I think my new neighbours are going to be a nightmare :(

[BloodyGoodRep]

I think I have new neighbours. I’m out the house most of the week so haven’t seen anyone moving in/out but didn’t know my old neighbours that well and recently noticed her car hasn’t been outside but instead a work van and a different car. Also heard a mans voice a few times laughing and talking late at night (but haven’t heard her voice).

Anyway I’d say it’s been about 6 weeks since I last saw her so assumed she has moved in them weeks. 2 weeks ago music started blaring from the house next door (we’re semi detached so share a wall). It wasn’t really late but about 8.30/9. The walls were literally vibrating with noise. I have a DS and both our bedroom walls join on to next door so he struggled to sleep. I went on for about 45 minutes/hour and stopped around 10. I was a bit pissed off but if they’d only just moved in didn’t want start on a bad note.

Anyway so the next night I got in bed about 11.30pm, just started to drift off and they started DRILLING INTO THE WALL. At almost midnight. DS instantly woke up crying. I shouted ‘are you actually kidding me’ when they stopped drilling for 5 seconds and to be fair they didn’t start back
Up. Since then there’s been doors banging and all different times of the day and night, slamming shut so hard the house is shaking. This is a 1930’s ex council house with solid walls so not a new build that’s paper thin. They keep playing music so loud. I’ve knocked once but they either didn’t hear me or ignored me. I’ve just gotten home from a 14 hour shift and they’re having a bbq (absolutely no issue with this, it’s a lovely day and they have a nice garden) but again they’ve got music absolutely blasting and there’s about 10
People screeching at the top of their lungs. I’m
In the room the farthest side of the house and it’s like they’re in the room with me.

We live on a relatively busy street opposite a row of shops so it’s not like i expect it to be silent but in the 6 years I’ve been here we’ve never had anything like this and it’s actually making me anxious for the summer.

I know there’s nothing I can realistically I can do. As I say I’m out a lot (work/my boyfriends when DS is with his dad) but DS is a bad sleeper and I’m a student nurse juggling 13 hour placement days/nights with working on the bank + uni and I just won’t be able to cope with excessive noise! It feels like every time I’m at home I’m listening to them make noise.

Like I say nothing I can do so just moaning 🤣

Report to your local authority. Noise pollution is taken seriously regardless of the time of day if it impacts on your quality of life. Please do speak to them, but if you prefer not to, you can go direct to your local authority noise pollution team.

Report them, they are being very selfish!!!

Drilling into walls at midnight is completely nuts! Absolutely report them for being this loud. I imagine they are annoying other neighbours if they're as loud as you're saying too. I'm pretty sure once you report them you can measure how loud the noise is and log the decibels.

www.gov.uk/report-noise-pollution-to-council

Drilling at mid night - not ok.

Having music at 9pm ok a Saturday not so bad.

Thanks for the responses, I’ll have a look at the link and call the council Monday. I’m honestly not a moaner but I feel like this is something I need to
Kind of nip in the bud if possible

It’s not music I mind, my other neighbour sometimes plays it and I’ve had it on in the afternoon before but music that makes the walls vibrate on top of literal screaming is just another level whatever the time

From experience, the council won't do anything. They may tell them that there has been a noise complaint but they don't do much after that. Sorry, it's really really shit. I'd try and speak to them again to be honest. It's probably the only way that anything will change.

I have the worst neighbours- everything youve described and 100x worse.

Its quiter now (alot of agencies involved)
My advice, your local council will have an EHO department contact them. You might be given ' noise app' which you can record noise, detail it, sends direct to your council.
Record everything!!! Write it down and record on your phone.

If they go past 11 pm or before 7am call 101

Yeah I think I’ll try and catch them, I just haven’t seen anyone. I couldn’t see them out my window either in the back garden unless I pushed my head all the way out so would have just looked like a weirdo 🤣.

I’m planning on moving in with my boyfriend next year once I’m qualified and DS is starting a new school year but might have to speed it up if things get worse. I feel bad for the other neighbours, there’s an elderly couple next door but one and we both our houses back on to a row of bungalows!

You say ex council, so do you own it? Remember that unresolved neighbour disputes need to be declared when you sell. If you are planning to move anyway I would probably not report especially as you are often not there.

Unfortunately your council may not do anything. Ours here are rubbish and only send an advisory note. As if that would stop the noise!

I would go around and tell them straight. You are working long hours, in a very important job during a global pandemic. Would they like to be treated by a nurse so exhausted she might make mistakes? Tell them it stops now. They may not listen.

I'm so so sick of these selfish, entitled people