to be fucking pissed off with my neighbours playing loud music AGAIN?

[MamaG]

I j ust want to go round and punch the fucking ignorant twats.

They spent 9 months renovating before moving in - after work and at weekends there be drilling/sanding/hammering until 10 at night

Now they've moved in its fucking music

ARGH they are doing my fucking head in! DH is upstaris AGAIN watching a DVD so he doesn't have to listen to them

I've been round a few times to ask them to turn int down, and they do, but I don't want to seem like a moaning minnie! I gave them wine and a card when they moved in and again on her birthday, to show that I'm FUCKING NICE

If it continues I may just blow my top and NastyG will appear

Its FUCKING RUDE AND THOUGHTLESS you CUNTS

I would be sneaking over that wall and cutting the speaker wires!!

oh god, sympathy. We are in a flat and have neighbours below and next to us who are inconsiderate and noisy. I will never ever understand people who play music at a volume they know disturbs others. I just dont get it.
It's the one thing that makes me want to get the fuck out of london and move somewhere quiet.

There is nothing worse than inconsiderate neighbours who believe that you can do ANYTHING and make any amount of noise as long as it's before 11pm, and trot out that line as well.

charliegal we live in the place where all the Londoners are moving because they think it's the country . It's anything but quiet

You have my sympathy too - we have noise issues with our neighbours. We are pretty quiet on the whole - except when DDs are up at 7am but next door on one side (we are in a terrace)are generally very noisy. Baritone singing in the bedroom (next to ours) at 11.30 on a week night, loud arguments, generally shoutiness with back door open, mates round drinking outside (more shouting, loud laughter, smoking right under DDs bedroom)....it's very tiresome, but not something we feel we can mention without provoking offence....

[Now, I am going to apologise to the OP for hijacking this thread]

ANYWAY, back to the original topic - I am very bothered not only by their general noise, but particularly by the sound of their, ahem, lovemaking. It is VERY loud - both of em shout and shriek from start to finish. We are in a victorian terrace but the walls are thin and noise carries. They must know this. It's like a porn film soundtrack only worse. It doesn't happen often but when it does, it wakes me up, makes me feel quite sick and I'm worried about the DDs. I don't want to have the birds and the bees convo with them just yet, and especially not in that context. The other night, they came home, could obviously see my bedroom light on, and did it downstairs but I could still hear them. I can't bear it but how awkward to say "We can hear everything"!!

My friend was renting a terraced house which had been soundproof because the owner was a DJ and loved to play his music so in consideration to his neighbours, he put soundproofing in. Why can't more people be like that?

Similarly, my hairdresser lives in a ground floor flat and she had her ceiling lowered and soundproofed because of her inconsiderate neighbours upstairs. Now she does not hear a thing.
This website might help plus this forum has some useful tips, especially from the housing association officer and the person who owns a soundproofing business on page 2.

What it comes down to is that more and more people now have no sense of courtesy at all whatsoever.

It's annoying to say the least.

So true, sadly.

I mean, there is really NO reason why anyone needs to blast loud music.

There just isn't.

And it's just rude when you live in an urban area with neighbours around.

But many people now just don't give a toss about anyone else but their own personal enjoyment.

It sucks.

our issue is not loud music (huge sympathy for op) it is an extractor fan in next door's new en suite that is right next to our bedroom. Every time they use it it wakes us up as so noisy. What would you do?

Trouble is environmental health do not know when to stop, one of my neighbours showed me a nasty letter from the council as a woman kept putting in complaints about her mother who lived upstairs saying the doors squeaked (her mother is well over eighty ffs and a dear sweet old lady) The woman downstairs seemed to be running a vendetta against a vunerable old lady and was putting in complaints about everything. The old lady was frightened to put on her television and the amazing thing is nothing can be done

Our neighbours play really loud dance music. I turn a blind eye (ear?) before about 11pm but after that I get really stroppy.

Sometimes they come in at around 4am and start up the stereo.

They are young, students I think and don't seem to realise that most people have to get up for work.

It's hard not to seem like an old fart but I think if you don't nip it in the bud they will just keep doing it.

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i spent 10 years living next door to druggies loud music cars outside revvin up all night loud music all the time
we have had to buy a house in an area where everyone had to sign a form
no loud music to be heard
no fixing cars outside property
only allowed 1 pet
no dogs barking
NO swearing outside in earshot of other ppl
the list goes on and on
but you know what it works
i have been here 1 year and its so quiet
people are nice friendly we all moved here for the same reason for a quiet life
apparantly this a quite a new idea and they are going to intoduce it to other area
50% of the properties here are now worth up to half a million pound its such a sought after area
i really undertand your frustrations it really pisses me of when neighbours just do not care for your family,s feelings makes life miserable
theres no need for it

I work in Env Health and here's my advice for a few things you can do: 1. Complain to EH and follow their advice e.g. making a note of times/days of noise etc. Each council does things a bit differently but all should try to resolve it for you. They may also have a specific anti-social behaviour service. 2. Phone the police at the actual time the music is happening. They have the powers to seize the music equipment, although would probably just give a warning on first attendance. 3. Find out if your neighbours own their house. If not, you can approach the landlord and ask him to sort out the tenants. 4. See if there is a local mediation service. They can be really good at sorting out these situations amicably by making the noisy neighbours realise the impact of their behaviour. Hope this helps. Good luck.

God my sympathy. We live in a terrace flat with people above and either side. Most of them you dont hear except for ordinary living noise which is fine. But it just takes one. The cretins on one side who play LOUD gangsta rap and hang out in the garden smoking drugs and shouting and swearing. They have tiny children who you sadly never hear, would not mind that. They are all on benefits so are in all the time. When I was at work it wasnt so bad but at home with the baby now its driving me crazy. You start to lose your reason.

I HATE it. I dread the weather getting nicer as not so aware of them in the winter. We live in london and like expat we are sick and tired of being crammed in with fuckwits. Moving to the country in 3 weeks to a cottage. Theres alot I will miss about London but the proximity to other people - I hate it.

I wish our environmental health noise department was as reasonable as yours ClaraG, ours seems to let the real troublemakers get away with it while spending all the time on those they can pick on and intimidate. Our neighbour is really worried about the effect the council's attitude has on her mother while not doing a thing about the extended family in three houses near us who will spend the summer with the windows wide open and all sorts of "music" coming out - in the past have said they can't do much about it.

I do wonder if some councils are scared of dealing with the major offenders.

sorry to hijack but SPOKETTE could you please email me on tobys_mummy at btinternet dot com

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