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AIBU?

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To send leaflets to neighbours

25 replies

Avalicious1980 · 23/07/2017 11:50

Hello long time lurker here. Please be kind! Basically I'm after some advice. I live in a house next to a very noisy business. We bought the house knowing it was there but it had become busier and noisier as the years have passed.

We are now working with the Environments Agency (who are great !) to take action WRT noise pollution. AIBU or illegal if I send homemade information leaflets to my neighbours with information about the numbers they need to ring if they are disturbed by the noise from the business?

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

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HipsterHunter · 23/07/2017 11:53

Nope nothing wrong with you that.

HipsterHunter · 23/07/2017 11:53

With doing that

Smellbellina · 23/07/2017 11:54

Sounds sensible. If you are unsure ask the EA you're working with.

Londonyardwork · 23/07/2017 11:55

Reminds me of the people who buy a house at the end of a runway at an RAF base. Then complain when jets take off...

NotYoda · 23/07/2017 11:56

No. Even better if you could talk to them and gain some idea of whether they are bothered by it. Collective action is best

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Avalicious1980 · 23/07/2017 11:58

Thanks for the advice. I've already spoken to neighbours and they are on board. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't doing anything illegal.

Read the post again @LondonYardWork - there's a good girl.

OP posts:

WorraLiberty · 23/07/2017 11:59

Why not knock and speak with them?

Smellbellina · 23/07/2017 11:59

In a blind sleep deprived rage I once searched for a number for the army base after a jet went over my house really low when I had just got the baby to sleep.
Luckily I came to my senses (and cried) before I made that call.

Ginorchoc · 23/07/2017 12:02

Bit out of order to London! You bought a house next to a business at the risk it may expand or adapt to its needs.

nancy75 · 23/07/2017 12:06

Could you give some idea of what the business next door is? It's difficult to say if yabu without a little more info. From the op I would say you are being unfair in the business owner

NotYoda · 23/07/2017 12:16

The EA is listening to her, so it sounds like she has a case

ElizabethShaw · 23/07/2017 12:18

You're not one of those twats who buys a house next to a pub and then campaigns to close it down are you?

faithinthesound · 23/07/2017 12:23

As long as you respect any "no circular" signs.

I don't think it's unreasonable to be annoyed with a big increase in noise though. Presumably you were aware that there would be some noise and made your house purchase with that in mind, and your issue is not, then, with the noise, but with the noise INCREASE?

Rudi44 · 23/07/2017 12:45

If you read the OP post they state the business has become busier over the years so whatever they live next to, be it pub, runway whatever, is not what they thought they were buying into. Some people live next to a quiet country lane but they sure would have something to say about it if turned into the M4.
Definitely get your neighbours onboard, if it's bugging you it's probably getting on the nerves of others too

Rudi44 · 23/07/2017 12:46

sorry faith, my post wasn't directed at you. I assumed too that it's the increase in noise that's the problem.

Bluntness100 · 23/07/2017 12:50

I also think you need to give more context in terms of the business. What does noisier and busier really mean?

There is a business on a residential street on th route to my daughters school, started off tiny, literally a a bungalow with a little sign advertising builders materials, now it's beyond enormous, with lorries in and out all day, materials everywhere.. Bungalows either side in a lovely, very expensive residential area. I'm not sure how it's allowed and must be awful for the neighbours, the property prices will have dropped hugely.

However if it's something like a hairdressers or a corner shop, then I'm not sure if you're being unreasonable or not. So further detail required.

MyheartbelongstoG · 23/07/2017 12:55

There's a good girl!

Not nice op.

AgathaRaisonDetra · 23/07/2017 12:58

Ah, I see the Fun Police are out today.

Clg199 · 23/07/2017 13:07

I used to work for the EA. it's much easier for them if they have a true picture of the level of impact in cases like this, I never had any problem with people telling their neighbours the contact details as it helps weed out the true issues from the single person claiming they work on behalf of the entire neighbourhood when they are actually the only one that cares.

Good luck - noise issues are norotiously hard to sort out. I hope you and her business manage to come to a compromise situation that works for you both.

YellowLawn · 23/07/2017 13:14

yes do it.
if you have a neighbourhood watch team they can also help.

Justafrickingminute · 23/07/2017 13:20

Just a tip:
Lawyers give legal advice; Mumsnet is an informal internet forum used by strangers

YetAnotherSpartacus · 23/07/2017 13:20

OP - I feel for you. I once lived by a backyard furniture restorer. That was fine until he started to get more work and the sander was going full blast whirring and grinding and then he built a shed with a chimney which pumped varnish fumes toward my little balcony. It was hell.

Flossyfloof · 23/07/2017 13:33

Why would you ask people to be kind but then be quite rude?

DailyMailReadersAreThick · 23/07/2017 14:06

Read up on leafletting laws, OP, there's a good girl.

lmer · 23/07/2017 14:17

I think you may be looking for the likes of CAB that can actually give you sound legal advice

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