Neighbour's Renovations, DEAFENING NOISE all day every day

[Venetia70]

Hi everyone. Writing this at my wit's end. I live in a terraced house (1930s build so leaf-thin walls) and the neighbours have decided to do renovations. Cue = peace in our house is a thing of the past. The drilling starts at 7 in the morning and continues until 6. Earplugs don't begin to help, POTS and glasses have fallen from our fireplace and smashed because of the magnitude of the vibrations. I'm working freelance so during the day I'm in and writing to a deadline and now I'm being turfed out of my house. Think if they're chasing me out of my own home and into coffee shops they should at least pay for my coffee! Spending £7+ a day on coffee, sandwiches. There was NO warning, NO apology, when I wrote I got merely a few hollow PR-speak 'I'm sorry you're bothered by it's. AIBU in expecting at least some genuine apology? When I had a (tame) drinks party I went round with a bottle of wine and apologized in advance for any disruption, and stopped the music at 10. So much for neighbourly courtesy. Harrumph harrumph.

Is there anything I can do, council-wise? This is set to go on over Christmas hols (when DCs will be in and running amok) and well into Feb. They are gutting the whole place and adding a new staircase. So strained. DD not sleeping well so I'm up most of the nights and can't even catch a few winks during the days.

Anyone had any similar experiences? Want to share the pain or at least hear of others' coping suggestions ...........

look at your council website regarding diy hours.
mon-fri is supposed to be 8am-6pm
Saturday 11-2 or something
Not at all sundays.
and if thy areworking on attatched wall they have to let youknow.

go and hv a friendly but firm word and if they dont comply then contact your noise council people.

goodluck

my place is 1930s too and we can hear the neigjbours in the loo!!!

and weve had all this too, its a bloody nightmare, im a sah mum and carer and weve been driven out of house.

if yu own your house id suggest soundproofing too.

I think it's terrible you've had no warning.

It is during normal hours though (maybe 7 is too early actually)

Can you decamp upstairs? Use earplugs, play white noise or music? Go to the library, they're very quiet during the day - and you don't have to fork out for coffee

Get any building work you're planning done now?

It is shit but that is terraced houses for you.
I could hear my neighbours farting in bed.

Just hang on to the fact that it won't last forever.

what about the

neighbours on the other side of them? have they complained? maybe you could go together to this house?

Hello get onto your council tomorrow, it will probably be some crappy call center, you need to tell them you have had damage due to work on party wall.

any major work to party wall they should tell you exactly so you can move things, which you should now be able to bill your neighbours for.

they are allowed to work between certain hours, but if its causing you massive problems then you can make them come to an agrement with you over working hours. As they have to get work done, you still have the right to live in peace.

( we were told this when we complained of party work, also when we wnated work done by a reputable company they asked that we request permission from next door first. ?

The Council's environmental health people ought to have decibel meters, which would mean objective and quantifiable record of noise levels and how sustained the battering is!

I really like yonisareforever's approach of raising the damages, too! How shit for you, especially trying to work!

7 is way too early. See if you can get them to agree to a later start.
Other than that you're just going to have to suck it up I'm afraid. they have a right to improve their home. They could have been more neighbourly about it though.

Check your local council website. Think our rules is 8:30-8:30. My NDN recently had everything redone and the noise got relentless. I know they can't help it but should have the courtesy to stick to reasonable hours and give you a break sometimes. My house was built in the 30s too so I'm with you on the paper thin walls! But then I used to live in a GF flat where I would hear the upstairs neighbour go for a wee so kind of used to it now.

My thank God former neighbours started drilling in our shared drive with no warning whatsoever one morning in riser to erect a partition wall. The builders were that we had not been informed. Fuckers.