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Can't take this noise anymore

69 replies

lupo5 · 25/05/2015 03:56

London, zone 2,residential area and the monsters are at it EVERY NIGHT frOm 2am to 7am. Music non-stop,soooo loud.I have a nearly 6mnths old baby and he wakes up non-stop because of sudden blasts of music.I can't sleep -I am actually coming to an end,I am going mad.
It's the permises next door,ground floor.I have spoken to council,confirmed that they don't have liscence for entrtainment or any other s..t. Sorry the language but I am becoming this monster.
Spoken to council but noise team works only until 2am and they only send them warning letter (6mnts ago).
I even called police but they gave me ref number and told me to call council.
Seriusly I cn't stand this so loudevery single night---EVERY NIGHT.
They are all useless bunch of smoking shisha (is that how you spell),chewing khat(sp?) and drinking.All of them are NOT working so they can do shit all night.Please help me what to do...pleaseMy body and mind can only take so much.PLEASE

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lupo5 · 25/05/2015 04:20

Anyone please?

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TarquinMoriartyGruntfuttockII · 25/05/2015 04:27

Keep complaining to the council noise people. Maybe also try Environmental Health.

Your local councillor as well.

Make sure you keep a diary of all the noise.

MrsTattoo · 25/05/2015 04:29

Just keep phoning council - every day if you have to.
Keep a diary of times, dates, length of noise and type of noise as evidence.
Do other neighbours have issues with the noise? If so get them to call and complain too.
The council should be able to send out noise recording equipment if you keep pestering them, which is set up in your home to measure the volume and lets them see whether it is an unacceptable volume to help them deal with the issues.
Have you spoken to the noisy neighbours directly about the issues?

Sorry you are going through this, I have had my fair share of crappy neighbours over the years so feel your frustration! Sad

YoniMitchell · 25/05/2015 04:30

I feel for you. Can you record some of it on your phone or something? Then play it to the council so they can see just how bad it is? Keep complaining.

lupo5 · 25/05/2015 04:32

Thank you for your reply.I am keeping diary,just send the yet againg email to noise team and next step on wed will be councillor as you actually gave me great advice.
It's immposible to live like this,I was actually going to see GP for sleeping tablets but that wont help my baby and 2 school age girls and also music just went even more up.Can't take this anymore just mentaly I can't listen to this

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Suefla62 · 25/05/2015 04:36

Call the police right now and make a noise complaint.

lupo5 · 25/05/2015 04:42

We are in touch with noise team for the past year and a half,they came few times and only once they acctually stopped music when team warned them.Other time woman from noise team told us "I told them to keep it down,they are just gruop that they are enjoying themselves"-BEALIVE IT OR NOT,HER WORDS ,and to make things worse she is from their country.
We have spoken to liscense team and they said they are woring on that and enviroment team also.On a good wed before Easter we were evacuated because fire started in their premises beacuse of smoking,it was terrible experience and local fire department has got everything in their log books.I already spoken to noise team about it and they have it confirmed.
I am just very very tired and I am losing will for life now. Do you know when did I sleep through the night last time -not woken by music-I actually don't remember.

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lupo5 · 25/05/2015 04:44

We called police twice and they gave us ref number and told us to call noise team ,they actually were useless

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Plarail123 · 25/05/2015 04:52

Go down there screaming and shouting every night. In your pajamas. Shame them in the street. That's what I used to do when I had a baby in London. It's dangerous but if they attack you at least the police will come. Just make a nuisance of yourself every night. Give it lots of," if it was your wife and kids", if they are who you say they are, they will all have loads of babies. Or find the local Immam or community leader and tell him. The authorities won't help, you need to do this yourself.

lupo5 · 25/05/2015 04:56

Plarail123 I am dreaming of doing that and I am always very direct but with them I wouldn't dare to do that.
One of the teams when they were coming,they looked very iffy of going in there.It's just no-go zone and a lot of them can't speak english .I am not being disrespectful to anyone (as you can see english is not my first language).
Even my husband doesn't dare to go and he is not a mouse!

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Plarail123 · 25/05/2015 05:38

I hate to say it then but maybe you need to move when you can, or hope they move on to another place soon because there is nothing that can be done. You could try and ring the noise team every night but where I lived they didn't even used to come out. They just told me that is was a 'cultural' issue, yes really!

Binkybix · 25/05/2015 06:41

What borough is it?

parsnipbob · 25/05/2015 06:46

OP keep hassling the council until they do something. If you bother them enough they will act just to get you off their backs.

I live in Islington and we had similar trouble, I just complained and conplained until I was blue in the face and they did something about it.

Royalsighness · 25/05/2015 06:53

I'd just move, if nobody is doing anything about it and you don't want to confront them yourself is it worth the stress?

BeaufortBelle · 25/05/2015 07:00

Call border control anonymously. Seriously, I bet one or two in there will be here without the appropriate permission.

I second involving your local councillors and also your MP.

The cultural issue is utter rubbish. There is a culture of civilised conduct, good neighbourliness, basic decency and respect for others. Anything else, wherever people come from is entirely unacceptable and I would report the people at the council who have dismissed it as "cultural". These people are in this culture and need to respect it. The fact that they don't and are empowered not to do so is why idiocy such as UKIP gained momentum and the overall impact is good for nobody.

Lagoonablue · 25/05/2015 07:00

Speak to your local councillors asap. Horrible situation.

Royalsighness · 25/05/2015 07:04

When it was happening with my neighbours I presented at my local police station at 5am with my newborn baby crying and saying I didn't feel safe in my own home anymore, which I didn't.

Slowly but surely after that everything started to die down

lupo5 · 25/05/2015 10:03

Good morning and thank you for all the advice given.We just woke up and seeing all this response made me feel bit better.They closed just after seven and that's when we went to sleep.my baby is sooo tired ,I am concerned about his well being.
Unfortunately,moving is not an option atm and we live in Brent .NW London.
It's a real nightmare,honestly.Now they are all sleeping and they will gather again around midnight and same story over and over again.
I am proper ranting but I reached my end,I didn't know that it can have such a negative impact on life.
Another neighbour complained as well and they told him that they are working on it.
They really don't have culture or respect.I can't even explain what I think about them because of this experience and from my understanding UK is taking them as a refuges (really????) sorry,i am really upset

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FlabulousChix · 25/05/2015 10:05

Contact your local mp and local newspaper.

insancerre · 25/05/2015 10:07

Have you looked properly into moving?

ilovesooty · 25/05/2015 10:12

Have you been to your local council surgery or emailed your local councillor?

milkwasabadchoice · 25/05/2015 10:19

You need to be a massive nuisance to the council. Call them every morning after a noisy night and read them a log of what happened. Every time. And email them the log every day. You need to be a huge huge pain in their backsides.
Any chance of a note from your gp detailing how the noise is affecting you and your kids' health/mental health? If so, send the note to the council every time you contact them.
Sounds appalling and really distressing.

lupo5 · 25/05/2015 10:20

Tomorrow I will call local councillor and also try to call local MP.I really had enough.
Newspapers would be good idea but I don't know how to aproach them.I really hate the situation I am in.
Last week my DD1 (y7 secondary school) left house at 7-20am and within a minute came back up (live on the 5th floor).One of them was sleeping in the corridor in frot of his "COUNTRY" friend flat ,drunk.
My DH had to go down and tell him to go out or he will call police.
I don't want to drip feed but I could write so many stories,like banging at 1am on that mans door ,shouting in their language through the corridors after midnight,smoking in corridors,exchange of khat (now less i must admit)

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lupo5 · 25/05/2015 10:21

Sorry for bad spelling!

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