How to deal with a neighbor playing loud music past quiet hours
Late-night backyard noise like loud music and yelling past quiet hours disrupts sleep and wakes up children. While occasional holiday noise is often tolerated, recurring disruptions force homeowners to find ways to report the disturbance.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1asking neighbors to go inside or turn it down
- 2calling the police to report the noise violation
- 3tolerating it for major holidays or special occasions
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“By loud party I mean playing loud music, yelling, talking loudly, etc., in their backyard past your city's quiet hours, to the point that it's disruptive to you/your sleep.”source ↗
“Major holidays and then maybe 3 more during the year. If it was something that was regularly annoying me I'd say something.”source ↗
“We have one neighbor who has bumping karaoke parties that go past midnight and it's forgivable because it's literally like once a year.”source ↗
“If it wakes my kids up I'd immediately look to see who to report it to. THE FIRST time. It would NEVER be tolerated.”source ↗
Where this came up
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