To put a neighbour dispute to AIBU

[StormzyInaDCup]

Two neighbours, living in an area that was once all council housing and is still 80% council housing. Neighbour A owns their property, Neighbour B rents from the council. There has been an issue of noise, between the properties, escalating during lockdown.

Neighbour B states that the walls are thin in the properties, noise does travel. They try their best to be quiet, but it's lockdown.

Neighbour A states that they have more right to live in peace because they own their home and Neighbour B should be more respectful because of that.

Neighbour B heard this and is now furious at Neighbour A. Neighbour A feels they have said nothing wrong.

Who is BU?

Neighbour A - YABU
Neighbour B - YANBU

I am neither by the way. Merely trying to settle an argument 🙄

A for sure. The - I own the house you rent- is BS and snobbery nothing more. I lived in an ex council terraced house before, the walls are paper thin, you just have to get over it (within reason of course) but kids are kids and we're in the middle of a Lock Down, i presume it's all during the day time too

My last house was a terraced house, I owned and my next door neighbours on one side were council tenants. I never felt I was more entitled to peace than my neighbours- both properties were our homes which meant we should both have been respectful of each other.

A

Everyone has the right to live quietly. Personally if A is banging on the walls then if I was B I would start banging on walls when I hear them, each and every time, it might make them realise they are not quiet either

Sounds like it's turned sour and now it's just tit for that. Most likely there's issues on both sides but A is an idiot for thinking they more right the absolute numpty

As a homeowner, I cannot stand snobs who think that people who rent have fewer rights than them. Possibly not if it's council accommodation, but in the private sector at least, those renting will almost certainly be paying a lot more to rent than their neighbours are paying to buy.

Also, you're not really even a homeowner until you've paid your mortgage off, anyway - the interest you're paying on your loan is effectively just 'rent' for the proportion that you don't yet own.

A's argument reminds me of Homer's in that episode of The Simpsons, where he's acting aggressively and swearing very loudly in the garden, within the clear hearing of the Flanders' house. Ned asks Homer to tone it down a bit and Homer replies "Yeah?!?!?! Well, I don't complain about your....erm....moustache, do I?!"

Indo wonder does B realise how noisy their kids are. I used to work near a waiting room where I worked. Some parents genuinely did not seem aware of how noisy their kids were and seemed obvious to how noisy they were. They used to tell us they stopped hearing the noise when the kids were asked to keep the noise down as it was impacting on other clients care.

However A should take responsibility for then noise A and the partner make. This has nothing to do with house ownership or not.

Are you polish by any chance? This sounds like the same situation one of my friends is in! A is a complete bell end for knocking.

A is being an arse with an inflated sense of their own importance.

Neighbour A is a ridiculous twat.

Like buying a right to buy has elevated him to aristocracy

What a prick.

Tell him to sell up and go find a mansion that suits him better .

Heard it all now...

A is being a snobby arse.

Legally they both have a right to 24/7 'quiet enjoyment' of their property. Noise is not only deemed a nuisance between 11pm & 7am any more , as it used to be some years back. So the 'owner neighbours are talking out of their behind. Hard floors with no rugs & no curtains makes noise carry more, ( they absorb sound etc)but thin walls is always going to mean some daily living noise.