Complaints from a neighbour about our child.

prosaver

facts please or insults ...
well you have no facts,
so I guess its ....

Dan-Dan

For the second time, do some research on Google relating to noise pollution, spend some time educating yourself, then perhaps dont bother posting back

royP_2

missbiggles1 wrote: »

While she may not be able to do anything about it legally, surely it would make sense to encourage your child to play a bit more quietly or in another part of the house. It's never too early for children to learn that they need to take other people's feelings into account.

We do that, but all living rooms are adjoining next doors house.

prosaver

phil24_7 wrote: »

I think you are confused.

Everyone has the right to peaceful enjoyment of their property...this does not mean that the property is actually peaceful, just that someone can not physically interfere with you enjoying it.

The other thing you might be thinking of is someone causing a nuisance but this would have to be regular or excessive and you will never get a Court to rule that a 2 year old playing is either of these things!

Isuppose no one is going down the fact route..
So the question would be how noisy is the 2 year old for a neighbour to complain?
this is funny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygRis41Ze9g

Doozergirl

royP wrote: »

We do that, but all living rooms are adjoining next doors house.

I feel your pain. We are in a similar house. This house was empty for quite some time before we moved in. The previous occupant was an old man.

Our next door neighbours made point after point of complaining and even went to environmental health about us! We are a normal family with two kids and a dog. We are not silent and have occasional dinner parties, but we are respectable and have always got on really well with our neighbours and previous to this move, we moved a lot! We were so miserable and tense living here, we stopped inviting people and would end up arguing because of the stress.

Thankfully, they took themselves off to a detached house and we have lovely new neighbours. They had heard the gossip the old neighbour had spread about us "nightmare neighbours" from the surrounding neighbours. They have no problems with us at all and we get on.

They now have a huge dog and I can hear him bark and them telling him off sometimes, but it's just them living. I can hear noises when they have guests, but it's only annoying if you want to sit in silence on your side and focus on it, instead of appreciating that they are having a nice time and laughing about things. We have realistic expectations of each other and respect each other.

Sometimes people have too high expectations because they may have been spoiled with a very quiet neighbour before. It doesn't make you a problem, but it does make you walk on eggshells.

She won't get anywhere complaining and a reasonable person understands that two year olds can't be reasoned with.

Are you planning any work to the property? You could put some insulation in a frame between walls, but it will carry through joists by means of vibration and you'll not stop that as you share the party wall.

Be friendly and hope that by being nice in other ways that she can learn to deal with occasional noise. Otherwise, she'll move out

TheCyclingProgrammer

prosaver wrote: »

Yes they can ...everyone is entitled to live a peacefull and quite home

If you want a quiet home free from the normal sounds of everyday life you should buy a detached house. Nobody who lives in a terraced, semi or flat should expect complete peace and quiet.

nwc389

OP whatever happens don't get into the situation where you are scared to live normally in your own home. If your 'noise ' is just normal family living then just get on with your life and take no notice. If you start saying you will do this or that then she will assume she can complain every time she tunes into 'noise' and your life will be a misery.

I_have_spoken

Everyone knows their rights, no-one care about their responsibilities!

Doozergirl

I_have_spoken wrote: »

Everyone knows their rights, no-one care about their responsibilities!

Speak for yourself, maybe?

phoenix_w

I_have_spoken wrote: »

Everyone knows their rights, no-one care about their responsibilities!

Such as the responsibility of bringing up a child in an environment in which they can play and develop rather than stifling them because the neighbours don't like kids?