One of my elderly neighbours passed away a year ago. Since then, the house has been bought by a developer (who seemingly has no consideration at all for existing neighbours.) We live in a terraced house.
He has completely ripped everything out of the house -windows, doors, fireplaces, walls etc and has made the maximum amount of noise and mess possible. For months now we've had about 5 workmen in the garden (which our kitchen overlooks) shouting, throwing heavy objects, starting huge fires in the garden which are right next to our wall. They are there most days. The fires are the worst because they have been burning everything they've ripped out which causes thick black smoke and ruins any washing you have hanging out. Another neighbour complained once and these workmen just swore at him and gave him abuse.
There is currently a massive pile of bricks and rubble stacked against our front room wall. Late at night, I hear people from the street unloading their bricks on to it because you can see it from outside. They won't hire a skip or dispose of it normally because they seem to be doing this on the cheap. It's a real eyesore and I feel like I'm overlooking a building site. I also worry about my cat as she likes to go into that garden which is full of sharp bricks and glass.
Today I've been woken up at 7.50am by windows being smashed out and now there is a constant drilling vibrating through my house where they are bulldozing part of the wall. I am supposed to be working from home today but I can't concentrate. There is nowhere in the house where you can't hear this loud banging and drilling.
I understand that there will be some noise when developing a property but this neighbour is taking the piss now and I'm sick of it. I can rarely have a lie in on my days off or work from home or sit in the garden because of the noise. There is no telling when it will be over either as it's been like this for months.