Neighbour & laminate floor driving me mad!

clarelutwyche

I live in the ground floor flat of a block of 6. The person above me has a laminate floor in her sitting room and kitchen and it's really noisy. I asked our managing agents what the deal was with doing something about this. I was told that there is nothing in our lease to state that laminate floors cannot be put down (unusual in itself) but that if consent had been sought for the floor, which it wasn't, then it would not have been allowed. However, because the flat has changed ownership since the floor was put down, they said there's not a lot I can do about it. The agents have sent a general letter round saying that if people have laminate floors they need to be aware of noise etc but it hasn't made any difference. I'd like to know if there's anything I/the managing agents acting on my behalf can do?

Thank you to anyone who can help!

Alan_M_2

short of litigation there's not a whole lot you can do. I was in a similar situation a year ago and moved, I now won't live in a flat again because I just can't stand the noise of people above me.

_Andy_

Have you thought about putting some kind of sound-proofing in your ceiling?

mrs_baggins

my son has a flat and no one there can put laminate flooring down. i know that council flats dont have this clause though and i worked for the council in this section. we had lots of complaints regarding neighbour noise and this was some of them. usually in a noise case ,once the ball has been set in motion the peron would be contacted, possibly recording equipment installed etc but I dont think we ever really solved the problem of laminate floors in flats . have you tried speaking to the person directly? Sorry to say but even if you took private legal action I wouldnt hold much hope but give your local authority a call and see what they think

wigginsmum

I sympathise - my friend lives in a flat with two laminate guys above and it drives her crazy. She hears everything they do in the bathroom, and *cough* 'intimate' moments when they're alone and together. She eventually said something to one of them about hearing him in an 'alone' moment and I think it made him paranoid, but the noise is still there to a certain extent.

Dumbledore55

Buy the neighbour some soft fluffy slippers and explain the dilemma