So, a little backstory: I own a house in a pretty quiet neighbourhood a city of about 10,000 people. I have a shared driveway with the house next to mine. The house next door was previously a rental property. When I moved in about 3 years ago, there was a relatively quiet family with older kids living there. They were fine, I liked them. Later on it was rented by a single person who had fifteen or twenty 5-minute visitors per day. I was mildly concerned something illegal may have been going on there, but there was never any drama so I left them alone. Then a young couple moved in. They had the odd party but for the most part, no problems. 

Then one day, about 8-9 months ago, the house fell vacant and a for-sale sign went up. The owners stopped by the place every couple of weeks but there was next to no activity. It was quite nice, very quiet, and I’m afraid to say I kind of got accustomed to the peace and quiet of having that house vacant.

But about two months ago, that for-sale sign came down and some new folks moved in. I have attempted to introduce myself but never received more than a grunt from any of them. From what I can tell so far, there are 3 men between the ages of 25-35. I’ve seen others, but only 3 regularly so I believe the other guys must be friends or members of a club or something. They have two large, noisy, diesel trucks which tend to sit idling in the driveway for hours at a time. When it’s just the Duramax running it’s not that big a deal, but the Cummins rattles my windows. They also have a couple trailers and about 6 snowmobiles.  

I don’t know what they do for a living because from what I can tell, all they do is take their snowmobiles out. Maybe they’re snowmobile mechanics or part of a local snowmobile racing club or something, because I can’t find any other rhyme or reason for the sheer amount of loading and unloading they do.

Every day since they moved in, they have loaded and/or unloaded snowmobiles at least once a day. Sometimes it's 3 or 4 times a day, particularly on weekends. This usually involves several guys hollering at each other, the revving of the snowmobiles, the idling of a diesel, and plenty of scraping and grinding noises. It’s not too bad when they do it on the street but when they’re in the driveway it’s right outside my bedroom window and they often come within inches of my vehicle, often crossing onto my side of the driveway to get around their truck. Sometimes they do this in the middle of the day, which is fine - but sometimes it’s 11pm... midnight... 2am... 4am. It wakes me up. This also seems to be affecting my neighbours across the street – there’s a young family in one house and a very sweet elderly gentleman next to them, and i’ve seen lights come on at their houses as well when these disruptions occur at night. I’ve considered going over to talk to them about this, see if it bothers them as much as it bothers me. However, i would hate to be a nosy, meddlesome neighbour. I like this neighbourhood for the most part and i don’t want to create problems with anyone.  

Part of me wants to confront them about why they load and unload their machines so often. Why not just leave it on the truck if they’ll be taking it out again the next day, or later that same day? They aren’t even putting them in the garage, they’re just putting them in their unlocked backyard. It’s no safer there than it is on the truck or trailer, so it’s not a security thing. They generally don’t leave again with the empty truck after they remove the machine, so it’s not for the sake of taking the weight off the truck so they can use it for something else. I just cannot comprehend why they do this.  

I’ve tried to introduce myself, as i mentioned earlier, but have had no luck doing so. They disregard me entirely when i wave to them or say hello. I want to talk to them, i want to understand why they do this, but i can’t seem to get into a conversation with them and i would hate to be overly confrontational. No one else in the neighbourhood has confronted them either, as far as i can tell, which makes me wonder if maybe I’m being overly sensitive about this.  

I live alone, and I never have visitors, so hearing disturbances around my house tends to make me nervous. I moved here from a bigger city with a much higher crime rate, and I had some bad experiences there so I do tend to be a bit overly cautious about people. I'm afraid to say I spend a little more time staring out my window at people than I probably ought to. It's possible that I may be perceived as being a bit odd or paranoid.

I’ve considered calling in a noise complaint when they’re doing this at night, but i would hate to spark bad blood with them. I don’t know if they’re renting from the new owner, or if they own the place. If they own it, i have to deal with them for as long as i own my home or as long as they own theirs, so i really don’t want to make an enemy here.  

Part of me wonders if i’m just the bitchy, grumpy, fun-crushing neighbour who won’t stop staring out her window. “Get off my lawn”, and all that. Since the family across the street with young kids haven't complained, and the elderly fella hasn't complained, is it possible that i'm just being overly contrary?

**So, TLDR; AITA for wanting my neighbours to be stop running vehicles and loading snowmobiles all the time? Have i become an old, grumpy lady at 26?** 