Neighbour troubles

[shanks313]

Hi,

My upstairs neighbour has his music loud and also has a very large tv and plays computer games on it.Its so loud that I can hear everything like its in my living room and always gunshots/explosions.
We are social housing but hes private.
I know that another neighbour asked him to turn his music down last year and she was threatened by him and I dont really need that with 2 young children.
I dont know hat I can do to make things better here.

Really sorry to hear that Shanks, it sounds dreadful.

Have you contacted the council/housing association for advice? At least let them know there is a problem, they may write to the private landlord on your behalf, or if you know who it is you could write. Causing a nuisance like that may be against the terms of his lease or tenancy agreement.

Councils sometimes have mediation schemes so you could try, but next time it happens then ring your council noise patrol or whatever they have. It caries from area to area but ours come out all hours. They will not disclose to the neighbour who has complained about him. They can take enforcement action (seizing equipment, eviction in the worst cases).

Maybe club together with the person he threatened to try and get something done. It is awful-we had this from next-doors son who thankfully got into Uni so has left home.
You have to keep plugging away until someone does something.