Noisy neighbours dont know what to do

dontone

OR...Like I said before - you phone the police as soon as it starts, tell them the neighbours are partying, but you can hear an argument and it sounds like it's getting violent. You live alone and you are very scared, please send someone out asap. PHONE THEM EVERYTIME IT STARTS....you'll get crime numbers, but it's useful ammo.
How about calling the LL when it starts? Let him get disturbed or leave a message while it's all going off. And call the LL, environmental health and you local MP on Monday, and Tuesday, and Weds, etc, etc.

Baseball bats are useful, but EE chaps can be known for carrying knives with them, and if the OP is by herself I would strongly advise against it. And my Mam found out from a friend of hers (who is distantly related by marriage to her neighbours) that many EE families (like my mam's neighbours) lived in those rather drab tenament blocks before arriving here and they have a sort of culture back home in that on weekends, is that everybody in the flats just parties and puts the music on, and if you don't like it, lump it. I know that we have a lot of cretins here who are extremely inconsiderate, but I don't think that some people who come it these shores realise that not everybody appreciates being disturbed at 2am, etc. I know it made my mother poorly for a while with stress because it was just constant noise, music and arguing. And the "no understand English" just frustrated matters.
Thing is, over here, we do things differently and we have laws that should ensure that people don't have to have there privacy invaded by loud noise.

pug_in_a_bed

Just thought I would update this.

The police were out last weekend as the neighbour took a swing at me after I complained about the 9am party - so unreasonable of me!

Anyway they had to come out three more times during the day, and both said how frustrated they felt that they couldn't do more than just speak to the guy, as he continued to be noisy all day.

I'm logging every incident with the police and env.health.

I've stayed at my mums dog sitting this week and its been quiet. I was really nervous about coming back today.

About two weeks ago I left a polite note in polish telling them that I want them to start locking the communal door as I had an attempted break in. They stopped locking it a few months ago as they had lost their key and I never chased it, should have though.

Anyway, got in from work at six to find the communal door lock fast damaged. Not sure what they did but I've just spent £80 on a locksmith to get back in!

I admit I just broke down; i was totally irrational - I could have just stayed the night with my sis down the road but I felt like if I don't get in and be normal, then they've won. I just kept thinking if someone has done this deliberately, if someone can be so nasty, what's the point of going on?

Now I'm calm I've thought about it. He always slams the door like he's murdering it, and its feasible he's slammed it today so hard the locks gone weird. Or even that he did it whilst I was away and couldn't get in himself. He's just so careless. It could have been malicious, at my request for the door to be locked but I sincerely hope not.

God bless them but loads of neighbours tried with the door; but it also meant everyone was talking about what could be done and promising to start calling the police etc. so I feel a bit less lonesome.

I also gave the locksmith a really embarassing hug when the door opened:rotfl:

chirpchirp

Environmental health should be doing more and should be coming out to noise nuisance. However with cuts to councils there really isn't the money around that there used to be and many councils are cutting back.

However, the person you need to contact is your local councillor, this is who should be representing you to Environmental Health.

Councillors are elected to represent and these days receive some re-numeration for this. Many councillors also have other jobs to do, so make sure you keep calling until something is done. Make a nuisance of yourself to them and they will apply pressure on your behalf.

Many years ago the council I was on had an out of hours service where they would come out and measure the decibels during the evenings and weekends. I would expect this is still the case for many councils.

Fire_Fox

Why have you spent out on a locksmith?? A broken lock is the landlord's responsibility, did he try to refuse liability?

If the neighbours are not locking the door IMO inform the landlord in writing and ask him to deal with the situation. You have no legal control over your neighbours, however there are often clauses in a tenancy agreement that the landlord can enforce.

pug_in_a_bed

Hi all thanks for your replies again, very heartening as per.

Spent on a locksmith so I could get in! Neighbour was out and his landlord wasn't interested - my sis and I own our ground floor flat.

I rang the LL who was having his tea (!) and never rang back, and no answer to calls and texts. Left some messages today advising him that he owes money for the locksmith, and that the damage was logged with the police - I can't prove it but we're pretty sure it was the guy upstairs damaging the lock, esp. as I haven't been at home for a week. Heard him arrive home from work this morning and he was messing round with the door, like he was trying it to see if he could get in.

Just left him a key and advised him his landlord will be in touch re: repair cost.

Since the police visit the other weekend, environmental health have stepped up their game as apparently its now asb as opposed to just noise nuisance. They have written to the tenant and are going to write to the landlord, feel like I'm not being ignored so much now!

Fire_Fox

pug_in_a_bed wrote: »

Hi all thanks for your replies again, very heartening as per.

Spent on a locksmith so I could get in! Neighbour was out and his landlord wasn't interested - my sis and I own our ground floor flat.

I rang the LL who was having his tea (!) and never rang back, and no answer to calls and texts. Left some messages today advising him that he owes money for the locksmith, and that the damage was logged with the police - I can't prove it but we're pretty sure it was the guy upstairs damaging the lock, esp. as I haven't been at home for a week. Heard him arrive home from work this morning and he was messing round with the door, like he was trying it to see if he could get in.

Just left him a key and advised him his landlord will be in touch re: repair cost.

Since the police visit the other weekend, environmental health have stepped up their game as apparently its now asb as opposed to just noise nuisance. They have written to the tenant and are going to write to the landlord, feel like I'm not being ignored so much now!

Who is your freeholder, I thought that is what you meant by landlord? The freeholder is liable for getting you in they might still pay for the locksmith. Deal with anything non urgent but formal in writing by recorded delivery or e-mail at a push, preferably not by telephone and definitely never by text, people are less keen to wriggle out of their liabilities when there is a paper trail. See the LEASE website for information on all matters leasehold. Also read your long lease which is a legally binding contract, all sorts of interesting rights and responsibilities between that and the legislation.

So pleased to hear EH and the police are taking you seriously. :T