Neighbour Noise

[User02]

I have been searching for some information on what my rights are but I can't find anything.
Neighbours are over 60. The man shouts and rants a lot. Last night it was after 1 a.m. and started this morning at about 7 a.m. I have spoken to the wife and half jokingly said "it is quiet around here until he starts". Her response was that I don't hear anything from him. I don't know how she can know what my ears hear. Anyway, I gave her an opening but she knocked it back.
I am not prepared to have his voice nagging moaning whining and droning on for hours in my house for hours on end. He is not in my house, this is coming through the walls. I have historical abuse from which I escaped and I am fine now. Listening to this constant noise is upsetting for me. I would help any woman in a bad situation and I gave this woman her chance.
How do I get peace and quiet in my own house for my own sake?

Can you talk to the husband, rather than the wife? It may well be that if the wife had a way of stopping it, she would - she's probably even more sick of it than you are, but short of gagging him, what can she do? It's possible that if you speak to him, he might take it seriously.

Is he shouting AT her op, or just general shouting and ranting at the TV or something?
If he is shouting at her, and she has denied hearing anything, then it definitely suggests some sort of abuse that she is covering up.
Maybe give the non emergency police number a call and ask for advice and raise a concern for her welfare, as well as to complain about noise disturbance.

I am not prepared to have his shouting coming into my house. I don't want reminders of a bad time in my life.
I don't think it is general shouting at the tv. I have noticed that when their DC visit them he does not shout. He must know when to shout and when not to. Probably does not realise that I can hear.

Posted too soon.
I can hear him ranting on and on over my tv and the washing machine so it must be loud in their house

Every time he does it, bang on the wall. Or shout back "shut up you load man". That way he and she know that you can hear everything, and you might be able to stop it in it's tracks. Or switch music in close to the wall every time it happens

I’d send a letter stating that his shouting is being recorded and will be submitted to environmental health as you will not tolerate his anti social behaviour.

Thanks.
I think probably the suggestion that I write saying that the noise is being recorded is best.

I have a suspicion that he is a bit of a bully. Well, I have survived much more than he knows.

A family member came here to sleep after a night shift and when they arrived they knocked on the door, and one of them banged back! I think intervention probably by someone like the Environmental Health will be the better route.

Record the noise, some cctv cameras that you can get from argos are pretty good at this. You can just click record so you get a date and time stamp too. This is invaluable for enviro health, they have a helpline out of hours too, so you can call when the noise is actually happening. It also comes under the remit of antisocial behaviour, they will try to mediate first, so maybe speak to both neighbours, explain you can hear and are
not prepared to put up with it and you will take it further. Are they deaf? That can mean TV loud or raised voices that they wouldn't be aware of and a free hearing test would help identify. Although they might tell you to piss off if you suggested it. Good luck.

I have recorded some of the noise. I thought there was a dog in my kitchen. I don't have a dog. They sometimes have a dog who visits. The barking actually sounds as if it is right in my house.
I have never heard their tv so I presume it can't be on loudly. They are both working. I have not noticed any hearing aids.
I will get a cctv set up. I will check Argos. Thanks for that suggestion.

Talk to the children If you see them.

If you can hear a dog loud enough that you thought that you had a dog in the kitchen maybe it’s simply that the walls are very thin?
What is he shouting?

This has been our house for many years. They have been in their house for a few years too but only half the time we have been here. The noise issue has only been for a year or two.
They have wood or laminate floors downstairs. I have carpets. There should be a solid brick wall between the two houses for fire safety. I am a bit worried that there could be some damage to that wall.

His voice is heard a lot. Her voice sometimes. I dont think I have ever heard their tv.

I have spoken to the owners of the next building which is the same as this snd they deny hearing each other.