Noisy neighbours - any advice?

kinger101

warehouse wrote: »

Exactly this. They may turn out to be really nice and totally embarrassed, they may not. Until you knock you won't know.

I agree as well. OP has turned them into demons without really knowing much about them. They might respond. They might not. But the very first thing you need to do is let them know their noise is a problem.

kinger101

Quizzical_Squirrel wrote: »

They're playing loud music until 3am.

I think they know.

The loud has not been quantified, and is therefore somewhat subjective. Given OP can hear footsteps too, it might be a case that the tenants are not aware of the inadequate soundproofing.

On the footstep noise, you might want to check with the freeholder as well whether there are any restrictions on non-carpeted floors in upstairs flats.

Daerve

The police have zero powers to deal with noise issues so by all means call them and if you're very lucky indeed there might be someone available to attend and ask them nicely on your behalf to be quiet.

Alternatively contact your local authorities environmental health department who do have powers to deal with this sort of thing. Some forces may simply tell you to do this if you call them.

Old_Git

tell there landlord the soundproofing is crap and it needs sorted

kinger101

Quizzical_Squirrel wrote: »

Yes, that's right, I forgot to add that. Well remembered.

I just think it's a lost cause. If you've got your windows open at 3am and are playing music of a reasonable vole in a flat, you know that beyond a shadow of a doubt that other people can hear you. You just don't care.

Sometimes young people are too stupid to realize that sound travels more with open windows. You're probably right, but I think the first step is still telling them.

GolfFoxtrot

Please start by telling them, a few years ago my OH and some friends rented a house together and we were having a BBQ (around 6 of us in total) and the neighbour called the LL to complain about our noise. It was 8pm on a weeknight and we were stood in the garden chatting, had she just asked us to keep the noise down as she needed to put the kids to bed we would have.

At least start by speaking with them, then move onto the council as mentioned by someone else there is very little the police can actually do with noise complaints.