Renting neighbours from hell

knightstyle

Feel for you, we are in the same situation but our neighbours are not young so have feral kids. Constant noise, computer game on full volume garden parties etc.  We are desperate to sell but no-one will buy when they see what is next door.  Landlord lives abroad and does not care, agents useless so are the council.
Sell and move ASAP as this will affect your health.

DCFC79

Beepeear said:

ElephantBoy57 said:

Beepeear said:

I wouldn't assume so, I wouldn't say that the sound of the car is normal. As well as the foul gaseous smell that follows whenever he parks up, it's sometimes so strong it gives me a headache.

Instead of issues stressing you out and complaining on here; do something about the issues that you can solve. Get the reg number and inform the police.

I have done everything I thought to do, I came on here to see if any more needs to be done. Isn't that what forums are for?

Then do as a previous said and move.

anselld

Beepeear said:

 secondly, they are young, I know you shouldn't judge by the cover but having three young people move next door to you isn't ideal.

... but you are only 23, how much younger can they be?

onwards&upwards

Beepeear said:

greatcrested said:

Beepeear said:

......I confronted them and told them that I think they are lazy chavs and how dare they disrespect everyone on the street by not respecting noise pollution laws. I once again called the housing agency and gave them my opinion about how I believe they have chosen the worst tenants possible to move in next door, I own my house so it's not as easy to get up and leave, and why should I have to. 
....... I had an idea of starting some sort of petition, would this make any difference at all? what can I do in this situation?  thank you

I bet the 'confrontation' was well received!

Petition for what? To give to who? The Prime Minister perhaps?

If laws are being broken, the police are the proper authority.

If noise is an issue, the council's Environemental; Health are the proper authority (or eg see here)

I suppose you could contact the property owner/landlord, but he's probably more concerned with reliable rent than with neighbour disputes over which he has no control.

At the time I wasn't bothered how they received it to be honest I was at my limit, since then however they haven't made any noise at all really. 

So...maybe they got the message and decided to be a bit more considerate?

KcEliMa

I’m really sorry you’re experiencing this. As someone who has had their (un)fair share of noisy neighbours, it’s exhausting and stressful. 

My current neighbours are older and. You would assume, wiser. There is no stereotype when it comes to noisy neighbours. 

You’ve two options really. 

A) you follow the correct procedures with the local council, starting with a diary listing all the noise, when it occurs and to what extent, noting that some noise during the day would be classed as ‘general living’ unless it’s constant music all day. Include all the issues you’re having with things such as the car etc. I would say it’s worth following previous advice on reporting the car for its questionable legality. 

Obviously, this option will rub these people off the wrong way and, if they realise they can be a nuisance, they may play on that and cause further distress. 

b) Sell up and leave the stress behind you. 

It’s good you have confronted them. I have with neighbours in the past. It helped with one. With two other (w, including current) it kinda made them aware they had the upper hand. I feel I’m constantly having to ‘behave’ in our home so as not to give our neighbours reason to want to retaliate. These are people in their late 50s/ early 60s who are churchgoers and who claim their job is to ‘help people’. My children are autistic and my son does have mobility issues and is severely autistic. We don’t do ‘purpose’ noise. We don’t do parties, loud music, large gatherings etc. We get through by making exceptions, as such. To get to sleep, we run fans to create white noise and to cover up their late night music/ banging. Our children don’t go to bed until 10pm, as any earlier would be impossible (and even this, at times, is still before they decide to blast out their tunes, which can start around 11pm). I contacted my local council when we first moved in with events we’d had up to that point, the council offered to act in our behalf by sending out a letter. My husband talked me out of it. He’s a funny one. He understands there’s an issue but makes out part of the issue is my intolerance. So, 3 years later, we’re still suffer....

anyway, sorry, back to you. I’m just saying if you don’t get on top of the situation, it will continue/ get worse. You can either learn to live with it, try to enforce the changes (getting neighbouring properties involved will help support it, but on the way of a complaint not a petition) Or consider whether or not this is still somewhere you consider you home. 

Good luck! 

vitaweat

Beepeear said:

Moved to my house a couple years ago, the street is great, it's full of lovely residents and I was enjoying life here, until the new next door tenants moved in. My first impression of them wasn't the best when I see them pulling on the drive with a car that makes it hard to think as it has one of those stupid exhausts on it, secondly, they are young, I know you shouldn't judge by the cover but having three young people move next door to you isn't ideal.

They come and go at all hours of the night and as the car is so loud it tends to wake me up, they often bang and make noises at early hours of the morning, assuming they stay up all night and then have the nerve to question me the following day for doing DIY work in the late morning as they can't get to sleep.

They are dirty, the windows are filthy, they don't clean the house. They have numerous cats and a big dog living in the house and I have never seen them walk the dog once, they had a pile up of black bags at the side of their house until I called the housing agency and they told them to get it sorted. They park their cars on the grass next to their house even though there's ample room on the drive and on the road right next to the grass, causing the grass to gross excessively long as the groundsman can't access around the car to cut the grass.

During this lockdown they have had numerous parties, they have even had another person living around the house even though there's only 3 people on the agreement. They kept screaming and making noises throughout the night last weekend and did the same on the early hours of Tuesday (following bank holiday Monday). Bearing in mind that myself and others in my household have to get up early to go to work, so I confronted them and told them that I think they are lazy chavs and how dare they disrespect everyone on the street by not respecting noise pollution laws. I once again called the housing agency and gave them my opinion about how I believe they have chosen the worst tenants possible to move in next door, I own my house so it's not as easy to get up and leave, and why should I have to. 

My other neighbour has told me that he has the same dislike for them and he agrees that they are dragging down the look of the street, I had an idea of starting some sort of petition, would this make any difference at all? what can I do in this situation?  thank you

Well done for handling the situation in a clam, mature manner.  If someone told me I was a lazy chav it would certainly put me in my place.

Starting a meaningless petition will definitely put them in check rather than just deciding to !!!! off everyone in the neighbourhood.  Maybe you could also ask them why their mothers are clearly useless and are probably a bunch of old slappers.

Mickygg

If they are young they may not stay there for long. When I was young I moved every 6 to 12 months when I was renting. 

i think their house being dirty is none of your concern, everyone can chose to live how they wish in their own homes but being noisy is not ideal. Confronting them and calling them chavs was hardly the best thing to do. If anyone did that to me in my younger days I would have found it fun to wind you up, probably by revving that engine when I come and go that little bit more.

With your long post pointing out everything this is obviously a huge impact to you. I had this but a lesser extent when both my neighbours in a terrace house were doing long diy projects such as sanding bannisters etc it drove me crazy and then I noticed every single noise that I wouldn’t have noticed previously. I in the end spoke to both neighbours, one was fine and one was not, but I managed to get to them to agree to stop works at 8pm. 

as you can’t speak to them I would say you can either try to contact the landlord but that would probably be a no go, contact the council but then you would have to declare when you sell the house, or sell! 

I would probably try to find out when their contract ends and whether they renew. Do you know when they moved in? If they are still there a year after that they more than likely are there for at least another 6 months.

I have had to sell because of problem neighbours in the past. It was the only way in the end. I now live peacefully and was the best move but it cost tens of thousands. However when you move you never know who will move in next door even in your new home. 

I would try and wait it out and if it’s affecting your mental well being then look to sell.

wesleyad

If they are as bad as you say they are, then they are almost certainly not meeting rent expectations/ inspection expectations and will probably leave at end of fixed term.

Davesnave

wesleyad said:

If they are as bad as you say they are, then they are almost certainly not meeting rent expectations/ inspection expectations and will probably leave at end of fixed term.

I agree. The up-side is that they don't own it, they're young and their lives will therefore be pretty fluid, so there's every chance this is a temporary situation.

I wouldn't consider any long term moves until this, or similar, had gone on for at least a year. It isn't a great time to be thinking of a move right now.

onwards&upwards

Mickygg said:

as you can’t speak to them I would say you can either try to contact the landlord but that would probably be a no go, contact the council but then you would have to declare when you sell the house, or sell! 

They will already have to declare this dispute when they sell.