Moved into new house and can hear neighbours?

lesalanos

YoungBlueEyes said:

Tiexen said:

Have you given any thought to the hell you have put them through  - have you lived next door to someone removing

chimney breasts, New kitchen , new plaster , rewiring etc etc..

There's no comparison.

Moving into a house and having work done - even as loud and annoying as these majors works would undoubtedly have been - are temporary, short lived, and not happening at indiscriminate hours of the day and night.

Pig ignorant neighbours who don't give a monkeys about the amount of daily noise they're inconsiderately subjecting other people to are much worse IMO.  That "hell" will not be temporary or short lived, and will undoubtedly be happening for many more hours in the day.  

If the OP had been round to explain that the work would be happening then that would have been the opportunity to build a relationship with them

If they just started all the banging/drilling/building without saying anything then the chance of a peaceful resolution to this is probably lost

Pig ignorant neighbours starting renovation without communication may well be the catalyst for this

The landlord has no contract with the OP to say that the neighbours will be quiet.  This is nothing to do with them and needs to be resolved between the neighbours

koalakoala

i couldn't stand it. I would have to move

SuseOrm

markin said:

SuseOrm said:

No slamming doors and screaming is not normal child behaviour I’ve raised four of them and we didn’t have any of that nonsense.  

I really would suggest that you have a quiet word with them and if that doesn’t work then just hint that you’ll be letting social services know that you regularly hear the children screaming through your walls that might sharpen their focus on getting the kids to behave.  

And then just wait for them to firebomb your home. Or for them to tell the kids to door slam more.

If it was a home owner living in it they may be more willing to spend money and do their side as well, in a new build it would be 2 layers on both sides of the wall making for a far better solution. Or to fit felt/rubber door stops.

So do we all have to creep round our homes and be like little mice terrified to say anything to anybody in case somebody acts criminally ? 

YoungBlueEyes

I agree - a decent person would pop round when they moved in to mention about the work and timescales etc.  We don't know whether the OP did so or not.


I would be surprised if "starting renovation without communication may well be the catalyst for this" is true..!

GixerKate

Unfortunately it sounds like normal family life which is loud and noisy most of the time, before buying the house did you check who would be living next door?  Do you have any bedrooms on the other-side of the house that you could use?  If its school start and finish times that is particularly noisy then that isn't really particularly early or late in the day so I don't think you have any grounds for complaining for antisocial behaviour.  Are your neighbours aware of how much sound travels?  If you are very quiet in your house then they may well be unaware. 

If its causing anxiety it might be worth having an exit plan in case it impacts on your quality of life, have you had your place valued since doing all the renovations?

Have to say, it must have been pretty awful for the family to live though all the renovations, if noise travels as much as you say then that must have been pretty awful for them especially with such young children.  I hope you let them know in advance, if not then they probably don't feel any compunction for the amount of noise they make.

RelievedSheff

GixerKate said:

Unfortunately it sounds like normal family life which is loud and noisy most of the time, before buying the house did you check who would be living next door?  Do you have any bedrooms on the other-side of the house that you could use?  If its school start and finish times that is particularly noisy then that isn't really particularly early or late in the day so I don't think you have any grounds for complaining for antisocial behaviour.  Are your neighbours aware of how much sound travels?  If you are very quiet in your house then they may well be unaware. 

If its causing anxiety it might be worth having an exit plan in case it impacts on your quality of life, have you had your place valued since doing all the renovations?

Have to say, it must have been pretty awful for the family to live though all the renovations, if noise travels as much as you say then that must have been pretty awful for them especially with such young children.  I hope you let them know in advance, if not then they probably don't feel any compunction for the amount of noise they make.

I'm pretty sure that children should be at school during the day when renovation works would have been carried out.

GixerKate

RelievedSheff said:

GixerKate said:

Unfortunately it sounds like normal family life which is loud and noisy most of the time, before buying the house did you check who would be living next door?  Do you have any bedrooms on the other-side of the house that you could use?  If its school start and finish times that is particularly noisy then that isn't really particularly early or late in the day so I don't think you have any grounds for complaining for antisocial behaviour.  Are your neighbours aware of how much sound travels?  If you are very quiet in your house then they may well be unaware. 

If its causing anxiety it might be worth having an exit plan in case it impacts on your quality of life, have you had your place valued since doing all the renovations?

Have to say, it must have been pretty awful for the family to live though all the renovations, if noise travels as much as you say then that must have been pretty awful for them especially with such young children.  I hope you let them know in advance, if not then they probably don't feel any compunction for the amount of noise they make.

I'm pretty sure that children should be at school during the day when renovation works would have been carried out.

The OP mentioned toddlers, they often require daytime naps which would have been a nightmare if there was lots of noise coming from next door.  When you are an exhausted parent desperately trying to get a baby/toddler down for a nap and you think you are finally there and then the noise from next door wakes the toddler up again...its enough to reduce the parent to tears believe me.

Also, it occurs to me that if the noise is bad now, it may well get worse the older and bigger they get but as mentioned they will be school much of the time.

grumiofoundation

SuseOrm said:

markin said:

SuseOrm said:

No slamming doors and screaming is not normal child behaviour I’ve raised four of them and we didn’t have any of that nonsense.  

I really would suggest that you have a quiet word with them and if that doesn’t work then just hint that you’ll be letting social services know that you regularly hear the children screaming through your walls that might sharpen their focus on getting the kids to behave.  

And then just wait for them to firebomb your home. Or for them to tell the kids to door slam more.

If it was a home owner living in it they may be more willing to spend money and do their side as well, in a new build it would be 2 layers on both sides of the wall making for a far better solution. Or to fit felt/rubber door stops.

So do we all have to creep round our homes and be like little mice terrified to say anything to anybody in case somebody acts criminally ? 

Well apparently so. Seems like someone with children is unlucky enough to live next door to you they have to tell their children to creep like mice otherwise the neighbour will call social services. 

Kace2022

GixerKate said:

Unfortunately it sounds like normal family life which is loud and noisy most of the time, before buying the house did you check who would be living next door?  Do you have any bedrooms on the other-side of the house that you could use?  If its school start and finish times that is particularly noisy then that isn't really particularly early or late in the day so I don't think you have any grounds for complaining for antisocial behaviour.  Are your neighbours aware of how much sound travels?  If you are very quiet in your house then they may well be unaware. 

If its causing anxiety it might be worth having an exit plan in case it impacts on your quality of life, have you had your place valued since doing all the renovations?

Have to say, it must have been pretty awful for the family to live though all the renovations, if noise travels as much as you say then that must have been pretty awful for them especially with such young children.  I hope you let them know in advance, if not then they probably don't feel any compunction for the amount of noise they make.

Not particularly helpful asking whether they checked who lived next door before buying their home.  It's done now and the OP is asking for help.  

Phil4432

I bet they heard the renovations for months.  Long days of bang, bang, bang, thud.  Being woken up maybe, by builders screaming away at 8am.

Did you warn them before hand?  Did you apologize for any inconvenience?

I take it the kids are in bed early, so that's better than young adults/teenagers blasting music all night.  And if they don't have a barking rat dog, you are in a better place than many noise sufferers. 

As someone mentioned, 30's semis have very bad noise insulation.  If you were spending money on renovations its surprising that you didn't spend something on sound proofing, as you could then have got the floorboards up, if they weren't up already, and soundproof the gaps there.  That will be necessary for complete soundproofing.  That will reduce the banging of doors, but not eradicate it. 

If you are living next door to a rental, they wont be there forever.  You'll probably see a few neighbours come and go.  Some of them will be great, some of them not so much.