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

PhilE

Apologies for the miserable keyboard warriors on this forum. You are one of the many people who come here asking for help, and get treated like your the one who has a problem.

Im currently researching soundproofing for a relative's semi. The issue is mainly slamming doors, which is harder to solve. These noise's can be minimised from what I've read, but never completely solved.

Airborne noise is easier to deal with, and soundproofing may be more successful. I feel that proofing the space underneath the floorboards, the flanking wall, is also important.

If its just an alarm clock and loud talking, but not shouting, this may be a party wall issue. Ie the party wall wasn't built adequately in the first place. If you can also hear curtains being drawn, switches etc then your home's party wall was too thin to begin with.

Reading around online, some have had success with proofing their semis/terraces.

Looks like your not having to deal with barking dogs, or music all night. If that were the case, it would be very difficult to solve. Even if the council were to have a word, you've potentially lost value on your house which is ludicrous. So don't complain to the council if you can.

We all have the right to peace and quiet. Good luck with the sound proofing, let us know how it goes.

Davesnave

jennifernil wrote: »

Am I understanding this correctly..........

She is teaching English over the phone at 6 and 7am some mornings?

And running English classes in her home?

I have a distant neighbour who teaches music over the internet. It didn't seem particularly odd when I discovered this, just a good use of technology. To my knowledge, her immediate neighbours aren't bothered by it.


Don't forget, France is at least an hour ahead of us.

Norman_Castle

PhilE wrote: »

Im currently researching soundproofing for a relative's semi. The issue is mainly slamming doors, which is harder to solve. These noise's can be minimised from what I've read, but never completely solved.

Stopping slamming them usually works . Foam draft excluder between the frame and door helps. If the doors are internal and originally fitted as fire doors with door closers the fire regulations changed a few years ago and in most circumstances now do not need to be self closing. Final exit doors still need self closers.

PhilE

Norman_Castle wrote: »

Stopping slamming them usually works . Foam draft excluder between the frame and door helps. If the doors are internal and originally fitted as fire doors with door closers the fire regulations changed a few years ago and in most circumstances now do not need to be self closing. Final exit doors still need self closers.

Not me or my relative slamming, the neighbors are.

Door slammers need mental therapy.

Norman_Castle

PhilE wrote: »

Door slammers need mental therapy.

Door slammers should have their doors removed.

Alan2020

I think people are unreasonable about noise, and this is a big issue in the UK. In Germany if you child jumps down from the sofa to floor and makes noise you can get into really big trouble, I know from my German friends, they are very quick to calm their son.

I have never had noise issues, with neighbours when I lived in flats. The last time I lived in some waterfront apartments one neighbour two floors below had the sound system so loud I could hear it, so I went to their flat, and rang the bell. It was too loud to be heard, so I used my steel toe capped boots to knock on the door. In a short while an angry man opened the door, I was leaning on the door frame and looked down into his eyes and said, Volume and pointed my index finger towards the floor, he suddenly apologised and the volume was lowered and everyone in the room was quiet. I just went back to my apartment.

But then saying that once an angry vauxhall driver came flashing his lights at me while I was in an open top car, so I slowed down till he came parallel and removed my sunglasses and looked him in the eye, he just slowed down and was nowhere to be seen.

You just aren't perceived to be tough people take the !!!!

Towser

Don't assume that'll be a solution. There is still noise - road noise, lawnmowers, doors slamming, people in the garden, building works, people walking home from the pub/bus stop late at night, cars/motorbikes when people go to work early in the morning.

Yes, the neighbours kids driving me nuts squabbling, in the summer when I am sunbathing hoping for some peace and quiet.

Take up a noisy hobby such as learning to play the drums.

Thing could be so, so much worse for you. Try and tell yourself that sometimes and you might not get so wound up. I’m not being dismissive of your situation at all. But getting wound up over it, just means you will lie there awake all the time and find it hard to nod off again.

Yes, at my last house we had the gypsies from hell. Even though I grumble at the neighbours kids driving me nuts squabbling. I am happier now but we moved in the end.

I understand more than anyone how bad neighbours can affect your entire life. And having now moved,

Yes, I was insanely suicidal.

mwt_2

Up until recently I've always lived in either flats or terraced houses, and over the last 5 or so years I've become quite sensitive to other people's noise, especially impact noise. When we moved last year, a detached house was the dream and thankfully we acheived it. My only advice is to move as and when you can, it's the simplest and most effective way to solve the problem. I love the peace and quiet I have now, and I would never go back to living in any kind of detached property.

Rich2808

mwt wrote: »

Up until recently I've always lived in either flats or terraced houses, and over the last 5 or so years I've become quite sensitive to other people's noise, especially impact noise. When we moved last year, a detached house was the dream and thankfully we acheived it. My only advice is to move as and when you can, it's the simplest and most effective way to solve the problem. I love the peace and quiet I have now, and I would never go back to living in any kind of detached property.

There is actually a condition called misophonia which makes some people very sensitive to noise which others barely notice. Not just crashing and banging - which can annoy many - but also minor things like people whistling or sniffling or other soft sounds which most people wouldn't even notice. Its common in people with Aspergers and Autism but its not exclusive to them.

In your case you are lucky to be able to afford a detached property - in London and much of the south east the average price of a detached house is over £1 million. So for many its just not an option - even houses are a luxury many cannot afford.

So I think we just need to be tolerant and offer helpful advice - because what to some can seem a minor irritation to others may seem like absolute hell.

Sadly sometimes its the property at fault - not the neighbours - and soundproofing doesn't always sort out the issue.

Davesnave

ChrisK..... wrote: »

But if course don't forget to warn the buyers about your noisy neighbours otherwise they could come back to you for their money back for failing to disclose

Can you find one example of someone successfully suing a vendor for not mentioning loud talking next door?


Thought not.