outdoor parties loud and into the next day wee hours

[mynamehere]

How late and how loud is an outdoor party allowed/ should it go? Last night party on Friern went mto 4:30am Sunday morning. I've done a voice poll and I'm surprised most respondents don't care how loud or long their neighbours party goes on in the garden.

[the-e-dealer]

yes friern road has too many late partys Ive been the victim of drunks getting taxis at 4am twice last month.

[DJKillaQueen]

I walked past this one at around 2am and it was very noisy...there are guidelines on acceptable noise levels, for both businesses (who must be licensed) and residents (who must abide by the terms of their tenancy or local bye laws).

In future call the noise pollution team on 020 7525 5777. They operate until 3am on Fridays and Saturdays.

[Jeremy]

If they only do it once/twice a year I'd be inclined to let it drop (although 4:30am does seem rather selfish).

[womanofdulwich]

I think anything after 12.00 is unfair on your neighbours. I can't get my head around who has the energy to part till 4.30 am - they must be taking something.......

[the-e-dealer]

Taxi Blowing Horns and shouts back to the house Goodbye Safe Journey etc at 4am . Selfish!

[stephen509]

I think if it is a one off then 4 30 is fine.

Around 2-3 for a normal BBQ.

[The Minkey]

To report a noise nuisance: http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/412/noise_problems/1245/reporting_noise_problems/1

Advice on Southwark Council website re: being a considerate neighbour: http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/412/noise_problems/377/be_a_considerate_neighbour/1

[peterstorm1985]

stephen509 Wrote:

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> I think if it is a one off then 4 30 is fine.

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> Around 2-3 for a normal BBQ.

The trouble is that if everyone has a 'one off' then it would be every night of the year.

In my book 1am is OK on a Friday/Saturday as long as it's just talking not a DJ rousing the crowd. Any later is not on. Might be fine for those in modern houses with triple glazing but for most of us in ED with single glazed windows and airbricks in many flats the sound travels just too easily.

Anyone still making a racket at 4pm deserves a garden hose full blast over the fence. (Oops sorry, I was woken up by the noise so I thought I'd do some watering to pass the time)

[*Bob*]

Surely at a normal bbq you want to get rid of all your guests around 11pm - before they start blowing chunks from the food poisoning?

Anyway, it does sound a leetle annoying and a good number of people would no doubt be annoyed. But then a good number of people tend to suffer from a severe case of selective memory when it comes to their own occasional drunken indiscretions, long past or present.

[maybe]

What about people that have to get up early at weekends? Anything after 11 pm maybe midnight at a push is unreasonable in a residential area.

[SpaghettiSue40]

Get a life you miserable kunts

[camberwell70]

Ooooooooooooh Spaghetti, you are awful!

[peterstorm1985]

Methinks we may have identified a guilty party.

[DJKillaQueen]

Premises that apply for licenses based in residential areas (and not on a high street) would never be granted an entertainments license beyond 1am at weekends (unless they had extensive sound proofing) so why should people be expected to tolerate excessive noise from a house party? The party the OP is talking about could be heard all the way from the middle of Peckham Rye Park.....I think that is more than a bit unreasonable at any am, let alone 3 or 4 am.

[Frankito]

I would certainly be knocking on their door to complain to them. It's selfish, no more no less.

[sallyww]

I live next door to some very trashy neighbors, they go away and let their teenagers run riot, have had several late nights where I cant go to sleep in my own house, I have now found out how to go about getting them an ASBO. They have no consideration for anyone so cant wait to get Police/Southwark council in the next time this happens, give the little darlings their first ASBO

11pm is an acceptable cut off time for a Party.

[Frankito]

Totally agree with cut-off time. I wonder if they throw a party when they each havetheir own Asbo, like an Asbo debutant ball... >:D

[Jeremy]

Maybe move it inside after midnight. Then perhaps turn the music down/off at 2am. You need a bit of consideration on one side, and a bit of tolerance (within reason) on the other.

[LadyDeliah]

You miserable bunch of sods!

I love a good house party.

I'll make sure I don't invite any of you miserable lot to my next one!

[Loz]

11pm is an acceptable time to *start* a party. Indoors, of course. Outdoors after that time is a bit out of order.

[lofty23]

4:30 am? lightweights!

[Beej]

11.30pm?!! Gosh I went to a 40th birthday party at the weekend, which was outdoor in the garden of a perfectly 'respectable' businessman's house. I didn't even ARRIVE until 3am and I reckon the last person went to bed about 10am. The only thing that annoys me about a neighbour bangin on till the small hours is if they have the audacity to NOT invite me!

Haven't you lot heard of earplugs? I mean if it's every night, fair enough, call the noise police, but a one off a couple times a year... For God sake, if you can't beat them, join them!

[l.scott]

4:30? that it? that party was rubbish. that sounds more like a drink up lol

personally I dont mind as long as there isnt a path of destruction the next day.

I'd be more upset about not getting an invite lol

[*Bob*]

Please form an orderly queue here to overstate your cool and easygoing I-don't-mind-the-partying credentials.