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Renting - Please help!
rachas
Posts: 2 Newbie
Hi,
We started renting our property 3 months ago. We rent a flat in a building that used to be a hotel and has now been converted into flats. We are the only couple that rent in the building, all other flats are owned.
Due to the layout of the building we have nobody above us but we have neighbours below us.
All the neighbours are around the same age (50ish) and all get on as friends.
About a month after we move in we had the landlord visit and he said that the neighbours below us have made a complaint regarding noise from our flat - he told us that they have complained about my daughter running around. There are 3 of us in the flat - me, my partner and my 3year old daughter. My landlord told us about the complaint and he said that he thinks the neighbours may have complained because since they moved in 8 months ago our flat was empty and so they have not used to having anyone above us.
Our landlord has now told us that he is having someone over to discuss pulling up our lounge and hallway carpets to put an underlay underneath so that it is less noisy for those below.
This has caused concern for us as we have only just moved in and got the place to look how we want it. Bear in mind that my daughter is in nursery 4 days a week and visits family one day each weekend. She is also in bed by 7pm at the latest every night. Obviously she is a child so isn't as quiet as a mouse but she is in no way noisy!
The neighbours have not approached us about this matter, it is left with us to be more considerate, as requested by landlord. We must be considerate of our neighbours yet our neighbours were not considerate of us when they let fireworks off in the communal gardens without prior warning and woke my daughter up and kept her up all night as she was very frightened, as was my cat which was outside at the time.
As I have said, we really don't want to have the underlay as we really don't feel it's necessary.
Where do we stand on this? Can he force us to do it?
We started renting our property 3 months ago. We rent a flat in a building that used to be a hotel and has now been converted into flats. We are the only couple that rent in the building, all other flats are owned.
Due to the layout of the building we have nobody above us but we have neighbours below us.
All the neighbours are around the same age (50ish) and all get on as friends.
About a month after we move in we had the landlord visit and he said that the neighbours below us have made a complaint regarding noise from our flat - he told us that they have complained about my daughter running around. There are 3 of us in the flat - me, my partner and my 3year old daughter. My landlord told us about the complaint and he said that he thinks the neighbours may have complained because since they moved in 8 months ago our flat was empty and so they have not used to having anyone above us.
Our landlord has now told us that he is having someone over to discuss pulling up our lounge and hallway carpets to put an underlay underneath so that it is less noisy for those below.
This has caused concern for us as we have only just moved in and got the place to look how we want it. Bear in mind that my daughter is in nursery 4 days a week and visits family one day each weekend. She is also in bed by 7pm at the latest every night. Obviously she is a child so isn't as quiet as a mouse but she is in no way noisy!
The neighbours have not approached us about this matter, it is left with us to be more considerate, as requested by landlord. We must be considerate of our neighbours yet our neighbours were not considerate of us when they let fireworks off in the communal gardens without prior warning and woke my daughter up and kept her up all night as she was very frightened, as was my cat which was outside at the time.
As I have said, we really don't want to have the underlay as we really don't feel it's necessary.
Where do we stand on this? Can he force us to do it?
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Some landlords cant win lol
By the way you do know its nicer to walk on a carpet with underlay than without.
fitter0 -
fitter2000 wrote: »Some landlords cant win lo
it's not a case of the landlord "winning" or how comfortable underlay is to walk on. He's owned the flat for 17 years and it was empty for 6 months prior to us moving in.
Why should we have to have our furniture etc. disrupted when we really aren't even around to make noise!0 -
So a few days of inconvinience to you is more bother than the comfort of your neighbours?
I get that it's a little annoying but it's not costing you any money, just a few days inconvinience.Why should we have to have our furniture etc. disrupted when we really aren't even around to make noise!
Because you should think of others instead of just yourselves?0 -
Because if you don't, your LL will still get complaints and you'll get a S21 and have to disrupt your furniture to a completely new home.Why should we have to have our furniture etc. disrupted when we really aren't even around to make noise!
Your neighbours below have managed to speak to your LL and get him to spend money to obtain a solution which does not entail you being told off. If you cna't see that, you are not cut out to live in a flat.You might as well ask the Wizard of Oz to give you a big number as pay a Credit Referencing Agency for a so-called 'credit-score'0 -
OMG
Go away, then come back when you live in a flat that has mould growing up your walls, and your Land Lord does nothing about it.
You sound like you have a lovely LL. Try to appreciate that.0 -
Most landlords would take the cheap easy option of telling you to be quieter and if you don't you'll be out at the first opportunity which at very least will cause you stress and cost of moving.
For some mad reason this guy seems to be wanting to provide you with a fairly costly means of helping with the noise issue, and you are worried that your furniture (which presumably you move occasionally to clean under/behind) will be moved!
I suspect the real agenda here is that you are miffed about the neighbours behaviour and are digging in against anything which might molify them rather than having a serious problem with the furniture!Adventure before Dementia!0 -
it's not a case of the landlord "winning" or how comfortable underlay is to walk on. He's owned the flat for 17 years and it was empty for 6 months prior to us moving in.
Why should we have to have our furniture etc. disrupted when we really aren't even around to make noise!
I didnt mean winning in a literal sense more that you are quite lucky to have a landlord help/spend money on a problem that he/she isnt causing.
Fitter0 -
I agree with all the others. This is a relatively minor inconvenience (to you at least - it will cost the landlord) which potentially will help solve a problem which could be a major inconvenience.
And I think like many people here I have lived in flats before and I know how loud the floors above can be even if the people living there are not doing anything out of the ordinary.
My god... when their child ran up and down on the thin carpet it was like a small elephant, and you have no idea how maddening it was when they bounced a marble or toy car on their hard kitchen surfaces. They weren't being loud, but the ceiling sure was. I would rather they did it in my flat than above it!
Or maybe the neighbours are over-sensitive. But at least this has a good chance of helping.0
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