Noise reduction from neighboring properties - ideas?

sounds more like a standing wave. Is it really that bad in every room when he plays music at your place?

No, only in the half of the house where the construction radio is in front of the windows, so mainly the office and the children's room (directly above). On the other side of the house you can hardly hear it.

Then you must be very, very sensitive.

Not us – just me. And yes, I said that already. As I said, no other noises (cars, knocking/handiwork, etc.) bother me. It’s only the thumping of the music (bass) that bothers me, for reasons explained earlier.

There really is no solution for that. A hedge will help a little, but won’t work miracles.

Are you sure about that? There must be a way to interrupt the sound. We still have a strip of land between the neighbors and us.

Can you somehow record it? I honestly can’t imagine that this radio produces such noise/bass that windows and masonry vibrate at 3 meters distance.
From afar, to me it possibly sounds like “high sensitivity,” could that be the case?

Yes, it’s mentioned earlier that I am very sensitive in that regard. But that doesn’t solve my problem. I don’t want to sit here annoyed every weekend next summer.
I don’t know if any masonry vibrates, I only know that you hear the bass lines inside the rooms here.

Well, if it’s a 32dB pane in the window, the neighbor has one too, and he plays music
With 85dB some sound still gets through ...

Only my window was in between, his Makita radio was outside in the garden.
I am very sensitized to it from the past, and it really ruins my mood. I would really like to know what my options are to contain what comes from there onto our property.

Unfortunately, lack of intelligence and taste among neighbors doesn’t outgrow with time. I thought you had “special” moved to Posemuckel in the Hunsrück or some other nowhere, where typically there are fewer ghetto folks than in the big city.

I stupidly assumed that the clientele who blast music loudly into the night cannot afford a new build, which is why I hoped it would be limited to a party here and there. But: so far that has happened only once, so it’s still possible that it won’t be a big deal and we just caught it on a bad foot. Also, in the village with a new build, there’s a realistic chance that they will get someone pregnant at some not too distant time, and then the punk rock blasting at half past midnight will be over faster than you can say “mash.” ;)

My favorite are always diffusers of all kinds, unfortunately shrub and bush stuff takes a while to grow.

We have now planted a hedge, but of course that takes time. I don’t believe it will fully solve the problem; no hedge grows that dense. But putting up a fence (wall? dunno what else?) is probably using a sledgehammer to crack a nut?
If I knew whether the bass comes through the wall or the windows I could build some kind of sound-insulating window insert. Like in the band rehearsal room back in the day, wooden boards with eggshells screwed on, and that pyramid foam stuff...

If neighbors underestimate music volume, two things help (depending on their “type” sometimes one, sometimes the other method): one is a friendly conversation, and the other is making music yourself (which does not harmonize with their taste, so is felt to be “louder”). Pachelbel (or Bach as replacement), Khachaturian (or Mussorgsky as replacement), Beefheart (or Zappa as replacement), Fripp (or Frampton as replacement) – you have to experiment a bit. If none of these help, then Stockhausen ;-)

Stockhausen? I don’t understand him.
The people in the garden today certainly weren’t too loud, the problem is in my brain, not in his construction radio. ;) That’s why I’m trying to solve it on our half of the property, so he can dig with the radio on, and I can do something in the house without annoyance.
Counter sound is not an option. My husband already wanted to solve the problem today by playing music in our house. The problem is, when I feel forced to play music myself even though I might not want to listen at the moment, just to drown out others, I get really angry. o_O I can’t enjoy my music then, because it still subconsciously annoys me that I basically HAVE to listen to music to not be annoyed → I get even more annoyed. If that makes sense to anyone.

Or – although that requires more brains than Barth/houseplant – constantly slip the neighbors advertising from hearing aid acousticians.

I have to write that down. :D

Or, without wanting to attack you with it, trying to treat the whole thing? Would probably be the most sensible solution. It doesn't help anyone if you have to carry something like that around with you for a long time..

Not we – just me. And yes, I said that earlier. As I said, other noises (cars, knocking/handyman work, etc.) don’t bother me. Only the thumping of the music (bass) bothers me, for the reasons explained before.

Bass is also, in my opinion, disturbing in a particularly unpleasant way. I even have to regularly ask my husband to turn it down.

We still have a strip of land between the neighbors and us.

Besides a planted wall, I can’t think of anything else. The difficult part is that he might take the wall “personally.”

There was only my window in between, his Makita radio was outside in the garden.

I only just read that his radio was in the garden. I missed that in your first post. Then, I think it’s relatively clear that he should turn down the bass or put on headphones.

I had stupidly assumed that the clientele who plays loud music into the night can’t afford a new building…

Often stereotypes are true, but not always. ;-) However, my assessment matches yours. :)

Those who were in the garden today certainly weren’t too loud, the problem lies in my brain, not his construction radio. ;)

I’m not so sure about that. The thumping of bass is extremely unpleasant for many people, but maybe I just want to reassure myself because of my own “bass sensitivity.”

The problem is, if I feel compelled to put on music myself although I might not even want to listen to anything at that moment, just to drown out other people, then I get really angry. o_O I can’t enjoy my music either because it continues to annoy me subconsciously that I basically HAVE to listen to music not to be annoyed --> I get even more annoyed. If that makes sense to anyone.

That makes perfect sense to me, because it’s exactly like that for me. Not sure if that’s any comfort to you. ;-)

In short, I see two possibilities: He puts on headphones or you’ll have to put up a fence or a wall after all. :-(

What bothers me is only the thumping of the music (bass), for reasons explained above.

Maybe there are other reasons than the ones you suspected:
"Moreover, low tones are perceived not only through hearing but also through the stomach and through the bones."
Quote from an interview with Dr. Stephan Ernst, head of audiology at the Ear, Nose, and Throat Clinic of the UKGM, in the Gießener Allgemeine.

I believe the combination of baby and new building makes you sensitive, I know that from my wife and our daughter. It will pass. Still, bushes help even if they are small they swirl the sound.

In my opinion, basses are also disturbingly unpleasant in a special way. I even have to regularly ask my husband to turn them down.

Apart from a greened wall, I can’t think of anything else. The difficult thing is that he might take the wall "personally."

I only just now read that his radio was in the garden. I missed that in your first post. Then, I think, it is relatively clear that he should turn the bass down or put on headphones.

Often stereotypes apply, but not always. ;-) My assessment corresponds to yours. :)

I’m not so sure about that. The thumping of bass is enormously unpleasant for many people, but maybe I just want to reassure myself because of my own "bass sensitivity."

For me it makes perfect sense because it is exactly like that for me. I don’t know if that comforts you. ;-)

In short, I see 2 options: He puts on headphones or you just have to put up a fence or a wall. :-(

That comforts me a little, so at least I’m not alone in this.
Maybe I’ll wait until next summer. Then everyone will know each other better here, and I will see whether this is more of a permanent situation and he often has his “Makita” in the garden, or if maybe it was just unfortunate now because he was laying stones at the corner near our property. He uses headphones anyway when mowing the lawn, and if he does something more centrally in his garden and the hedge is bigger, maybe the sound won’t reach here so strongly anymore.
If it still bothers me next year, though, we would really have to do something. Would you just build a wall then, or are there special fences or something like that for such cases? Before I put something like that up, I would tell them anyway.

Or, without wanting to attack you, try to treat the whole thing?
That would probably be the most sensible solution. It doesn’t help anyone if you have to carry something like that around for a long time..

I have actually had various things treated by therapy, successfully too – but the therapist didn’t think my aversion to thumping bass was worth treating or considered it relatively normal. There are just people who are more bothered by disturbing noises than others, that doesn’t necessarily have to be a defect. ;)
I don’t feel attacked in the slightest, on the contrary, I think many more people should get therapy. Not only because they become easier to deal with, but simply because I know how much it improves quality of life. Nobody believes it beforehand.