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classic33

Leg End Member
I'm kept awake by cars, owners going to the shop(10 minute walk there and back) from 05:00 on.

The church wasn't being petty, those that moved into the newbuilds were.
 
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mjr

Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
Isn't this a pot/kettle situation?
Only if I start playing metal at high volumes immediately outside the Church during a service.
 

mjr

Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
Sorry you've completely lost me there, but I still maintain, that if something is there when you move in tough, you should have moved somewhere else, you should forgo the right to complain, if it was new after the event then fine.
Maybe churches which still ring the bells overnight despite the various laws should be clearly marked so prospective residents will know?

And yet, loads of people move in somewhere and campaign for new roads to take the traffic past other people's homes instead without attracting this sort of criticism. Odd.
 

classic33

Leg End Member
One, churches are already there, look good in pictures, seldom mentioned in sales material. Roads are seen as a requirement, are new, at times going in after the house has been bought.

Train passed a level crossing 10 minutes ago, the horn could be heard close on four miles away. Compulsory that it sounds its horn, but what's it like for those closer than me?
 

Julia9054

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One, churches are already there, look good in pictures, seldom mentioned in sales material. Roads are seen as a requirement, are new, at times going in after the house has been bought.

Train passed a level crossing 10 minutes ago, the horn could be heard close on four miles away. Compulsory that it sounds its horn, but what's it like for those closer than me?
I used to live backing onto a railway line - didn't notice it after a while. Mind you, both my babies made train noises before they spoke.
 
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Maybe churches which still ring the bells overnight despite the various laws should be clearly marked so prospective residents will know?
Please stop being fixated about Churches, this is wider than just Churches, it covers all sorts of things, village halls, farm yards, diaries, airports, it's about people moving into an area where there is known noise & then complaining about the noise.
 
Going off topic a litte (it is my thread after all ;) ) The village where my eldest daughter lives has a lovely old church. The bells have been chiming there since the 1400hs, and chiming the hour since the late 1700s. A wonderful piece of history, much beloved by the locals.

But lo! Along comes Johnny property developer, and a dozen of so "executive" homes are built on a piece of scrap land. You know the sort, made from Lego, all slightly different but still identikit looking, on a parcel of land barely bigger than the house itself, obligatory 5 series/Jag F Pace parked outside? Anyway, people who like paying top dollar to be crammed in with their like minded systems analysts and middle managers aren't the sort who are tolerant of noise, and thanks to a few complaints by the new lot the environmental health folk have had no choice but to silence the bells. If even a single person complains, and the complaint is found to be genuine, they have to act - the fact the noise was present 600 years before they moved in and is positively welcomed by the other 498 villagers is neither here nor there.

We rock musicians have this problem with venues of long standing. One closed to music was due to a very ornery copper who bought a house next door but one to a pub that had been doing music for decades. It never recovered as a business. Some others where this has been attempted, the moaner has been seen off before paper can be moved. A generally unpleasant way to behave, from both sides...
 
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