Disputes between neighbours aren't uncommon. Whether they've parked in a less than ideal spot, or have been causing nightmares with your outside space, almost all of us will have had at least one grievance with a neighbour at some point.
But one mum has now been left at her wit's end as her neighbours have decided to start "blasting music" all afternoon, which doesn't stop until midnight on a weekday, and until 4 am on the weekends. The noise is so loud it has been preventing the mum's seven-year-old son from sleeping before it stops, and even her husband has to take sleeping aids to help him drift off so that he can get enough sleep before work the following morning.
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The mum, from the US, claims the neighbours who make the noise are a middle-aged couple between 50 and 60 years old, and after spending June and July in quiet bliss, they began their loud music habits in August with seemingly no warning.
In a post on Reddit, she wrote: "My husband, our seven-year-old son, and I moved to a mobile home community at the beginning of June. We love our home and we get along with the neighbours on our left side very well since we have children the same age.
"I have seen and waved to the neighbours on our right in passing, but they have never spoken to us. They seem to be an older couple, maybe mid-50s to early-60s. I will also say that I have lived in a mobile home community for many years before meeting my husband and in the beginning stages of our relationship so I know how it is sometimes.
"The whole month of June was a breeze. It was quiet, quieter than I was expecting honestly. July rolls around and our male neighbour on our right side sets up a whole surround sound speaker set and TV outside on his covered porch. He would only be out there during the day and it was unnoticeable from my house so it was totally fine.
"Here's where it all starts. At the beginning of August, he starts blasting music through the surround sound speakers. During the week, it starts at around 1 pm and doesn't stop until usually midnight. If it's the weekend, it won’t stop until 4 am. This happened every single day of August. Just to give some more context, I have a photo collage wall in my living room and the bass is so strong that it moves the photos on the wall."
The mum said she has spoken to the manager of the community and explained her issue with the noise, but hasn't heard anything back from them, and has said her own anxious temperament has prevented her from saying anything to the couple.
She added: "About 2 weeks into August, I reached out to the manager here and explained to her what had been going on and she said she would 'look into it' and never got back to me. I have diagnosed severe anxiety and have confrontation issues so I let it go.
"It has gotten to the point that my son is not sleeping until it turns off and my husband has to take max strength melatonin to be able to sleep through the night so he can work in the morning.
"Due to my confrontation issues, I have asked my husband to go talk to him some time and be very kind on many occasions but he is the same way as I am. I really don't know what to do and I don't want to message the manager again since she didn't get back to me."
Commenters were firmly on the mum's side, with one encouraging her to contact the police, as her neighbours could be "disturbing the peace".
One person wrote: "He's disturbing the peace after 10 pm. If you can't convince yourself to confront him, call the cops. Might not help between 7 am-10 pm, but it's something."
And someone else joked: "Worst case, at least your home is mobile!"
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