Nightmare Neighbours, Need Landlord Details

Geckogirl

I bought my house 7 years ago. The landlady is the house next door has rented it out to a nightmare family.
Well, it was ok for 18 months or so, 2 late teens 19-20 maybe and a single dad.
Oh joy of joys, the dad has moved out, leaving his two kids home alone.
They party pretty much 4-5 nights a week, have no regard for the time of night they throw out their beer bottles - Waking up half the street.
They know I have a toddler, they know that his bedroom is right up against the girl of the house's bedroom wall. And let's say I don't particularly want my son to hear what she gets up to (loudly)..in her room, so some nights I bring him into our room.

I have knocked on their door a couple of times as it gets too much, when I have to go to bed and watch telly on a Saturday night as it is too loud in my living room to hear my own TV!

Last night, I went round again, I said I was going to tell their dad, to which they laughed and said he would tell me where to go...I got a bit of attitude from them and although they turned the music down, they hurled a load of abuse through the walls about my son and how they didn't give a.........!!

I need to get hold of the landlady - How can I do this without having to pay a fortune in Registry fees?
I don't know her name...I just see her maybe once every few months, but usually too late to run out and speak to her.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Werdnal

Landlady is not obliged to do anything - they are not social workers, police or lifestyle coaches.

Noise problems should be reported to Environmental Health Noise Nuisance Department. They will probably request you keep a diary of the problems, and record evidence on video/mobile phone etc. Put your request for their help in writing.

Anti-social behaviour should be reported to the police.

Land Registry search does not cost a fortune - £4 last time I looked!

19lottie82

Werdnal is right, the LL is not obliged to do anything BUT I don't think it would hurt to have a word in her shell like, it certainly can't do any harm.

You can get her details from the Land Regisrty site for £4, but you might find out that her registered address is the property in question.

Again, Werdnal is right in the fact that your main port of call, should be the police / enviromental health. Start a diary of any noise and / or incidents and call them EVERY time your neighbours kick off.

sooz

Land registry costs £4. Not a fortune. If you are being asked to pay more you are looking at the wrong site. Go to the one with .gov at the end.

Also speak to environmental health at your local council. Start noise diaries- ask them to email you the blank diary page to fill in.

Call them on the out of hours no each & every time the make a racket after normal hours. You will be asked to leave a message & brief description & ref no ( which you'll be given the first time you call). They have mobile noise officers who work all night. Call them every time. They will eventually take some action.

Lovelyjoolz

Definitely worth the £4 to get the LL address - she may not even be aware that the teens are living there alone, and might object to it. Especially if they are damaging the property in any way.

paddyrg

The landlady will probably be unaware that two teenagers are partying all night in her property she let to a single father.

Also, who is paying the rent? Clearly not the kids, father not living there - if it happens to be the father's Housing Benefit, then that may be another avenue to chase as the HB office will not be wanting to pay for a party pad for 2 kids.

trublu72

I would contact the Environmental Health Noise Nuisance Department at your local council, they were quite helpful to me. You have to keep a diary for 2 weeks and then they use noise detection tools to measure the disturbance. Good luck :-)

Hump

The Environmental Health idea is reasonable but will take time - the more pressing issue are the threats that have been made to you - that's definitely in the realm of your local neighbourhood Police unit and/or your local council's anti-social behaviour team - these things have a tendency to escalate, better to start the process off now before things deteriorate further

olly300

GeckoGirl I sent you a PM.

But to summarise you need to make it clear to every agency you get involved that your son has been threatened by these people, how they are threatening him and exactly how old he is. This is very important.

Also the landlady's hands are tied until you report it and even then they are tied to some extend.

Geckogirl

Thanks all for your replies so far, really kind of you.
My main reason for wanting to contact the LL rather than police is for obvious reasons of repercussions, they know some nasty locals and druggies.
I follow their movements on Facebook, just to get an idea of when they may be planning a party...thats how bad it is and how I need to plan around it.
They have loads of mates round a few times a week, none of them work.
So annoying.
Amazingly (and touch wood!!) they are being quiet tonight, but having said that, they were up all hours last night. I saw the "son" getting up at 2pm and putting out an obscene amount of beer bottles !
I shall try the .gov Registry site, I must have got the wrong one when I looked as the cheapest was £15...
Thanks all !

squinty

You should think about keeping a diary about the issues with the neighbours.

Every time there is an issue you should note:
- What is the problem
- Who is causing it (if known)
- Where it is
- When it is, and
- How it disturbs you.

You should write this down as soon as possible after each event, and be as clear as possible.

This is important, if you need to get others involved (police, environmental health, anti-social behaviour team) it will help to demonstrate a pattern of behaviour and not a one off. Contemporaneous notes are much more useful than ones made afterwards (but more difficult to spell)

Also, take a look on your local authority website to see if they have an Anti-Social Behaviour Team they may be able to offer practical advice.