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Oh Dear Lord, Another Tent is Going Up Next Door

Gypsy Jan - 5-18-2012 at 01:53 PM

Did I mention that we live next door to an approximately four-acre estate that is designed to be rented out for weddings, parties, etc.

Things were quiet for a while during the last couple of years., but ever since the first of the year, there has been a party EVERY weekend.

Last weekend, the DJ played this horrible techno pop music very loud, ALL NIGHT LONG, from 6:00 pm to 7:00 am. No stops, no breaks, just constant thump-thump-thump. Our dogs were nutso and barked nonstop, and, not to mention, the firework display set off from a panga offshore that was Disneyland style in the height of the round pinwheels and falling sparkler lights and the noise.

Now they are putting up another tent large enough, as usual, for one hundred or more people.

On the good side, I guess, is that there is a comeback for the local economy.

I need to buy some earplugs.

Debra - 5-18-2012 at 02:10 PM

I feel your pain, there is nothing worse that Playa Santispac during Easter break, I'll never do that again!

shari - 5-18-2012 at 02:29 PM

Oh Jan...how awful for you...did you know about the party planners when you bought the place? There is alot to be said for buying a place with the neighbours already in place eh!

I am a very light sleeper (and Juan is a BIG snorer) and the only earlplugs that work for me are the yellow with blue cord...kind of screw in type...they nearly block out all noise...buy a box of em...they wear out after a couple months...but this will definately help.

Udo - 5-18-2012 at 02:42 PM

What works for me a a sedative of some kind (Lunesta for me). It's good for about 6 hours.

DavidE - 5-18-2012 at 02:48 PM

0400 hours
High Powered Stereo system
Copy Of Bob Dylan's "Hey Mr. Tambourine Man"
Open Windows
Crank 'er up

Works like a charm

Barry A. - 5-18-2012 at 03:21 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by DavidE
0400 hours
High Powered Stereo system
Copy Of Bob Dylan's "Hey Mr. Tambourine Man"
Open Windows
Crank 'er up

Works like a charm


Yep-------Fight fire with fire--------it almost always works. I once taped our neighbors dog barking, then turned up the volume on our stereo outside speakers, and let er fly for several mins. in the wee early morning hours------no more problems with the barking dog at night as they kept the dog inside from then on (mostly). Never had to even talk to them.

Barry

DavidE - 5-18-2012 at 03:38 PM

For perros I prefer cuetes but no so close as to harm their hearing. It isn't the concussion, but the startling aspect of the noise. A blast from a trumpet works. At home I have a 30" disc of 1/4" plate steel GONG hanging from a chain. One good solid WHACK from a pipe would bring Fu Manchu hither on his knees. It causes silence.

Barry A. - 5-18-2012 at 03:43 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by DavidE
For perros I prefer cuetes but no so close as to harm their hearing. It isn't the concussion, but the startling aspect of the noise. A blast from a trumpet works. At home I have a 30" disc of 1/4" plate steel GONG hanging from a chain. One good solid WHACK from a pipe would bring Fu Manchu hither on his knees. It causes silence.


I LIKE it---------to the steel shop I go.

Barry

mcfez - 5-18-2012 at 04:44 PM

Thanks...............I'm going to used this idea tonight!
Quote:
Originally posted by Barry A.
Quote:
Originally posted by DavidE
0400 hours
High Powered Stereo system
Copy Of Bob Dylan's "Hey Mr. Tambourine Man"
Open Windows
Crank 'er up

Works like a charm


Yep-------Fight fire with fire--------it almost always works. I once taped our neighbors dog barking, then turned up the volume on our stereo outside speakers, and let er fly for several mins. in the wee early morning hours------no more problems with the barking dog at night as they kept the dog inside from then on (mostly). Never had to even talk to them.

Barry

BajaBlanca - 5-18-2012 at 05:05 PM

my gosh ! these posts have me laughing out loud ..... never thought of these ingenious solutions.

and yeah, it is a nightmare to have loud music at all hours of the night and morning.

an obnoxious dog woke me up last night, it was barking incessantly at 3sih am......and I never got back to sleep after that...sure got a lot of class planning done !!

The Next Door Neighbor Was a Failed Hotel on the Market for Years

Gypsy Jan - 5-18-2012 at 05:37 PM

During the time when we built our house.

A few years ago, just before the Baja Real Estate meltdown, this was one of the only properties in the area that sold and the new owner sank a lot of money into renovating it.

After that othing happened for a long time, then in the last few months - Kapow! Party central next door.

Today, the guests for the current event started arriving. Two guys sunk a couple of stakes in the sandpit that is next to our wall and started a game of horseshoes. Horseshoes with real horseshoes! Clank, clank, clank over and over again.

If I survive the weekend I will register my report with the board.

DavidE - 5-18-2012 at 06:29 PM

Barry if the steel is soft it will go clunk rather than ring like the bell from hell.

Lay it on the sand, take the pien side of a ball pien hammer and start whacking the steel from the center radiating out like a coil of a snail. It's tedious all right, but you are making an acoustic work of art. Lay into the thing with the hammer. It's going to warp but who cares. It's going to sing to miscreant neighbors like Lucifer's orchestra.

rts551 - 5-18-2012 at 06:45 PM

glad I don't live where we have dueling noise makers. bet all the "other" neighbors are real happy. I can hear it now...20-30 houses


Jan if there was a Hotel there when you built, you had to have known something commercial would be there. Horseshoes aren't bad at all.

dtbushpilot - 5-18-2012 at 06:59 PM

Grab a bottle of wine and join the party......works for me......dt

DavidE - 5-18-2012 at 07:14 PM

Going deaf at old age works BETTER!!

Plus I can claim I am going a bit daft when I must play the circular marimba at 3:00AM

[Edited on 5-19-2012 by DavidE]

Gypsy Jan - 5-18-2012 at 07:20 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by rts551
glad I don't live where we have dueling noise makers. bet all the "other" neighbors are real happy. I can hear it now...20-30 houses


Jan if there was a Hotel there when you built, you had to have known something commercial would be there. Horseshoes aren't bad at all.



The sound of them landing against the metal stakes completely replicated the sound of the tent stakes being pounded into the ground, which leads to the anticipation of the noise that is to come.

I am trying to be humorous/complaining here to vent to what I hope is a sympathetic audience.

And, yeah, the former owner always boasted to us about how he was "grandfathered" with a commercial license, but since it was a dead in the water operation, we hoped that the property would be sold for private use. So much for naivety.

The new owner, who by the way, is a personable guy, but quite the businessman, did a remodel that took down the decrepit structures, but kept all the footprints of the original buildings intact, there is a term for that that I can't recall. That kept the commercial license for the property intact.

As I said, he made quite a substantial investment and after a wait of several years, he is making a profit on the property now. $16,000 per day; you pay for the wedding planning, entertainment, music, light show, fireworks, caterer, waiters and clean up and whatever else out of your own pocket.

If you don't fulfill the terms of the contract, the deposit is forfeited.

[Edited on 5-19-2012 by Gypsy Jan]

Marc - 5-19-2012 at 08:37 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Debra
I feel your pain, there is nothing worse that Playa Santispac during Easter break, I'll never do that again!


Santispac. What a surprise! I was not thinking about Easter week. It was 1994 and what a mess, but by Good Friday the place emptied out and the trash was collected. My wife and some friends flew in on Saturday and by that time the beach was quiet.

[Edited on 5-20-2012 by Marc]

durrelllrobert - 5-19-2012 at 09:07 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by DavidE
Barry if the steel is soft it will go clunk rather than ring like the bell from hell.

Lay it on the sand, take the pien side of a ball pien hammer and start whacking the steel from the center radiating out like a coil of a snail. It's tedious all right, but you are making an acoustic work of art. Lay into the thing with the hammer. It's going to warp but who cares. It's going to sing to miscreant neighbors like Lucifer's orchestra.

Discs from old plows are already perfect.

Taco de Baja - 5-19-2012 at 09:36 AM

Now if I can only figure out what to do about the obnoxious mocking bird singing all night long...Sure he's telling the other male birds so stay out of "his" territory....but sheesh, It's MY territory too.

A shotgun would work, and I know my neighbors would secretly thank me; but the cops....not so much. :lol:

The only bonus is he and the missus eat the bugs that eat MY garden veggies. That's really the only reason I don't bust up the nest, yes I do know where he lives.......:saint:

BajaDove - 5-19-2012 at 10:12 AM

I like you thought of ear plugs on your own. Too many people come to Baja want to be on the beach then complain about the noise. They would rather complain and annoy those enjoying than do the simple thing. plug your ears.

honda tom - 5-19-2012 at 07:23 PM

hotel next door when you got there.

Marla Daily - 5-20-2012 at 06:29 AM

Try going camping for the night to a new and interesting Baja destination. Turn those party-night lemons into lemonaide. Some of our best camping trips have been made over major Mexican holidays when Loreto is sure to be up all night—without us.

SDRonni - 5-20-2012 at 07:13 AM

Gypsy Jan, I feel your pain. There is nothing like the "thump thump" of heavy bass. Earplugs won't work for that, as that stuff goes straight through the bones! Las Olas Grand has weddings in the summertime. We find out when they're gonna be and we stay the heck away! Fortunately, we have that option.