My neighbours Sunday activities!

[shittestusernameever]

So, great news! My delightful neighbour started working on his cars at 6am this morning. Fantastic.

Last Sunday it was 5am! Then it's a day of revving engines and moving all 3 of his cars back and forward.

I have been up most of night with a poorly baby so not in the best of moods, I've finally got her to sleep and this tit starts revving an old Capri engine at 6am! Why? Why does he do it?

He's in his early 60s and this is every single Sunday without fail, he takes over the cul-de-sac with his cars. He had 4 himself and his wife has her own. She is lovely but he's not exactly very approachable and has been known to get shouty.

How is your Sunday going?

@shittestusernameever

how did reporting the Capri Tit go??

if you want a hand with your new patio, give me a shout!

Speak to your local council. There are often by laws on noise, times you can start machinery and so on. Also there might be something about repairing cars in a road. You can get names of your local councillors online and sometimes an individual can be helpful.

I'd be sorry for the tree. 😂

This. He's an entitled arsehole.

Are you and Capri Twat with the same housing association? If so check their rules about noise and anti-social behaviour, keep a journal of all his activities and keep reporting him. If you can do it online instead of having to call the HA, all the better - log a complaint every single time it happens and ask your neighbours to do the same.

He might not give a shit about his neighbours but if he’s in breach of his tenancy agreement then the HA can’t just keep ignoring it. I know they can be a nightmare to deal with (mine accidentally housed me in a flat that had been flagged not to be let to a single woman because the guy downstairs was a psychotic convicted rapist who tried to break down my door with a hammer about a month after I moved in….) but they can’t ignore you if you keep bombarding them with complaints. Good luck and I hope you can enjoy time with your new baby without this idiot spoiling it xxx

I think she wouldn’t be the only shouty person in the street if I lived there! I would absolutely be opening my window and giving out an extremely loud ( because let’s face it the rest of the street are all awake and listening) bollocking about being an insensitive prick at that time on a Sunday morning!

He sounds like the typical local bully/ show off.
make some recordings of his noise, report him to the council for noise pollution

My neighbour in his sixties also has interesting Sunday activities.

every Sunday evening around 8pm a lady in her 30s arrives, stays 2-3 hours and then leaves.

Their farewells sound very business like/ transactional.

Very grim.

If that were my cat, I’d be getting my own back and poking her awake! 🤣

@SummerSplashing my housing officer was brilliant and said she will send a letter out, she also wants me to keep a diary

Sending solidarity. It's 3:55 am now, exhausted but struggling to get back to sleep after the loud motorbike maniac, also 60s or above, who revvs motorbike engine 8x a day, does so at 2:20 AM waking the babies and I up. Feeling exhausted from sleep deprivation and have filled in noise complaint form to the council multiple times, they've been asking me to keep a noise diary and record his engine revving noise. Thank fully yesterday they emailed back to say that they will write to the tenant. However, still woken 2:20 AM by him again this morning, as he won't have recieved their letter yet. I'm really hoping that he listens to them though and doesnt ignore it 😅

Do you local council also have a noise conplaint form?

xx

What a selfish man!

OP has spoken to him about, as have her neighbours, and suggesting to OP to make noise during the night is a stupid idea, it won't just be dickhead she'd be disturbing

different councils have different rules which is why i may not be a mistake, depending where he lives.

Oh. That's really bad, my borough council gives a load of advice and doesn't redirect you to the government page. and even says
"
Being a reasonable neighbour
Everyone has the right to reasonable enjoyment of their own space, and we are likely to assess you as being unreasonable if:

• you play music too loudly for too long
• you play music with your doors and windows open
• you carry out DIY like hammering, drilling or car repairs over a long period or early and late in the day
• you allow your dog to bark or howl excessively
• your children play too loudly or are antisocial
• your house or car alarm is left sounding
• you have loud parties after 11pm or frequently
• you use raised voices (in the street or with windows and doors open or in the garden) which disturb others

"

and "
The dos and don'ts guide to noise
Do be co-operative if asked by a neighbour to reduce noise
Do keep the hi-fi level down (particularly the bass). If you must turn it up, use headphones
Do avoid putting speakers on party walls (or on the floor in flats). Place them on mats or cupboards
Do realise that your pleasure should not lead to your neighbour's distress
Do remember that noise and vibration transmits easily through walls and floors
Do be aware in a flat or maisonette that your floor may be someone else's ceiling. Carpets and heavy curtains should help to absorb sound
Do ensure another keyholder can be called to deal with house or car alarms
Do carry out noisy DIY work during the day. Complete work as quickly as possible and let your neighbours know when you will finish
Do tell your neighbours if you are having a party and tell them when it will finish
Don't carry out noisy DIY work after 8pm or before 8am on weekends, and if possible never on Sundays. Remember that drilling and hammering are particularly disturbing
Don't play music at a level that annoys your neighbours in their own space. Keep the bass level down
Don't take a radio or hi-fi speakers outside - use headphones
Don't have late, loud parties
Don't use domestic appliances late at night (such as vacuum cleaners or washing machines)
Don't leave dogs alone for long periods of time and try to minimise their barking
Don't allow children to play loudly. If you live in a flat, don't allow children to jump about on the floor in a way that disturbs the neighbours below
Don't sound horns, slam car doors or rev engines late at night
Don't slam doors at any time, including kitchen cupboards
Don't forget your neighbours have a right to peace and quiet as much as you do!
"

When you see your neighbour next just say "Oh I saw your lady friend the other day. She is very chatty isn't she? "

I've had a look at my tenancy agreement which I'm positive we all have the same one. In it it does state that we are not allowed to do any car repairs other than say changing oil.

So I've called my housing officer again and I'm waiting for her to get back to me.

I've had a really good nights sleep though, I believe he has gone away for a few night so my other neighbour told me.

He does always say hello, and I have never had any issues with him other than his obsession with his cars

He gave me a lie in today. 7am he started.

Bank holiday Monday.

Wow - generous!

What an arsehole!

I would sabotage his car and stick something like a potato up the exhaust pipe.

Interested to know if that means it's the people at the end of the road who get all his harley noise now, instead of you 😂

What time does he actually sleep? That’s when I’d be making the most noise.