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Awful upstairs neighbour

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melissanmarley · 30/04/2019 19:06

Hello everyone,

So, i've been renting my little flat from an housing association for 4 years now, and for 3 of those years i've had an absolutely awful neighbour living in the flat above. I've had everything from loud bassy music day and night, rowdy lads coming and going all night, hammering at 3am (coincidently after i'd reported him), and at one point he was even throwing water out of his window on to people passing by on the street below.
It's taken 3 years of recording everything and reporting it to the housing for them to finally take him to court, this is because they must have given him about 30 final warnings and still he continued, and at court he was basically given a slap on the wrist and told not to do it again.
I believe the housing were granted an undertaking meaning that they could take him back to court if he continued, and guess what, it has! I've since informed the housing that he's STILL continuing to be a nuisance and shown them recordings of the bass noise to prove it but they don't seem bothered at all and i'm worried it's going to take another 3 years of pestering them to do something about it.
Has anyone been in the same situation or have any advice for me?
I live alone and suffer from anxiety and depression and the past 3 years haven't helped at all. I'm at breaking point. I can't move elsewhere as i can only afford council property at the moment and i'm so far up on the waiting list- i've been applying for 3 years and i never hear back. I can't begin to explain how much it's getting me down, having to put up with it day in day out.Sad

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Aridane · 30/04/2019 22:46

Oh goodness, that's awful

Mayalready · 05/05/2019 16:09

Maybe email your local MP. They are willing to get involved in housing issues.

Gingerivy · 05/05/2019 16:22

Have you made a complaint to your housing association about how they have handled this (Stage 1 complaint) ? We're in the process of doing this with ours, as we have to go through it before we can go to the housing ombudsman. Check your housing association's complaint policies.

Also, look at contacting your local councillor. Mine has been very helpful and has brought in our MP as well.

Keep documenting everything.

My sympathies though. We've been dealing with our situation for almost 1.5yrs, and it just sucks the life out of us some days.

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melissanmarley · 23/05/2019 14:13

Thanks everyone for your help and apologies for the delayed reply to you all, i've just had an interview with someone from the housing to put me on a priority list due to health reasons. I have no idea if anything will come of it but if it doesn't i shall definitely be taking your advice and contacting my local MP, as well as making a complaint to my housing association. Fingers crossed something comes from it.

I'm so sorry to hear that you're in the same situaton Gingerivy, it really sucks doesn't it. I hope your situation is resolved also.

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