Please help! I think I might wants to kill the noisy students who live opposite!

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I live opposite a student house, on a very quiet road full of families and professionals.

Every day this week the students opposite (all girls) have been coming in at 4, 5 & 6 in the morning and sitting outside smoking, taking, screaming, swearing and f*ing laughing. (It doesn't help that the street is all victorian terraces, all with original paper thin windows!)

My daughter has had a really bad ear infection and has been sleeping in my bed, and she had been woken up twice.

I'd finally had enough at 3.40 this morning and opened the window and said 'Excuse me, is there any chance you could either go inside to chat or maybe go into your garden, I've got children in here trying to sleep'

They completely ignored me and carried on taking, so I repeated myself. They did get up at this point, but not before one of them had said to another 'You should go and hit her!'

I was bloody fuming, and was ready to go over to the house, thankfully my husband taked me out of it.

I know they will be leaving soon (hopefully end of June) but I can't tolerate another 3 weeks of this!

What can I do about this? Any suggestions. I'm definately going to go over there this evening, but would stance should I take?

At the moment you could ring the university/landlord/environmental health dept of the council.

If it happens again, you could ring the police or environmental health dept of the council.

Possibly ring the police anyway as a general enquiry. I don't think I'd go round if one of them thinks it's ok to hit you.

tell the college: they will have deposits subject to some kind of good behvauiour clause

do you know who the landlord is, to complain to?is it pravate rental or Uni accomodations.if uni owned phone their accomodation officer and complain

environmental health have wide ranging noise abatement powerers and can remove ecquipment

keep a diary of times/events

but tbh if they going in 3 weeks good riddance to them

they probaby arent bein intentionally annoying,but i can see why youre annoyed, cant you do somethin spiteful....like um...ur...chuck something at them? post them dog poop? (best i cld think of)

They must have to sleep late in the mornings if they are still up at 3am. You need to be out front at 8am, washing your car with the radio on full blast or something.

I know how you feel we have been woken up twice over the last 10 days by the noisy students 2 houses down from us at 4am playing VERY loud music and dancing in their garden. If it happens again I am seriously going to consider calling the police, you are lucky in that you know they will be leaving in 3 weeks but the ones who live near me are there all year round (one of their mums owns the house.)

We call police if yoofs hang around our cul-de-sac doing this. They take it quite seriously because we live in a zero tolerance zone.
I'd defintely also complain to college/Uni

I would complain to the uni for the 'hit her' remark, but apart from that remember that it is a time to celebrate after studying hard all year

Call the police, they act pretty fast I think.

students skateboard down our road at 4.00am shreiking with laughter, they really piss me off.

I'd complain to police rather than uni tbh...isn't that "causing an affray" or something..."threatening behaviour????"

I would phone the Uni, in Bristol it is taken really seriously. Alternatively be very loud every morning after and make your complaint at 7.30/8am!!!

Hi posie, are you a Bristol lass as well then?

Have you tried going over and having a quiet word during the day, when they're not drunk? Might help?

I am a Bishopston gal, minus the boho look!

After contacting the noise abatement people, get your neighbours involved. Go round mo-handed and tell them if you don't come to a reasonable agreement about acceptable noise (ie one party every however often, loud noise OK up until say 2am on a Saturday every so often tolerable but you'll be expecting quiet from 11pm or whenever on fridays and considerably quieter on week/sunday nights) then you will take the following actions:

• calling noise officers
• contacting their college
• calling the police EVERY time
• engaging in a counter-offensive (a few pans and spoons and a bunch of toddlers at 6am should do the trick for a few nights...)

Then get em on side. Invite them round for a drink. If they like you they will do it much less...

And next year, get your neighbours together and attack the problem EARLY...

Mo-handed?

Mob handed...

ooo Bishopston, I like it there. Got a mate in Dongola Avenue.

I'm in Westbury Park, too near Waitrose for my liking....

Dongola road, me! My children are at Torwood and so Waitrose and I are in love!

oh but it's so dangerous having it within walking distance of our house! popping out for a pint of milk means coming back with a garlic and tomato ciabatta bread, some organic mince and a yummy type drink of some sort.....

I walk past Torwood every day to pick DS up from nursery - Mornington House just off Whiteladies Road. I've probably walked in front of your car in a daze with the buggy!

how crazy. we should meet up for a cuppa.

Complaining to the Uni is a good idea - the one I work at seems to take it quite seriously.

Little, yes that would be great. I am the hassled woman in an espace!

I'm the dishevelled woman with a black Mamas and Papas Pulse buggy containing a small blond 2yo DS!

He's normally clutching a rather battered looking bunny....

I will ensure not to run you over

Do you want help with killing them then? I'm sure DH knows a man....

They will be worse at this time of year, maybe post exams?

My neighbours are thankfully a quiet family after years of students but it was a nightmare at times. They were civil when I went round though.

The university will take it seriously