Problems with knocking on my neighbours window at all hours

user1977

Also, I'm not sure how much a landlord or environmental health can do about noise which isn't created by the resident, but by an (apparently) unwelcome regular visitor doing stuff outside the property.

Bobb12345

user1977 said:

Also, I'm not sure how much a landlord or environmental health can do about noise which isn't created by the resident, but by an (apparently) unwelcome regular visitor doing stuff outside the property.

That's exactly the problem, for some unknown reason my neighbour sometimes lets the visitor in and sometimes doesn't. It's really, really odd. It's as if they are in a relationship of some kind (but aren't). 

The issue is the noise she makes banging on the window and shouting, regardless of if she is let in or not. 

babyblade41

Has your neighbour a door bell, maybe worth buying them one to stop the window banging !!!

Bobb12345

babyblade41 said:

Has your neighbour a door bell, maybe worth buying them one to stop the window banging !!!

I think the sort of people we are dealing with here wouldn't be inclined to ring a doorbell!

gwynlas

If it is affecting you it is presumably affecting other neighbours as well as the noise is external to the building. You should cobtact the police on their non emergency number as it could be a sign that your neighbour is dealing particularly as she uses abusive language. It could be that she is eventially served with an ASBO, If your neighbour welcomes her visits she should be contacting him via phone for entry rather than screeching outside.

Bobb12345

gwynlas said:

If it is affecting you it is presumably affecting other neighbours as well as the noise is external to the building. You should cobtact the police on their non emergency number as it could be a sign that your neighbour is dealing particularly as she uses abusive language. It could be that she is eventially served with an ASBO, If your neighbour welcomes her visits she should be contacting him via phone for entry rather than screeching outside.

I have phoned the police before and they did send someone out, unfortunately, when they get there, the shouting lady is never there. I imagine it's disturbing other neighbours as well, I assume it must be. The issue is the neighbour doesn't appear to have a phone and sometimes he welcomes the visits, other times not. I suspect and I might be wrong, she is a local lady of the night and he sometimes takes advantage of her 'services' in exchange for maybe her staying there for a bit. She doesn't seem to get the message when he doesn't want these 'services' so hangs around unnecessarily shouting. 

At least that's what I think, just to clarify, I don't know for sure, and don't want to get involved myself. I have logged a complaint with the council this morning along with the dates and times of the banging over the last week, so we shall see what happens. Thanks for the advice :-)

diystarter7

Bobb12345 said:

babyblade41 said:

Has your neighbour a door bell, maybe worth buying them one to stop the window banging !!!

I think the sort of people we are dealing with here wouldn't be inclined to ring a doorbell!

Hi

Exactly as I thought and I've seen this first had - person returns home late at nnight, no key or locked out - resident of property fed up with the behaviour and regardless of "doorbell"  the person outside will bang on windows, shout, bang on the door etc.
It's the behaviour that is the problem here.

Thnaks

Bobb12345

diystarter7 said:

Bobb12345 said:

babyblade41 said:

Has your neighbour a door bell, maybe worth buying them one to stop the window banging !!!

I think the sort of people we are dealing with here wouldn't be inclined to ring a doorbell!

Hi

Exactly as I thought and I've seen this first had - person returns home late at nnight, no key or locked out - resident of property fed up with the behaviour and regardless of "doorbell"  the person outside will bang on windows, shout, bang on the door etc.
It's the behaviour that is the problem here.

Thnaks

Exactly! The person banging on the door MUST know they are making a racket, the fact is they don't give a toss about how they are affecting other people in the locality. So yes it's definitely the behaviour and as a one-off it woudln't be so bad, the fact it's every night is what the issue is. 

ThisIsWeird

Bobb12345 said:

gwynlas said:

If it is affecting you it is presumably affecting other neighbours as well as the noise is external to the building. You should cobtact the police on their non emergency number as it could be a sign that your neighbour is dealing particularly as she uses abusive language. It could be that she is eventially served with an ASBO, If your neighbour welcomes her visits she should be contacting him via phone for entry rather than screeching outside.

I have phoned the police before and they did send someone out, unfortunately, when they get there, the shouting lady is never there. I imagine it's disturbing other neighbours as well, I assume it must be. The issue is the neighbour doesn't appear to have a phone and sometimes he welcomes the visits, other times not. I suspect and I might be wrong, she is a local lady of the night and he sometimes takes advantage of her 'services' in exchange for maybe her staying there for a bit. She doesn't seem to get the message when he doesn't want these 'services' so hangs around unnecessarily shouting. 

At least that's what I think, just to clarify, I don't know for sure, and don't want to get involved myself. I have logged a complaint with the council this morning along with the dates and times of the banging over the last week, so we shall see what happens. Thanks for the advice :-)

Absolutely, I'd suggest you don't want to get involved yourself. This is bizarre, off-the-scale behaviour, and the folk involved are very unlikely to be reasonable, understanding and considerate...

Also, as you say, what they get up to is of no concern or business of yours, other than that they literally disturb the peace. 

You've kept a note of when these visits occur? Cool. Have you also written down what is actually being said? This could help the police determine what's going on, and whether they need to investigate beyond simply telling the lady to 'cease and desist'. Eg, if there's anything being said that might suggest it's either an abusive or manipulative relationship, or whether it's perhaps drugs-related, then I think you'd want both these scenarios nipped.

Bobb12345

ThisIsWeird said:

Bobb12345 said:

gwynlas said:

If it is affecting you it is presumably affecting other neighbours as well as the noise is external to the building. You should cobtact the police on their non emergency number as it could be a sign that your neighbour is dealing particularly as she uses abusive language. It could be that she is eventially served with an ASBO, If your neighbour welcomes her visits she should be contacting him via phone for entry rather than screeching outside.

I have phoned the police before and they did send someone out, unfortunately, when they get there, the shouting lady is never there. I imagine it's disturbing other neighbours as well, I assume it must be. The issue is the neighbour doesn't appear to have a phone and sometimes he welcomes the visits, other times not. I suspect and I might be wrong, she is a local lady of the night and he sometimes takes advantage of her 'services' in exchange for maybe her staying there for a bit. She doesn't seem to get the message when he doesn't want these 'services' so hangs around unnecessarily shouting. 

At least that's what I think, just to clarify, I don't know for sure, and don't want to get involved myself. I have logged a complaint with the council this morning along with the dates and times of the banging over the last week, so we shall see what happens. Thanks for the advice :-)

Absolutely, I'd suggest you don't want to get involved yourself. This is bizarre, off-the-scale behaviour, and the folk involved are very unlikely to be reasonable, understanding and considerate...

Also, as you say, what they get up to is of no concern or business of yours, other than that they literally disturb the peace. 

You've kept a note of when these visits occur? Cool. Have you also written down what is actually being said? This could help the police determine what's going on, and whether they need to investigate beyond simply telling the lady to 'cease and desist'. Eg, if there's anything being said that might suggest it's either an abusive or manipulative relationship, or whether it's perhaps drugs-related, then I think you'd want both these scenarios nipped.

I 100% agree. I have made a note of when they occur. What's said is basically (lady shouting Y it's X, answer the door, come on Y, it's X answer the door, come on answer the door). That's pretty much it. Where Y is the person in the house X is the name of the person banging. As I say I think it's some bizarre relationship they have. Not sure it's drug related. I will be setting a camera up if I can to see if I can record the audio for the future.