Hot tubs, the craze driving neighbours up the wall

On our overcrowded isle, competition for the top 10 irritants most likely to ruin a peaceful day in the garden was already pretty hot.

But a craze that has made its way to Britain from Scandinavia via America is threatening to blow all other causes of annoyance out of the water.

Hot tubs, the electrically heated communal baths that have sprung up in countless back gardens, have been named for the first time among the top 10 causes of “garden rage” in an annual survey.

Whereas other entries on the list, such as power tools, barbecue smoke and faulty burglar alarms, are familiar annoyances from many a summer, the whirlpool baths are a relatively new phenomenon.

As well as their perpetual “bubbling sound” driving many neighbours up the wall, hot tub owners also have a tendency to hold noisy late-night parties while taking a dip, the survey found.

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