Noisy Neighbours

FabSascha

Hi Everyone,

My mum's having a bit of a nightmare and I just thought I'd put the feelers out to get an idea of what we can do. My mum lives on the ground floor of a block, and above her live three young people. They've had quite a few parties that have lasted until 6 in the morning and are generally very noisy.

My mum wrote to them requesting that they keep the noise down and she got a nice letter back from the female tenant saying they would absolutely keep the noise down. However, the female tenant has left and the noise level has become ridiculous. Firstly, they're really rowdy up until 1-2 in the morning most days, but they're also all musicians so when they're not yelling at each other they're singing and playing guitar with all the windows open making it really loud. We're not sure, but we think they also might be teaching music there too.

Mum yells up at them frequently but it makes no difference and she's genuinely considering moving as she can't sleep and is finding it all very stressful. I really don't want her to move so I'd prefer to challenge the tenants. What should I do?

Is there a general law about noise regardless of whether it's in their lease or not? We believe that they were given a very basic lease so it's unlikely there'll be anything considerable in the lease about noise/respect for neighbours etc.

Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated

movilogo

Complaint to local council stating that you could not reach an amicable solution after speaking with the occupiers. Council then will install a recording device in your (mother's) home. If noise is indeed very high, then council will issue them warning or court action if required.

cattie

If your mother owns her flat & would want to sell in the future, she would have to disclose any official disputes with neighbours on the form that the solicitor will provide, so always worth bearing in mind if there is a likelihood that she would want to sell if noise problem can't be sorted.

If she is a tenant, that she can go ahead & complaint without such repercussions.

aye

I had a problem with noisy neighbours as the flat below me was rented to local authority. Tenants used to change every few weeks. I ended up calling the council noise team out a few times who went to speak with them. They advised me to keep a diary of all disturbances - dates, time, what happened etc. This way you can evidence everything if you get it taken further by the council/landlord

Uk_Lover

If they are partying until 6am then i guess they will be sleeping during the day so get your mum to stick on her worst album full blast on repeat at about 7am then go out. They will soon get the point !

rentergirl

Tell your mum to keep a noise diary, with dates and times of incidents. Report them to the council's noise office (it has various names) who will call out, listen to the noise, record it, and then take action. Your mum doesn't have to put up with this.