Noisy neighbours

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ok, we live in a terraced house and one next door neighbour with 3 girls is really making life miserable. They are always fighting-the husband with the wife or the parents with the children. Not a night goes by when the sound of wailing and screaming banshees wake us up. The kids are around 5,7 and 8 but bedtime seems to be around midnight, even on school nights...

To top it all off, they are redecorating so are hammering away to up to 11pm at night. DS (17 months) is currently suffering with tonsillitis, and it's difficult getting any rest with the noise. I've spoken to them twice about this, both times starting the conversation off by apologising if DS was disturbing them with his crying (he had a fever), and explaining how the Walls were thin. I also explicitly asked them if they wouldn't mind stopping the hammering at about 9-10pm so we could get some rest-the workmen carried on till well after midnight!!

Am I being unreasonable? Should I just suck it up for the sake of neighbourly relations? I think they're really selfish, but is it just me?

Btw, as I'm typing, the husband and wife are having a slanging match at the front door...

Noisy bastards.

Surely not being u????

Some people don't realise how much noise they make, some don't give a shit. Are you able to soundproof?

yanbu, they are being very rude and inconsiderate. Do they rent or own? If they rent you could complain to their landlord. If they own it will be more difficult.

Is there an inexpensive way of doing that? It's just DS (with a temp of 39!) that they keep waking cos his nursery is adjacent to their (I think) living room..

I understand some people don't realise their sound levels, but after speaking to them twice? Dh says we should just put up with it but I feel so pissed...

bobble, they own unfortunately. Would the council help (private housing btw)

tell them to shut up or youll phone the police, they are not particularly nice anyway so would you be so worried if they never spoke to you again?

You could call the police whenever they fight, the threat of ss might force them to keep it down a bit.

As for hammering at 11, you could ask the council about that, I think that comes under environmental health?

omfg, believe me I've wanted to. Dh keeps talking me out of it though saying we're probably just as loud (the wife said they can never hear us-probably too busy screaming at the kids or vice versa). I've just always had lovely neighbours so feels odd to be at conflict with these ones. I still try to be civil by taking in packages if they're at work hoping it would appease them but they just act so selfishly..