Locals in Halkyn, North Wales, report being driven to their wit's end by stag and hen party revellers holding all-night parties at a former school house transformed into a luxury Airbnb. Residents claim their weekends are being ruined by guests playing loud music and frolicking in an outdoor hot tub at Old School Manor day and night. Guy Roberts, who lives next door, described guests partying with loud music and disco lights into the early hours as shattering their rural idyll and driving them crazy.
The 19th-century property opened as a holiday let last October following two years of renovations, boasting eight ensuite bedrooms, a casino, cinema room, pool table, cocktail bar, powerful sound system, outdoor hot tub, sauna, BBQ, and fire pit. It is advertised as the ultimate setting for hen parties, birthdays, and bachelorette getaways, with the rental listing stating it has been designed with celebrations in mind, featuring a mirror ball, disco lights, and a powerful sound system. The listing also claims the property is a truly idyllic and private retreat surrounded by rolling hills, open skies, and scenic walks.
It's simply not a suitable use for a property in this village.
Guy Roberts said they had reported the noise to environmental health officers at Flintshire County Council, who agreed to set up noise abatement equipment to monitor the situation, and they reported it to the police but were told they can't do anything. He also said they were told the property would be a holiday let for disabled children, not a nightclub. It remains unclear what specific actions, if any, Flintshire County Council has taken beyond setting up noise monitoring equipment, and whether the property owner or Airbnb has responded to the complaints.
The music is often on late at night and the flashing lights are like Blackpool Illuminations.
People come for parties at the weekend, rather than peaceful week-long holidays.
There's nothing to do around here, so people are drinking, shouting and doing whatever else all day and night.
A couple of weeks ago there were people in the hot tub at 6.30am who'd been up all night partying.
Another resident said they saw guests dancing on graves in the churchyard in the middle of the night.
We are at our wit's end with it.
We have reported it to the police but they can't do anything. Flintshire County Council have set up equipment to monitor the noise but it is driving us crazy.
We were told it would be a holiday let for disabled children, not a nightclub. If we had known it was going to be blatantly advertised as a party house we would have objected.
They are going to be having BBQ's in the summer all the time, so we wont get any peace from it.