noisy neighbours

caevans

Thanks red devil - the tenants have come up to listen to noise and admitted it was loud. Hasn't stopped them though! And because the owner is one of the tenants mum, she thinks her son is entirely innocent so doesn't believe us. :-(

borokat

I have a very similar problem so I really do sympathise. I've started keeping a log of the incidents. I've had the noise people out too and they said it wasn't bad enough, I wondered how they could think this but again it is the bass that I can hear. It's usually between 1-5 am that we have a problem. I have the neighbours phone number now so I can text or phone. However at the weekend he was a bit agressive and said 'I thought we'd said the weekend was the weekend' I said no not when the music is so loud it's waking me up! That's what gets me, he KNOWS that his music is waking us up but he just doesn't care.

caevans

Thanks borokat, your situation does seem very similar! Its the arrogance of these people that really gets to me. They are well aware that their noise is causing a problem but they just dont give a damn. Noise pollution is such a joke. I bet most noise pollution problems are from loud bass not the actual music. But of course their machines don't record that!! How ridiculous is that?
All I can hear at the moment whilst typing this is boom boom boom. :-(

carolinosourus

This isn't really helpful in terms of the noise, but I understand how you must be feeling, noise that I can't control makes me very anxious, tense and frustrated.

However I was speaking to my dad the other day and made a joke that he should buy a property and rent it to me (so that I could take advantage of a nice area at a low-rent with a landlord I knew would actually take me seriously) and he said that apparently you're not allowed to rent to family However he may have been having me on so that was the end of the discussion! May be worth asking the council or CAB? If you mention that to the landlady that might sort out your problems?

tandraig

carolinasaurus - you are brilliant! you made me remember something!!! as you live in blocks of flats caevans its different to living in a house, yes? can you have a look at your deeds or agreements or whatever its called? are you allowed to rent out? are you/she liable if disagreements occur between flatowners? who manages the common areas and do they have any jurisdiction about noise pollution etc?
jeez - and after i said publicly i wouldnt offer advice! it may or may not be helpful though even if you are in Scotland (must visit Scotland one day - my OH thinks its wonderful place).

carolinosourus

tandraig wrote: »

carolinasaurus - you are brilliant!

Least someone thinks so

LJM

i have said in a previous post along the same lines keep a diary of the noise dates/times and length of time the noise goes on for this way you have a diary of proof of the noise and you could give a copy to the landlady

delain

Which tenant is the one causing the trouble?

At my old flat my ex decided to stay up all night blasting music a few times whilst i was trying to sleep, only for one of the neighbours to come up to me and moan about not being able to sleep. All i said was,
'join the back of the queue, at least you had some solid walls in between you and the noise' at which point the neighbour apologised profusely. If you can find out if it is just one bullying the others then maybe the landlady could just evict that one!

Also check that landlady has HMO permission/insurance, if she hasn't and you report her they will have to leave.