Complaints from a neighbour about our child.

mishkanorman

We have magic one-way walls too ! My advice would be, as politely as possible, dont entertain the moaning. Our neighbour started with very reasonable complaints which escalated and worsened - when we literally couldnt please her unless we moved out and we stopped apologising for our day to day living noise she became an utter pain to live next to. It was always going to go that way, the noise wasnt the issue, we arent the issue, she's bad mouthed us anyway even though we changed as much as we could to keep her happy.

For your own sanity, as long as you are happy you arent deliberately making noise, ignore it. Living in a house where you sssh your toddler for being a toddler is nothing but miserable trust me.

Carfal

Is the floor of the room where the child plays carpeted?
Are you getting your child outside to let off steam every day?
Do you limit the amount of times when the really noisy toys are an option?

If so, then you need to find out whether the problem is general child-noise, or something specific e.g screaming, banging, early morning noise. There may be a reason why the neighbours want you to be quieter, e.g. Shift workers, somebody ill in the house, or they may be being unreasonable. You need to talk to them and find out.

If they think they have a problem with a 2 year-old indoors, they are going to complain far more in the summer when the child is playing outside, or when you have the child's friends over or the child is older and begins to play the recorder, violin or drums...

phil24_7

prosaver wrote: »

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

Pretty sure I stated some facts for you but you seem ill equipped to comprehend them.

A child is not liable for their actions unless they know what they are doing is wrong, so could not be sued, and you could not sue a parent unless their actions were proved to be negligent, nuisance is not a criminal matter, it is a civil matter. This aside though, noisy children are not a 'nuisance' I'm afraid. So no amount of Court action nor visits by the council will do anything. It's not like owning a dog that makes excessive noise (though this would need to be during the night to have any action taken) in that you could sell it, give it way or have it put down!

Do some research.

phil24_7

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/housing/problems-where-you-live/neighbour-disputes/

southcoastrgi

If they are around during the day I guess they are either unemployed or retired, they prob aren't used to living next door to children, unfortunately it's something they will have to get used to, what they gonna do send round the child catcher ��

lizzy85

Your neighbor is a snob. Does she have a child or children?

pollypenny

For goodness sake, the child is 2 and probably still has a couple of hours nap in the day, as well as a reasonable bedtime.

Apart from checking your flooring and perhaps using those alphabet foam mats, I wouldn't do a thing.

Let the child play. And wait for the terrible twos and tantrums!

tired_dad

Its a semi detached. If you neighbour wants the benefits of a detached residence, I'm sure there are plenty for sale.

Obviously none of us know you or your child. As a result we have no idea if your neighbour is being reasonable or unreasonable

However, assuming your child is just being a normal 2 year old, there is nothing to do. You might have to be a bit firm with your neighbour.

pendragon_arther

torbrex wrote: »

What will she be like when the kid gets to 4 :eek:
I have a 4 yo boy living next door to me and honestly I could scream sometimes at the noise generated not just by him but by the adults as well when they are playing but I just accept that he is growing up and my day will come soon when he goes off to school

Just wait till he's a teenager and discovers the joys of loud pop music :eek:

Tigsteroonie

1930s semi here too. Heaven knows our son isn't quiet - a combination of deafness and autism means that he doesn't understand how loud he is being But it obviously doesn't bother our neighbour, who hasn't complained in year that we have lived here - judging by the volume, tone and language she uses when reprimanding her own daughter, she wouldn't be scared of telling us if our son's noises were bothering her. I doubt she can hear him over her own voice! :rotfl: