I recently read that the average Briton is willing to pay an extra £3,100 for a home with good neighbours*. Right now I’d be prepared to pay double that, because I’m at the end of my tether with our neighbours!
They are SO LOUD. ALL THE TIME. Our flat is in a converted Victorian house, which was converted before there were any soundproofing regulations, so you people don’t even have to be being particularly loud in the first place to be able to hear everything being said and done in the other flats. We never had any trouble with the old tenants, but about a year ago the neighbours in the flats above and below changed, and the new people are unbearable.
They all seem to have nothing better to do than sleep all day, and then bang around all night playing loud music. I wouldn’t care if they were loud during the day, but I am a little bit tired of being woken up by the noise every night. We have to sleep with ear plugs in, it’s that bad.
So after a few friendly requests to keep the noise down have been ignored, we have given our notice and are now looking for somewhere new to live. I’m totally bummed to leave our flat, as I love it, and we’ve been there so long. It’s also really frustrating to have to go through the hassle and expense of moving because other people are being inconsiderate. But it’s not worth it to get into a nasty battle with them over it, so we are going elsewhere. Thank god we rent! I can’t even imagine going through something like this in a home that you own!
Have you ever had to move house because of something like this?
* Survey by Lloyds TSB Insurance
Wow that stinks here in the states they can’t do that after 8pm on weekdays or we can call the police and they can get cited for disturbing the peace. I’m not sure how it is there you might want to check it out.
I’m in this situation and I own. Not both sets of neighbours just the ones to the left. F&*king assholes! When I lived in an appartment people seemed more considerate. Now i’m in a house it’s like the neighbours think it’s their right to bang on like loud f&*ks. I’m convinced the only way I can prevent this from happening is to move back to the country, then I won’t get people fatigue
UHG! We are dealing with this right now. We have HORRIBLE neighbors. We own a house in the country and the next door neigbhors have dogs that roam the neigborhood and have already bit me twice! And they broke the window in my husbands truck while mowing the lawn, and refused to pay for it. And they play loud music all night. And they leave their dogs out all night and they bark all the time. And one of their dogs killed one of our ducks. We’ve called the police, we’ve tried to talk to them, we’ve tried everything. We are getting ready to put our (dream) house back on the market, and move, just so we don’t have to live next to them anymore. We just don’t know, with the current market, if we are going to be able to sell our house… be thankful you don’t own right now!
I had this with an apartment. It was misery and we had to move. It starts off being mildly annoying and then even the littlest of noises is salt in the wound.
Keep with the earplugs, but have you tried putting a loud fan next to your head to even out the noise? That might make things a touch better until you can move which would be the best.
As for the barking dogs, I got lucky with that one. My neighbor bought a collar for the dog that would mist citronella in its face at every bark and that cut back on it drastically. I could tell when the collar was empty!
I once moved into an apartment that had bedbugs. It was the worst experience ever! My roommate and I had to throw away our furniture to make sure we didn’t take the stupid bugs with us when we moved out. It was AWFUL!
All sound problems can be solved by getting some soundproofing done! Products like QuietRock, for example, can save you from complaining neighbors and privacy problems by cutting off outside noise!
I’m so sorry for your inconvenience. Glad you are planning to move out. The £3,100 will be all worth it if it will save you from earplugs and anxieties. We used to live at my husbands house and his brother is so annoying. I won’t go into detail but I was so relieved when we moved out. Even if it required us to have a tighter budget at least I have peace of mind. I really admire your patience not picking a fight with them though you’re the senior tenant. I hope you will find the perfect place and at a convenient price. Goodluck!