[Closed] Noise Complaint - Well that didn't go too well

My noisy neighbour turned out to be a paedophile. So yes, worth complaining 😀

Yeah kids can scream quite loud

You have to wonder what the loud music in the morning is covering. You might not like to hear it !

Sounds like you need Ton round tonight Samuri 😉

Hope you can sort something out, but the problem now is, any noise from next door is going to grate.

Yeah, I expect they'll take every opportunity to turn it up really loud for a laugh too.

Yip - one of our old neighbours got their hifi confiscated after we complained about the noise.

im sure MTG needs to bring his chainsaw round yours tonight hack some sticks - and i need to do some grinding .... can i do it at yours .... at oh say 5am ? - see how they like dem apples .....

Only thing to be aware of is that if you go to the Council and report a noise nuisance you have to disclose it to anyone who subsequently buys your house.

We just moved.

We complained, got nasty and violent after they received the letter from the council which we were expecting so set up our camera to record everything as evidence when they came round banging on the door for a fight, one arrest and no real trouble since. Touch wood.
Hope It all works out for you.

Yep, we complained about noisy dogs, they'd leave three in the house when they went out, they'd bark all day, and he was a vet. The council took it very seriously, gave us recording equipment, we got evidence, council took action, it stop for a while, started up again, we got more evidence, council took action again. They then moved... result.

You don't need to put up with it.

Here's another advantage of living in Scotland.

Mates who can play the bagpipes. A few early mornings pibrochs should get the message over.

If she remembers you mowing the lawn early one Sunday morning from such a long time ago maybe she values her weekend lie in!

Although its 5 days against one I would be up at 5am tomorrow put the music on loud then go for a bike ride.
Same Sunday.
Maybe she will get the message.

Would a small taste of their own medicine make the point or escalate things?

And that's one thing I tried to make her understand. Most weekday mornings I'm up at 5am and I'm concious that it's early so I'm quiet. I could bang around and play music to wake me up but I don't.

Thanks for that info wwaswas, that's interesting, I didn't know that. We're hoping to be moving within the next six months anyway so I'm wondering now how much I should make about this.

Most weekday mornings I'm up at 5am and I'm concious that it's early so I'm quiet. I could bang around and play music to wake me up but I don't.

Sounds like they truly value the civilty of their neighbour at the weekend. I'm guessing that someone who likes Queen wouldnt be a fan of dubstep early on a Sunday morning 8)

We're hoping to be moving within the next six months anyway

I think fighting fire with fire is the best bet then. If only to make yourself feel marginally better. It's not worth the hassle of having to disclose it to buyers (IMO).

I think fighting fire with fire is the best bet then. If only to make yourself feel marginally better. It's not worth the hassle of having to disclose it to buyers (IMO).

is it worth having a noise complaint against you though if moving ?

you need to have a STW party in the back garden starting at 3am on a saturday and rolling thorugh till 1 am Monday

and by party I mean about 300 people 😉

as trailrat suggests remember that when you sell you have to disclose *all* problems - so as well as complaints that you've registered against your neighbours, you have to disclose any they've registered against you. Don't get into a pissing war just before you move.

Don't get into a pissing war just before you move.

Ok, well, then just have a wee through their letterbox the day you move...and maybe squeeze a poo through there too 🙂

Don't get into a pissing war just before you move.

Good advice. Wait until you move then come back and exact revenge. * a dish best served cold and all that.

* Bibliography and references at the bottom for DD

If you moving just leave it. The day you move buy an old HiFi connect it one of those timer plugs you can buy and have it go off in the early hours of the morning for an hour or so.

If you moving just leave it. The day you move buy an old HiFi connect it one of those timer plugs you can buy and have it go off in the early hours of the morning for an hour or so.

Genius.

As usual, Drac hits the nail on the head. Thanks mate, I think we have a winner.

If you moving just leave it. The day you move buy an old HiFi connect it one of those timer plugs you can buy and have it go off in the early hours of the morning for an hour or so.

I wish I had this idea when I moved - legendary!

Duelling Banjos at full tilt, through big old hifi speakers, aimed out the back windows.

Whenever they're being anti-social, worked for me, and doesn't take long.

It's like training puppies........

- Cotton Eye Joe
- I like to move it move it
- Crazy Frog
- Blue dab a dee dab a daa
- Mr Ouizo - Flat Beat

You need to create "Now that's what I call annoying the Neighbours Vol. 1" and do as above.

Have you thought of dropping an anonymous letter through their door?

Cotton Eye Joe

You utter, utter bastard.

We have a neighbours noisy teenage daughter to deal with.

She plays Lady Gaga loud enough for the whole street to hear. Drives me and the other half nuts. She seems to have a routine of very loud music, followed by some very loud sex with her boyfriend. She's now also blossoming into a screamer.

We have found that an excellent way to play fire with fire (not that you dirty minded gets!) is to crank on Barry White at opportune moments. She's certainly quietened down a bit this week since we've been 'trialling' our new favourite music!

Are her parents around when all this is going on?

Fighting fire with fire rarely works. I'd been seriously considering the route of a tank of CO2 through a ceiling rose in their loft one night, but decided the fallout might be a tad unpleasant. I won't tempt fate, but I think the noisy one next door might have got a job recently, though they have just bought a new dog that they insist on chasing round the house stomping up and down the stairs. But it's only for 20 minutes and better than music all night every night.

She seems to have a routine of very loud music, followed by some very loud sex with her boyfriend.

Fighting fire with fire rarely works.

Maybe catch the boyfriend as he leaves the house then try ****ing him loudly in a room where she can hear?

- Cotton Eye Joe
- I like to move it move it
- Crazy Frog
- Blue dab a dee dab a daa
- Mr Ouizo - Flat Beat

You need to create "Now that's what I call annoying the Neighbours Vol. 1" and do as above.

- Chumbawumba "Tubthumping"

samuris garden?

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call the police and they will give you the number for the coucils noise abatement team. They will come round with meters and measure the level of noise. It is different higher max levels for daytime though and I think daytime is 7am till 11pm.

Sounds like you're doing it wrong.

I used to live in flats with balconys and upstairs were having a party, largely out on said balcony, it was around 1am before I cracked.

I went out onto our Bacony, in dressing gown, and started shouting (only in that very British mildly raised voiced kind of way) to [i]"keep it down a bit, we're trying to sleep" [/i].

Increasing the volume each time, I failed to get a response of any kind, despite them hanging off the balcony and me having to have been at least a little bit in view. I lost it. Picked up my trail building shovel and start smashing it against the floor of their balcony. Music stops, more people rush over, just as I shout at full volume "shut the **** up". They went out after that. 😮

Crazy guy with shovel in dressing gown is the only way forward in these situations.

So you both argued?

"Excuse I'm not feeling well and it's my day off, could you turn it down please just for today?"

"Sure no probs"

And this turned into an argument?

I do hate noisy neighbours...across my garden I have a ****stani family that is shouting, screaming and thats just the parents...I now blast my music or ignore them.

I also appreciate the rain in the U.K. now as the kids run inside instead screaming at the top of their lungs lol it's weird as it used to be a quiet neighbourhood and everyone hates this family's noise not their race as they are nice people just inconsiderate at 6am...

Day off? Best spent elsewhere instead of home!

So.. why even mention their race?

CharlieMungus - Member
So.. why even mention their race?

Why did you feel the need to jump on that comment?

 

We too have a noisy b*stard next door. If it's not him with his music on full blast 'til 2 in the morning, it's his dog barking none stop all day 'til he gets home - I think the dog barking is actually worse than the music. Him and his dog seem to like doing kareoke to The Everly Brother's You've lost That Loving Feeling too which is a bit odd. He's been told numerous times to turn the music down, yet the thick tw*t still persists. We have a baby on the way now though so I can see things turning rather unpleasant if he carries it on and wakes the baby up (or us if we are gagging for a kip)

I'd put my music on inc bass box full blast 1st thing in the morning to give him a taste of it but have neighbours on the other side of us.

Why did you feel the need to jump on that comment?

I feel we all have a responsibility to confront racism when we see it

Why did you feel the need to jump on that comment?

I feel we all have a responsibility to confront racism when we see it

Difficult to say that's racism really. Mentioning the race wasn't important to the story, but we all infill stories with info not needed without necessarily biasing. Does come across as fishy I must admit, but you have to remember that if that family is the only ****stani family in the neighbourhood they may well be referred to locally as the ****stani family without intent, simply as an identifier if no name is known.

Difficult to say that's racism really.

Mentioning the race wasn't important to the story, but we all infill stories with info not needed without necessarily biasing.

Does come across as fishy I must admit, but you have to remember that if that family is the only ****stani family in the neighbourhood they may well be referred to locally as the ****stani family without intent, simply as an identifier if no name is known.

There may well be any number of characteristics which make them unique. To refer by race is a bit reductionist, and usually used by folks who think that by using the term, they are able to convey a range of other implicit characteristics which others will understand.

Cotton Eye Joe

Dear God that song, I helped teach a work colleague's son to drive he'd play that on constant loop. Allowed about 30 minutes then I warned him to put something else or he'd regret it. He continued to play it until I threw it out the car window.

There may well be any number of characteristics which make them unique. To refer by race is a bit reductionist, and usually used by folks who think that by using the term, they are able to convey a range of other implicit characteristics which others will understand.

Disagree. But as someone who has never tried to convey other meanings I guess I may be blind to that to some extent. The simplest, over-riding obvious choice of distinguishing feature is the colour of someones skin, or the size of their family. Both were mentioned here. Both could be taken badly, but it doesn't mean that's how it was intended and I dislike the automatic assumption of guilt by many folk.

The simplest, over-riding obvious choice of distinguishing feature is the colour of someones skin.

If that's the thing which you think makes them the most different, then I'm sure it is. Of course, you do know that the colour of their skin wasn't mentioned. Actually, nor was the size of the family!

^^^^

Anyhow...

As the proud owner of a hi-fi which breaks several strategic arms limitation treaties, as other have said give them a taste of there own medicine

German opera is loved by anyone who hears it loud IME

German opera is loved by anyone who hears it loud IME

Fascist!

There is a old white family to my left who is also pestering me for tools.

I don't know why I mentioned their race Charliemungus, just describing them, they are really friendly and a bit noisey but they are social and no they don't wear traditional dress.

But glad you mentioned it. I guess I should be saying there is a noisy family as there is only one race-the human race.

I stand corrected and glad it was on the forum and not in public. 🙂
as I do not wish to imply anything but describe who they are and what they look like.

I shouldn't say old either! Doh digging myself a hole.

Just speak to noisy neighbours nicely and you'll get a nice reply usually.

Accepted! 😀

Thing is I never knew I was saying race but I won't do it again without thinking.

It is quite rubbish how we have race's in the first place.

What is English? What is Indian? What is Chinese? Why do we have employment check lists?

I must admit I filled in an application form last year and ticked other (And not White/English) and wrote in "I'm human" under the race section...

I hope the world will just get on with each one day. Ok too much thought!

I'm not racist...I think women of other races are hot 😆 My ankle collar is beeping...

What is English? What is Indian? What is Chinese?

**** me! Remind me to never let you order the take aways!!

😆

Korma please...

"People from different parts of the world"

Scrub that.

Hot women from all over the world... 8)

Point some speakers at the adjoining wall, play this:

Loud as you can and on repeat from about 5am, go out for a bike ride, if that doesn't work, try Pantera instead

Well, there's been a development.

I got home from my day out (drifting cars at Oulton Park - short but fun), to find her stood on my doorstep. Very apologetic, of course she'll turn the music down, sorry you caught me at a bad time, if it bothers you again, just let me know.

She'd also turned up in very tight vest and it was at this point I noticed how large her cans were.

So all is forgiven.

She'd also turned up in very tight vest and it was at this point I noticed how large her cans were.
So all is forgiven.

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She'd also turned up in very tight vest and it was at this point I noticed how large her cans were

It's quite cold this evening...

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I don't know why I mentioned their race Charliemungus, just describing them, they are really friendly and a bit noisey but they are social and no they don't wear traditional dress.

But glad you mentioned it. I guess I should be saying there is a noisy family as there is only one race-the human race.

I stand corrected and glad it was on the forum and not in public.

That's fair enough that is. Someone's bin challenged for a comment they made (which I'm sure they din't in any way intend to be at all offensive or owt), and they've had a think about things and accepted they could adapt their outlook and future behaviour.

Takes a fair bit of courage I think, to admit one's faults and accept there is room for change and development.

Good on yer mate.

You Korma mentioning bstards. Now I have to go buy a takeaway.. got 6.40 cash. hmm.. http://www.rozistandoorideganwy.co.uk/index_files/Page399.html

http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com/

put that on nice and loud, and go out for the weekend 😀
hilarious.

Don't Kev. I right fancy some Chinse food, but I've got a fiver cash forgot to go to the cash mashin earlier. 🙁

Might have steak and chips actually...

Loop some nice bass heavy noise with samples from movie torture scenes, at uni I had a noisy neighbour who would spend nearly all of her time arguing with her boyfriend, arguing with her parents on the phone and then occasionally crying to her friends about how hard her course/life was and how mean her boyfriend/parents were. Got a little wearing trying to concentrate on work when she was screetching about how no-one loved or understood her through the thin walls. Did try reasoning with her but she seemed confused that someone didn't appreciate her plight.

So I assembled a 'mix tape' of brief horror samples, and low bass noise and put my speakers against the party wall, then I went out for the night. Not noisy, not immediately locatable, apparently quite disruptive to sleep.

Hey Kev, I saw the name of that place and looked it up, I used to live on Marine Crescent. Small world.

You were just down the road from me! they do a top Rogan Josh mate, I'm stuffed! Did you do much riding around here?

Grew up around that area and went to live in Deganwy for a few years after uni. Done lots around there, some mad routes coming down from the old llangelynyn church. Intact back in a month for a weeks visit. You been exploring long?

know most bits around Conwy Mountain, Tal-y-fan and Drum. Pretty steep descent round llangelynin! Give us an email if you fancy hooking up for a ride when you are about kevinevsATyahooDOTcoDOTuk

She'd also turned up in very tight vest and it was at this point I noticed how large her cans were

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