New Noisy Cint Neighbours From Hell

Geenie

I hope it gets better for you PasturesNew.

Just hope that it is the initial excitement of moving in somewhere new, possibly a first home, and that they will calm down after a few days. If they don't, contact the LL and let them hear what racket you are having to put up with. I don't suppose it is worth getting to know your neighbours, as they may be quite decent if aware of what they are doing ?!!!!

Sagaris

I sympathise totally - our neighbours from hell (eastern european prostitutes plus pimp and 'clients' *) moved on a month ago - we had 10 months of absolute hell while they were here.

If they are noisy tonight it might be worth looking to see if your Council's Environmental Health dept has an out of hours service? Most of them do, I've called them out before, they come and assess the noise from your property and can call on the neighbours and tell them to keep quiet, confiscate music equipment etc.

Good luck with it all - it's horrible to have to be on edge all the time in your own home. I'd start keeping a diary too, in case you have to take things further.

* If anyone thinks I'm being malicious/racist/whatever against our former neighbours, as I was accused of being when I started a thread on the lovely residents next door, I had a visit a few weeks ago by a specialist policing unit from New Scotland Yard - interested in making contact with the former residents in connection with drugs, prostitution and people trafficking offences! So it wasn't me being a 'nasty neighbour' or whatever - and if there is any noise or activity at night that you are not happy with, call the police! I wish I had more often when ours were here - it might have saved those poor girls from the treatment they were getting.

tbs624

PasturesNew wrote: »

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Yeah, I just want somewhere to moan and feel heard. That's all. Just don't want to feel completely alone..

We hear you PN &, because it's you, I'll make an exception to my usual "no huggy stuff" rule :grouphug: Sorry you're having a rough time.

PasturesNew

Geenie wrote: »

I don't suppose it is worth getting to know your neighbours, as they may be quite decent if aware of what they are doing ?!!!!

I wouldn't know how to do that. And I'd be rubbish at it.

You never see neighbours, with others, I've just heard them leaving the building in the morning and sometimes returning at night.

Flats are like hotel rooms, you hear people going past your door, but no idea who it is ... and you don't sit by the door leaping out at people in the stairwell to say "Hi"

Lakey

Whats gonna go wrong with the corrie wedding, do you think she gets too plastered and can't walk down the aisle?

shall we have bets?:p

PasturesNew

tbs624 wrote: »

We hear you PN &, because it's you, I'll make an exception to my usual "no huggy stuff" rule :grouphug: Sorry you're having a rough time.

awwww. thanks.

I just feel isolated by it. Sort of immobilised and neutered.

It is essential that I have some control over my environment, an understanding of activity/noises ... and this is very very disconcerting.

I will end up being up as late as them. I couldn't sleep even if I "could" because of the doors slamming and stair trotting. The stairs are wooden/noisy, covered in 1980s plastic floor tiles.

PasturesNew

Lakey wrote: »

Whats gonna go wrong with the corrie wedding, do you think she gets too plastered and can't walk down the aisle?

shall we have bets?:p

Not been watching it... hadn't realised the time.
Is it tonight?
I'll turn over for that!

bathgatebuyer

Sorry you've got noisy neighbours - it's awful to feel that you can't even relax in your own home. I have people below me who were horrid when they first moved in and I had music blaring out all the time. Ended up I could only fight fire with fire (usually I'm a placid wee thing of 5'2" but when my temper snaps I'm about 6'10") and tested the ipod dock to see how loud it would go. I think 'VERY' is the answer! Problem is that because I'm so quiet, they hadn't reliased how noisy they could be so needed to hear that the walls aren't as sound proofed as they think.

Luckily, it's been pretty ok since. Ok, so they don't understand how to work a door handle and just slam everything all of the time, but it's calmed down from when they first moved in and it's now just about bearable.

Fingers crossed your neighbours calm down soon and the novelty of their new place wears off.

Lakey

It's interesting PN, my son is on the autistic spectrum and reading how you feel is exactly how he is. He is hypersensitive to some noises, and would also be very disturbed by unusual and inconsistent types of disturbances.

I hope that he will meet a lovely lady who will understand him.

By the way I've been pronouncing your title as Sint Neighbours, am I wrong???:beer:

PasturesNew

bathgatebuyer wrote: »

Sorry you've got noisy neighbours - it's awful to feel that you can't even relax in your own home. I have people below me who were horrid when they first moved in and I had music blaring out all the time. Ended up I could only fight fire with fire (usually I'm a placid wee thing of 5'2" but when my temper snaps I'm about 6'10") and tested the ipod dock to see how loud it would go. I think 'VERY' is the answer! Problem is that because I'm so quiet, they hadn't reliased how noisy they could be so needed to hear that the walls aren't as sound proofed as they think.

Luckily, it's been pretty ok since. Ok, so they don't understand how to work a door handle and just slam everything all of the time, but it's calmed down from when they first moved in and it's now just about bearable.

Fingers crossed your neighbours calm down soon and the novelty of their new place wears off.

yes, that's what I think of a lot of people - they think because they can't hear me, then it must be soundproof.

I am quieter than a mouse.

I don't have any music/sound system at all, so can't fight fire with fire - and it would take a HELL of a lot of effort to get that much sound up to them.
They aren't even joined to my flat!
They are above my next-door neighbour; they are the neighbour of my upstairs... and the living rooms are at the four far corners of the building.

Music hurts my ears, loud TV does, so I live a very quiet life.

More people are arriving.... noisy, noisy, noisy cints.