Unreasonable complaining from a neighbor

DoaM

I sense that English may not be your first language. Are all the tenants of the same general ethnicity (e.g. Anglo-Saxon heritage) and you're not? Could there by an underlying racial motivation behind the neighbour's complaints?

If yes then I'd agree that getting out would make sense for your own well-being. Of course you shouldn't have to, but sometimes the path of least resistance is the best path to take.

Good luck either way.

my_neighbour

Davesnave - I got your point!

DoaM - yes, and gender discrimination/bias/inequality also. Hence, I do want to minimise any 'communication' with neighbours/landlord.

saajan_12

I know it can be annoying that the neighbour doesn't move on and drop this noise complaint. However that's all it is - nowhere near harrassment / unreasonable living conditions that would enable you to break a lease or get any authorities to act.

So it's just a small interpersonal misunderstanding - either explain clearly but firmly that the noise is unfortunate but nothing to do with you, or learn to ignore the neighbour just like you want them to ignore the noise.

my_neighbour

saajan_12 - thank you for your post. Would I risk receiving a bad reference by ignoring the complaint? I want to consider the neighbour's issue as 'minor' (and ignore as I have done everything I could do including to visit other neighbours with the one complaining and only leave the fridge on which cannot be turned off). But it would not be minor if affecting on my reference.

Out,_Vile_Jelly

You can leave for any reason at the end of the break clause. You don't even have to give a reason, providing you've given notice correctly.

If you really want to move, then move. If you want to stay, give the neighbour your LL's details and say you're happy to co-operate with any investigation into the noise.

You're turning this into a massive drama.

macman

You are over-complicating this. Your flat should have it's own CU (fusebox) and metering. Otherwise you could not be billed separately for your flat (unless your electricity is included in the rent). Find this, switch everything off, and then you can demonstrate to the neighbour that this noise is not caused by any electrical device in your flat. End of.
The CU could be in a communal area, but you are still entitled to access this in order to read your own meters. You need to know where this is anyway in case of emergency.
Last point-why have you given both your mobile no. and email address to a neighbour who appears to be harassing you? Just block him on both.

my_neighbour

Out, Vile Jelly - true and I try to calm down by sharing the details here which has been very helpful I found. We all have the same landlord as the entire building is owned by one person. That's partially the reason why I am hesitated to inform those events. I'd rather leave quietly as soon as the break clause comes into effect.

machan - I wanted to be contactable in order to calm the situation as the tension was very high back then but supplied my sub contact details not main one. However, I started to care less when on occasions being told that noise was still on for the periods when I had been on holidays.

Lazarus_Blackstar

Is there any odd smells whafting around at all? I'm asking as the humming could possibly be someone growing something they shouldn't be. I once had a similar sort of thing with a neighbour (not the complaint but a strange odd running motor noise) and it turned out they had a cannabis farm growing in their spare bedroom. They got raided & the buzzing noise was from equipment such as fans/lights etc. It was more prominent at night when it was quiet too.

Might not be in your case but you never know these days.

my_neighbour

Lazarus Blackstone - since I try not to be in the flat as much, I have not noticed anything unusual other than smells and odours of normal residential purposes. However, there are other entrances for different sections of the building and those sections are owned by other people. The noise can be from somewhere in one of the adjunct sections to ours. I have not entered into the area so can't tell. But I may well consider now to inform the landlord regarding the noise I hear, setting aside the complaints made aware to me, through the walls which separate ours and the next section. Thanks for the input.

Mossfarr

If your neighbour has been there longer than you its possible that they have been making the complaints since before you moved in (It could even be the reason the previous occupants of your flat moved on).
If this is the case then its possible that the landlord is ignoring it as he is well aware there is no basis for it.
There are several previous posts on here about similar situations where neighbours complain constantly about the normal noises associated with living in flats/apartments.
Unfortunately some people are just not suited to living in shared premises but can't afford a detached property, your neighbour sounds like one of those - no matter what you do they will complain!