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Noisy neighbours

Hi All,

I live in an end of terrace house. Until recently things where nice. Now my neighbours have errected a dart board in one of their bedrooms. The wall this is on is the joining wall of the house. They play darts from 4 feet away well past 11 at night. I have spoken to them politely and was just ignored. If anything the attempt made them more determined. I cannot think of anything i might have done to upset or offend them to cause them to start doing this. Every dart thuds through my house.

Tom
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  • Dan-Dan
    Dan-Dan Posts: 5,272 Forumite
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    tom_jones wrote: »
    Hi All,

    I live in an end of terrace house. Until recently things where nice. Now my neighbours have errected a dart board in one of their bedrooms. The wall this is on is the joining wall of the house. They play darts from 4 feet away well past 11 at night. I have spoken to them politely and was just ignored. If anything the attempt made them more determined. I cannot think of anything i might have done to upset or offend them to cause them to start doing this. Every dart thuds through my house.

    Tom

    Failing dialogue directly , you need to contact the Environmental Health team at your local council

    Ignorant sods
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  • Innys1
    Innys1 Posts: 3,434 Forumite
    Get up at 4:30am and start bouncing a tennis ball on the same wall for an hour or so.

    These people don't understand anything else.
  • Try playing loud classical music through the wall :D
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  • borkid
    borkid Posts: 2,478 Forumite
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    Try playing loud classical music through the wall :D
    Mozart was used to deter hooligans at train stations but I found Berlioz worked when children were being very noisy outside my house . They weren't even the neighbours children they came from another part of the village.
  • red_devil
    red_devil Posts: 10,793 Forumite
    no respect for neighbours sadly its common.
    :footie:
  • 45002
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    Try playing loud classical music through the wall :D

    Try this



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  • TBeckett100
    TBeckett100 Posts: 4,732 Forumite
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    depends on your humour. I would personally line up my stereo speakers next to the wall and then play sound clips of Bullseye theme music and "180" everytime it starts.
  • Hi Folks.
    Talking to them wont do anything. I have tried but they dont seem to have the IQ to comprehend.
    I would love to get them back at their own game but they dont need to get up for anything so it wouldnt really inconvinience them.
    I will keep the environmental health in mind incase things get worse.

    Cheers

    Tom
  • depends on your humour. I would personally line up my stereo speakers next to the wall and then play sound clips of Bullseye theme music and "180" everytime it starts.


    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
  • dericS
    dericS Posts: 21 Forumite
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    Tom, are you living in a leasehold property? Is the adjoining flat a leasehold property? By law, occupants may not cause nuisance to others between the hours of 23h00 - 07h00. You should approach the freeholder to enforce this. You should also check what restrictive covenants the lease of the other flat contains (you can purchase a copy of their lease from the land registry for about £7, I think). My lease, for example, states that between the hours of 23h00 and 08h00 I must ensure that noise is made in any part of the building which might cause disturbance or annoyance to any other occupier. I hope this helps you.
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