June 15, 2016 at 7:57 am

I had this dilemma since the neighbor moved in a couple of days. They tend to play music so loud and it disturbs the peace of our place at night. What would be your solution for this?

a. ask them to turn it down?

b. do nothing?

c. call the police?

d. play your own music as loudly as possible?

June 15, 2016 at 8:09 am

@shavkat/

I would suggest that you find a day when your neighbor had just came back from somewhere, strike up a conversation and include your request about the loud music.

You may say that the music was cool or whatever but a bit too loud because you need some concentration on something.

Let him know that you need some peace and quiet too but watch your words.

Some new neighbors are nasty, some are allright.

So depends on the nature of your neighbor attitude.

For example my opposite neighbor are a bunch of workers who are outstation people.

So, they are many cars, 5-6 vehicles parked in the compound and outside the house daily.

However, they understand that parking cars blocking your neighbor’s gate entrance is a no no situation.

So, talking to them nicely, they had parked their vehicles well.

Best of luck to you

June 15, 2016 at 8:12 am

I will call the police.  Let the police handles them.

I think if everyone starts to call the police, they will have no peace, and they will move out soon.

June 15, 2016 at 9:53 am

I would call the police. In the USA, that is what we would do. It is too dangerous now to try and go over yourself to resolve the issue.

June 15, 2016 at 11:03 am

You should know what to do friend.I think you should call the police….but if it is me …I will do something funny also…by making friend with him, I will know what interest him and what he hate people doing for him…then we continue the game…(smile)

June 15, 2016 at 12:14 pm

@Shavkat, You may go to your barangay captain and file for complaint for your neighbor’s public disturbance. You should follow the protocol.It will be the barangay to send barangay subpoena to your neighbors. They cannot refuse for after the 3rd offense, the people in your area could file and eviction letter for that noisy neighbor.Write a complaint letter and have the surrounding neighbors sign.

June 15, 2016 at 2:09 pm

@peachpurple Thank you for the suggestion. I think it is better to talk to these people in calm way manner. I hope they will understand the situation and it is not always them. They need to learn the value of sensitivity.

June 15, 2016 at 2:12 pm

@cely If these people will not listen to me, then that’s the time I will a formal complain in the local barangay unit. I had been staying in this barangay since birth. It is so unfair if these people rule the place.

June 15, 2016 at 2:17 pm

@oksummer You have a point here. I would rather call the police to resolve this issue. I can’t wait for an another day to endure the loudness of their speaker.

@jonzyent If it is not in the middle of night, I guess I can speak to him. Who knows? I can be his friend along the process. But then, if mood swing strikes within me. I will let a police officer deal with him.

June 15, 2016 at 2:26 pm

i had commented on this but I do not see that comment here. I had that experience a long time ago when we were living in a flat. Our neighbour did that. One day I called her over when her music was loud . I had put on some music too. I asked her whose music she could here at my house. She got the hint and then on lowered her volume.

June 15, 2016 at 2:31 pm

@bestwriter That’s a big power of you. It is some way a reverse strategy to let your neighbor feel the real bad act from her. I don’t why some people lost being humane.

June 15, 2016 at 4:35 pm

@shavkat – It was possible because we were on good terms.

June 15, 2016 at 4:45 pm

Playing loud music is very often done by our neighbour during the weekend. We hadn’t taken action for the songs he had been playing are good to listen to. However, we are conscious of the duration of such loud music playing.  And if it is already beyond the limit I have set for myself. I have to call his attention to making it long even to reach late in the evening. I made it in a diplomatic way. But I never threaten himself to be reported to the police. I don’t want to break our good friendship.

June 15, 2016 at 6:10 pm

@nakitakona13 It is nice if my neighbor is close to me. However, they are not from my place. I am not sure if they are from low land areas. It is fine to talk with the person involved. If this person continued to do this, then I need to have a drastic action. But I am open for having diplomacy between me and him.

June 15, 2016 at 7:02 pm

@Shavkat I will shut my doors and windows tightly and even if I still hear sound of music I will use ear plugs to block the noise. I will congratulate my neighbor the next day for their celebration.

@scheng1 in my area police will probably consider me a jealous person.