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

Norman_Castle

diggingdude wrote: »

Still looking for the sarcastic silly reply.

HollySocks wrote: »

Wow, so your neighbour has the cheek to use an alarm clock at 7am. And talks on the telephone. And when you tell her to re-arrange her house and move into different rooms, she doesn’t. The utter cheek of it. Maybe you could write to Amnesty international, it sounds like it’s utter hell and clearly in breach of your human rights.
If you don’t take action now who knows where it will end up. You might have your neighbour flushing their toilet, opening cupboards or boiling a kettle. Write to the Daily Mail, organise mass protests. Don’t let this escalate!

Or you could just chill out.

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Sophie_10

Hi deannatrois,

Many thanks for your advice. What noise cancelling headphones would your recommend. Ear plugs I have tried irritate my ears and almost fall out despite putting them properly in.
Thanks

Sophie_10

Hi csgohan4,

That's the dream. One day when I can afford it I'm hoping

NeilCr

Norman_Castle wrote: »

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

That does depend rather on the definition of a noisy neighbour, though, surely. And, if it is reasonable.

My mum, when she was alive, lived in a retirement block. One of the neighbours complained that my mum was noisy because she flushed the loo during the night. And we aren't talking every hour either.

Personally, I wouldn't find the OP's situation a problem. My ex would - as she is very sensitive to noise and would also be waiting for it - given that it occurs at the same time on the same days. I'd sleep in another room on those nights, myself. Proper sleep and rest is more important than getting worked up about it every few days.

glennevis

You could try custom-made moulded earplugs, they are a lot more effective than off the shelf ones. They are also more comfortable and don't work loose. I have some for motorcycling and use them on campsites which can be very noisy.

Sophie_10

Hi NeilCr,

She is quiet any other time really, tv a bit loud maybe but those calls are so loud in the morning, it is hard to explain unless you're there!

I have been sleeping in the spare room on those days but I got caught out as she is now having phone calls early on a Sunday so is a new addition. Tried to go into the spare room and drop back off but no luck. All I can say is, if we were being loud late at night as she has to get up early I can guarantee she would not be happy with that (even if it was for work!!)

The first thing she asked when we moved in was do you have any dogs or kids?! No, hi how are you etc.

Norman_Castle

NeilCr wrote: »

That does depend rather on the definition of a noisy neighbour, though, surely. And, if it is reasonable.

It certainly does depend on what is reasonable but as demonstrated in this thread the person complaining is often considered unreasonable and unfit to judge what is reasonable.


As just stated by the op, "those calls are so loud in the morning, it is hard to explain unless you're there!" Its impossible to judge how loud or unreasonable a noise is without hearing it but noises are very often quickly dismissed despite having no way of judging the noise other than with rhetoric or groundless opinion.


OP, use the quote button to reply to a post.

Davesnave

In a situation like this, it can be helpful to weigh up the options:

• Ask the person to be quieter - that isn't working
• Report to EHO at council - unlikely to act
• Install insulation - expensive, loss of space, no guarantee it will work well enough
• Put up with it, find coping strategies/mechanisms
• Move

I can't think of anything else.


Which of these looks best from your POV ?

Sophie_10

Hi,
Thanks for your advice. Installing insulation or moving into the spare room permanently. Not the worst idea, but bedroom is very small, could hardly cram a double bed in there. It's just if I was making these noises and waking people up and they told me, I'd be mortified and do anything I could to keep it down! I think that's why I'm struggling

00ec25

Davesnave wrote: »

In a situation like this, it can be helpful to weigh up the options:

• Ask the person to be quieter - that isn't working
• Report to EHO at council - unlikely to act
• Install insulation - expensive, loss of space, no guarantee it will work well enough
• Put up with it, find coping strategies/mechanisms
• Move

I can't think of anything else.


Which of these looks best from your POV ?

you forgot the 6th option

post on an internet forum and get upset that lots of people fail to gush forth with sympathy for your life choice to buy a sub-optimal (semi detached) property instead of renting a detached "somewhere else" that meets your noise requirements, but does not result in your becoming a member of the property owning "successful" classes.