To ask if you have ever used soundproofing and if it worked?

[Isittheend]

That's about it really. I love where we live but the bloke next door has been an arse since he broke up with his girlfriend at Christmas. Lots of very loud parties music etc. I got sworn at for asking him to keep it down.
Anyway, we complained to the council and since then there has been no music but his house seems to be the 'place to be after the pub' for a large group of them 3 or 4 nights a week.
It drives me to distraction. So would sound proofing work? I really don't want to move. It is a little village, the children are settled at school etc.
Thanks for reading.

@Isittheend I think you should invest in soundproofing. Call in a few companies and get a few quotes. It'll be cheaper than selling up. Of course you might just find something better in the same school catchment area and be much happier! Good luck.

I get this from ndn as well, very loud talking, yelling and jumping around! And the loud music too. Luckily not every weekend but it's almost as if they're in the same room it's so loud . Also this guy owns his flat so can't be evicted.

I've called the police a couple of times to tell them to STFU (dunno if they even came out), would I need to declare that if I sold up? It's a horrible position to be in, I just want to move.

What kind of building is it? We live in an Edwardian terrace. We can hear so much from next door. We were thinking of taking the plaster off and then remortaring the brickwork. Our period of house we're often put up in a hurry as there was a lot of house building. So it was often a slapdash job, hence the bad mortaring. We'll then put a soundproofing layer on. We reckon that the holes in the mortar are allowing sound through.

I had soundproofing done on my ceilings many years ago because of vile neighbours in the upstairs flat. Although there was some slight improvement, it didn't make a great deal of difference really. But then again, the bloke was a noisy, drunk, drug-addicted, workshy arse who was noisier than the average person. It probably would have worked to muffle more 'everyday' type noises.

We have a similar problem op, but ours is next doors dd and her bf having shouting fights at 4am. We're in an old house with single brick, so no cavity. You can literally hear a conversation word for word in the bathroom as the walls are so thin!

@antihop, our soundproof people checked for gaps under floorboards to next door as that's where sound can bleed too-more probably in older house. Possibly take a few up and use expanding foam and acoustic insulation under there too for best effect?

Like Ballonz, ours helped a bit but not completely, not enough in our case. We had noisy druggy neighbours who partied 24 hr straight and their living room adjoined our bedroom. We ended up swapping the bathroom and bedroom positions and soundproofing party wall. It helped a lot but as PPs have said, open windows mean the sound just comes that way. It had really frazzled my nerves so we moved as soon as we could. I would look into moving and just see if there are any options.