new neighbours HELP

groovychick2007

we have just had a new neighbour move into the house next door they have been here 2 weeks our house belongs to the h/a the one next door is private landlord ... tonight she decide to put the hoover on at 11.30pm now they are playing christmas music loud ..... it is 12.20 am .... i dont know what to do its driving me mad... the walls between our house are thin you can hear each other talking at night sounds like we are all in same room they even banged on the wall the 1st night they moved in because my daughter was snoring and they could hear it any suggestions they do not look like the sort of people to listen if you go round and ask them turn it down

real1314

first action always has to be talking.

maybe a "hi, don't know if you've realised, but these walls are really thin, .....hope we haven't been disturbing you at all..." wait for response.??

They might be scum bags, but they might not......

benefit of the doubt first.

guppy

Hi,

No easy answers I'm afraid, but I sympathise a lot.

There is a current thread about this here with loads of info on it:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=604097

Why not join in?

m.colak

I would advise getting the noise pollution team round to monitor the levels plus due to it being unsocialable hours they could be served a public order notice your choice but neither of these options are going to make them any friendlier.

martinbuckley

and if that doesn't work, do your hoovering to music at 7am!

kippers

I really sympathise with you. We had this at our old house...in the end we moved as i couldn't stand the thump thump of their music any longer (we had asked them nicely to turn it down when they were singing 'Hey Jude' really loudly for the 20th time at 2 o'clock in the morning). They never got the hint!

Poppycat

I would have a quiet word with them first. Okay hoovering and playing music load at that time of night isn't exactly normal. But they may well be a perfectly plausible reason. IE someone spilt something on the carpet and it needed to be cleaned up quickly. They may also not be aware that there's a problem with the sound proofing.

Melissa177

It is easy to ignore a anonymous note: it is much harder to ignore an individual knocking on your door and politely asking to turn down the music.

Next time it becomes loud, take your partner and - wearing your dressing gown ideally - knock on their door and ask them to turn it down. The dressing gown will ensure you don't look threatening to them, and then they can see you are trying to sleep. Take your mobile phone with you, and walk away immediately if it looks like it could descend into a doorstep argument.

If that doesn't work, or they start to be unreasonable, you'll have to try plan B (which I would recommend involves the police or someone official - if they actually have the power to do something other than issue a toothless ASBO)

Curious_Moose

Klaxon through the letter box at 4.00 AM should do the trick. Two can play at that game.

maryotuam

How about trying to get to know them first. Introduce yurself and offer the hand of friendship. If they and you end up on first name terms, after a couple of weeks you could mention about the poor soundproofing.

This might be more effective in the long term than going in with all guns blazing. It can be hellish being in dispute with your next door neighbours. If you annoy them they may up the ante and it's not easy to get rid of them. The law is a bit toothless.

autismmum

move, its law now to tell prospctive buyers about any arguments or disputes with neighbours, before you get some, move, wish i had.