Noise from property above?

jan33_2

Hi everyone..

I live in a ground floor flat which I own, and the flat above is a council property, over the past few years the council have moved in several new tenants who have come and gone, but the noise above gives us all sleepless nights :mad: they are normally young people with very young children who constantly cry, scream and run around, the adults are just as bad sometimes :mad: they don't have carpets they have laminate/wooden flooring.. but that's not my issue...

In the next few months we plan on selling this flat to buy a house, and I'm very concerned it wont sell as this will put off possible new buyers who come to view it, I know I would be put off if it was me..

I basically need advice.. Do I contact the council or someone else about this? maybe I could get sound proofing but it will cost a small fortune and I don't think its fair it has to come out of my pocket as its not my fault..

any advice would be great... Thank you.

dfgmavis

I have exactly the same problem, although I've just bought the place. Hackney Homes is the property manager for our building and sadly they have no clause to not allow laminate flooring. However I'm going to petition them to ban it and to pay for proper carpet for the flat about because I am now exhausted and !!!!ed off.

*miaomiao*

Hello! I'm sure you'll find some help in the House Buying, Renting & Selling forum - I do believe I've seen the question there before! Good luck!