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Abusive neighbours !

Chrisward72

Hi all, me and my fiancée are at our wits end with our adjoining neighbours. Lewis 11 and is on the Aspergers spectrum, and Lilly-grace is 2 years old and as yet un- digagnosed. 

In January of this year our neighbour decided to fit a new kitchen in their property, and thought it ok, even after my fiancée going around there twice to complain politely, that it was acceptable to drill on our adjoining wall until 11.45pm. On receiving our complaints our neighbours decided we were out of order to complain and decided to take revenge on our family in the way of making more noise, and randomly smashing a hammer on our wall for a short while. Long enough to wake Lewis and Lilly up screaming, but in the local council words 'not long enough to be classed as nuisance noise' so would/will take no action. Police have been been called on numerace occasions but again wil/can't take any action as noise is not prolonged. Noise nuisance has become verbal abuse against me and my partner and, and more upsetting against Lewis, by calling him names because of his disability.

we are looking for some help please, has anyone else had this sort of problem, and/or has anyone resolved this sort of problem, with or without official organisations help ?

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  • Sadly shared walls have a history of problems.....some modern houses have such a thin skin between them that its now commonplace to hear about nails and screws reaching the other side!  And you can hear everything, but especially spring loaded cupboard doors banging.

    Regarding anti-social hours noise, you do have a right to complain but most environmental health officers on councils are a joke, and I've heard many stories of people complained about passing the officer a tip. I suffered severely for several years from two dobermans next door left on their own in the garden all day - when the environmental health officer put the microphones in to measure the noise, on both occasions the dogs went into kennels for a week (coincidence? - a tip off?). I'm afraid corruption in local authorities is rife now. You're paying rates to people you wouldn't invite into your house for tea.

    More recently a neighbour two doors away was having an extension built. He wanted underfloor heating, but the workment weren't doing it right apparently. So three times during the summer, when people were wanting to sit out in their gardens, they had the noise of compression drills digging out his floor and replacing it, over and over. They also did work in his front garden - and blocked the sewer for a row of houses. I think in the end they were doing it to spite him. Some people are just bad neighbours.

    One of my pet hates are those jokers with over sensitive car alarms who like testing them regularly to let everyone around know they have a flash car and an even flasher alarm system. Or the compression hose fanatics, who use them not only to clean their car but the entire garden.

    It is part of modern life and incredibly difficult to resolve. Even if you could afford a detached house with a large garden round it could still be spoiled by a bad neighbour. It is just considerably harder if you have children on the spectrum or are yourself affected, which makes coping with selfish idiots a whole lot harder. 

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  • Sadly shared walls have a history of problems.....some modern houses have such a thin skin between them that its now commonplace to hear about nails and screws reaching the other side!  And you can hear everything, but especially spring loaded cupboard doors banging.

    Regarding anti-social hours noise, you do have a right to complain but most environmental health officers on councils are a joke, and I've heard many stories of people complained about passing the officer a tip. I suffered severely for several years from two dobermans next door left on their own in the garden all day - when the environmental health officer put the microphones in to measure the noise, on both occasions the dogs went into kennels for a week (coincidence? - a tip off?). I'm afraid corruption in local authorities is rife now. You're paying rates to people you wouldn't invite into your house for tea.

    More recently a neighbour two doors away was having an extension built. He wanted underfloor heating, but the workment weren't doing it right apparently. So three times during the summer, when people were wanting to sit out in their gardens, they had the noise of compression drills digging out his floor and replacing it, over and over. They also did work in his front garden - and blocked the sewer for a row of houses. I think in the end they were doing it to spite him. Some people are just bad neighbours.

    One of my pet hates are those jokers with over sensitive car alarms who like testing them regularly to let everyone around know they have a flash car and an even flasher alarm system. Or the compression hose fanatics, who use them not only to clean their car but the entire garden.

    It is part of modern life and incredibly difficult to resolve. Even if you could afford a detached house with a large garden round it could still be spoiled by a bad neighbour. It is just considerably harder if you have children on the spectrum or are yourself affected, which makes coping with selfish idiots a whole lot harder. 

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