Complaints from downstairs

Idiophreak

SerialRenter wrote: »

I'd write/talk to the funeral directors and ask for any complaints to be made directly to you

...but to what end...

Funeral Directors: "we can hear your washing machine"
OP: "OK, we'll turn it off"
Funeral Directors: "we can hear your children"
OP: "OK, we'll go out"
Funeral Directors: "we can hear your TV"
OP: "OK, we'll wear headphones"
...

There's no point in the OP continuing to bow to unreasonable demands - one way or another, the complaints from downstairs have to be stopped, they're seriously impacting the OPs life as it is.

To be honest, if it comes to the OP having to move on, that's probably better in the long run than having to half-exist to try and keep him downstairs happy...

SerialRenter

Idiophreak wrote: »

There's no point in the OP continuing to bow to unreasonable demands - one way or another, the complaints from downstairs have to be stopped, they're seriously impacting the OPs life as it is.

I didn't mean to imply that by asking complaints to be directed to the OP that they should then agree to comply with their demands.

I mean the OP should take action to stop complaints going to the landlord. As Propertyman said, it could lead to eviction.

Without the LL being a middleman/woman I'd imagine the OP could quite happily give the complainers a piece of their mind about the whining without repercussions such as eviction.

Idiophreak

SerialRenter wrote: »

I didn't mean to imply that by asking complaints to be directed to the OP that they should then agree to comply with their demands.

I mean the OP should take action to stop complaints going to the landlord. As Propertyman said, it could lead to eviction.

Without the LL being a middleman/woman I'd imagine the OP could quite happily give the complainers a piece of their mind about the whining without repercussions such as eviction.

...but the OP could already give the complainers a piece of their mind if they wanted...they walk downstairs and say "stop complaining about me!"...of course, they'll just complain to the landlord that the OP asked them to stop complaining to the landlord.

...the funeral directors may agree to send complaints direct to the OP, but as soon as the OP decides not to bend to their demands, they'll just go back to complaining to the landlord anyway...so them contacting OP directly doesn't really achieve anything unless the OPs happy to comply with all demands in order to keep their tenancy.

Vickyh

Hi

Spoken to the LL he mentioned that the funeral directors do not have children of their own, so hence the complaint of noise!

It also looks like we will be moving as our council has now made all roads around our flat double yellow virtually impossible to park now.

propertyman

SerialRenter wrote: »

Maybe, but I doubt it.

Evicting the OP would not resolve the issue, it would simply postpone it until the next tenant came in, unless the landlord was happy for it to sit vacant when it could be making money, which I doubt would be their ideal solution.

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No, he rents to people who work 9-5 with no plans to have, or don't have kids.

Mgman

Vickyh wrote: »

Hi

Spoken to the LL he mentioned that the funeral directors do not have children of their own, so hence the complaint of noise!

It also looks like we will be moving as our council has now made all roads around our flat double yellow virtually impossible to park now.

Sounds like the local council have made the move or don't move decision for the OP.

This particular flat doesn't sound like the sort of place I'd want to let out, an "undesirable" buisness below you, a buisness that complains if you so much as cough during daylight hours and finally, now, no parking anywhere near the flat.