Kids noise in flat above

[Janey494]

Hi everyone, Just wanted some opinions on whether you think this is reasonable.
I live in ground floor flat and a family with 3 boys under 6 live above. The noise is driving me nuts because they run and stomp everywhere, and jump off the furniture including bunk beds, the bangs are horrendous. This I can cope with it’s the fact that several times a night at 2am or 4am etc one of them gets up and continually bangs to get his parents attention. Their bedroom is above mine.
Do you think this is reasonable to put up with and part of flat life, or should I say something?

Between 8am and 11pm....you've got to deal with it. 2am and 4am isn't acceptable though

@Teacupsandtoast

Between 8am and 11pm....you've got to deal with it. 2am and 4am isn't acceptable though

Absolutely not correct

If considered anti social levels of noise it doesn't matter one bit what time the noise happens

knock and have a polite word, say you understand how difficult it is but if they might be mindful between certain hours particularly you would be very grateful.

Ugh I feel Your pain, I live in a ground floor maisonette and then a family of 5 moved in the one bed flat above, they even let their children ride scooter up and down all day on the laminate floor, thank god they moved!

I have 4 young children. We live above a young couple whos bedroom is directly under our livingroom and sometimes they do night shifts. They will message us the night before to inform us they will be sleeping till noon. On those days, we play in the playpen or in a different room.
2’of my children are very very heavy footed. I put socks on them most days but they’ll take them off when I’m not looking.
So perhaps you could speak with them. If it’s happening that late at night, I doubt the parents will be able to do much.

For sure say something re the night time.

During the day it’s difficult to do much, it’s not likely it would quality as noise nuisance, as it’s just the normal noise of life.

Although it does sound annoying for you, I'm not sure what you can actually expect the parents to do if they have three young children .... you can't stop young children moving around and they do tend to jump!

Normal noise of life I think.
I say that as someone who lives below the worlds loudest family.

Speak to your neighbours, as long as you word it politely and explain why it's disturbing you I'm sure they'll be fine if they're not already aware. And if they are rude or unhelpful about this log a complaint with the council about the noise, if you feel uncomfortable doing this the only other thing you can do is move which is totally unfair. I have a child that's noisy at night sometimes and into the early hours due to his Autism,our previous neighs never minded as we discussed it when we moved in and introduced ourselves and we always asked them to tell us if caused them an issue as we were exhausted by it ourselves! When new people moved in I got them a welcome card and asked them to knock or discuss if they had any worries and we'd do our best to keep the noise level down and they have a child in the same situation so we all just sort of worked together to make the best of it, approaching people in the right way nice and calmly will often do the trick, hope it gets sorted.

This I can cope with it’s the fact that several times a night at 2am or 4am etc one of them gets up and continually bangs to get his parents attention.
Maybe they've told child not to climb out of bunk bed in the night/dark? I would speak to them. I also have a heavy footed child and do my utmost to keep them quiet (I may have threatened ballet lessons 😂) but it could also be that they just don't realise how noisy they are. You do get used to your own DC.

Between 8am and 11pm....you've got to deal with it. 2am and 4am isn't acceptable though

Blimey - hardly normal noise with people jumping on your shared floor/ceiling! I'd have a word nicely and ask if the jumping could be curbed.

I'd talk to them, they may not realise the effect its having.

From a legal standpoint, children are classed as an unenforceable noise nuisance. Meaning they are expected to make noise, and not always during socialable hours.

@MrsMarshmallow65

Speak to your neighbours, as long as you word it politely and explain why it's disturbing you I'm sure they'll be fine if they're not already aware. And if they are rude or unhelpful about this log a complaint with the council about the noise, if you feel uncomfortable doing this the only other thing you can do is move which is totally unfair. I have a child that's noisy at night sometimes and into the early hours due to his Autism,our previous neighs never minded as we discussed it when we moved in and introduced ourselves and we always asked them to tell us if caused them an issue as we were exhausted by it ourselves! When new people moved in I got them a welcome card and asked them to knock or discuss if they had any worries and we'd do our best to keep the noise level down and they have a child in the same situation so we all just sort of worked together to make the best of it, approaching people in the right way nice and calmly will often do the trick, hope it gets sorted.

If all neighbours were as considerate as you, life would be so much easier

@StoneofDestiny

Between 8am and 11pm....you've got to deal with it. 2am and 4am isn't acceptable though

Blimey - hardly normal noise with people jumping on your shared floor/ceiling! I'd have a word nicely and ask if the jumping could be curbed.

Not people, 3 children under the age of 6. Running + jumping is normal behaviour, not even 'naughtiness'. If this was a poster saying their downstairs neighbour was complaining about their kids just being kids, everyone would be saying how UR the neighbour is 🙄🙄