By a 5am wake up from the neighbours, every day

[Katiekitty]

I live in a (rented) flat in a house, two other flats in the house and the guy at the top has just got a new job. A job that means he leaves the house between 5.00 - 5.15 am each morning. It also seems to mean that he has to slam and rattle the doors repeatedly and wake me up.

I have broached the subject with him before and said that when he slams the doors and then rattles them, it is REALLY loud, which it is. He claims he has to make sure the doors are 'shut properly' and so he rattles four or five times them to make sure.

He is still doing it even though I asked him (very nicely) not to as once I wake up at 5, that's it and I can't get back to sleep. He seems to think he isn't doing anything wrong.

I'm mentally composing a new letter to write my complaint to him but I'm feeling like it will have no effect. What should I do and AIBU in wanting him to have a bit of respect and simple understanding. I think I'm justified in being a bit irritated by it.

Any advice/comments welcome

Keep us posted

If the doors are so difficult to shut properly, the landlord needs to be informed anyway. you could take this tack with the tenant and the landlord so that it's not only a noise issue but a security issue.

We live in the back of beyond, sandwiched between two dairy farms. You might think that the country is idyllically quiet (which it is on the whole vs the continual buzz of the town). However, our neighbours get up at 4:30 every day to milk the cows, and are crashing around in JCBs by 5:30. This said, we usually sleep right through it because we are used to it.

I think that you might becoe more used to it as time wears on, but I also feel that he is not being very considerate. It sounds as though he is not happy going out at 5, and wants to make sure everyone else is awake too. It is possible to to check that a door is shut without rattling or banging it. I think you'd be better off speaking to him directly again though. Not nastily, just matter of factish, and say that you will do your best to limit noise in the evenings so he can sleep, if he could do his best to limit the dawn chorus.

how has it been since the letter?

It's been.................all quiet on the homeward front! Yay!
And, if he does it again, I love the idea of fluffyanimal that it's a security issue as this gives me an excuse for addressing it direct to the landlords, plus, if he is ocd about the doors, then maybe security is the issue, so it doesn't need to mention his continual need to check they're shut by slaming and banging them!
I hope it stays quiet, I will keep you all updated! Thank you for your words of wisdom!! x

regarding jumpyjan "It is a relatively small issue, though I appreicate it must be annoying " You wouldnt think it was a small issue, when you kept been woken at 5am and couldnt think half the time due to it and had a migraine due to it daily....charmed life you must have....silly cow

Good idea. Perhaps he needs a better lock on the door, or something is not screwed i correctly when it clacks shut...a secure door should just close when shut. Probably the best solution to the noise is the landlord inspecting the door.

NINE years, ye gads!

Wtf?!!!