MOVE....

 Altough not seeming practical, if it comes to the point to causing you and your family distress unless your are attatched  to the home you live in, I would seriously weigh up the benifits of staying or finding a new home.

  If there are that many people disruptive in the area, they are all not likely to leave in a hurry without force, which if you have a family, you would not like to be an obvious part of the process of them leaving.

 good luck  its a horrible situation, and I know moving can be costly, but if you are finanialy in difficulty department for community services have a removal voucher scheme.

                    All the best , it isnt nice trying to sleep in fear  pito

In Australia we have anti-noise laws as well but laws will only work if people enforce them by calling the police. It is sad that the world is becoming such a self place that you cant even get a good nights sleep, short of moving I cant think of an alternative solution and sometimes the cost of moving both financially and emotionally can seem extreem but when your health is at risk there are no high costs. Good luck

wow, sound like real pains, why don't you try getting a peition up from all the people in your street, take it to the local council, or police and then something will have to be done. good luck!!

wow i can understand why you would be so annoyed! that must drive you crazy! what irresponsible people they are! not to mention the glass they smash everywhere, i feel so sorry for you. if it were me i would be callin the cops and tellin them to come shut your neighbours up but i dont know what the law is where you are from. either way thats not acceptable, and as adults they should know better!

i used to live next door to a terrible neighbour he and his partner wernt very nice people they didnt have any kids but they did have partys everynight and reved there cars, my daughter was just born and she used wake up screaming from the loud noise. i eventually moved out.

Having lived in nurses hostels for many years I was used to noisy neighbours, but I have been living in the community for 5 years now and earlier this year we got some very noisy neighbours, visitors ringing my doorbell at 2 and 3am.  My landlord kept telling me to make a formal complaint because it wasnt just us being harrassed.  Personally I didnt have a problem with it, and most times E slept through it.  Eventually I did make a formal comlaint because it was every night and it was all night long, music, noise and doorbells.

My landlord told me to keep a diary of occasions and if there were people staying with me to get them to witness the entries so that it was a stronger case when I handed it in.  Needless to say, as soon as they found out I was keeping the diary they toned it down.  Yay!  Good luck with finding a workable solution
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you poor thing. It must be very hard having noisy abusive neighbours at any time- but with a husband getting up at 4am and a daughter studying it would be unbearable.

Good on you for trying to talk to them- what a shame that didnt work. People are suggesting the Police and Landlord - I agree! and im not sure....but  maybe even the council if they are smashing bottles all over the place ...im not sure if that would be any use?

The only other thing I can come up with right now is to get ear plugs- those little foam ones from the chemist are very cheap and easy to use. It sounds a bit silly but maybe it would allow you all to get some sleep.

Good luck, you should not have to put up with this.

I am not sure what the law is in your country, but in Canada there is a 24hr noise bylaw which states that one person shall not interfer with the normal daily living of another person by excessive noise. Now if have already tried to talk to these people and they ignore you, my suggestion would be to call the police, as they are "Disturbing the Peace"! Do you have other neighbours? If so then talk to them, and see  if as a group, you can all talk to your noisey neighbours. If they continue, then you continue to call the police.If they rent then perhaps you can get in touch with their landlord and he can speak to them. You said that they were 16 and 17 yr. olds drinking, I know that in Canada you have to be 19 to drink legally and in the USA, 21. So if in fact there are minors at this home drinking, these people could be in serious trouble if the police were to find out. So to that end, they make noise, call the police, they continue to make noise call the police. Just remember that YOU are doing nothing wrong when you call the police, or the landlord. And perhaps the next time you have to pick up their broken beer bottles, you can put them in a bag with a note attached " YOUR CARELESSNESS COULD HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY TO OUR CHILDREN!" Then leave it on their doorstep with the note atop the rubbish. Good luck and I hope you all get the much needed rest you deserve very soon! 

i have had trouble with neighbours in the past what i did was first call the police because after 10 or 11pm they are disturbing the peace but they still continued night after night but i continued to call the police and then i called  their landlord and they got a warning letter that they were breaching the tenancy but they were still doing it and things were very tense between us to the point the male of the household made threats and even tried to enter our house to start a fight breaking the security door in the process but i stood strong and contined to call the police and landlord and he got charged with trespassing and damage to my property and we also got a avo against him but after that the landlord evicted them anyway, but i done everything i could before it got to that situation but i believe now though it was a long process i did the right thing instead of taking the law in my hands, you have the right to live in peace and they are breaking that law, i don't know what you should do if they own thier house, but if all else fails call the police and let them sort them out and when you do ask them what what possible actions you can take if or when they continue.