I need advice - noisy neighbours ruining our lives

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Just don’t know what do. They bought the house 6 months ago and actually warned us how noisy they’d be. We went to say hi and the woman said we’d hate them as neighbours because “we are so noisy, the kids and the dog and my husband loves loud music”.

Its the woman that makes the most noise. Constant screaming, whether at her kids or down the phone. She’s on the phone ALL day. She clean ALL day with what sounds like a mop, smashing the walls & skirting boards. The whole family get up at 5 am everyday, the 3 kids to chase the yapping dog round the house and her to start cleaning.

They slam doors all day so our house vibrates. They never leave the house. The kid leave it to go to school and that’s it. Even at weekends they sit in the house making noise. We never get a break from them.

Its making me and my DH ill, right now I’m trying to enjoy my day off and she’s smDhing the house up with her mop whilst simultaneously screaming down the phone.

We can’t afford to move. I was worried about reporting to council etc for when we can sell but now I don’t know if I care enough to worry about that as this family is relentless and I just want them to stop.

I spoke to her a few months ago and it did quieten down a bit but now it’s all back to normal. Living in a terrace is horrendous ☹️

It’s been a few months and everything’s still quiet! barmy you are right to say it’s a lesson in empathy. When we started fighting back, replicating the noise my neighbours were making, they didn’t like it one bit. I was sick of being a quiet little mouse while my neighbours literally smashed their house up making our lives miserable.

Im just amazed my neighbours are now so much quieter. Just shows that they can act considerately but until they were forced too, they would just have carried on.

Glad it worked for you OP. We have horribly entitled neighbours who make noise by banging doors, putting bins out at all hours just being inconsiderate horrors basically. I wish we could move but house prices and mortgage rates are just unaffordable at the min and so it looks like we are stuck with it for now.

Glad to read it worked out in the end. I've done so before, it didn't work 😅

Well done, OP!

We've had some similarly awful neighbours (same thing with the noisy woman on the phone, it felt constant during the day). They were renters though and have gone as the house is being sold. Nice as pie to the neighbours outside but we often heard her shouting at the children to shut the 'f' up indoors.

I still feel jumpy and on edge sometimes, forgetting they have gone. Such relief. I don't believe in karma but I don't wish them well and hope they get all they deserve.

This. Things like the loud music are their fault. But a lot of things you describe, like them cleaning, are just normal noise. The problem is the terrible sound insulation made worse by them installing laminate flooring.

Our sound insulation is shit. I could hear our previous neighbour snoring. You can hear them laughing, talking normally when friends are around. I really hope they don’t move out as it is just good luck they are quiet neighbours for us with that terrible insulation.