To not be looking forward to bedtime.

[Foslady]

I have a neighbour from hell.
When she finishes her last shift she plays music from around 2am through to whenever.
Last night it started at 2:15am at a volume I could cope with, 3it got louder and then 3:30 awful along with her singing. She finally packed it in at 5am when my partner got up for work. I’ve been knackered all day, and have come home to see her house in darkness so now thinking that she’s gone to bed so she can have round 2 tonight.
We aren’t a loud family - no dogs to bark, only hoover when I know she hasn’t done a night shift, washer and dryer never on after 9pm and before 7:15am, no showers after 9:30pm, TV cannot be heard once you have left the room and rarely listen to music. She never used to be like this, only since I started seeing someone after 9 years on my on with dd.
Sorry, i’m Knackered and need to rant.
The previous neighbour says I was quiet, and we have a case opened with the local council but why me?

Oh, and my house is normally unoccupied between 8-4:30 during the week, only really Sunday we’re home

That sounds horrendous. Unless you live in the middle of nowhere, it’s never ok to play music in the middle of the night if it can be heard by others! Can you try to talk to her about it?

Also have a noisy neighbour here. It is awful! I really really feel for you. I also think you need to talk to her. Explain the issue. Ours has got better through constant dialogue but it is terrible when you can't relax in your own home xx

She won’t answer the door to anyone. I tried when it first happened to talk to her but she wouldn’t come to the door. I popped a note in - very polite, got it checked over that my wording was such that she may not have realised there was an issue.
It’s been ongoing for the last year, but she’s upped her game recently

Even if we had have been doing something unawares even if she came round screaming I could cope with that if it meant it was being sorted

You'll have to contact the local council and report her

We have a case I opened recently Mumof1 but I know from worliuin housing it’s a long process with no guarantee at the end.

You need to get in touch with Environmental health now. you also need to keep a noise diary. in it you need to note the start times and finish times and something about the levels i.e we could hear it was a Britney spears song and here are some of the words or it vibrated the walls or whatever. they will write to her and explain that she may be causing a statutory noise nuisance. its going to be a long haul to get this sorted but you need to make a start. also is she an owner/occupier or rented? if rented then her landlord has a duty to make sure she doesn't cause a stat nuisance so write to them and tell them what is going on. speak to her calmly and face to face during the day. explain the disruption it is causing to your family life and sleep. offer to her that next time she does this you will ask her to come and stand in your house and hear the noise. sometimes its not malicious its ignorance and people have no idea how loud noise sounds when the background levels drop at night. if all else fails then and if you can afford it you can pay for a private noise consultant and you can take her to court yourself for public nuisance (it used to be called a Section 99) she isn't just going to stop so it will take a concerted effort on your part to sort this out. sorry OP - 20 years in noise nuisance as an EHO its grim.

It’s antisocial noise. Your local council should have a noise abatement team.

If she won’t answer the door and won’t pay any attention to a note then there’s not much you can do.

The police will answer if it’s particularly worrying and frightening but they won’t necessarily be there when the noise is being made.

She owns the place so no landlord to appeal to.
Currently keeping a diary - it’s strange, but know when I here her I think ‘bring it on lady, I’ll let them all know what you are like!!!!!’
And the irony - she’s a police officer......

No way,I was going to say phone the police but knowing she is one, it may not be a solution.

That’s awful. She should really know better then but the council will be able to issue ASBOs essentially.