TV Noise - Downstairs Neighbour

TheSaint_2

My great aunt did this, she was as deaf as a post. My parents would walk in and turn the TV down every time. She knew exactly what she was doing, and that it was bad behaviour.


I think the headphones idea is brilliant.

Fraise

DRP wrote: »

I don't think you can say it is incorrect.

Just because you think you can explain a dispute, doesn't mean any buyer will be satisfied. They are likely to be wary and this may mean the property will be less desirable to them.

I can't say I've ever trusted what a vendor says 100% and through bad experiences know they usually *can't* be trusted 100%

I know what you mean, but you say you've never trusted a vendor 100% to tell you the truth. Surely if a vendor was open about a previous resolved problem it would reassure you that they were being honest and upfront, and were not hiding anything else.

In fat, if a vendor willingly gave me that background information I would feel confident that they were being truthful and had nothing to hide, whereas someone who claimed the neighbours were all wonderful and you never heard a peep from them, and everything else was ticketyboo boo, it would make me wonder...........

Building_Surveyor

Noctu wrote: »

She has already been made aware that her noise is significantly disturbing others and still CHOOSES to continue. It's not rocket science to consider headphones for it (or other measures). No sympathy at all. If she was 40 years younger (or whatever) I don't think anyone would be saying the above.

Well your obviously living in cloud cuckoo land because I work with vulnerable adults every day and this sounds like a prime example. Unless there is a support mechanism in place, people like this won't respond to letters, they can't communicate, she may have learning difficulties. Like I said bombarding her with letters and notes and what not, who actually understands her issues and is helping her to understand the situation.

If the woman hasn't responded there may be an underlying reason so rather than jump to conclusions that she's the granny from hell perhaps this is a clear example that the woman needs help.

And no it wouldn't make a bag difference if they were 40. My thought would be the same...somethings not right here.

Generali

fivetide wrote: »

Clearly she's a bit mutton

She's Mutt 'n' not Mutton. The slang comes from the old cartoon strip Mutt and Jeff:

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KatieDee

This happened to two of my friends who bought a property. Their neighbour was a heavy drinker who struggled with her hearing and had a very small, yappy dog. Every time they attempted to speak to her about it, she would be very rude, leaving them both more frustrated.

She died. Problem solved. Not ideal I guess.

I know you mentioned that speaking to her is difficult due to hearing/speech impairments but it may be worth writing her a short letter explaining what the problem is, how you have tried to solve it and ask whether she has any suggestions or requires any help? It might not do anything but in circumstances such as these, I think it's worth doing absolutely everything you can before making things serious. It also makes you look better if it gets to that stage.

Best of luck with this. I know it's a nightmare having noisy neighbours, even worse when they can't be reasoned with (for whatever reason).

melanzana

I am partially deaf following meningitis when I was younger. I have wireless TV headphones that allow me to listen at MY volume, and everyone else can hear the telly live at THEIR volume.

They are brilliant. And I can walk around the house, ahem, go to the loo, and still hear what's going on, so don't miss anything if caught short!

If I had any kind of communication with said neighbour, I would buy a set (saw them in the pound shop for a tenner recently, and they have an in built radio receiver aswell) and give neighbour a demo. Tell neighbour you use them yourself, and how brilliant they are, even if you don't! Said elderly neighbour may not know how to set them up with all the plugs and wires!

You'd never know, the sound clarity is great, so it might make neighbours QOL re the Tv fantastic, and you may be mightily thanked for this!

I do appreciate that you need some sort of reasonable communication though to do this. But IMV worth a try for a tenner! Then if all fails, you can use them yourself.

donfanatico

Have you seen the movie 'Duplex' ....a few tips in it