annoying door slamming neighbour

KFW

hi
not sure where to post this but just hoping for some advice

i own and lives in my townhouse for 3 years with tenants to my right coming and going. the current tenants have been there for a few months now and at least one of the 4 males is always slamming the front door. i thought i would let them be hoping it would settled as they seemed to be young workers. it has become really annoying now as i can not only hear but i can feel the vibrations all the way to the top floor. i am abit !!!!ed off it wakes me up in the morning and worried it may cause some structural damage.

I wrote a letter to them last week asking them to gently close the door and it only last a few days.

what can i do next?
i was planning to drop another letter and if it continue , to write to the estate agent or landlord.

where do i stand on this?

Any advise would be great

K

marliepanda

If door slamming is causing structural damage you have way more things to worry about your house than the neighbours.

Maybe go round and have a polite word, rather than another letter. My brother slams doors and has no idea, he is just a tall, strong lad with no awareness of himself or sense of what he's doing. When reminded he soon stops, for a week or so. A moaning letter is soon forgotten about but a smiling face asking politely may have more impact.

Writing to the landlord is silly. he is not going to moan to his tenants (if they are decent rent paying ones) because next door neighbour is moaning about door slamming.

AJXX

I agree with marliepanda, I can completely understand that you'll be wanting to avoid confrontation but the best thing to do would be to pull them up and talk about it face to face.

Letters between neighbours has always seemed like a bit of an arsey thing to do in my opinion, you're far better talking to them directly.

hollydays

Everyone will have an opinion on this. I dont think there is an easy way to do it. Befriending at least one of them and speaking directly may have been good. Some people don't know how to close a door without slamming it
Notes can often be a real point of contention, as in " whay didn't they just speak to me?"

Dizzy_Ditzy

My next door neighbours are slammers. They're profoundly deaf and so don't know how much noise they actually make.

Probably not much help to you but wanted you to know you're not alone!

I would speak to them face to face. That way you come across as you intend to, whereas writing a letter wouldn't be and could be misconstrued

preable

I would go round to them and tell them face to face if that fails then write to the estate agents or landlord.

AnnieO1234

Our front door has to be slammed in order to close it now we've added extra draught proofing. I'm not suggesting that's what's going on here, but it could be that wherever new neighbour used to live was similar so he's just got used to having to really close the door iyswim.

I would say with letters you're bordering into notifiable dispute territory when you come to sell your own property so I would avoid it where possible.

A lot can be sorted (I'm told!) with a cup of tea and a slice of cake. Just try and talk to them and explain it directly. xxx