Hello everyone! This is my first post here, so please be gentle. Hope I've got the right section!
Basically DH and I have just bought a new home in London. We've been super careful with money for ages and made huge sacrifices to save up our deposit, so we were really excited when we finally moved in last week.
However, since arriving at the property, I've realised it suffers from what every new homeowner dreads - noisy neighbours :(
We live in a one-bed garden flat in a converted Victorian terrace, and the party wall between the bedroom and the neighbours' property next door is the issue (the adjoining flat on the other side is vacant).
Basically when I'm lying in bed I can often hear them talking really loudly and laughing on the other side of the wall. They are a large family and so it equates to a lot of voices and loud noise :(
I'm at home today and when I go into the bedroom, I can hear the mum shouting on her mobile on the other side of the wall. It has gone on for the good part of two hours today.
I just don't know what to do and am being driven to despair. I guess it's not really the neighbours' fault, as the noise they make is only chatter, talking and laughing - they haven't played any music or anything like that (yet!), which is something you can actually complain about. They do have very loud voices and tend to shout quite a bit when they talk to each other - but you can't tell someone that their talking is disturbing you, can you?
I am just so upset as DH and I have had a tough year with lots of financial problems, and I really wanted a fresh start and for this to be our dream home. I've poured all my money into this place and now the thin walls are ruining it :(
DH hasn't mentioned the noise, but he must have heard it too. I think I'm scared to broach how I'm feeling to him as he does get fed-up with me and says I'm never happy.
I just wish we'd never left our rental property which was lovely and very quiet. Help!! :(
By the way, switching the lounge and bedroom around is really an impossibility, since the lounge is very large and the bedroom is tiny, with fitted wardrobes already built in. Plus we have no money left in the kitty!
Should also mention the property next door is council-owned, so the neighbours are tenants rather than the owners of the property, if that matters.
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Cottonwool82 · 01/08/2013 16:55
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