Even at the risk of going over the same thing again:
What speaks against a professional soundproof fence? If I read correctly, you only have a lousy wooden fence. A wooden fence is no good.
Why not at least a very heavy wall and in front of it an extra layer of very dense shrubs? Have you had professional advice?
What would such a metal soundproof barrier like those on highways or railway lines cost in an extreme case?
On the other hand: Would there be a noise level that you could accept at all? Or is even knowing that music is playing enough?
I can basically live with noises, but I generally don’t want to have to perceive a bassline / rhythm in music because that is what distracts me so much, draws my attention, and therefore really drives me crazy.
So far, the only argument against the soundproof fence is that someone once told me (in another thread) that I could build whatever I wanted on the border, as long as the fence is only 2 m high (and I’m not allowed to go higher at the border for now), which wouldn't help against the music.
The prospect that the measure probably wouldn't help + the price involved was not very tempting, as that can really get very expensive. And if it doesn’t help, I’ve spent even more money on a garden that I won’t have for much longer.
If I were sure that the soundproof fence / wall would help, I would definitely do it.
Because it’s an individual sensitivity. She already wrote that it doesn’t bother her husband.
That’s not true. It bothers him too. It just doesn’t make him sick, unlike me. He falls asleep normally and doesn’t wake up because it doesn’t stress him that much.
People think that if you have a plot and a house, it has to be like solitude, absolute quiet. But for that, you shouldn’t buy 1,000 sqm, but a few hectares...
That’s exactly what I intend to do. That’s originally what this thread is about.
Nope. The day has 24 hours. And the week 7 days. The neighbor will probably get by with music 1 to 2 days a week and maybe 3 to 4 hours then.
I believe that would be no problem for Kati at all.
It’s definitely about the dose.
It’s about the dose, and also that it mainly always happens when you have time off. During the week it’s usually okay. But on what feels like every weekend / every Sunday when the weather is nice, there’s music playing outside. And Sunday afternoon is the day when we as a family would like to be outside.
But I can’t enjoy it. And if every weekend it’s either rain or music outside, then I can’t use my garden at all on days when we have time off.
Recently, we apparently even had vacation at the same time. I really hoped to be able to do some work in the garden during my vacation, but then they had vacation at the same time and rented a digger to work on the garden during my first week off (which I don’t complain about, it’s a new development area), and the week after that, it continued with manual work and the radio. From week 2 on, it annoyed me so much that I left my unplanted plants standing and we went on vacation last minute.
But as soon as we were home after our vacation – the radio was playing in the garden again.
When it stopped, I thought "oh good," got into the bathtub with an oil bath and a book. Not even 10 minutes into the bath, the music from outside started playing again. That was the point where I really was at the end of my nerves yesterday.
Objectively, it may not be as often as it feels to me, because I’m now at a point where I mainly stay on the other side of the house and don’t want to open the porch door anymore. But is this the life I signed up for with buying this house? I can’t handle this in the long run, I don’t feel comfortable here anymore.