To report noisy neighbours

[citygirl1961]

Some advice please. I live in an upstairs Council flat. The estate used to be age banded for people aged 50 and above. That has now changed and anyone of any age can be housed here as is the case now with all the estates in the city where I live.

I now have a young girl living below me who has her boyfriend living there most of the time.. She is now pregnant. When she first moved in they were playing loud music in the early hours of the morning, having friends round and making a noise. This was keeping me awake and I have to get up for work. I tolerated it for so long and then knocked on their door and politely asked the lad to turn it down when he answered, he apologised and turned it down but it started up again the next night. So I then felt I had no choice but to report it to the Council. After this it calmed down quite a lot. But tonight it has started again.

The woman at the Council.told me to let her know if it starts up again yet a friend of mine says the couple below me will see me as a complaining woman upstairs and I ought to try and make friends with them first. I feel quite put out by his remark. Why should I put up with noise nuisance. Am I overdoing it by reporting them to the Council?

I dread to think what it will be like when she has the baby. I know babies cry but I.doubt they will be able to control it.

Well they be unlikely to play loud music when the baby is born, so silver linings?

I would not worry about trying to make friends with them, although being cordial and friendly cannot harm. It is difficult, and everyone has different tolerances, working hours and lifestyles. I have a bit of a cut-off of midnight for "deliberate noise" - i.e. loud music playing, things people can control, I would definitely do something more if it was 2am plus and loud. You cannot stop a baby crying, but it doesn't go on forever, and the parents are just as keen to stop it happening as you are. x

You've tried the reasonable approach and it hasn't worked.
Council and police and if drugs are involved they won't want the coppers round.we had this issue and it was waster boyfriends that were the issue and their mink entourage.good luck op.

God I used to live in an area like this. Sorry to say but ime baby arriving just means mum can smoke/drink whatever too. Try for a swap.

Thank you for your replies., Moving isn't an option. I love where I live and it is a decent estate. All the other estates in my city have the same issue and probably more so, so it would be out of the frying pan and into the fire.

Seriously?
I've seen and met peole like that as for years I worked in a community setting carrying out assessments and the noise remain loud

OP
Has no one else reported the anti-socail clowns?

Report them but this comes with a big ceaveate - they will almost certainly guess who it is and make your life hell, potentially.

The bad lot if the cap fits on these clowns, when they have an idea who reported them, they often start to make snide comments, dirty looks and see it as a game.

Try to gauge if anyone else has reported them and if so or not, subtle try to get them to report it by claiming that you are ok but you understand how they feel

Hi one of my neighbours is annoyed by this behaviour and did go to their door with me when I when I first went to have a word with them about the noise.

Incidentally my friend has now back pedalled and agreed that I should report them if they start up again. They were quiet last night but I'll give them a week and if it starts up again I'll have no option.

If they were to start hounding me because of it, which I doubt they will, then surely that will be more animition for the Council to take action against them.

Good luck

Hopefully, they ave noted their mistake and not just nasty types that will turn on you as will their like-minded friend

Good luck