About this level of noise?

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Neighbours moved in last year, a couple with young children. They have since separated leaving the mother and children at the address. It has since become party central on days the father has the children.

The parties can be anything from a handful of guests to a houseful. Loud music into the small hours, endless shouting, foul language, partygoers urinating and even getting rather friendly in the street, drug taking, arguing.

I have tried to speak to her both during one such party and on a separate occasion but just got a mouthful from her in return. I have since reported the noise to the council and been given a diary to fill in, however if this isn’t returned within 4 weeks the case will be closed.

Does anyone have any experience of this? We are currently on the third party in 5 days, one of which continued until 8am, but sometimes it’s once a month. Would this be classed as antisocial noise or AIBU?

Also what is likely to happen next if the council do agree it’s a nuisance?

I can't help from experience but the people who do this are utter utter cunts and I sympathise with you having to put up with it

I’d call the police if it’s going on past 11pm, each and every time.

Log it with the council. Call out the noise team every time it goes past 11pm. Log EVERY bothersome incident on paper and kept reportingvyo the council, including any abuse you get if you ask them to quieten down. Call police if there is drug taking etc in the street.
Most councils will respond to this.
Good luck.

Surely if there is drug taking, excessive noise and fornicating on the street you should be calling the police. Plus it is in breach of current lockdown rules

Nothing will happen. I can assure you! We have had issues for 9 months since a new tenant moved in. We regret reporting it as we now have to declare it as we are trying to sell up. We have had drug taking, music our flat smells of weed constantly and it has sent me into a spiral of depression and anxiety. The police or council have done nothing.

If you can move. You have already lodged a complaint but if you try and move quickly it may be ok.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but neighbours like this are just scum and don't give a fuck about anyone else.

Thanks everyone. Police have been out a couple of times due to lockdown breaches. Nothing changes. We don’t own the house, neither do they, however we have lived happily hear for a number of years and have no wish to move. I suppose that may change if the behaviour continues though!

Await the end of the party.. Get your music on at a legal level.. Lots of hoovering.. Sing along..

I have been through hell with neighbours and noise. Constant music. Drove me NUTS. I filled out the diary and they told me to download an app called The Noise App to actually record the nuisance. You need to log, log, log and record, record, record. Ask them if theres a noise app you can use. If not, record your own. I recorded often to let them know how frequent it was. Like every 20-30 minutes. In the end they sent someone round to witness the noise and they issued a warning to the offenders.

No advice really, OP. Just sympathy.

I lived happily in a mid-floor flat for some years, then some early 20s lads moved in upstairs... They'd get drunk and forget which floor they lived on, and start banging on my door at 2am. Very scary, as I lived alone. There were loud parties that would go on until 5 or 6am, which would often descent into physical fights. The police would be called.

One night I was getting a drink in the kitchen at about 3am, and saw one of them shimmying up the drainpipe outside my kitchen window! Scared me shitless.

They lasted maybe 9 months before leaving/getting thrown out. Didn't witness them leave, just suddenly realised I hadn't heard a peep from them in months. Not even toilets or showers running.

They were eventually replaced by a dad and two teenage sons. Not silent by any stretch of the imagination, but they at least kept civilised hours!

If she's renting can you report her to her landlord/agency?