Noisy neighbour help please

sammy_kaye18

hi people

Im not sure if this is in the right place but if anyone could offer help id greatly appreciate it

I live in a ground floor council flat (2 up , 2 down and it backs onto another block exactly the same)

Well the guy upstairs (single guy) insists on inviting all his mates over after a ngiht out and plays his music really loud at the ungodly early hours of the morning.This mornign for example me and bf were asleep in our room, our 3 year old was asleep in his which is near the living room (upstairs is laid out the same way too) adn they started playing their music really loud at 3.15am. Even my next door neighbour could hear his music and she is on the other side, about as far form his flat as you can get within our block.

We have asked him several times to take into account that we have a young child permanently with us and his step brother on weekends but he doesnt care - he insists on doing it every weekend.

My bf had to work this morning too so he got up about 4am and started hitting our ceiling(his floor) with the end of the mop and snapped my mop in two. Plus as im sat typing this now there is some drum and base c!!p blasting through my ceiling.

im at my wits end i dont know what to do besides move. ive told the ocuncil before who basically said keep a log of when it happens and what times so i was liek ok fair enough - after 3 months i sent it in and heard nothing back, then i worte more complaint letters but nothings been done still

Bettyboop

A similar incident happened to a friend of mine...eventually they got fed up dealing with the council so they called the police instead. The police made an appearance on a few occassions and eventually him and his mother were threatened with eviction. It wasn't the mother's fault but while she was working her son was playing musice all day so loud that everyone could hear it!

If I were you go to the Council in person and ask to speak to someone in authority and if you get fobbed off just say that you are fed up and will have to get the police involved!

Good luck.

mummytomoo&roo

Complain to the council. Make a log of every time they play loud music etc. If you can, try and phone then when the music is playing so they can hear it.

I use to live in the middle of a terraced row of 5 houses. There was a single old bloke next door to me on one side who was always banging on the wall and a young couple the other who had friends round every weekend banging about and music blaring.

Many a time I had to get out of bed and put some clothes on and ask them to kindly turn their music down as there was a baby sleeping next door.

There is nothing worse than having ignorant single, childless people living next door to you. In the end we moved house.

I really feel for you. We didn't complain as it would have created problems when we sold our house if there had been a dispute in place.

Have wonderful neighbours now and life is so much less stressful but every time I hear of people having problems with noisy neighbours it makes my blood boil to think that the ignorant gits are getting away with making other peoples lives hell.

Invest in some earplugs so you can sleep at night. Log all the noise and keep on at the council til something is done or if it's really bad contact your local police station to see if there is anything they can do.

I'm not much help but had to answer as I know what you are going through and how it affects your day to day life.

Best of luck.

ilovemycats

Just move. We are for exactly the same sort of reasons. New neighbours who have a big dog that barks all day and all night. And they love it to bits. With the summer weather it's a nightmare as you can't sit out in the garden anymore, firstly with their dog wanting to eat you through the fence, and secondly as the garden stinks of dog !!!!. We've counted 27 turds in their back garden festering away. It's only a 15' garden and the dog is as big as I am. They just stick it in the garden and leave it.

2-weeks ago we loved our house. Now we dread what's going to happen next. So we're moving in a few months as and when practical.

((((((((((hugs))))))))

I don't envy you one bit, it's a living nightmare and you're tired all of the time.

Just look to the future.

xx

dmg24

Has your council got an Anti Social Behaviour Officer? If so, definitely worth getting them involved, as well as Environmental Health. If they aren't forthcoming with help, then bug them until they are.

I would give the above advice if you want to stay there. However, I would note that it is a long process, that could get worse before it gets better.

I was in the same boat, went through absolute hell (including threats of violence), and eventually moved. I have never looked back. I have the loveliest neighbours, who have certainly helped to restore my faith in human nature.

Hope you get it all sorted x

lestinch

I had a similar sort of thing in my previous property.

I reported it to the council, they advised me to keep a log of everything. They reviewed it after a few weeks (about 6) and they then issued a letter to the offender.

It sounds like your council are a lit less helpful than Sheffield, do you have something like Environmental Health you could try?

I'd possibly look at getting advice from Citizens advice if the council still aren't helping.

Hope this helps!

changkra

ilovemycats wrote: »

Just move. We are for exactly the same sort of reasons. New neighbours who have a big dog that barks all day and all night. And they love it to bits. With the summer weather it's a nightmare as you can't sit out in the garden anymore, firstly with their dog wanting to eat you through the fence, and secondly as the garden stinks of dog !!!!. We've counted 27 turds in their back garden festering away. It's only a 15' garden and the dog is as big as I am. They just stick it in the garden and leave it.
2-weeks ago we loved our house. Now we dread what's going to happen next. So we're moving in a few months as and when practical.

((((((((((hugs))))))))

I don't envy you one bit, it's a living nightmare and you're tired all of the time.

Just look to the future.

xx

That is classed as a health hazard, phone the health dept. and they will come out and tell them to shift it. I know someone whose neighbour reported her for the same reason.

nearlyrich

Noise and other forms of nusiance are a nightmare, my mum has a couple of very loud people next door , they shout all the time fortunately she is rather deaf.

As for the dog poo:eek: that's just disgusting, they shouldn't have a dog if they can't be bothered to clean up after it.

Justie

every council will have a noise abatement officer as part of their environmental health department and take complaints like this seriously. If they're a repeat offender then the council (or police, I forget which) have the power to seize their stereo equipment etc. As has been said keep a log and find out what you need to do and who you need to contact. It's worse in some ways being woken up by it than if someone does it continuously...

as for the dog - no dog should bark all the time and the dog won't like living in that filth never mind you, complain about it to environmental health and to the noise abatement unit at your council. You'll be doing the dog a favour as well as yourselves.


for more info on noise laws see here http://www.noiseabatementsociety.com/tcms/home

and includes tips on how to complain.

lestinch

Just had a thought: on the subject of the dog, what about ringing the RSPCA? If they can't be bothered to clean up dog poo, do they even walk the poor thing? If it was ill, would they get it treated?

Just a thought.

mishmash

Your council will have an anti social behaviour co-ordinator, get in touch with your local housing office. Tell them about all the incidents so far and start keeping a detailed diary. put time date and what happened also how it made you feel, or if the noise woke you, made you tired at work the following day.

If the matter gets to court, it helps to see not just the behaviour but also the impact on victims.

When you get in touch with your housing officer ask for diary sheets, ask them to come round and discuss compleeting them, make a date in 2 weeks for them to come round and collect them and make sure you keep in touch with them asking what is being done, when by abd what more do they need.

Do your flats have a residents ascosiation? if they do I would join them, if not think about establishing one. You can not be the only person affected.

Good luck

Mish x