About where students should live?

[Hassled]

Next door has become a student let.

On the one hand: They're someone's DCs, they're probably lovely kids who have worked hard to get to Uni and are having to suffer a whole load of debt for the priviledge. I was a student once and I was definitely thoughtless and probably loud. This is their first experience of living as adults and they're still very young and so of course they're not going to realise what social norms are and how to live considerately.

On the other hand I fucking hate them and the relentless, selfish level of twatting noise. Every night is party night - then they eventually go out only to return in the early hours waking us all up. It is insane and I am thinking evil thoughts about them. They need to grow the fuck up fast and I need some sleep. Yes, we have tried talking to them about it - made no difference and I don't think term's even started yet.

So my solution is that (undergraduate, not mature) students are not allowed to live in residential areas at all. If the Uni can't accommodate them on a campus, they need to be corralled into some Soviet-style block in a industrial estate far far away from anyone else. They should not be released into society until they've passed some threshold (I don't know what that is yet). Seem reasonable to you?

If it's Fresher's week, it'll probably calm down in a couple of weeks as they get on with studying. If it doesn't stop, could you not have a word with the University?

Otherwise, perhaps waking them every morning (I'm talking about 7.30am) to complain about the previous night's noise might disrupt their sleep similarly.

It's tough having your sleep disrupted by any neighbours, not just students. Whether it's barking dogs, crying babies, partying teens, arguing adults - where properties are close enough that you can hear what's going on in adjacent homes, unfortunately that's what happens.

I know, I know - I keep telling myself this is just life and I need to get a grip. But then again, why should I have to?

This lot aren't Freshers though - second years. Would they still join in the Freshers' partying - is that what happens?

Most universities have re-freshers parties, where 2nd and 3rd years party like freshers.

One of my dts is just starting uni. YaNbu corral them up for the good of all. I can't believe she will be on the loose 200 miles from home. She plays music all the time, she doesn't ever know the time - 10pm 1pm - it's all the same. God help her, God help her neighbours.

Yeah, Freshers week is busy for everyone - it's the first week back! That being said, it's not an excuse for them to be shitty, selfish neighbours. Give them a couple of weeks to settle down - once lectures have started, things will calm down a bit, but if not, contact the university or the landlord.

Yes, students will party a lot and have gatherings, but they need to be understanding of their neighbours and neighbourhood.

You should complain to the landlord, council and university.

There are laws to say that loud music isn't permitted in residential areas during certain times (11pm-7am I think). Look up "environmental health" on your local council website.

Keep a log of when you're disturbed and when you've spoken to them, so you can provide detail when you report it.

Chances are they'll be skint soon and the parties etc will stop.

do you live near a university?

I agree, it's horrible and antisocial. DH and I considered buying a house to let to students as the returns are higher than normal letting, but I would hate to inflict a gang of students on anyone.

Ugh, how irritating. I'd call round and speak to them. Repeatedly.

I had this issue and they weren't even students just arseholes and I survived on 2 hours sleep for a while. They were total chavs and she was always screeching. Do you know who letting agent is I combined to them and told them unless they sorted it I was going straight to landlord as I had her number (true she was a great neighbour) that moved the agent.

Thanks all - yes, we live relatively close to a University but not that close. It's a small city, though - nowhere's too far away. If things don't improve I think we'll speak to the Uni accommodation officer - we've gleaned enough of their names through the shouting and obviously have the address, and I gather from the website that the Uni takes this sort of thing quite seriously. No danger of them running out of cash as they all seem to have quite new small cars - very shiny Minis and Fiats. I don't think I knew anyone with a car in my student days.

Yes - I think it's pretty reasonable to corale them all up in a student area, if they wish to live like stereotypical students. Fine to let out other accommodation if they want to get away from the noise and are willing to respect neighbours (and I speak as the mother of a student).

Seems like you've tried to speak to them, tried to ask nicely, so, yes, I'd speak to the University accomm. officer and/or the landlord or letting agency next.
In the meantime of course, if your party wall rooms need vacuuming at 7 in the morning.........

It should be compulsory halls for all undergrads. Much more sensible and it would totally fuck off the buy-to-let-to-students wankers in my city.

YANBU. If it keeps up complain to the university.

You are unlucky as not all students are noisy. My DD1 was in the same student flat for 3 years. They rarely had parties, preferring tea and cake to loads of alcohol and when the people upstairs had a baby they came down to apologise to the students for the noise of the baby crying! Let the uni know. They take a dim view of students annoying the town people.

Speak to the University - in my town they are taking it quite seriously and have started with a campaign about being good neighbours and securing their belongings.

The thing is you don't notice the quiet studious students.

I live in a block where lots of the tenants are students, and I'm quite happy to tell them to shut up any time but Freshers Week, or report to management if they get shitty. It's no more acceptable to me as an undergrad than it would be if I worked full time or had young'uns. Speak to the landlord / uni, by all means. Compulsory halls is a terrible idea, but compulsory living-in-a-designated-area for students who couldn't even behave in halls when they had student wardens to check up on them wouldn't go amiss.