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And after looking at the facts, have a straightforward conversation with your neighbors. That doesn’t mean being rude, but clearly communicate what is bothering you. They obviously don’t respond to subtle hints. Tell them how it affects you — that you no longer go outside on weekends. Maybe you can reach a compromise, like no music on Sundays. I don’t think they realize the full impact. If you keep everything inside, eventually it will explode, and finding a joint solution will no longer be possible. You need to face the confrontation—respectfully but clearly. Use “I” statements. Write down your points beforehand. Or, if you prefer, write a letter.

Good luck!

@kati1337 Let’s be honest: it seems like you’ve never spent an evening together. Why not? Here, in the first few years, there was a back-and-forth with invitations. Or the men would spontaneously go for a beer!
Putting aside the noise levels and whispered decibels.
What’s going on with you?
If you don’t do something quickly regarding “good neighbor relations,” things will only become more tense. Then you’ll shut down at the end of the season and move away next year. Sometimes people need to pull themselves together. A single-family home in a new development is a community of many individuals. You don’t have to be friends, but getting to know each other and exchanging habits really helps.
I feel this was already missed during the construction phase? I also feel you might be a bit more reserved than your neighbors?

ypg schrieb:

If you’re a stickler, then also at 8:15 PM for the Tatort 😉

Sunday is meant to be a day of rest all day. There’s no need to wait for specific times to be “official.”

guckuck2 schrieb:

Sunday is a full day of rest. There’s no need to wait for specific times for it to be considered “official.”

Of course, you can report noise disturbances any time during the day, but you’ll end up with a record in the police logbook 😉
And putting diplomatic tact aside: there are plenty of other ways to become unpopular throughout the neighborhood. I’m off to the basement now to have a laugh!
… oops: I don’t even have a basement 😳

Neighbors can be so annoying... chain-link fence.

A little story related to the topic "invite them over so they can hear it themselves":

In my previous apartment, there were environmentally conscious people living above us. They always walked around barefoot. The constant stomping, stomping all day long right above my head. We decided to talk to them and invited them over. When he was upstairs making fruit smoothies in the Thermomix (everyone knows how loud that is), he said: "Oh, you can really hear it loudly when she walks." We replied: "Yes, it’s annoying and quite loud, often unbearable." He said: "Strange, I can’t hear the Thermomix at all." We said: "Exactly, that shows how loud her stomping is." Nothing happened after that, and I almost moved out. Then they moved away. A nice woman with two children moved in, and I suspected trouble. However, you couldn’t hear a thing from her. That’s that.

Getting confrontational has never improved anything, especially not in a neighborhood.

Maybe it’s different in a village, where on Sundays people use angle grinders or young people work on their motorcycles and ride around the block ten times. It’s just normal there, and everyone is relaxed.