told to do what I have to, to make him stop. I did log a complaint at Metro and they did show up to give a warning to my neighbours. Of course they lied and said their son only plays and he does so once a week on a Saturday. The metro cops then came and spoke to me and told me about what was said and asked for my side of the story. Long story short, they said that I need to provide evidence of such noise occurring at irregular intervals and then they can charge them. This is a bit of a joke, but at least now they know that I'm not going to keep quiet about it.
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