To be anxious about reporting to the council?

[Picklesprout]

My neighbours have started to become a really nuisance! Music on at 5am to sing a long to, 18 hour parts with music blaring though the walls and screaming abuse at other neighbours to tell them to stop.

And yet I'm anxious about informing the council? I've kept a log since April of everything they've done. Does anyone have any positive stories of the council stepping in? We own and theirs in HA if that makes a difference.

*real nuisance

Clearly my 5am wake up is making me stupid

*parties

I wouldn't feel anxious,maybe report to the housing association first or to both as it will be in their rental agreement that noise nuisance is a dealbreaker.

Ah. I was with you until the last sentence of your OP. Do you feel you have more right to live there than them?

Either way, it sounds as if it's only in lockdown that they've become troublesome? What were they like before? Do you know them at all? (Oh, forgot! They're HA and you're not.) The main question is whether you've actually spoken to them about the noise. Are they totally unapproachable?

I only meant in case it means I have to approach the HA rather than the council, sorry for any offence. I grew up HA so have no issue, but I was a child so don't know the rules!
They had always been slightly problematic, maybe once or twice a month but in lockdown it's become 2 or 3 times a week. They are fine to speak to about anything else but if you mention the noise it becomes "fuck off it's my house and I'll do what I want" or planning the other people in the house.

Sorry or blaming other people in the house!

We got on with them really well but lockdown has really highlighted these issues and it's so inconsiderate.

Sounds as if you've tried mentioning it to them and their attitude stinks.

I would suggest contacting their housing association first, like a PP said there will be a clause in their tenancy re noise disturbance etc.

If you don't get anywhere with that try the council.

Probably not what you want to hear but I was in a HA house and my next door neighbours owned the house, I tried so many times to complain about them as the noise they made was ridiculous. Even called the police a few times due to shouting and screaming kids etc - the council never so much as visited our/their house so I don't think anything ever got done!

You do both. The Council have noise abatement powers, but neighbour nuisance is normally an evictable offence, and they won't be telling the HA that is is their house and they can do what they want.

They won't know it was you OP. If they confront you, deny, deny, deny.

And then complain again.

You can bet you're not the only unhappy neighbour.

Hi, this happened to me 18 months ago and I posted on here a post similar to yours. I was at my wits end. Our neighbours would start blaring music at around 1am and it would go on to 6am. Initially we tried to talk to them politely, but this was met by drunken anger and we were told to get lost and that they had a right to enjoy themselves. After 6 solid weekends of this I reported to the council. The neighbours came around once they had received their letter and said that I was out of order to report them and I had caused great stress and anxiety, they stood in my garden pointing and shouting in my face for half an hour. They never blasted music again however. Things got a bit awkward and they would talk loudly about us while we were in the garden, they flicked their tab ends over the fence and would purposely block our driveway. We are renters so we left after another 6 month and are much happier with lovely neighbours now. We passed the old place a few months ago and it looks trashed. We chatted with an old neighbour across the street who said the couple who have taken over our tenancy have had dozens of complaints from their neighbours due to party's and unsociable behaviour. I think that if my old neighbours had been reasonable at the beginning when we were polite, we could have all lived happily. They're miserable now tho

Record it if you can and if it persists, approach the Housing Association who should investigate and ask them to tone it down. I know it must be horrible to do and sympathise with you but 5 am and constant, including shouting, is too much. They may not even realise how noisy they are being. Their housing officer should keep your name out of it but you probably won't be the only one to complain.

Thank you all! They know they are unreasonable because apologise sometimes in a "were we too loud last night" type thing and then promptly ignore it. I think it's worse as during lockdown other people have moved in and that means it can be a constant party! My DP spoke to another neighbour the other day who is at wits end so I think its really getting to us all.

Does anyone know how to find out which HA it is? All they said was council but i know there is several in the local area

So you have a reasonably good relationship with them otherwise? Which will be destroyed once they know you've complained about them to the authorities. Is it worth it? Given that things will probably improve as lockdown eases.

What do you want to achieve?

They stay and hate you.

They're evicted - and you get no choice over who moves in next, and they will still be HA tenants.

You remain as neighbours living in relative harmony with them making a bit too much noise once or twice a month?

I live in a HA property with HA neighbours either side. One side were awful, mum who was never there with two rebellious teenage girls who had boyfriends living with them, loads of friends over partying and smoking weed and would play music/scream and shout until 4/5am.

We reported to the council and HA and both were really proactive with the antisocial behaviour, especially the HA in my case. I also contacted the neighbour police who added our street to their nightly rounds. I kept a log of everything and didn't feel awkward one bit, their behaviour was disgusting and antisocial, so don't let your neighbours get away with it.

They did get evicted just before lockdown but I later discovered no rent was paid for several months too which sped up the eviction process.

Please report, I know how utterly miserable it is living next door to inconsiderate neighbours. Hope things improve for you

I'm unsure how you can find out who they are with. Are any of the other neighbours on your street with a housing association as it will likely be the same. HA homes are usually built together and then people buy them. If you have any older neighbours who have been their for years, then they will probably know.

They were actually due to move just before lockdown as the house is to be sold off. Its private own and rented via the HA. The last update was they will move sometime this year.

And it's not once or twice a month anymore like before lockdown, this is the 3rd time this week. I get neighbours will make noise but right now they are all screeching along to james Arthur and my DP just got home from a 13 hour night shift and cant sleep and I've had enough

Sorry that wasnt intended to be such a drip feed!

If you go on the land registry you can pay something small (£3 I think) to find out who owns their property, and that should tell you which HA it is.

we have nightmare neighbours, how they still have the children in their care is beyond me!
The police are here often, as the majority of the st has called 101 as the verbal abuse, ect is often unbearable.
The family are under SS, , council invol ed and as said police too.
we had 7 mths of the tv blaring , nightly ,till 2-3am.
The council have been a great support as have police but theyve still not been kicked out- They really shouldve by now, I can not tell you how bad they are.
Our local authority has The Noise App,
You can revord the noise and it sends directly to ypur lical authority.
I would contact the council 100%, if its that unbearable, start calling 101

Ah. I was with you until the last sentence of your OP. Do you feel you have more right to live there than them?

It makes a difference in that they might be in breech of their Ts & Cs as a HA tenant, so it's a different avenue. OP said if that makes a difference questioning rather than asserting it makes a difference.