Door slamming neighbours

[Honest1980]

Has anybody had experience of reporting neighbours to noise pollution at council for slamming front door.

I live in a middle terrace. They are new builds (2010) so the walls are thin and you can hear neighbours a lot eg. closing doors, kitchen cupboards, running up stairs whichnis absolutely fine it is to be expected. I live alone with 12 year old daughter.

House next to me is mum and 3 sons (22, 19 and 15). They are so loud stomping about etc but that's fine no problem with that. However the 19 yr old has taken on a job as a delivery driver and comes home between 2.30am and 3am. He slams the door so incredibly hard it wakes me and my daughter up but also shakes the house. I spoke to the mum on Saturday (I did ask to speak to son directly seen as though he is an adult but mum said no I speak to her) so I very politely asked that her son refrain from slamming the door when he comes back and she said she would speak to him. Fine for few days and last night back to slamming the door.

He is definitely slamming the door on purpose this hard there is just no way that it can be accidental. I'm surprised his mum tolerates it and surely it would cause structural damage.

I will speak to the mum again if he slams the door again but wondered what next steps are. It is so incredibly loud it really jolts you up and takes ages for me to get back to sleep.

I rent my house but next door have bought theirs. Do I just have to tolerate it? Any experienced similar? I can't move.

You should speak to the mother again and mention if any mortar starts falling off your roof or cracks appear in the brickwork you will be seeking compensation for repair bills from her/her son. That might focus her mind a little.

Otherwise keep a diary of date/times and which person before contacting the council. They might be able to have a word. Sorry, I know what's it like to be woken up like that.

Contact your local council ( local authority) and give them a log of the times, dates etc when these incidents occurred as well as the impact it is having on you as well as your child.

Remember to include the communications you have had with your nieghbour to resolve the issues.

A suspect they will warn them first and if he continues, they could end up with a noise abatement order.

The rules are, no noise before 08:00 and after 23:00.

He's like a rat up a drainpipe.

They're not going to take action for one door slam a night though.
But they will send an initial letter. And anyone has the right to have a nose recording device put in (although think different councils do it differently).
But that doesn't mean anything will come of it.
But that might be enough to stop them of course

He is really slamming the door with all his might, you can feel it. My neighbours on my other side must hear it too but they are likely not to want to say anything as their sons are friends (would be different if it was me slamming my door). It really makes me jump and I cannot get back to sleep straight away and have to be up at 5.45am for work.

He knows from me speaking to his mum that it wakes me up so for him to carry on doing it is like a form of harassment.

Funny this should pop up. I had words with my neighbour recently for exactly the same thing. I've just gone back to work after mat leave and my Inconsiderate, knob head neighbours had woken my baby up one too many times that night. Though they've been Inconsiderate neighbours for the past 6 years so not sure why I expected anything different...

My neighbours have been noisy and inconsiderate since they moved in 7 years ago. I did speak to the mum not long after they moved in as they were kicking something against the shared wall at 10.30pm and stomping about. She told me her sons had just come back from mosque and it was their playtime!!! I said it was my daughter's sleep time (she was only 5) and noise did quieten for a bit but then picked up and has been a bit of a nightmare since but it has usually stopped about 10pm.

It is only a 2 bed house (and it's a tiny new build) so she has got 3 boys sharing a room (older two are 22 and 19). So I.expect noise but not like this and at that time. The sons are incredibly arrogant and rude. I do believe if I was a.man or was living with a man they would be more considerate!

Sorry I just had to rant! At least know others have been in same position. If it happens again will speak to.mum failing which will send diary to council.