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                    Thanks for all your replies.
I have bumped this up to the top as i am now after more advice please.
I will start from the begining, basicaly i had an 8 foot marine tank in my flat (frontroom), housing !!! came out and wanted surveyors to check it was all safe, they came out said it was all safe structualy ect, and i could keep the tank as long as i had adequate insurance, ok insurance brought.
In my bedroom other end of the flat kids knocked over the water change for the tank lost about a mugs worth of water, lady below reported it !!! came out and said tank had to go and i would have to pay all cost of damage to the flat below and it had ruined all of her possesions. tank rid of never received a bill for work.
Then get a knock at the door water leaking from bathroom into her bathroom repair man said there was a drip from the pipes repaired it off he went then next day came back she had repoted it again this time saying everytime she has a bath or shower i get flooded, i asked him if it was any worse down there he said no looked at my end and said it was all fine this was on a thursday now did not have a shower friday morning was surprissed by being taken to holland carnival so noone was in my property from friday am till sunday pm when i got back was too tired for shower or bath thought i had one at the hotel thismorning i will have one tommorow.
Mon morning comes knock at the door she reported a leak again. now unless fairys let them selfs in had a shower and did not tidy up my flat for the cheek of using my shower then lady below is lying as he checked it again no leak.
Then a few months later two work men trun up search the flat high and lpw saying she has reported a leak again nothing found.
The kids dad has just built them new princess beds and i had my housing !!! come out the other day saying they have had noise complaints, now the old lady below me has had a thing against me since i did not report my toilet overflow pipe dripping into her garden by 9am in the morning (she only told me 9pm the night before)
The housing !!! said last time they came out noise was ok till 9:30pm but people above me have childeren so was trying to stop by 8:30 it was only screwing in screws with a cordless drill.
Well 8:30 one night the gent above started banging the floor so there dad stopped. the !!! said it has been going on weeks wich is a lie as he had done there beds within a week.
They have also now asked for plannign permission for my bathroom and kitchen although they saw photos 2 years ago and said it was ok.
They have also asked that i get planning permission for the girls beds, the beds are free standing not attached to the wall or anything and i can not see what difference these beds would be to say bunk beds brought from a shop.
Also he put some led lights on there celing to make it like a star lit sky they are plugged into a normal socket like they would be on a christmas tree, but the housing !!! now want a certified electricians report to say it is ok.
I also asked what i need to do to speed up getting a moove to a better suited property i was on the list for 6 years then was offered this flat, have been here nearly 4 years and have been on the transfer list since then.
Due to the unknown illness i have at the moment i can not get anything up the stairs barely myself and that takes time its only 13 steps and not normaly a problem but it is at the momnet. I was told to get proof from my doctors for medical and they will put that on my application.
The next day i had an appointment with my gp and asked him he said that the housing !!! have to request it from him, so i phone them and they say no we would never request it you have to do it.
also she is telling people lies about me she has a dog and walks it over the feilds by me and my friends mum has told me all what she has said about me as she talks to her not realising it was me lady below was going on about, i have asked her if she would write me a letter for friday to show the mp.
I feel like i am being victimised and have made an appointment to see my local mp and am thinking about taking the bed story to the papers, what do you think am i being over emotional because of all the tablets i need an outsiders point of veiw please.
                I have bumped this up to the top as i am now after more advice please.
I will start from the begining, basicaly i had an 8 foot marine tank in my flat (frontroom), housing !!! came out and wanted surveyors to check it was all safe, they came out said it was all safe structualy ect, and i could keep the tank as long as i had adequate insurance, ok insurance brought.
In my bedroom other end of the flat kids knocked over the water change for the tank lost about a mugs worth of water, lady below reported it !!! came out and said tank had to go and i would have to pay all cost of damage to the flat below and it had ruined all of her possesions. tank rid of never received a bill for work.
Then get a knock at the door water leaking from bathroom into her bathroom repair man said there was a drip from the pipes repaired it off he went then next day came back she had repoted it again this time saying everytime she has a bath or shower i get flooded, i asked him if it was any worse down there he said no looked at my end and said it was all fine this was on a thursday now did not have a shower friday morning was surprissed by being taken to holland carnival so noone was in my property from friday am till sunday pm when i got back was too tired for shower or bath thought i had one at the hotel thismorning i will have one tommorow.
Mon morning comes knock at the door she reported a leak again. now unless fairys let them selfs in had a shower and did not tidy up my flat for the cheek of using my shower then lady below is lying as he checked it again no leak.
Then a few months later two work men trun up search the flat high and lpw saying she has reported a leak again nothing found.
The kids dad has just built them new princess beds and i had my housing !!! come out the other day saying they have had noise complaints, now the old lady below me has had a thing against me since i did not report my toilet overflow pipe dripping into her garden by 9am in the morning (she only told me 9pm the night before)
The housing !!! said last time they came out noise was ok till 9:30pm but people above me have childeren so was trying to stop by 8:30 it was only screwing in screws with a cordless drill.
Well 8:30 one night the gent above started banging the floor so there dad stopped. the !!! said it has been going on weeks wich is a lie as he had done there beds within a week.
They have also now asked for plannign permission for my bathroom and kitchen although they saw photos 2 years ago and said it was ok.
They have also asked that i get planning permission for the girls beds, the beds are free standing not attached to the wall or anything and i can not see what difference these beds would be to say bunk beds brought from a shop.
Also he put some led lights on there celing to make it like a star lit sky they are plugged into a normal socket like they would be on a christmas tree, but the housing !!! now want a certified electricians report to say it is ok.
I also asked what i need to do to speed up getting a moove to a better suited property i was on the list for 6 years then was offered this flat, have been here nearly 4 years and have been on the transfer list since then.
Due to the unknown illness i have at the moment i can not get anything up the stairs barely myself and that takes time its only 13 steps and not normaly a problem but it is at the momnet. I was told to get proof from my doctors for medical and they will put that on my application.
The next day i had an appointment with my gp and asked him he said that the housing !!! have to request it from him, so i phone them and they say no we would never request it you have to do it.
also she is telling people lies about me she has a dog and walks it over the feilds by me and my friends mum has told me all what she has said about me as she talks to her not realising it was me lady below was going on about, i have asked her if she would write me a letter for friday to show the mp.
I feel like i am being victimised and have made an appointment to see my local mp and am thinking about taking the bed story to the papers, what do you think am i being over emotional because of all the tablets i need an outsiders point of veiw please.
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            I've read your post about six times now and am finding it very difficult to figure out precisely what it is you're asking for advice on.
 I am right in assuming you are a Local Authority tenant? You haven't explicitly said so one way or another.
 In any dispute with other tenants, especially people who are blaming you for water-leaks which either don't exist or are not coming from your property I would always liaise with the Housing Dept rather than taking any of this to MPs or local papers. Disputes of this kind can escalate beyond all comprehension so I'd be tempted to appear to be completely reasonable and also give every appearance of wanting this situation resolved amicably even if you don't actually feel that way.
 The complaint made about these princess beds sounds completely vexatious and I don't think it's anyone's business what you choose to have your children sleeping in but the noise of erecting them is material if done at anti-social hours. Otherwise I think your neighbour should go and boil her head.
 You need to do everything in your power to make your Housing Dept believe that you are taking all this seriously and I suspect once you have had a sensible discussion with them about the issues it might become clear that it's your neighbour, not you, who is at fault and also finding a problem where there is not one.
 Please correct me and clarify if I have misunderstood your situation.0
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