...To think these PFBers are in for a rude awakening?

[LuvSmallDogs]

Friends of ours are arranging with their LL to break their lease early. Why? Because their downstairs NDNs have recently started complaining about noise they can’t help.

Our friends have no kids, a cat, jobs that have them both gone most of the day, and are often out in the evenings (not as in getting pissed, just hanging out or going on dates).

But their NDNs have been nagging them for noise from walking up and down the metal stairs to their flat (external entrance only) and walking into their kitchen after 2200. Because they have a baaaayby on the way!

The kicker is that their LL was happy for them to look for elsewhere, as despite them being good tenants he’d been thinking of bumping up the rent - uh, getting a family in.

DH and I think this is hilarious, as a family has far more noise potential than two CF adults and a cat!

Is it a very large cat?

Normal sized cat, quiet and middle aged.

They’re in for a very rude awakening! Better the devil you know and all that.

Perhaps the cat is only pretending to be quiet. When they're out he/she runs an illegal catnip and dreamie bar and it can get a bit raucous.

mmm...but their baby will have a routine after the first week, will never cry and have nappies that smell of roses

Catnip and dreamie bar 😂

Has your friend never seen Secret Life of Pets? We all know what those cats get up to in the middle of the day.

CF neighbor should be sweet talking them.

paintinmyhairAGAIN, ah yes, DS1 was going to be like that...

Weirdly enough DS2 WAS like that, must have been the neighbour’s midnight-onwards Russian Techno lulling him to sleep.

To be fair the ndn aren't likely to notice the noise anymore once their little baby is screaming all night...

You sound just as unpleasant as the neighbours, to be fair!

Do your friends have Worcester Bosch heating?

Would love to hear the other side of this one!

Metal stairs can be very noisy but surely the solution was just to have rubber treads fitted? I think the rest of it would have paled into insignificance if the stair noise was dealt with. LL should pay obvs. They'll still have the same problem with whoever's next.
Bonkers.

GrandmaOHara, why? Because I laughed at the idea of what a family with kids could do to make much more noise in a first floor flat compared to a courteous couple with only a cat? I’ve lived in poorly soundproofed rentals with small children, and have always had a live and let live attitude - maybe they could be a bit less stompy, but there’s no way they don’t hear kiddo at 2am so I’ll let it go.

Perhaps the cat is only pretending to be quiet. When they're out he/she runs an illegal catnip and dreamie bar and it can get a bit raucous.

I'd cancel her tap dancing lessons too.

Reminds me of my downstairs neighbour complaining of the noise we made when we moved our stuff in to our flat. If someone is moving furniture into a house then you expect a bit of noise. I can’t magically float in couches, washing machines and wardrobes.

We did also live in a flat where the upstairs neighbour came down to complain about the noise. We couldn’t figure out what it was she could hear but apparently it was driving her mad as it was constant. Invited her into gear for herself we had nothing really noisy and to see if she could locate the sound - turns out it was the fridge, just the normal noise a fridge freezer makes when it’s running. Told her where to go when she asked us to switch it off. (She was on drugs a lot so I think she had hyper sensitive hearing because of that).

I think that couple will be in for a shock when a family moves in above them!

Well, personally I can’t inagine being so over invested in my friend’s life that I thought about it as much as you clearly have, but whatever. It was the sneering “baaaaayby” and other language that made you sound horrid. Sure, the neighbours sound selfish and clueless (although it could also be due to terrible sound proofing, perhaps they can hear more than your friends realise and are therefore worrying, which would be nobody’s fault except the builder), but it’s their first child. We were all clueless once!

Ahhh give them a break. I remember being 35 weeks pregnant and crying inconsolably because my neighbours were smoking weed and I could smell it. 2 years later I just shut the window

Well aren't you just lovely.

My neighbour made me come into her kitchen to hear a noise that she insisted was from our house. It turned out to be her own PFB's toy playing a tune.

I reckon your friends have had a lucky escape. The neighbours will have the style of parenting that allows their PFB to make as much noise and chaos as they desire in the name of self expression and will ask all around them to admire his level of spiritedness.

You sound just as unpleasant as the neighbours, to be fair!

If the neighbours are unpleasant why is laughing at their silliness also unpleasant? Laughing is the only thing you can do in these circumstances. That and get a bigger cat.

I remember being 35 weeks pregnant and crying inconsolably because my neighbours were smoking weed and I could smell it.

Pregnancy smell is very real but I'm not sure pregnancy hearing is a thing!

They should stop doing press-ups in armour.

Friends of ours are arranging with their LL to break their lease early. Why? Because their downstairs NDNs have recently started complaining about noise they can’t help

That's a bit 'wet' of your friends. Why are they uprooting themselves because of unfounded complaints? Either ignore them, or tell the complainers to pursue an official complaint via the council, which will fail if they're not making excessive noise.

Moving house because a silly person made silly comments is, well, rather silly