to bang on my neighbours wall at 6pm about their music?

[VictorTango]

I know it's not late. But I was so sick of it. It's like mental tortue. The continous duff duff is the soundtrack to my life atm.

Her music isn't loud but it's the bloody base thumping through the walls.

It's a young girl (20ish). She plays it for hours on end, sometimes till 1am. Friday it was till 1am, Sunday it was till 1am. Today it came on mid day, I went out and came back twice and it was still on.

After sitting at the table listening to it throughout the dc dinnertime, I went and knocked to have (another) politE word. She didn't answer. So I dropped a note through. Which had no effect.

I've tried to catch her mother to speak to her but they come and go at weird hours and I never really know who is living there at any one point.

The duff duff duff's always seem louder when upstairs (she plays it in her bedroom) so I asked dd1 to bang on the wall with a book until the duff duff noise stopped. Which is did after about 5 mins of banging.

I feel guilty now. But I honestly couldn't face doing bath/bedtime listening to it upstairs and then having to try and sleep through it again if it's on till 1am.

WIBU?

avon me too!!! dont know how to pm can you pm me too? thanx.

Avon
4 inches of insulation! That really is heavy duty.

Yep, it is .
marjproops will find details and PM you

I could have managed a £1000 but £3000 is just too much.

She's got it on again as we speak.

Shoot me now.

I think a letter from the council might help.

Thanx avon Im sure eveyone will want name of company now!

OP, please do it now, there must be an out-of-hours number you can call or 101 maybe? They might put you to the right people? neighbours obv taking the pee now. is there a neighbour on the other side of her that can complain too?

It's more annoying than anything else, that duff duff duff noise. I get my teeth on edge just when a car goes past house like that so must be torture. Ive had in in past properties so know full well. only in my case it was bloody Adele and one of her songs and Enrique' i could be your hero baby' on a loop!!!!! all the live long day and night.

Hiya VT .
I know someone who works as an EHO for local Gvt . Its one of his jobs to visit peoples houses and assess noise levels. He can enforce a seizure order if neccessary so the girl would loose her speakers.
Its really simple. When its on and at a disturbing level ring the EHO and they should send an officer who will attend your property. If they deem the noise to be a nuisiance then steps can be taken, simple things like a warning letter . Turn it down or we will take your stereo.

I live above a flat with a 16YO. Its mental. TV and stereo on full volume , come in at 10 - 11 pm , crank it up and even worse ,Its mostly Celine flippin Dion
HTH

just had a related ish situation. You can get an injunction against them - contact Citizens Advice or Shelter for info.

Totally sympathise - it's irrelevant what time it happens - what if you're having a nice little snooze when the selfish git next door kicks off? Should be noise wardens like traffic wardens - instant fine :)
Try playing those relaxation tapes of water and pan pipes - it smothers the hideous racket with another hideous racket - but at least its your own hideous racket :)

Thanks Avon, we're West Mids so a bit far for us but I'll look into local specialists, good to know it really worked.

Victor definitely call the council, just feeling like you're doing something about it can make you feel better, it's horrible feeling helpless and waiting for it to start up again.

VictorTango I so feel your pain . I'd second contacting the council. It is just awful.
I quite like that Enrique song makes DH go all romantic, but hearing that on a loop would make me go Robocop!
Honestly what is wrong with people - a bit of consideration for your neighbours isn't much to ask!

YANBU, it's really intrusive. I would definitely look at soundproofing if you can afford it. I haven't had it done, but a friend of mine did (she was in a flat) and it make a huge difference. We had a double upper conversion is a house we loved and our lives were made intolerable by the people downstairs. Unusually they were elderly, but the husband was deaf and shouted all the time and had the TV on very loud. It was a nightmare.

Unfortunately, I do think that the majority of people are very selfish. The best you can do imo is to soundproof or move.

We had a similar problem but I didn't want to complain to the council because (where I am anyway), you have to disclose this information if you sell your house.

I put a note through asking if the speakers were against an adjoining wall, if they were, could they move them to the opposite wall and lift them off the floor. This helped allot with the base and made it fine during the day.

But at night it was still very annoying. So eventually I bought a pair of digital cordless headphones and sent them with a note begging neighbour to consider the fact he was waking up my kids. It's worked when he's home alone but it's still on when he's got friends round, only once a week.

Hello there, I live in a semi detached house which was built in 1935 with solid walls. The sound proofing is terrible with next door. My neighbor moved out recently and decided to rent out the property to somebody else. I’m fed up with their inconsiderate behavior with loud music, raising their voices, allowing their child to run around screaming, stomping on the wooden floorboards which I can hear next door. Banging on the wall whenever I make normal, everyday noises like, opening my wardrobe for example. Why should I move when I own my home. If you can pass on those details of someone who can sound proof my home, I’d appreciate it. Thank you.

Yanbu.

The council can help. It's not a quick process so start the ball rolling now. The first step will be a letter from the council to them.