Next door neighbour still being noisy despite telling her...

need_an_answer

Living in a terraced house you are always going to hear the neighbours.

Ive got quiet one side and ones who are a little louder the other,thats life!

You are tackling this as if it is your neighbours problem when perhaps the problem is more yours and your inability to compromise,sorry if that sounds blunt.

You have chosen your property and aligned it to what you can afford,you cant expect your neighbours to now tone down perfectly normal living just because you now want to live your life within the timeframe you choose.

My OH gets up very early to go to work and no doubt wakes the neighbours,they in turn play their music much later than would be my choice,but it is something we all have to look beyond simply because our houses are attached.

If you value your privacy and your quiet enjoyment that much then you b=need to investigate housing that is more detached and isolated im afraid.soundproofing wont necessarily stop the noise and will cost you a fortune to be done to a good standard where you don't hear anything.

sevenhills

Sophie_10 wrote: »

Hi,

I'm not sure what leg I have to stand on with this one but we recently moved into an old 1900s terraced houses (as we couldn't afford a detached house.)

I live in a 1960s terrace and I can occasionally hear noise from next door, but nothing that bothers me. The reallity is that you will always be able to hear some noises, I would have thought a 1900 built house would have thicker walls.

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Noiseless earphones could be an answer. I use them and frequently annoy the odd person standing feet away from me because I can't hear them and don't know they are there (family members). They really do work if good quality ones (I hate surrounding noise but find I can tolerate easily listening to things I like on the headphones).

You could move your bedroom. Use bookshelves and fill with books against the party wall affected. Soundproofing is not as easy as it sounds to make effective.

jolfc

I too live in a terraced house, and can hear next doors dog bark and telephone ring. I just ignore it. I have got used too it now. They can probably hear me up and about at 5am
Ear plugs seem an answer and trying not to get stressed over it, you will soon not even realise the noise is there.

Norman_Castle

When we approached her about this, she was very nice and said she is sorry but it is her work so there isn't a lot she can do (she tutors French people to learn English.) She said she has tried to turn it down after we dropped the note in, but she has to express her words because she is teaching English.

Turn what down? If she is willing to help soundproofing her side of the wall will be much more effective. Keeping noise in is easier than keeping it out.



Unlike others on here I understand what it is like to be kept awake by neighbours phone calls. I get woken by an oaf with a stupidly loud voice shouting into his phone at 4 am in the room directly beneath me. Its not classed as a noise nuisance but I doubt anyone would welcome it or consider it normal and acceptable.


People who defend noisy neighbours have clearly never had a noisy neighbour.

Sophie_10

Hi Norman,

Thank you for your reply. Turn down the volume of her voice, which we are grateful for. I understand where she is coming from, I completely do. I've got to have sleep so I can work as well, aha!

To be honest, I am slightly surprised by the hostile responses considering I did say I do see where she is coming from. It is the loudest laughter I have ever heard in my life at 6am in the morning.

We will have to work on soundproofing.

coffeehound

As a general point, don’t know if this applies to the OP, a lot of people don’t find ear plugs helpful because they don’t know how to put them in. The foam ones need to be rolled into a worm: e.g.

Sophie_10

Hi need an answer,

Apologies, I'm not quite sure if you read my post completely?

I said I understand where she is coming from and that we are considering soundproofing, I've tried ear plugs etc. surely that comes under the definition of compromising?

diggingdude

Sophie_10 wrote: »

Hi diggingdude,

Like I said I do understand where she is coming from. Was hoping for advice rather than sarcastic silly replies.

Still looking for the sarcastic silly reply.

csgohan4

Detached house may be better for you OP, at least you have control over the noise.