Quote Originally Posted by phild View Post
Noise from TVs Mick - The last neighbours were elderly who had their TV placed against the dividing living room wall and those who live in semis are all well aware that we shouldn't put TVs against the dividing wall, thing is we've never done it as we are considerate and all that. Their TV would simply blast sound through the walls and into the bedrooms sometimes as late as 3am as they didnt have to get up to work

I spoke to them about how we can solve this problem but they just ignored the offer as I quickly realised that they got off on confrontation so I got 2 high power super woofers at either end of the room so it was like tit for tat for 3 years. In the end they died and it was like peace on earth

The new neighbours are no where near as bad but they have put their tv ON the dividing wall so the deep bass comes through - i knew we should have bought a detached property, maybe we still will.
It’s funny you mention the TV issue Phil.

At my nan’s old house that I’ve just had renovated in Harrogate it’s a semi and the living rooms are back to back.

I’ve had the TV wall mounted in a bespoke media cabinet but I’ve had it on an extended bracket so I can pull away from the wall and tilt to suit seating position.

I’m conscious of causing noise issues for neighbours and don’t like sub woofers and sound systems and I’m careful with my volume.

The present neighbour is a good one but she’s about to move.

If the incoming lady is an idiot in this regard I’ll be knocking on her door to have a polite word.

If she turns out to be an ignorant sod I will remind here that I will be an infrequent visitor and might have to put up with her being inconsiderate, I will also inform her that I might just forget to turn off my TV and leave it on full volume 24/7 in the weeks I’m not in residence.

Nobody can stop me from forgetfulness Phil!

Just imagine how annoying that could become!?