A Unique Neighbour Situation. Desperate for Advice!

TEAM.MARLEY

Thank you so much for all your helpful comments and advice so far, it has been extremely useful.

Does anyone know anything about the legal side of things in terms of whether the previous owners should have informed us about the extent of his medical condition and the level of care that he requires, regardless of whether they have complained or not?

jayII

I suspect that you don't have legal grounds for complaint unless they've complained at some point. It's usually a case of 'Buyer Beware'. All the previous owners have to say is that they never noticed a problem, that he wasn't that bad when they lived there, that it didn't disturb them, or similar.

I can't see how you'd argue with that, or prove otherwise. Noise is subjective, unless it's seriously extreme and undeniable --as in living under flight paths, or next to a nightclub, where a many people are aware of the noise.

All the same, it might be worth double checking the situation with your conveyancing solicitor.

ETA: good luck, I hope you get it sorted soon, it sounds like a nightmare!

m_13

Our situation isn't as bad as yours but on our landing of three flats both of our neighbours have carers coming in and out and the lady on the other side of the wall in the next block too.

None of our neighbours is under 80! We get buzzed when our nearest neighbour won't answer her buzzer and she sets off the smoke alarms (and once the overall fire alarm) on a regular basis as she can't get to the grill fast enough to stop her toast burning!

It is difficult but must be even more so when you have this almost 24 hours a day. At least the lady on the other side of the wall only has carers who turn the TV up full blast at mealtimes and it only seems to be one out of the four carers! I have to say that the hoovering at 7.00 am drives me mad though. How dirty can her flat have got ??

People have made very good suggestions and I understand you feel that you may appear to be unsympathetic and cruel by complaining but it doesn't sound as though your neighbour is particularly happy with the current situation and hopefully it can be sorted out for both of you.

sooz

m_13 wrote: »

Our situation isn't as bad as yours but on our landing of three flats both of our neighbours have carers coming in and out and the lady on the other side of the wall in the next block too.

None of our neighbours is under 80! We get buzzed when our nearest neighbour won't answer her buzzer and she sets off the smoke alarms (and once the overall fire alarm) on a regular basis as she can't get to the grill fast enough to stop her toast burning!

Be a nice neighbour, & buy her a toaster (with all *new* features such a timer & pop up , under £5 from Tesco). That should atleast halve the problems you get with her smoke alarm, & hopefully stop her burning all your flats down too.

pinkshoes

I would contact the council again and again and again... or perhaps environmental health? Councils have a habit of letting things lie until you've harassed them umpteen times!!

Was it the old guy who replied to the letter, or someone else?

Sounds like he needs to be in a care home!

lana22

Dave101t wrote: »

council have a responsibility to keep you in an enviroment which is not detrimental to your health, 2-3 hours sleep is detrimental.

he should be in a home, and hopefully he will get moved once the council sort it out.

In what way are you qualified to say this man should be in a home? I think a couple of sentences on an internet forum are not really enough to make a decision, and in any case are you experienced in the field?

If this man has capacity, then no one can make him go in a home. There is also nothing mentioned in the OP that suggests that the man in any way even NEEDS to go in a home, capacity or no capacity.

Help The Aged has lots of info on this sort of thing if you would like to bring yourself up to date with the ins and outs of issues facing elderly people in our society, as it seems you have no idea.

RetroBob

Well he wont be around forever to be honest. Sounds a bit brutal but it happens to us all. You're waiting for goddo...

m_13

sooz wrote: »

Be a nice neighbour, & buy her a toaster (with all *new* features such a timer & pop up , under £5 from Tesco). That should atleast halve the problems you get with her smoke alarm, & hopefully stop her burning all your flats down too.

Oh that it were so easy! She has a toaster bought by her son but she says toast doesn't taste the same when it's not done under a hot grill. The time she set off the main building alarms her carer was there and she burnt the toast. They were standing in the hallway, directly under the sensor wafting the smoke out of her flat and wondering why the alarm was sounding. I could hear my neighbour saying 'don't worry they do this test every Friday morning' as the bells rang and rang :rolleyes:

Darth_Marty

Pssst wrote: »

Hopefully if he is so ill ,your problems will be short term?

:D:D I like it!

whitty999

hugs to you not very good at giving advice myself but the above posts look at it from every angle so you have a few angles to turn into,I would say find out a bit more about him,incase the council are failing him!
good luck with it all I do feel for you hope it gets sorted quickly for you so you can resume "normal" living & getting yourselfs more sleep,Perhaps not being sarcy but use ear plugs some nights so the noise is not so bad
will catch up on you later please keep sharing how things are going.