To think this is either just not on or plain illegal?

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My mum lives in a council flat with a single bloke living below. He has 'lots of visitors', mainly couples who arrive at all times of the day, not just evenings.

Anyway, a couple of weeks ago I visited her with my DCs. As we sat there drinking tea with DCs playing with a board game, the most horrendous 'sex' noises began to emanate from the downstairs flat.

I looked at my mum in shock and she just shrugged, embarrassed, and said it had been going on for weeks. Apparently, these couples turn up, go into his flat, then have extremely noisy sex. We don't know if he is participating or watching, but we know his wife left him a while back because she caught him watching nasty stuff on the internet.

I cannot believe that this is acceptable behaviour and told my mum to complain to council. She won't do this as she is scared he will know it's her that complained and make life even more uncomfortable for her.

She worries that the grandchildren will hear what is going on when they visit.
Surely this is illegal?

SEVENTY? He's 70?

And he's got people coming in day in day out for shagathons.

Well, obviously I am sorry for your poor old mum but....hell

Talk to the warden.

Sorry thought prostitution was illegal! Sign of my age and the times!

Yes, but is it prostitution?

None of us can possibly know that. And neither can you.

You are just going to have to complain about the noise, or have your elderly mother live out her days listening to the slap slapping of elderly balls against bellies.

Or she can move. Is that an option?

You could approach it in the 'he maybe a vulnerable person way'. If your mum is in accommodation with a warden you could approach the warden yourself and have a word it doesn't have to be just about the noise they might want to know about the people visiting him. I wouldn't want my mum living like this and I do think you need to take it in hand and sort it out for her its no way for her to be living. She may not want to cause a fuss but I think you need to, I certainly would.

Prostitution is illegal for females, its brothel keeping which is the offence for males. So, he may be breaking the law but still want to doff my hat to him...noise abatement notwithstanding.

Prostitution is NOT illegal for females!

And either sex can can be done foR brothel keeping, or rather gaining from the control of prostitutes.

70???
Oh sweet Jesus! 70?!!

What, 70 yo people shouldn't be interested in sex?

How miserable for your mum! I lived in a small apartment complex in Spain when I was first married. Next door were a couple of German blokes who ran a bar in town. EVERY night they would come home, pissed at about 4am, have a huge row and then have very loud, long makeup sex. I had to get up at 7am for work. It really got to me and was so relieved when they moved out!

if the noise is an issue then she can complain to the local council - most councils have direct contact info for the team that deal with this kind of issue on their websites.

otherwise, not much she can do. although i think if she can prove that he is charging then the council/housing association may take an interest about him running a business out of their property...