Loft conversion (Merged)

user1977

lycane said:

Windofchange said:

Evidence of what? That there is noise? Keep a diary? What are you hoping will come of this? I think the process is usually keep a diary of noise, complain to the council / landlord, get told there is nothing that can be done, move out. Seems pointless trying to pay for a report that is going to have zero impact on anything. Not even sure such a service exists anyway. 

I guess though the night creaking of the floor is not an ordinary noise

Floors creak. That is normal. You might find it irritating, but it doesn't make the property uninhabitable.

Slithery

lycane said:

I guess though the night creaking of the floor is not an ordinary noise

Perfectly normal in older properties.

MovingForwards

Properties are built differently all over the world.

You're not the first person from an EU country to comment about creaking floors, and other perfectly normal things, in UK properties. 

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lycane said:

[Deleted User] said:

The most important thing is you need to tell us what your reasons for gathering evidence are. What are you going to do with it?

legal action later, it is not only about this, generally landlord breaks most of the uk rental law and not only.We didnt know it before moving in unfortunately an Covid stopped us from moving out

I'm afraid you probably won't get anywhere with the noise, UK law doesn't offer much in that regard.

What is the other stuff?

TripleH

Op, as per rigolith if you let us know what other things the landlord is doing that you think are illegal.

Please note that it might be that something deemed illegal in 1 country is not in another or is not sufficient grounds to terminate a rental contract.

What type of rent agreement do you have, how long is the fixed term period and when did it start?

Do you have a break clause in the lease?

Jude57

Well the Environmental Health department at your local Council will deal with noise complaints but be warned, it's a very high threshold to prove a noise nuisance and requires independent evidence such as recording of the noise over an extended period of time. The EH department will, if they deem it appropriate, install monitoring equipment but I agree with other posters that creaking floorboards probably wouldn't meet the criteria.

In old houses, pipes heating and cooling will cause expansion and contraction of pipes, joists and floorboards and unfortunately, this isn't likely to be something your landlord is responsible for resolving. If your landlord is not meeting their specific legal responsibilities then that's a different thing altogether but nothing you've described so far seems to fall into that category.

lycane

FreeBear said:

lycane said: I guess though the night creaking of the floor is not an ordinary noise

Sure it is - I have floorboards that creak depending on where you tread on them. Short of replacing the whole floor, there isn't much that can be done to reduce the noise. Then there are pipes that will tick & squeal when the heating is on or a hot tap used.

it is an attic above, there shouldn't be any tenants above

lycane

Slithery said:

lycane said:

I guess though the night creaking of the floor is not an ordinary noise

Perfectly normal in older properties.

this is NOT normal if it impacts your health

lycane

MovingForwards said:

Properties are built differently all over the world.

You're not the first person from an EU country to comment about creaking floors, and other perfectly normal things, in UK properties. 

the UK is not the third world country to not expect basic living standard not damaging your health. Ironically these living conditions are happening ALWAYS when the landlord is originally not from Europe at all

ElizabethRose

lycane said:
it is an attic above, there shouldn't be any tenants above

Why can't there be tenants in an attic? Are you suggesting that the property hasn't been covered correctly?