Disabled Facilities Grant

I am in a similar situation IntenseWorld. I live in an ex Council flat (now owned by a Housing Association), on the ground floor. It  has its own front door (I could never live in a communal block of flats), and has just one neighbour above. This neighbour is normally not unduly noisy, although I cannot forget the time she kept me awake all night by having a massive argument with, I presume, her boyfriend.

Sometimes she plays her music very loud, and I have to block it out with white noise turned on to top volume, but thankfully this does not happen often, and she lives by herself.

However, it is the small, household noises that really irritate me. I cannot complain to Environmental health about them because they cannot take action against normal, everyday sounds, and I make the same noises myself!. I am talking about coughing, her walking above me, taps being turned on (why the heck can I hear her water?), low level talking, chairs scraping along the floor, washing machine and vacuum cleaner.

Sound insulation between the properties is very shoddy, and so I live in a constant state of stress. I can only de-stress by spending the weekends with my parents, who live in a semi-detached house. You can still hear the neighbours, but at at least I can move away from the party wall.

I am interested to know what rights I may have to adjustments, like sound insulation.

IntenseWorld, the letter you received is full of rubbish - sound sensitivity is neurological, not psychological, and so the onus is on the Council to provide you with adaptations, as they would if you were in a wheel-chair.

I am in a similar situation IntenseWorld. I live in an ex Council flat (now owned by a Housing Association), on the ground floor. It  has its own front door (I could never live in a communal block of flats), and has just one neighbour above. This neighbour is normally not unduly noisy, although I cannot forget the time she kept me awake all night by having a massive argument with, I presume, her boyfriend.

Sometimes she plays her music very loud, and I have to block it out with white noise turned on to top volume, but thankfully this does not happen often, and she lives by herself.

However, it is the small, household noises that really irritate me. I cannot complain to Environmental health about them because they cannot take action against normal, everyday sounds, and I make the same noises myself!. I am talking about coughing, her walking above me, taps being turned on (why the heck can I hear her water?), low level talking, chairs scraping along the floor, washing machine and vacuum cleaner.

Sound insulation between the properties is very shoddy, and so I live in a constant state of stress. I can only de-stress by spending the weekends with my parents, who live in a semi-detached house. You can still hear the neighbours, but at at least I can move away from the party wall.

I am interested to know what rights I may have to adjustments, like sound insulation.

IntenseWorld, the letter you received is full of rubbish - sound sensitivity is neurological, not psychological, and so the onus is on the Council to provide you with adaptations, as they would if you were in a wheel-chair.