Noisy neighbor on benefits- would council do anything?

RobinC_2

Thanks TriffidQueen and foreversummer, having words of understanding and advice mean alot. You're right, foreversummer, unless one experiences this, you don't realise how it affects you. Congrats on getting your detached house! After dealing with this neighbour for over three years and having had other noisy neighbours, a detached house is exactly what we want, although realistically, I don't know if it'll ever happen (unless we win the lottery or some unknown rich uncle dies and leaves an inheritance!) But keep saving we will.
Yes, will keep on with the Council and I'm going to try and see if I can find out who owns the house.

justsayyes

PasturesNew wrote: »

But it is annoying if somebody whose sole income is from benefits is disrupting the life of a hard working or self-supporting person, who is ultimately giving up their life Mon-Fri 8-6 to pay taxes to pay for their dysfunctional lifestyle.


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How is the OP giving up her life Mon-Fri to pay taxes? She's unemployed!:eek:

sooz

You can look up who owns the house through the land registry.

It costs £3

RobinC_2

justsayyes- I have worked my whole life. I have only been unemployed since the end of July. And while not working, I am not costing other taxpayers anything.
I am just panicking a bit, precisely because I have worked my whole life (over twenty years) and have never been unemployed this long - a whole two months!

Bailey101

Hey RobinC
I haven't really got much advice to give, but I just wan't to let you know that I know how you feel and you've got my sympathies!!!!! I had shockingly noisy neighbours above me for a couple of years and it really does drive you to distraction!! All I can really suggest is keep on chasing the enviromental health - I put up with 18 months of sleepless nights before I found out that my council had a noise control team within the EH, and once they got involved the council (our landlord) starting taking it a lot more seriously. Hang in there, it'll come right eventually and I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you.
xxxx

Bogof_Babe

You say she's a single mother on benefits. How on earth do her children get any sleep? It sounds close to child neglect to me, which is another route you might have to go down if all else fails.

Bogof_Babe

You say she's a single mother on benefits. How on earth do her children get any sleep? It sounds close to child neglect to me, which is another route you might feel inclined to go down if all else fails.

Idiophreak

I'd have thought that trying to contact the landlord would be a good start - if they get on the blower to the council and say they've been getting complaints and want it sorted, the council would have to do something...that's if the ll gives a rats a$$, of course...

SingleSue

Robin C, I can sympathise because I have had this with my neighbours off and on for many a year the only difference is that I am the other side of the fence to you as I am a single parent on benefits (not by choice I hasten to add and it hasn't always been the case since I have been here, just recently) and a tenant of a housing association whilst my neighbours are in full employment and own their home and they are the ones who play the music until silly O clock in the morning, will shout and scream outside, steal items from my garden etc. I know only too well the feeling of being under siege, the sleepless nights and every other feeling that goes with having less than responsible neighbours.

I am not sure what you can do really, whenever I have asked for them to be quieter the noise increased, when I have asked for my chairs back that they 'borrowed' from my garden, they graffiteed my fence with a big No!.... so erm, no idea apart from maybe trying the council again.

RobinC_2

Idiophreak- good advice, I think contact LL would be next step. I could kick myself for having put up with it for so long (two years!) without doing just that. I'm trying not to rock the boat now, as things really have improved (and it got worse before it got better), but if they get worse again, LL is next to be contacted.

Single Sue- wow, sorry to hear what you're going through. Sounds worse than mine. God. Have you contacted the council or landlord yourself?

BogofBabe- she has a 4 year old daughter, I feel sorry for her. I have heard noisyneighbor speak and interact nicely with her and the little one is well groomed and dressed nicely but there's alot of shouting at her and alot of crying.
I've contacted Child Social Services (or whatever you call them) several times reagarding the child, on a few occasions when the fighting was long, and banging and shouting going on and out in the street (like the time her boyfriend took her potted plants in those ceramic holders and smashed one in our yard, a couple in the street and a potted plant on the other neighbour's car! One time, the guy at Social Services said, Oh this family is well known to us.
Another time I reported her was when my O/H saw her snorting some white powder up her nose (he always looks out window when he gets up, our window ,upstairs bedroom, has a direct view into her kitchen window. When he looked out, he saw white powder being poured, chopped, then she bent and sniffed it up her nose, her friend did the same. This was at around 6:30 a.m. and their kids were definitely there. He didn't tell me till a couple days later. He doesn't want any trouble and was afraid I'd call the police! I phoned social services, they just said next time you see it , ring the police right away. So, they are aware.
The little one is actually not there a good part of the time. I know noisyn. is an only child- her parents seem to take the little one off her hands alot. I always dread when the kid is gone, you know chances are higher the music's going to go on

Just this afternoon, her and boyfriend had a huge fight (daughter wasn't home). She said she wanted him out by tonight and then said he still owed her rent for this month! So, I don't think they're collecting benefits together? Maybe he's on benefits also, he sure doesn't seem to work. Well, as usual, the fighting stopped, all is calm now and he's still there. I've heard her tell her two boyfriends who've lived with her to 'get out of my house' many times before!

Just doesn't seem right that not much seems to get done about these people and it says alot about things these days that they can also instill fear in people so you're afraid to say anything. Oh well, who said life was fair?!

Thanks for the support and replies.