When neighbour noise becomes a problem
Moving into a new home often feels like a fresh start. But some people find that persistent noise from a neighbouring property turns what should be a sanctuary into a source of stress.
Noise complaints are one of the most common neighbour disputes in the UK. They range from occasional loud music to ongoing disturbances that affect sleep, work and general wellbeing. The good news is that there are practical steps you can take if you find yourself in this situation.
Recognising a pattern
A one-off party or occasional loud evening is usually something most people can tolerate. Problems tend to arise when the noise is frequent or erratic.
Common sources of neighbour noise include loud music or television, arguments, dogs barking for extended periods, DIY work at antisocial hours, and doors slamming repeatedly. The Environmental Protection Act 1990 also covers noise from business and industrial premises, so commercial noise from neighbouring properties can be addressed through similar channels. What starts as a minor annoyance can quickly become wearing if it happens several times a week.
Before taking any action, it helps to keep a basic record of when the noise occurs, how long it lasts, and what type of noise it is. This information may be useful later if you need to involve your local council or take the matter further.
Use your phone or computer to measure noise levels and keep a dated record with notes. Export as evidence for your council or environmental health officer. All data stays on your device.
Try our Noise Meter free, here on this site →Trying to resolve things informally
In many cases, people genuinely do not realise how much noise travels through walls, floors or gardens. A calm, polite conversation is often worth trying first, though it will not work in every situation. Choose a neutral moment rather than knocking on the door in frustration at midnight.
If speaking face to face feels uncomfortable or has not worked, putting your concerns in writing is a reasonable next step. A short, factual letter explaining the issue and asking for some consideration can be effective. Keep a copy of anything you send.
Our free Noise Complaint Letter Builder can help you draft a clear and measured letter if you are unsure where to start.
Some people find that mediation helps when direct communication has stalled. Mediation involves a neutral third party helping both sides talk through the problem. Some local councils offer free or low cost mediation services for neighbour disputes, though availability varies. It is worth checking what your council provides.
When informal approaches do not work
If the noise continues despite your efforts, you can make a formal complaint to your local council. Councils have a duty to investigate complaints about statutory nuisance, which includes noise that unreasonably affects your ability to enjoy your home.
The council may ask you to fill in diary sheets or use a noise monitoring app. In some cases, officers will visit to assess the noise themselves. If they find that a statutory nuisance exists, they can issue a warning notice or take enforcement action against the person responsible.
Your local council's website will have specific details about how to report noise in your area. GOV.UK also provides general guidance on the process.
If you rent your home, your landlord or housing association may also be able to help. Many tenancy agreements include clauses about not causing nuisance to neighbours, and landlords can sometimes take action where the council cannot.
As a last resort, you may be able to take private legal action through the courts. This can be costly and time consuming, so it is usually only worth considering if other options have failed and the problem is serious.
Your situation may be slightly different. ask a question below ↓ and our editorial team will reply with our advice.
Looking after yourself
Living with ongoing noise disturbance can take a toll on your mental health. If you are struggling, it is worth speaking to your GP or contacting a support service.
Dealing with neighbour noise often requires patience. Many disputes do get resolved, but it can take time. Focus on the steps within your control, keep records, and seek support where you need it.
Organisations like Citizens Advice can provide guidance on your options, and your local council's environmental health team can advise on formal complaints.
Common questions
What is the first thing to do about a problem neighbour?
Speak to them. Most neighbour disputes never get past a short, calm conversation if both sides hear each other out. Pick a moment when neither of you is rushed, stick to the practical effect on you, and avoid blame. Going straight to the council or police usually slows things down rather than speeds them up.
When should I escalate beyond talking to my neighbour?
When there is real damage, when behaviour is repeated despite a clear request to stop, or when you feel unsafe. At that point, written records become important: dates, what happened, who was there, any photos. Environmental health, the council anti-social behaviour team, your housing officer and the police all have different powers.
What if my neighbour gets aggressive when I complain?
Withdraw and stop direct contact. Threats, intimidation and persistent targeted behaviour can be reported to the police, and may amount to harassment. Keep everything in writing from that point on, including any further communication, and consider asking the council about mediation as a safer middle path.
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The parents are school teachers and a nightmare to live next door to.
They all bang doors,in/out of the house all day especially as the schools are closed.
Children run up and down our driveway,scream talk very loudly.Balls,balloons,come over in to our garden.They use to have a cat when they first moved in.Poor cat was always meowing at our back door @ 5am.
Never looked happy.Hardly surprising. I kid you not,my daughter and i counted how often the door banged,opened closed in 1 day last summer 50 odd times.I wrote down the times 9.20am - 5.20 pm.so when my husband got home i could account for
being angry and tired.We cannot wait to move from these obnoxious neighbours.
I complained tor around 4 months to the council/enviromental officer but was told to keep a diary which was difficult because i couldnt bare to be in the house and moved back to my parents. The noise was unbearable and not just the volume but you could feel it throughout the house so there was no getting away from it. I was a single girl living there on my own and it was causing me such anxiety having to keep going round to knock on the door to ask the two lads to be quiet! The council told them the noise level from a drum kit was unacceptable in a domestic house and that if they continued they would be fined £5k or have the equipment taken away.
Luckily the lodger moved out shortly after this for a few years but has since moved back in a year ago, so far only a little noise nuisance but it gives me such severe anxiety im looking to put the house on the market now. Horrible that one person can completely affect the way you feel in your home which should be your sanctuary. I completely sympathise with anyone with awful neighbours.
One thing to realise is, you are on your own, for example music, the boom boom kind, started at midnight. I called the police, not open, called local authority, not open. Wrote complaints as I have done before but I expect no help and after six months I have received none.
I want to avoid being caught up in never ending stress, a downward spiral, which has created a stroke recently, so I am thinking that I might have to move.
They do not like meditation music, especially OM which you can get on you tube, anything peaceful disturbs a troubled soul. Remember, you are not dealing with civility and sometimes you are dealing with madness. Good luck.
Sometimes im sick of this life its 4 and a half years on now and before they arrived i was a happy person getting on with my life at 71
All the best everyone my heart goes out to you x
The more amazing that the solution is easy but no body want to apply it!
Which is:strong law and punishment for noisy people,and all of this will stop,but goverment don't seem care!
Why?
Who know?!
Do you know the answer?
I'm really worried about being broken into - also obviously concerned about anti social behaviour. I know from speaking to other neighbours that there was immense problems on my street just before I moved in as my house and one other had been designated by the council for short term tenancies meaning they were used for people in crisis (and basically were being used as drug dens).
Anyway just needed to vent but if anyone has any ideas let me know. Thanks!
You're comment is almost nonsensical, but the sense I can make out of it I don't like. I worked and saved for years to buy our first house, this house and sorry to upset your delicate sensibilities but we have a right as a family not to be abused in the street and in our garden, in front of our children etc simply because we complained about arguing and screaming in the middle of the night and dogs barking non-stop. Just because you are a council tenant and need a house, doesnt mean you have a right to make everybody's life a misery and abuse people for daring to be unhappy about your anti-social behaviour. And we can't move because we plowed everything we had into buying the house and took out loans for work and can't move while there are legal issues and problems ongoing with those tenants. But you would know that if you weren't some sad little troll trying to get a rise. Well you got one, pleased with yourself? I hope you feel good now.
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Me and my family have also been going through similar for the last 3 and a 1/2 years. We bought the house of our dreams, a semi in a good area, lovely garden and my son's school at the end of the road. Tenants next door are HA. the day we moved in we heard the dogs barking and that went on for 3 hours nonstop, that was just the beginning. We tried approaching them but they weren't interested in engaging. We wrote polite letters as they sometimes wouldn't answer their door. Eventually, after 6 months of putting up with some days 8 hours of pretty much non stop barking, we complained to their HA. That was the starting point of the anti-social behaviour. They started knocking on our walls, lots of shouting and screaming, dogs barking, door slamming, thumping on floors and walls etc. We found out their neighbour is also a relative and they got involved as well as other family members of theirs. We've been abused and threatened with physical violence, my husband has been followed in the street and intimidated. My kids have witnessed all of this. We have multiple complaints, incident diaries, police incident numbers video and audio footage etc. And they are still there and still causing us bother. We are both now taking anti-anxiety meds too. I just don't know how much more we can take. It feels heartbreaking.
Id like to say if you live on social housing you should have the support of a housing officer whos job it is to support you after all you pay rent . Sadly if you own or are buying your property its more difficult because i was told by police etc that home owners are entitled to have a life , even though they received letters from anti social team they ignored every one and guess what the case was closed ! During one distressing call i made yet again to anti social team the woman told me it sounded as though i had a vendetta towards my neighbours and i was offered counselling .......honestly
But the vile creatures moved out somewhere and rent their house out , wherever they live i feel for their neighbours because they are the lowest of the low .
I feel deeply for you all
I'm broken down crying as I start typing. 5 1/2 years ago (also on a Saturday, I'll never forget) the new neighbor started moving in. It was a nightmare. I should mention, I'm in Germany so as for the legal issues that you all are dealing with, we have no Asbos here or public health officials. This would have to go to court.
She was 19 at the time (I only know that because after she'd been here wreaking havoc for months, she started "dropping" her doctor excuse from having to work due to "psychiatric conditions" on our doorstep and on the floor by the mailboxes in the stairwell.
On move-in day there were 20-25 people, many just standing around outside and I thought "social work students". I don't know why, but that's what came to mind. ..The family were bringing her things in in trash bags. When we move, we put our bedding in trash bags, so no disrespect about that, but they had more trash bags than boxes. And we live in very small apartments and also the stairwell is very narrow. They stood outside our door screaming down to people outside through a window that only one panel (very small panel) opens. So no one could hear them and the screaming back and forth continued for the time they were moving.
Then they left. And amid all the trash bags they left a little dog. This is not the dog's fault, they rightfully believed they'd been mistakenly forgotten and left behind. For the next 9 hours straight the dog barked. Nonstop. Our balcony is right next to their window so I tried to talk quietly to them and let them know they hadn't been forgotten, but of course that was hopeless.
I can not begin to recount what happened in the following weeks. Besides the family dumping dogs off in the apartment, the person living there screams every word they say, throws trash down in the stairs, allows the dog/s to go to the bathroom all over the backyard area (gardens because there are actual houses owned by the same landlord that we're connected to), keeps birds, has caused insect infestations in the house that spread to the other next door neighbor...it is a never ending nightmare.
In Germany you have to give 3 months notice before you move out. The people above her and the apartment next to her across from us, both moved before the three months was even up. At the moment I'm typing this, the person who had moved in across the hall almost a year after the other tenant left, gave up and moved too. She was too scared to tell the management why she was leaving because she knows they protect this family and she moved into another unit managed by the same company.
We do have in writing from our management company that they realize there is a problem, but that's get
I look after my disabled mum and the guy who lives upstairs is the worst. He'll play loud music and loud instruments regardless of the hour. He can start at 12 in the afternoon and keep going until 8am the next morning. He's an alcoholic, who whenever he's been confronted immediately attempts to threaten people.
It's got to the point where I genuinely detest him and it's affecting my mental health and even turning me towards drinking more as I feel less agitated whenever I've had a drink.
Initially my first neighbour related noise problems started 11 years ago in a ground floor flat. I was only 17 at the time and the couple above would sleep all day and stay up all night playing films and music through a massive sound system. Approached them numerous times to no avail. Ended up moving out.
My second bad neighbour then came 9 years later and lasted just over two years. An older couple who initially seemed okay until 3 weeks in and music started in the early AM. This proceeded on various nights when the husband was working and the woman was in the house by herself. We approached her a couple of times but she was a very unsavoury character. The first time I approached her she turned the music down for twenty minutes then back up again. Second time my partner approached her and she apologised and kept the music down for that night only. After approaching her she would then ‘get her own back’ by banging stuff against the walls in the day pretending she was cleaning. We had the thinnest walls known to man and could hear the neighbours on the other side using the toilet etc. Ended up moving.
Lastly, in my current property we have lovely neighbours one side and then a family who think it’s okay to slam, bang, crash and run up and down stairs and stomp everywhere. This goes on throughout the day. I have approached the gentleman who even questioned if I had got the right house and that it ‘couldn’t be them’. I almost laughed out loud when he said that. Since approaching him the slamming has marginally improved but the stomping of their children (who are old enough to know better) continues and every single time I hear it I just cannot put it any simpler than it just goes right through me and makes me so angry. I actually hate them SO much. I cannot believe we have moved from one noise hell hole to another!! I am becoming obsessed with them and check to see if their lights are on and whether they are sleeping yet. They seem to sleep and then wake up and all sorts. No routine which I cannot stand! The noise could happen at any time which means I cannot relax and am not myself. We still have quite a lot of months left on the tenancy too so in it for the long haul. We said this would be our last rented property before buying (which Covid put a hold on) but I’m not sure I can last here.
All properties where I have had noise problems have been rented and I’ve hated every single one of them.
I literally sit here just thinking about noise and any little noise makes me jump. It’s getting to the point I cannot think about anything else other than noise. My partner does not think the neighbours at my current property are that bad but I had to disagree. Admittedly they can go hours without making a noise but the fact they may make a noise at any time just puts me on edge. It isn’t just a little noise either it’s a startling bang, crash or stomping that goes through the house.
Absolutely disgusting, and
I wish i never rented a downstairs, because they are jobless fellow who stay home all day causing fuss all over our living room and bed room.
The floor creaks when they walk and i understand that the building is old but these illiterate couple fix everything they do to midnite. Vacuuming, dishes, washing etc. I can't wait to get out and am glad am not alone in this anxiety struggles.
Karma will catch up with them definitely if they do some stuff on purpose to annoy me
My girlfriend and I live in an apartment building. We are pretty tame I’d say for being in our early thirties. We both work full time and are in bed by 9:00. We haven’t had a soul over, partly because we are introverts and largely due to Covid.
I have recently had to start working from home and the past few months I have nearly lost control of my mental health, which I have come so far to get a handle of. There are two men living upstairs. I can’t lay all of the blame on them as I believe in large part, our issue is caused by substandard construction. I can tell where they are standing down to the centimeter due to how much the floor creaks and booms with each step. I can even tell when someone is standing still shifting their weight from leg to leg.
The problem is, the noise does not stop. At any given hour of the day, there are bangs, booms, screaming, slamming. I know it’s not great to throw out assumptions but if there was rampant stimulant use occurring upstairs I would not be surprised. It sounds like we are below deck of a colonial-era warship where there is a jiu-jitsu class in session above.
Our property managers do. not. give. a. sh*t. I’ve inquired about getting an inspector over to confirm the floor/ceiling is to code and to see if they’d be receptive to installing some sort of noise-softening flooring, which I proposed would be mutually beneficial given the age of the building. They ignore me and refuse to schedule an appointment with me.
We have decided it is best not to engage the neighbors as they’ve given indication they may be armed (one of them has a note on their car threatening to “shoot anyone on sight” he sees messing with or playing around his vehicle). I am at a point where I think it is best to scrap our money-saving plan and try to get pre-approved for a mortgage, then try to refinance in a few years. I fear for our safety, and our sleep schedules have been destroyed. Every boom, slam, and shout I hear gives me horrible heart palpitations and makes my anxiety skyrocket. I have tried so many coping mechanisms and breathing exercises, but I am just exhausted and depressed trying to deal with this around the clock. This is no way to live, I pray that we can find a way out soon.
Best wishes to you all on resolving your issues!
That's what we did. You won't be friendly with them but you claim your self respect back as regardless no one has the right to judge someone else especially when they have their own issues.
With noise, keep a record if the letter does not work and call in Environmental Health they can then take it further!
....despite it being so bad and I'm just whining about it for the sake it. There are complicated problems behind everything that keep me stuck here as of yet.
I've gone through highschool getting worse with each year because studying was so difficult with all the noise. Wear headphones most of the time, damaging my hearing. I even hear noises now when there are none because of all this insidious noise pollution. It's simply so awful. This environment has traumatized me, my body is in stress mode 24/7. I rely on medication to relax for just a few hours. I'm struggling with college like never before.
Now COVID has made things.... unbearably worse. For months I was stuck home, in the place I hate the most. Whereas prior to the pandemic, I would take any opportunity to go out, study in the library, meet my friends, I wouldn't come back til late on purpose to avoid this place. Now I'm not irresponsible, I would not risk my family's health by being out when the contagions were high (and my country is amongst the most affected by COVID, besides government actively made being outside difficult). I don't hold a grudge against that because it was for the greater good and I would take the noise over the virus any time, but that doesn't change how quarantine caused my already precarious mental state to get worse.
I also suffer from severe depression and anxiety that make being outside among people an unnerving stressful experience. Usually with exposure and practice, it gets better - isolation on the contrary brought me back to square one. I'm relearning how to handle socializing and being in public without getting uncomfortable again. It's paradoxical and absurd. It's like I'm not allowed to have peace, neither by practical living circumstances nor my own treacherous mind.
I've been depressed for years for my own personal issues, and this place has only enhanced that. Now I use medication and therapy to survive, but I'm becoming suicidal again.
All I can think about is running away. Sometimes I get so angry I wish to actually hurt these neighbors for being such mindless human caricatures, they've become monsters in my mind. Other times that very same anger makes me feel bad, because I don't wish to engage and get revenge or whatever, I simply want to GET AWAY and finally have peace and forget this ever happened. I desperately want to have some quiet and rest and heal from this awful, years long experience. Money is the biggest factor, significantly slowing down the whole process of getting out of here.
Thank you to anyone for reading this. I hope we all can solve our neighbor problems and live in a peaceful, comfortable environment soon.
Let's just simply say that this place has damaged my mental health in unimaginable ways. I've been living here for almost a decade now. It was not like this at first, and despite being a horrible squalid building right now, it is actually located in one of the nicest areas of town and in the beginning things were just fine. We had no idea what we were getting into.
But progressively with each year more and more uncivilised, disrespectful, down right terrible people moved in and as of now I am CONSTANTLY surrounded by all kinds of noise at all sides. At least a dozen screaming obnoxious children in total, incessant stomping above me, abnormal inhumane shrieking at any hour of the day, noise that won't stop until even 2-3am, fighting, talking so loud I can hear every single word from far away, singing on a mic, blasting metal music, there is always someone doing some work, drilling noises. Neighbors upstairs throwing trash down from their windows, even stealing our things, inviting god knows who to sleep at night at their place, babysitting children and making the apartment above us into a kindergarten, people constantly coming in and out of the building stomping around like elephants, the stairs and common spaces are always so dirty... It's genuinely torturous. No respect for the condo rules, no civility, nothing.
Landlords DO NOT CARE. We cannot get noise cancelling windows because it is not our property. We did everything we could, talking with neighbors at first but they didn't care, fighting, writing letters, even calling the police. There is no more point in doing that... No, the only option is to move elsewhere.
To make things tenfold worse my own family is unbearable to me, they're toxic, dysfunctional, I cannot stand them anymore. We have to go separate ways so of course we are searching for different apartments now... And we are also poor. If we could we would be out of here years ago. But we cannot afford to move as we please, wherever we desire. It doesn't work like that. And the prices do not accomodate you: they only go up. So the rents that are seemingly affordable are just the same awful buildings like this one. We carefully research because we don't have money to waste. It has been very difficult to move out to somewhere better and secure.
On my part, I'm losing my mind and my health. If personal troubles were not enough, I've been stuck in this God awful environment for the most part of my teenage years when I could not even legally go away. It's never that simple, I cannot even explain everything but I feel the need to make it clear that I don't stay here on purpose despite it being so bad and I'm just whining about it for the
So I work from home and these guys knows I am annoyed by their doof, doof.
I have mentioned it , threaten them but they just laughed and continue playing louder. I contacted the council, the police who came and gave them warning, they continue. I decided to open all my kitchen windows and switch on the extractor fan and fried chillies it let out fumes and I could hear these guys coughing and shouting.
They knocked on my door I said what is the matter go and play your music, they just left. I have have heard no sound since.Please guys if law takes long to help you have to find ways to stop these selfish people, trying to find legal ways kept me sane so hang in there keep up the pressure you will win. I want law to act fast and enforce the good law we have.
It feels like we don't own the house,our neighbours do and they paid a lot less than we did for ours! The house isn't even worth half of what we paid in my eyes.
As soon as the current worldwide situation is over, we're selling. If I haven't killed myself by then.
Everyone on here has my full sympathy and a problem shared is a problem halved.
I decided to write to the Police Commisioner asking for support for people like us who suffer anti social behaviour . It may not get me any where but i wanted him to know that no one helps . The anti social team did write to my neighbours and phoned them but they laughed and carried on raving . So im now waiting to hear from the police commisioner . May i suggest as many of you do too , especially if housing associations , councils , etc wont help . It would be only right some kind of legislation or boundaries were put in place to support us . Best wishes from one who has suffered at the hands of despicable people
It started about 4 months ago. I work nights and remember going to bed at noon...I started to hear strange music, almost like there was a band practicing nearby.. I wasn't sure where it was coming from (yet) it wasn't really that loud either (yet) and it only lasted an hour or so. This continued over several weeks, disturbing my sleep. Then it went 24/7. ONE album of what I can only think of as some sort of party/rave mix. It got louder too. It's been going on for over nearly two months now NON-STOP.
I tried to get the council involved, they put me in touch with an environmental health officer who explained how things work when dealing with a noise complaint 'It can be a painfully slow process, especially when the first letter doesn't work'.
A letter has now been sent to the offenders. The EHO told me she would be in touch in a couple of weeks(!) to hear my thoughts.
I'm going to tell her I'm still not happy about the music. The offenders are over the road and down a little, I'm surprised no one else has complained (the EHO told me this), despite two neighbours saying to me that they are sick of the noise.
I think the EHO will be sending some audio equipment which is to be set up in my flat so the music level can be recorded. This is as far as my enquiry has gone.
Sadly I might not be able to help the EHO any further, I'm looking at flats to rent elsewhere and want to move in a few weeks.
Hope everyone gets their noisy problem neighbours sorted, good luck.
Anti social behaviour around here is the norm and anyone who stands up to it is made to regret it .I am now divorced and still live here with my two ( now grown up sons ) . we all work but my neighbours are all on benefits and the neighbours on one side are appalling. They are all taking drugs ( class A ) , they talk openly about drugs,they grow cannabis too and the alley at the back is constantly full of people whistling and their 17 year old son is dealing to them, they sleep most of the day and start to wake up mid afternoon, when I get home from work as soon as I open my back door they are sat there smoking cannabis, they throw stuff in my garden and at my house and a constant stream of lowlife hang about the house well into the early hours. Last week they started to party at midnight and were smashing bottles in the back and doing karaoke until 5am. I get up for work at 5.15am :-( .... I have spoken to the police who have done nothing, social services who told me that if people didnt want to engage with them there`s nothing they can do ( the family is known to them ) and finally the landlord which is a housing association for troubled families who promise to ring me back but never do. I`m putting the house on the market and the estate agent tells me the property has lost £10k since I bought it despite putting in new kitchen, bathroom and central heating .....because of the area and the junk in next doors garden front and rear .God I feel low..........
First week into the house I spoke with the new neighbour to find shes hard of hearing and asked if she was ok to turn tv down a notch as I work dayshifts and got to be up at 4am. She said yes thats fine.
Issue has been constant for a week now and I approached her last night, in a nice friendly manner and this time she didnt take it too kindly.
She said her tv volume is at 40 (which is nearly half and is loud)
I sympathise that shes hard of hearing and I did try to make my point to say that I am not trying to stop her watching tv and would like to compromise on the situation, as with me having 4am get uops, but before that could go ahead she closed the door on me.
I spoke with my landlord and they said they will try and get in touch with the council. But with an elderly person who is hard of hearing, Im not sure if there is much they can do, apart from ask her to get hearing aids, turn her tv down, move the tv to a different location
She is also very aggresive to me when she sees me (not my husband just me), it has come to the point now that I am scared to leave my house if she is outside, and that includes my own back garden because her back door over looks ours and the wall is low so she can see me. At 1 point she was throwing cat poo in our garden, that stopped when my husband caught her red handed and threatend her with the police. We are now considering selling the house that we have spent a fortune doing up and nearly paid off, and move and literally have to start again after 18 years. People should not be allowed to get away with this. We have tried everything, we have even contacted the landlord and he dosent care aslong as the rent is getting paid each month.
Only recently has it been affecting my anxiety severely and has it contributed to depression, they are not approachable at all, sometimes I wait inside before going to work to make sure they are not out front.
Because of the pattern of problem neighbours is there some way that the land lord can be held accountable?
The police dont get involved its all council.
Dont move, this is your Castle, be strong but act first and act fast!.
But at the same time, be vary careful where you buy and unfortunately there is a "price" to pay in purchasing in areas where a landlord can turn a profit.
I still say its worth it to only buy the property you need as its tens of thousands of interest £ in the long run isnt it. Is it worth paying £500 more a month in interest just to live in 'nicer' area that still has a (lesser) chance of the next door detached 5 bed being rented out?
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I live in Terrace house, and mid 20's family of a Romanian persuasion moved in to the rental next door.
Started playing loudspeaker in garden, mates round shouting, drugs, drink etc.
Blocking off other peoples driveways with friends' cars.
Having read comments here and other places, i think it is quite deliberate; sometimes it is to seek people to sell up / move out of rentals so that their friends can move in nearby.
Often up beyond 10pm on a weekday i wouldn't mind the odd weekend night but this is too much.
Tried the 'friendly' approach, asked to stop, turn it down, each time a bit of movement, but then reset again the next time.
So i went to the council after a YEAR of trying to sort it myself after about 9 major ad hoc incidents.
It's the Environment Officers ones, they say ok posted me a 'diary' which i need to fill in 5 events then send them back. I said i got 9 right now, they said ah, has to be 3 from the point the diary is received in the post.
Had 3, and emailed it in. Made a point to mention i have audio recordings from both within my house and with window(s) open to show the impact.
Since then next to nothing i think they sent them a warning letter.
BUT i have taken to playing some music on my mobile phone in the garden not loud but enough that htey can hear it when they are playing their music middle of the day the loud bass and the folk music.
Also, USE SHAZAM mobile app's to record what the music is, eg the singer, the track name etc. then make a log it will add to your case.
How inconsiderate are you, as a male, to call the authorities in these times, on 2 super-quiet women? It baffles me. Thank goodness we’re not the only ones that have a problem with this person, so we don’t feel bad, but something has to change and quickly.
I recently moved into a DETACHED house where I thought I could live in peace at last - wrong! I live next door to RACING people that are animals..... They shout, drink all afternoon and play music loudly. I have witnessed one of them urinting up our fence on two occasions and approached him and he totally denied it. They have been issued warnings from the landlord but still continue regardless, probably as they’ve forgotten once the drinking starts again!
I have two beautiful young daughters who are very intimidated by this, we feel we have to hide in our home.
Something needs to be done about these anti-social people ruining lives for us all.
I have only ever found total piece of mind and that was living in a camper van when I was a youngster touring the world.....if not for my daughters I would move out immediately!
Good luck all.
If only there was a way to partition the government to come down hard on these neighbours who cause us distress surely out there must be a solicitor or lawyer willing to start one to help because enviromental health dont carry any weight at all . My heart goes out to you who still suffer .
Anyway might mention it to his wife when I next see her as she is nicer. He occasionally parks his car in our front garden, on the grass, also using our drive. He is very intimidating. He has said he wants to buy my house. I'm suffering lots of anxiety as a result. He's not following lockdown rules, mingling closely with a handful of builders but more fool him.
They should make it part of the tenancy agreement to follow the noise pollution rules of the UK. The authorities in this country are far too soft. Enfield and Haringey councils are really crap at dealing with this. I know so many people who have had longstanding problems with neighbours (many of them council tenants) but nothing is done about it. It makes me so angry that decent people have to put up with this rubbish. We need to be more like Germany or Switzerland where such anti-social behaviour is not acceptable. I'm not sure what we can do but I feel we need to put pressure on local government to act. My heart goes out to all you people who are suffering.
The wife is some kind of crazy woman with no regard for any of the neigjbours screaming at her kids all day and night. The food stinks to high heaven and she cooks at 12 am.
Her kitchen is above my bedroom and she has no regard for us or the neighbours and gossip in there until 2 or 3 am. My poor kid gets nightmares because of the noise.
The house is an absolute tip and stinks so badly.
To top it all she has also let her eater leak into my bedroom 2x and damaged my bed.
The enfield council are useless and seem scared of her. Why she hadn't been served an abatement order and threatened w a fine I dont know.
For 1 year, this Somali woman, who used to be a good neighbour to me, just started being very horrible, along with her 3 daughters, who have told me to go and commit suicide, she and her daughters have tried on 4 different occasions to break into my flat, because this woman is a refugee, she believes she has the right to treat me anyway she likes, without any consequences, and since Wandsworth Council doesn't want to get involved, even though this has affected My health very badly this year 2019, it has deteriorated and I was on admission at the Hospital ?? ?? for 7-8 times this year 2019, which is a lot for a vulnerable woman who suffers from Sickle Cell Disease (Most of the admission into the Hospital ?? ?? I was either in for a week or sometimes, I was in the Hospital ?? ?? for 2 weeks, and I have had blood transfusions, high blood pressures, etc!). Now here is where it gets sinister, because my bedroom is next to the Somali woman's kitchen, and the walls are thin, anytime I am on my mobile ?? speaking to friends and f
They have 3 children who come home from school & all hell breaks loose till bedtime which can be up until 11pm
My fireplace vibrates with the noise!!!
The 18 month old has no bedtime & goes to sleep when the parents do, which can be midnight!!!
When I do go to bed the father keeps me awake snoring, it’s a nightmare!!!
They have 2 people carriers & have spent 40k on renovations.....but they don’t work????
Why should people be so inconsiderate???
I have contacted the council but they told me that if we put in a formal complaint should we decide to move we would have to tell prospective buyers that we have problem neighbours!!! It’s a joke!!!
Also to add when i last spoke to anti social team 2 months ago i was told it appeared i had a vendetta towards my neighbours as it looked bad because no one else was writing in or phoning the police. You see im not scared of pumped up 25 year old childish men
Ive nevet had a vendetta towards anyone in my life !
Last sunday morning at 6am yes 6am a huge bang then shouting yelling mens voices and the music " cotten eye joe" blaring out as they thumped and danced and banged the plastic wooden floor with wood or metal poles . It went on until 8.30am . Obviously they had been to a party and came home to continue. His wife is often there so she has no excuse . One neighbour watched from opposite and saw 7 blokes all in the bedroom looking inwards at something going on and i could hear one shouting " did ya f....k her, have ya fu...d her yet through my bedroom wall .
I hate these people , they have disturbed my life . The other 65 year old suffers too but he goes to stay at his mums . Hes to scared to say or do anything. I often go to sleep on my friends sofa .....im 70 years old for goodness sake .
WHAT CAN I DO
Eventually the noise did calm down slightly, but by then the damage was already done. I suffer massive anxiety and depression, knowing that this can kick off again at any moment.
My GP wroted to the council in 2017 because of the adverse effect on my health, but nothing has been done about it since.
Intermittent noise issues have recurred and I have also been subjected to targeted anti-social behaviour.
I called on the council again,but they have fobbed me off, suggesting I can "take my own action," and that I need "independent evidence," which is impossible to get as they never send anyone out.
I suffer social phobia, so my home was my only safe place. I have had that taken away. I really am at my wits end as the anxiety is so extreme. Just don't think I can carry on with it much longer.
Their last party finished in garden at 5.00am Sunday with all of 3 hours sleep for us. Is it just me or is there just too little help out there for dealing with nightmare neighbours. Also what is it with the continued desire to create the so called 'perfect house' by any means possible. Bring back the seventies - we just used gardens as gardens and only did diy if we had to and with much more thought, grace
and courteous behaviour at that!
The noise of late is awful.
They have 2 dogs that yap all the time. The mother doesnt seem to be able to communicate without shouting and the girl's groaning and moaning sounds are so loud and go on for hours .
I've tried to speak to them with regards to the mothers shouting and the dogs barking which calmed down for a while but has started up again. Ive never made any comment about the daughters noise as I know she is disabled, but when I tried to talk to her about the excussive noise she just states ' I've a sick child in here! We have rights'
What about my rights- I've worked hard for my home and have sunk all my savings into it- moving is not an option ?
I'm coming to the end of my tether- I'm not a violent person but I could happily snack her one.
Long story short, the council workers tasked to clean up the damage had to contact the housing department for help. They hadn't seen anything like it. Furthermore, the housing department had lost track of Neighbour R and asked me if I'd seen him.
Four days after resettling into my flat, the trouble with Neighbour L began in September 2016. I've had to put up with loud music after 11 pm all year round - even at Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. The same half a dozen songs are played up to 3 times each until 5 or 6 am. He also sings out loud.
Neighbour L has also damaged his communal door. Reinforced doors had to be installed but it didn't solve anything. The frequent door slamming and domestics carried on with him. He also owns two dogs that bark at set times and scratch the wall. He also brought a motorcycle indoors and revved the engine after 11 pm.
I've complained twice to the local council but they've shown lack of accountability for their poor treatment and slow response. (Too much crazy making to discuss. I had to seek legal action twice to glean any info from them.) I've dealt with my local councilor and also contacted the local newspaper. Despite all of that, the council kept making circular arguments and phone calls. One council staff member said that their downplaying of the antisocial behaviour was 'in my head.' Despite an explanation to my lawyer that Neighbour L's music would only affect people living directly below (Which is ridiculous because I'm directly adjacent and below via a shared wall and within a 12 foot radius of their communal door. )
Since September 2016, the environmental health team came out 6 times. The antisocial behaviour still exists but not as bad now. There's a lot that I haven't written about. The prolongued stress has given me face/scalp ecsema, blepharitis, weakened eyesight, muscle tension/lower back pain/sciatica, anxiety nightmares, poor concentration. I've had to adjust my life/diet/travel plans to cope. I can't cope with certain activities anymore. I feel let down by the local authorities who prefer to harass innocent people instead of the troublemakers.
Neighbour R lived directly across from me. In March 2016, Neighbour L visited Neighbour R. He left the property with a cut hand and smeared it down the side of the communal door. He was really angry. Neighbour R's girlfriend persuaded him to go back inside. He reluctantly agreed and took his frustration out on a door.
Later that day, Neighbour R had several arguments with his girlfriend that spilled out into the communal area outside my front door. Then, Neighbour L returned late at night with a group of guys. Neighbour R accused Neighbour L of calling the police two or three times. Neighbour R then accused th e lady upstairs and had to be restrained from banging on her door.
Between March and August 2016 I had to suffer domestic arguments, frequent communal door slamming after 11 pm, frequent door slamming that increased to all hours of the day and night, a debt collector who threatened Neighbour R up against my front door, suspected late night drug dealing and a 6 am drug overdose. Also... Neighbour L had told Neighbour R to stay away from him and he punched the glass out of Neighbour R's front door.
Neighbour W had a habit of playing loud music at night. His dog would bark loudly too. He was given an ASBO but still hung out with Neighbour R and L.
I reported the noise disturbances to the police and the local council's environmental health team. The plan was to give Neighbour R an ASBO. However the local council's environmental health team switched the goal posts after three months of noise complaints. They told me that they wanted to evict Neighbour R. He wouldn't be given an ASBO but told me to keep reporting noise.
Over a five month period, I experienced gaslighting and poor treatment from the council and police. Neighbour R was treated more favorablely than me. One police officer actually said that there was no pattern. When the police left, the antisocial behaviour continued.
In mid August, I was forced to leave my flat because of sleep deprivation and chronic anxiety. I'd had enough of the antisocial behaviour and poor treatment from the authorities.
Prior to leaving my flat, I overheard a conversation with Neighbour R. Neighbour L had already gone to prison for causing trouble at a local bar. Neighbour R was looking after Neighbour L 's flat for some reason. (After Neighbour L had threatened him to stay away.) The only problem? Neighbour R had been stealing his stuff and left the flat in a mess. I saw Neighbour R come in with a widescreen telly one night. Neighbour L had somehow found out, was fighting in prison, and threatened to hunt Neighbour R down.
So... Thankfully, I stayed with my parents to avoid that showdown. When I returned to my flat in September 2016, Neighbour R
Is the next step to expose to the media ? As they are directors of high end care homes.(information i sourced from GOV.UK )
I have been to the Council to complain. The Council have done nothing but pass me on to someone else, who passes me on to someone else still. I have been pushed from pillar to post, from officer to officer, from Head of Department to Director, from Councillor to M.P., from Information Commissioner to Ombudsman, from Ombudsman back to Council and NONE of them has ever done a single thing to make this stop. Please do not have any faith in the laws which were originally designed to protect us from these kinds of things. Councils have found sly ways round them. They have made the legislation toothless. As an example, I applied for a copy of a report on the building situation under the Freedom of Information Act. The Council jumped through hoops of fire to deny me this information and managed to find case law which allowed them to wriggle out of giving me a copy. I believe the way forward is publicity in the media. Councils need to be shamed into protecting THE VICTIMS. This is destroying lives. Everyone thinks it's very funny to watch 'Neighbours From Hell'. I would like to know what is so funny about people being driven to the point of suicide? If any other problem was leading to suicide government would sit up and take note. This is a national problem. If anyone on here wants to join with me in forming a pressure group to make the law work in the favour of THE VICTIMS, put a stop to Councils/police dodging their responsibilities and make them stop these vile, bullying neighbours from causing ruined lives and sometimes deaths, make them sort it or be heavily fined, then say so in this comments section and I'll try to get to talk with the owners of this website about it.
since the winter has come her door has "swollen" (her words) and it does stick when closing but no need to slam it everytime. its been waking my daughter up from her naps and at night as shes in and out all the time. i have told her that it keeps waking my daughter up and could she contact her landlord to least have a look at it but she says he wont. but she told me she owes him money for rent so i dont think she has even told him about it.
its now affecting our door where she is slaming it as hard as she can everytime its opened. so my landlord is getting us a new door.
its really annoying me now and she is not doing anything about it. is contacting her landlord a good idea to at least tell him about this.
with all this she is playing loud music as she pulls on her drive and beeping her car horn for ages to get her daughter to come out and great her. im just so helpless right now
I have issues with my neighbours' kids (aged 10-12) swearing - I have three kids aged 9, 3 and 18months and don't think they should be subjected to such language. I've had several conversations each summer with the parents but nothing seems to change. Any suggestions?
Our Response:
This could be considered a statutory nuisance and your environmental health department might be able to take action. If they can't/won't, then you can complain directly to the Magistrates Court under section 82 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. The Magistrates Court will need to be persuaded that the nuisance problem amounts to a statutory nuisance. South Gloucester Council has a good guide here.
LOL THIS SITE IS SO FULL OF CR*P IT'S HARD TO TAKE SERIOUSLY.
Swearing in it's self is not a matter for Environmental Protection nor is it a crime or a civil offence (at any age), you have no right to NOT be offended and in law no word itself has any recognised legal standing over another. This site is encouraging you to waste your time.
They don't seem to be capable of normal communication, everything is yelling, shouting, slamming the internal doors, the kids are constantly screaming, jumping on the floor, scraping furniture, the TV is on full blast in the evening's till the early hours. Also, the boy kicks a football in the room next to my living room, and constantly bangs on the wall.
They also leave bags of rubbish for days outside their front door till foxes come and rip the bags up.
I'm at my wits end with this, its getting me down and affecting my quality of life. I can't enjoy my evenings and weekends anymore. I contacted environment health, all they said is it's children playing and they can't do anything.
I don't mind children playing but this is excessive, unnecessary noise. It's like living in a zoo! Please don't say 'move', I can't afford to right now.
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I have complained to Sandwell council and have had noise monitoring equipment Installed relating to noise nuisance over 2 weeks. A letter was also posted through to the door of the neighbours advising them they were going to be recorded. The noise for the time the machine was installed was quieter than what they usually deliver. After the equipment was taken i was advised that I am sensitive to the noise and I should expect to hear noise. I have been living on this estate 9 yrs and I have not experienced sleepless nights and disruption like this ever. I am now fighting to sleep and fighting to get to work so that I can function. The council have basically minimalised what is happening based entirely on the recordings of 2 weeks, despite the problem occurring for 18 months. Am I entitled to pay someone and install noise equipment with a view to going to court? I also feel that Sandwell council should be held accountable for the consequences of their policy on housing people. There is no rigorous thought about how people are being housed and whether the properties are fit for the purpose they are being used. It is a one bedroom flat maisonette. They work from home at unsociable hours ( I have been advised by Sandwell council they can't stop people working unsociable hours even if it's affecting me.) They are young, not going out to work and have an adult son also living with them who has advised me he and his mothers partner are the carers. There are no physical disabilities. My rights to live here have been thrown out the
window . In addition there have been a huge amount of other problems with neighbours taking sides and i being singled out. I work whereas a lot of them have all day to spend on this. I have been advised that I am asking the council to make them homeless whereas the fact that I may have to sell up is not a factor.
I have been working with the council on and off over the years and not once has anybody been round to the neighbours just to say we are concerned about the family next doors health, and the TVs loud voices and banging doors is seriously depriving them of sleep!! Please turn your TVs down or get them removed. What the hell, they state they need evidence. As someone mentioned I've had the recording equipment put in twice and each time they have told me the noise is me! I am no liar and know a million percent that i recorded when I was silent. They also tell me the noise isn't loud enough. Surely that is subjective as to what everybody can deal with is different and I can no longer listen to 2-3 TVs anymore all night! I really need proper sleep to deal with life daily.
The worst of it the council told me over the phone that they believe I am depressed after speaking to mental health professionals, I am a nurse also, I told him from the council of course I am. This situation and dealing with it alone sucked any life out of me years ago. Honestly I am absolutely disgraced that hardworking citizens like me, working two jobs supporting my children's study, paying my bills goodness I even work in healthcare. Can't get any support with this. I feel like ultimately my body will fail me I've already blacked out twice from exhaustion, have no appetite or quality of life at all. Then the council will have to rehome me and my children as I will no longer have a job, be able to pay bills or support us. The family next door get everything paid for they have disability scooters and other support all good so why can they not get some hearing aids sorted. So much more to add. I guess I'm just wondering if anyone out there knows what I can do abo
im having a nightmare at the moment ,
i had lived in my previous property for 16 years and decided i wanted to move to a more rural part of the country so i managed to get a housing assosication house ,
ive been here just a month and already have had run ins with 2 neighbours ,
the first one we asked if the man (2 doors up) could move his car up a bit for me to get mine in and he went into a vicious tirade of abuse threatening my partner to fight etc ,
i had to call the police and they had a word with him (apparantly he is known by the police) ,
ive only just come around after that then our next door neighbour a elderly gentleman banged on our door at 11pm saying to "turn the music off" , looking puzzled as i was watching TV
but i turned it off , then today i had to sit and listen to him knocking on EVERY neighbours door slagging us off about the noise of music (it hadnt occured to me that people might hear the tv as my window was wide open)
then he banged on our door about 5pm and my partner had to listen to a lecture about the laws on noise , i went to the front door and offered he come in to discuss it but he flatly refused ,
we then realised he was doing it to show the neighbours what he was doing ,
it was so humiliating , i wrote him a note tonight saying that as he didnt give me a chance to explain i would do so in a letter and told him that id had trouble sleeping as my mother is dying of cancer and im up worrying and had no idea the tv was loud ,
and why would he do that to my partner on the street especially after he had just seen him in the back garden and said "HELLO" ,
i just feel so isolated now i cant stop crying i came here for a fresh start but now all the neighbours think we are bad people
what can i do
PLEASE ADVISE ME i really need help
From our chimmy ,
The stove was installed by a hetas installer so it is all legal .
We live on the seafront and yes we sometimes have very strong winds
So at the environmental officers suggestion we started taking logs of the wind direction
Speed ect and at the times the winds wer in our neibours direction we only burnt smokeless
Fuel and for most of the time kept the fire banked down
We hoped this would help the situation but our neibours are now saying the smokeless fule is
Giving of a horrible smell ,
The fule we are using is also defra approved and our logs are well seasoned as the officer
Told us when he visited us ,
However as none of the above have worked we have now been issued with a summons which we can appeal ,
We really don't think this is fair as we have done everything th environment officer suggested
And as we pointed out to her how can she summons us when she has only visited the house
Once and on that day she did smell smoke ,
Another officer also visited once and said that he could smell a little smoke in the toilet
Where the window was left open but did leave us saying he did not consider us a statuary nuisance ,which he is now saying he's not sure if that's what he said
Also yesterday the officer was going to our neighbours after visiting us to discuss ours and their logs that we had both kept ,we had lit our fire to show her and at her own addmitence
She said she knew that there wouldn't be a smoke smell in the neighbours today as the winds wer in the wrong direction
Our neighbours have written things like walked to the gate on our way to a hospital
Appointment smelt smoke at the gate which made us cough
When we asked the officer how we can be served a notice for her visiting just one time
She said it's because the neighbours have kept a log ,
We feel after all our efforts we are in a no win situation
We have contacted the solid fuel advisory plus defra who all say they can't see what the
Problem is ,
Do you think this is worth taking to appeal,
Would be grateful for any help as we have to appeal by Friday
Regards jo walker
No triple sound insulation. You need responsible people to live in tower blocks not socially challenged individuals
Our downstairs neighbours we complained to asb department, they said we needed to keep a 3 month diary,their dogs bark all the time they're out, they slam every door they come across which rocks our flat, they do hammering and play loud tv until late, they shout at each other but with the doors open so the whole street can hear!
Basically I live in a neighbourhood of morons that gives council estates their bad name, I'd move if I could afford it but house prices are too dear for us to get a mortgage, if the council were more severe or even took a bit of notice many of these problems would be resolved, we personally don't want to confront our neighbours for fear of repercussions like our car being vandalised etc, we need people to have a bit pride in their community and consideration for each other, I only hope that we get moved into a 2 bed soon and have neighbours with a sense of decency and respect...I won't hold my breath!
I eventually wrote a friendly note explaining the dog barking early morning was a new thing and could it be prevented..The older lady apologised and said she would feed the dog herself as the dog didn't bark with her only with the daughter..That has helped in a temporary capacity
I hoped that the daughter would change her noisy night time habits without me specifacally complaining but that is not happening consistently.
I had my ceiling lowered and insulated but last night I was awakened again at 2 a.m.by the daughter's noisy behaviour overhead bumping and banging things..
I am planning recording any noise in the coming nights and informing the older lady again as she is obviously unaware of her daughter's night time disturbances.
I want to maintain an amicable connection with my neighbours but I find the younger woman's behaviour very challenging and unpredictable.
I am in my 60s and just want a peaceful life and to enjoy my home with undesturbed sleep at night..
Any advice comments appreciated.
Thankyou!
Help, getting desperate
Good luck with the fight, cos it is just seems to be 1 long battle
I am glad I have come across this website, as I can see I am not the only one suffering, We have been complaining about the family upstairs for a year now, 3 children who are uncontrollable, noisy and absurdly loud. They jump so hard on my ceiling, my glass ornaments shudder. I suffer with extreme depression, OCD, mood disorder, highly anxious and very prone to panic attacks and I am on numerous pills a day. The council are very aware of my situation and how bad it is, with the neighbours contributing. All they have done is sent several letters to her, even confirmed she has no carpets, she is all wooden flooring and has been 'warned' about her childrens behaviour and her screaming but no action has been taken. My Mum went to try and talk to the neighbour last week, but she screamed, sweared and slammed the door in her face. The children never go to bed until at least 1am. She never talks, only shouts and my life is getting worse. I haven't slept properly for over a year, my doctor has given me three new medications to help me cope but they have had no affect. The mother has been warned by letter several times but has taken no action to change anything and basically the council are ignoring us and are not taking it further as they 'do not have the funds and have to go through legalities' and I am heartbroken, please can someone advise me? I already spend my days wanting to die but they make me feel so awful and anxious, my life is deteriorating even more and I'm so annoyed the council will not help. As a council tenant, can I get legal advice/solicitor involved?
Many thanks
We have just suffered three consecutive weekends of parties, one from each of these neighbours and we are thinking of holding a party of our own. Of course, it would be much louder and longer than anything they could ever imagine, but we would be safe in the knowledge that none of the aforementioned 'powers that be' could do anything to stop us! Watch this space.
I then asked her to please change the toy because it has been disturbing me from sleeping but she didn't want to know. To be honest, the noise now increases. I think because she now realised that I 'm only a lady that she could do whatever she likes. She's right, ever since I've been in trouble with her. I reported to the council and nothing is done about it.
Now she has a statelite to even watch me everywhere in my flat to the extent that I bathe with my dress on and in the midnight in case she has got people around to come and watch me. Every time I brought my meal to the living room or bed room, you could hear a foot stamping or a jumping up and down in the direction where I am sitting.
Why people that behave this way are allowed to get away with this terrible behavior, I don't know. I am very depressed now that I don't want to see the day. No one is there to report this to. It is sad.
I then asked her to please change the tour because it has been disturbing me from sleeping but she didn't want to know. To be honest, the noise now increases. I think because she now realised that I 'm only a lady that she could do whatever she likes. She's right, ever since I've been in trouble with her. I reported to the council and nothing is done about it.
Now she has a statelite to even watches me everywhere in my flat to the extent that I bathe with my dress on and in the midnight in case she has people around to come and watch me. Every time I brought my meal to the living room or bed room, you could hear a foot stamping or a jumping up and down in the direction where I am sitting.
Why people that behave this way are allowed to get away with this terrible behavior, I don't know. I am very depressed now that I don't want to see the day. No one is there to report this to. It is sad.
From the day she has moved in I have had to deal with noisy kids running around, two water leaks to the bathroom (had to have complete refit as the ceiling caved in) and recently one to my kitchen, water streaming down wall and out of strip light.
Slamming of windows, I've never known anyone who can make so much noise in a kitchen or any room for that matter.
Her landlord told me its just domestic noise but other neighbours have complained about her children and him and the landlady say they are the worst tenants ever, had enough now getting a solicitor involved.
Good luck everyone. Thanks.
and on regular occassions comes out shouting and bawling at me sometimes with abusive language,there is no reason I can think of other than 1-he is not well
2-him and his wife are harassing me out of my ground floor flat because his wife has a disability. As I am always pleasant ad respectful and relatively a quite neighbour,its affected me so badly now I cant sleep properly,yet this 75 yold man chooses his moments carefully-typical of a bully,-when no one is around. I filled diaries in and sent them to the council,yet I am very worried what happens next,has anybody out there had similar experience?
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