Issues With Neighbours

JoannaRR

May I ask what is horrendous about them ?



They been there 4 weeks and you only been there 3 weeks.

Even if you do contact the LL there's not much they can do unless things have been or become serious !

LL may not want to get involved at All.........

I believe I answered your first question in my previous reply.

We know the LL might not want to get involved, but we might as well try to get in touch if possible. Plus, if they're renting privately without informing anyone then I doubt the LL will want more hassle than necessary with problem tenants, otherwise their cover will end up blown

45002

JoannaRR wrote:

I believe I answered your first question in my previous reply.

We know the LL might not want to get involved, but we might as well try to get in touch if possible. Plus, if they're renting privately without informing anyone then I doubt the LL will want more hassle than necessary with problem tenants, otherwise their cover will end up blown

Sorry, but that's wasn't not much of a answer you gave !

Just ignore them, keep a written diary of events so on just encase evidence for future use ....

nonnatus

Did you tell the new owners of your OLD house that they were moving into a terraced house with Nightmare Neighbours on both sides of them??

Not at all relevant to your current problem, just wondered how these things work...?

Andypandyboy

I think you may be over reacting, people do have the TV on till late, and one of them may be slightly deaf (that is the case in our house) people do have rows (although I don't condone the swearing!) people do move around in their own homes, maybe not as quietly as you would like. People do work odd shifts, or have friends call round. That is life I am afraid. I have to say that if you always land next to bad neighbours it is quite a co incidence. We have always had great neighbours, but we are tolerant and live and let live kind of folk.

kerri_gt

Have you spoken to the neighbours at all? I mean as a good morning in passing type thing to gauge what they might be like?

I agree the noise, shouting etc is extremely annoying and I can understand how you must be at your wits end because of what happened in your last house. To play devils advocate, could this be colouring your judgement on this family? Moving is stressful whatever and you don't know why they moved? The arguments and shouting might be out of character and a result of this? The tv might not be up that loud, it could be mounted or next to the party wall. We can hear our neighbours tv if we're in bed at night if they have it on in their lounge, which isn't even directly under our bedroom, it's just their tv is next to the same wall as our bed and the sound travels up the cavity.

Does the number of visitors they have or how long they stay for really matter? If it's not directly impacting you (annoying if someone is constantly parked across your drive blocking you in) then I'm afraid it's not really any of your business unless something criminal is going on.

Regarding the stomping, noise esp in modern houses travels. Our neighbours kids, esp the younger one charges up and down their stairs (next to our wall) like a baby elephant. Not his fault we can hear it, and I don't really expect at 9yrs old for him to always remember we can hear. His mum does remind him at times, but then I'm sure they also get to hear us, like me hoovering, or the odd arguement.

Why not keep a diary for a couple of weeks and see in black and white if it's really that bad x

car0line123

Andypandyboy wrote: »

I think you may be over reacting, people do have the TV on till late, and one of them may be slightly deaf (that is the case in our house) people do have rows (although I don't condone the swearing!) people do move around in their own homes, maybe not as quietly as you would like. People do work odd shifts, or have friends call round. That is life I am afraid. I have to say that if you always land next to bad neighbours it is quite a co incidence. We have always had great neighbours, but we are tolerant and live and let live kind of folk.

I am sorry Andypandyboy, I completely disagree with you! It is totally unacceptable to be a nuisance for your neighbours. I am most certainly not perfect, but if you don't tell me there's a problem, I won't know. That said, I would never put a machine at night/ hoover at night/ I use headphones for tv and music, especially at night... If I have a party of friends, will tell my neighbours, and it's a one off. I could go on and on. I make efforts so expect people to do the same! Why would you slam doors at night when you know it disturb people?

Good luck to JoannaRR, sadly I haven't got any advice and I understand you do not want a war with them. It's totally unfair to you. Here, you can only write a diary of the nuisance and complain to the Environmental Health... not helpful
(And don't forget you legally have to report any problems with neighbours when you sell...)

tumbledowngirl

The OP' s description of her neighbours could almost be applied to our household.
We have 2 young children that can be noisy in the house, running up and down stairs, fighting, watching tv etc.
My husband is an orchestral musician, who works away a lot and quite often comes home at 2 or 3am.
We sometimes have friends round, and they might leave as late as midnight.
We have the occasional row and sometimes it involves raised voices.

We've lived in this house for 14 years with the same neighbours on one side (a couple in their 70's), and new neighbours 18 months ago on the other side (with 3 children under 4). We have good relationships with both and I don't think they'd ever describe us as a problem or a nightmare.

ruggedtoast

They sound like a pain but I don't know if they rate nightmare yet. Their main noise nuisance seems to be the tv, which probably isn't intentionally antisocial as most people just set the tele volume at the level they need to hear it.

After that there are the domestics. I doubt they are deciding to do this to annoy the op.

As far as the stomping goes, well, people stomp.

longwalks1

45002 wrote: »

Sorry, but that's wasn't not much of a answer you gave !

Just ignore them, keep a written diary of events so on just encase evidence for future use ....

Sorry but your questions towards the OP seem to be almost goading her into something, most people know what 'that type' of person is.

I've been through the same, last straw was when a new family moved in, a couple and a young child, the couple were dealing (in broad daylight, out front of the block of houses in full view). The lad began initmidating families in the street, making noise and staggering around off his head. Last straw was he staggered into my partner down the alley they'd adopted to deal in, at around 2pm. She came home fuming, and said he was probably still there given the mess he was in. I took a stroll and hey presto, he bumped into me and began his first sentence that began with 'watch out you fuc......' I didnt let him finish the sentence. The pair of them haven't even looked in our direction since.

FBaby

As it's been said above, I very much doubt telling the LL about the situation is going to help in anyway. They don't care about you, they only care about them as tenants, ie. paying on time and keeping the place looking good.

You are much better off trying to speak with the neighbours to Some things you might not get much changed, but they might be willing to turn their TV down a bit and to let you know at least if they are going to have a party. It then becomes all about compromises.

Totally feel for you though. We've had noisy neighbours after noisy neighbours and it really frustrates us. We love the house but will move because of it. I would be upset if we found ourselves in the same situation, but that's why the next move will definitely be a detached with no-one too close. It will be more expensive, but that's the whole point, you pay more to reduce the risk of such problems (not avoid it all together unfortunately).