‘I told him his wife's early bedtime isn't my problem’: Couple refuses to fold to neighboring couple who treat 6 pm as midnight, and flood the block with complaints, wall-thumping, and vendettas over the slightest sound

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  • AITA for telling my neighbour his wife's early bedtime isn't my problem?

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  • Me (24M) and fiancée (25F) moved into our first rental 15 months ago. We get along. great with neighbors on one side, but the couple (mid- 50s) on the other side have been nightmarish.
  • This is how i imagine this neighbors spirit animal must look like

    'He said his wife goes to bed at 6pm and I'm "out of order””
  • The pattern started early: 3 weeks after moving in, we politely warned neighbors about a small housewarming (15 people, music off by 11pm, over by 12:30am Saturday).
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  • Before we could finish explaining, the wife cut us off saying our afternoon music was too loud because her husband was recovering from a stroke.
  • Hears everything just not so happy about it

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  • We were completely apologetic, said we had no. idea, hoped he'd get well soon, and reassured her the housewarming wouldn't be too loud or late.
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  • Escalating harassment: For 12+ months they've banged. on walls whenever we make normal noise - hoovering, hair dryer, music, even mid- afternoon.
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  • They deliberately wind up our dogs from their garden then complain about barking. They've thrown stuff over our fence that sent one dog to the vet with an obstruction (no proof though).
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  • Today's incident: I've been doing DIY for our nursery (partner's pregnant). I purposely start at midday to be considerate, but got delayed by a hospital appointment halfway through today.
  • So when I got home I was finishing off sanding 7:30- 8:00pm (still daylight until 10pm here) when the husband stormed over at 7:55pm.
  • He said his wife goes to bed at 6pm and I'm "bang out of order." I apologized but said I'd be 10 more minutes, and he started getting aggressive.
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  • I then again said that I was sorry but ultimately his wife's early bedtime isn't my problem. She could use earplugs or close windows rather than expect the world to stop.
  • He threatened to wake us at 4am. I calmly said "knock yourself out mate." He then squared up to me saying "you'll regret that - I'm going to make your lives living h_l."
  • Important context: Our lease allows power tools until 9pm. Council only considers noise nuisance to be nuisance noise between 11pm-7am.
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  • Other neighbours warned us he's damaged previous tenants' property and was caught kicking someone's. cat.
  • We're worried about property damage to our cars/house, stress on my pregnant partner, and potential harm to our dogs when the baby comes.
  • We do have cameras but ultimately don't need the stress of worrying about what they might do due to the pregnancy.
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