Has anyone delt with noisy neighbours and resolved the issue?

lisyloo

Comms69 wrote: »

I cant comment on the procedures that the council have. But I will say that magistrates are not beholden to them. Magistrates are, and must always be, an impartial mechanism.


Therefore I don't think that statement means what they are suggesting it does.

Well the people I saw (3 times over) said they would get a JP to issue a warrant and get a locksmith out IF the abatement notice was ignored for the specified period of time.



I have no reason to dis-believe they would do it if other mechanisms failed, although it did have the effect of putting some urgency into the situation and hence was avoided.

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The problem is you don't even know who is living there, so you can't judge whether they are the approachable type or not. This could all be simply solved by a knock on the door and a friendly chat. Then again, it may not end up that way.

Not sure why you have promised your other neighbours that you will sort this out. Was it bothering you that much before your neighbour came and complained about it to you?

warehouse

charlotte1994 wrote: »

I promised my neighbours I would see what I could do.

No no no no no. Un-promise that and quickly. When the nasty neighbour see's you as the complainer then their nasty vile attitude, (we all know exactly what they'll be like), will be coming your way. Your nice neighbours are maybe not so nice putting you in the crosshairs like that.

Do it either as a group or not at all.

iDoc

I'm having a similar problem and have got nowhere with the council - as another poster mentioned, they do their best to do absolutely nothing. My neighbours are in breach of their rental agreement by making antisocial noise - so I would like to write to their landlord. Can anyone please advise if there is a way to find out who the landlord is / address etc - obviously without asking the neighbours! Thanks.

TBagpuss

I agree that the neighbour most affected should be the one to head the complaint, even if you and the other neighbours who are affected support them

Ideally, start by speaking to the noisy neighbour,start with the premise that they don't know there is a problem. Approach it with "I'm sure you don't realise, but sound really carried, and we can all her an awful lot of noise from your house-much more than any other neighbours. - could you try to keep it down?"

If that doesn't work, contact Environmental Health. It's probably best at that point if you and your neighbours all make separate reports, keep and provide separate diaries etc.

I have in the past had success in one case where a polite conversation with the neighbour resolved things (it basically came down to asking if they could either turn the sound down, or re-think how they had attached the TV and speakers to our shared wall. They came round so they could hear how loud it was, then went home and fixed it. )
I also had a separate issue (same house, different neighbour) which related to a very late, very loud party. Again, polite request - followed by an apology - I think from a guest, but they then told their very loud, very drunk host to quiet things down. I don't think she remembered it at all the following morning, though!