Neighbour Dispute

Davesnave

Sound insulation, done correctly, is difficult. Much rides on correct assessment and there are so many potential ways for it to fail, but it would be worth trying one wall to see whether results could be acceptable.

There's masses of info out there if you Google

[Deleted User]

Wearing earphones playing sounds you like to hear is an answer if you can't do anything about the sounds coming from next door.

I use wifi ones, worth their weight in gold. Will even deaden drilling sounds (as they block out surrounding sound to some degree as well).

FBaby

I understand your frustration, but it's not the owner's issue in anyway. People living conditions change all the time because of other's doing. That's how it is.

I used to have peaceful neighbours, I now have a family with brats who scream and shouts and are just horrible. We were hoping they would move, but it doesn't look like this will happen anytime soon, so unfortunately, we are starting to look at moving ourselves, even though we love our house.

The onus is on you to try to limit your annoyance and if that comes at a cost to you, then you need to accept it.

mumcoll

We lived in a house where you could hear everyday noises and moving was the only solution. We couldn't go round and ask him to wash up or use the toilet more quietly! (It really was that bad.)

We were barely able to afford moving but was 'our' problem that I was sensitive to noise, not the bloke next door.

csgohan4

if you own your flat/house , you may have declare any neighbour disputes if you reported it officially

davidmcn

csgohan4 wrote: »

if you own your flat/house , you may have declare any neighbour disputes if you reported it officially

You have to declare a neighbour dispute if you've had a neighbour dispute - whether you report it officially is irrelevant (and the OP is already beyond that point anyway).

gezzelin

These are 1930's ex council houses. When we first moved here the neighbour had two special needs children (16 & 18) the girl was severely disabled, we very rarely heard anything, the girl use to shout, but she couldn't help it.
When the house was sold, I was told that a chimney breast was removed and some internal walls moved upstairs to make a bathroom upstairs.
I've got emails that I sent to the council from this time asking them to check because we can hear everything and never use to.

Guest101

gezzelin wrote: »

These are 1930's ex council houses. When we first moved here the neighbour had two special needs children (16 & 18) the girl was severely disabled, we very rarely heard anything, the girl use to shout, but she couldn't help it.
When the house was sold, I was told that a chimney breast was removed and some internal walls moved upstairs to make a bathroom upstairs.
I've got emails that I sent to the council from this time asking them to check because we can hear everything and never use to.

You have zero chance of winning this. So you would be better placed to improve your own home

Pa_Ja

There are so many variables but from what you've described there is not much that can be done. These issues are to be expected with any adjoining property
It's worth remembering that as much as you can hear your neighbour, there's probably 'noise' coming from your property disturbing them.

Doozergirl

gezzelin wrote: »

These are 1930's ex council houses. When we first moved here the neighbour had two special needs children (16 & 18) the girl was severely disabled, we very rarely heard anything, the girl use to shout, but she couldn't help it.
When the house was sold, I was told that a chimney breast was removed and some internal walls moved upstairs to make a bathroom upstairs.
I've got emails that I sent to the council from this time asking them to check because we can hear everything and never use to.

Perhaps it's just different neighbours. I couldn't hear our previous neighbours at all. I could only hear the hoovering knocking the wall occasionally. They'd complain about us all the time.

Our new neighbours I can hear. The baby is crying now, bless him . They say they very rarely hear us.

Perhaps there is some loose mortar where the chimney breast was removed. Internal brickwork is really, really messy and slapdash in older houses. There may be areas of very little physical 'stuff' to block sound waves.