Issues in my groundfloor flat - Multiple leaks from flat upstairs and noisy, inconsiderate tenants

Hannimal

Oh don't get me wrong, I have been burdened by noisy neighbours. I live next to a student flat and they have parties that make my walls shake. Perhaps thats exactly why I have little empathy for someone complaining about neighbours using their washing machine and counting how many loads of washing they do per week. That is not reasonable!

However, I appreciate it'll be annoying that the flat is not well insulated. The OP is barking at the wrong tree here, the tenants are not at fault.

theoretica

Norman_Castle said:

Yet another thread where the person complaining about their neigbours noise is being portrayed as unreasonable.  From experience some people do have unreasonable expectations of what is acceptable but the vast majority don't. They have sound judgement and can differentiate between what most would consider normal and what noise is easily avoidable. It appears only people who have been burdened with genuinely noisy neighbours understand this, to others its just someone moaning about nothing.

Not unreasonable - unrealistic.  How often do these situations end with quiet neighbours?

baldelectrician

The landlord has a duty of care to ensure that the plumbing is correct.
He is liable for any leaks from his flat, if it is due to the negligence of his contractor it is still coming from his flat.
Have you invoiced him for the repair costs caused by their leaks?

Norman_Castle

Hannimal said:

Perhaps thats exactly why I have little empathy for someone complaining about neighbours using their washing machine and counting how many loads of washing they do per week. That is not reasonable!

Its unlikely the op would care how many times its used if it wasn't so noisy. The counting would stem from questioning if they are being unreasonable.

Norman_Castle

theoretica said:

Norman_Castle said:

Yet another thread where the person complaining about their neigbours noise is being portrayed as unreasonable.  From experience some people do have unreasonable expectations of what is acceptable but the vast majority don't. They have sound judgement and can differentiate between what most would consider normal and what noise is easily avoidable. It appears only people who have been burdened with genuinely noisy neighbours understand this, to others its just someone moaning about nothing.

Not unreasonable - unrealistic.  How often do these situations end with quiet neighbours?

From experience, very often. Most people don't want to complain but are backed into a corner where doing nothing is not an option.

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I'm not saying it's the case here and I'm not gaslighting, but in many of the stories I've read about people in downstairs flats who get extremely bothered by noise from upstairs, it does eventually become a mental health issue for them.   It becomes like Chinese water torture, and eventually they're disproportionately upset by any noise at all, because their nerves have been shot from long-term noise pollution.

I blame the Victorians    They should have thought more about the future generations who'd come along and chop up their lovely houses!