Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Noisy neighbours
Hello
I have extremely noisy tenants living in a flat above me. It is a very small flat with 2 primary school children who have a persistent desire to jump up and down. As the flat has a wooden floor the noise is insufferable.
Can anyone advise me on a course of action? I have registered a complaint with the Council, have emailed the letting agency.
Not looking forward to tonight (another party)
Thanks
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Permalink Reply by Lauren on
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Have you talked to your upstairs neighbours about this? They might not realise you can hear them.
I do sympathise as I’m in a similar position myself after living here for 4.5 years a family moved in upstairs after having only had single people live there previously. The noise is very loud at times as child seems to enjoy jumping up and down and scurrying around a lot. I’ve decided to grin and bare it as I’m hoping to move soon, but if I was staying I would probably talk to them about it.
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Permalink Reply by Gill on
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Hi. Thanks. Yes I have spoken with them and offered that they come down to hear what I hear.
I have put up with it since they moved in as "temporary accommodation tenants" 3 years ago. But now their children have grown to 3 and 7 year olds and they are in a one bedroom flat, consequently no space. Previous 'short term' tenants have been OK.
The noise has lessened at the moment.
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Permalink Reply by Sarah on
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Check your lease - it may be that it says you need carpets.
Mine does and I was thinking of worrying to the leaseholder of the flat upstairs about it, but luckily his tenants (shift workers) have stopped scraping their chairs inn the floor in the middle of the night. (Plan B was to just slip some chair pads through their letterbox!)
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It’s probably little consolation for you but it sounds like it’s not much fun for them either. How likely is it that they will move out any time soon? Could you ask them to put some rugs down at least?
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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Do you have high ceilings? Might be on you to have them lowered and put some baffling in, the council's noise enforcement don't suit asking people to live a little quieter.
Are they not inviting you to these parties either? That's really rude.
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Permalink Reply by Tina S on
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Hi,
we’ve got a very similar problem re noisy neighbours- but ours do loud parties and drill in the wall till late nights - on both sides. I wasn’t quite sure what yours is about - noise from kids or party noise in the evening?
I know it’s probably not what you want to hear, but Noise kids make when they play does usually not count as noise pollution.
it very much sounds like the flat is overoccupied and the kids are probably going bonkers in there considering their age, so your complaint might help them move that way.
good luck tthat there will be a solution for all of you soon!
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Permalink Reply by Jon C on
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Sorry to hear this. I have an almost identical problem - a one bedroom flat upstairs with wooden floors, parents of two children, one a pre-schooler with a penchant for running up and down for ten hours non-stop, plus a LODGER staying there as well! It is intolerable, yet the landlord upstairs couldn't give a stuff - our landlady has spoken to him. We've spoken to the tenants, but they merely pay lip service to the problem. Haringey Council website states there is "nothing unethical" about letting a one-bedroom flat to multiple occupants who may put up beds in the living room, and, having zero support from them in any context whatsoever about any antisocial behaviour I have reported in this area, I have given up on them. Judging by recent posts, all councillors are more interested in retaining their own cushy seats in the forthcoming election than with the concerns of their constituents. Cllr Adamou has yet to reply to an email I sent her in October. We too are being forced out of our lovely home thanks to the lack of regulation in this area. No-one, in reality, cares about private landlords and their dodgy practices.
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Haringey is currently doing a consultation for private renting due to all the problems and more you mention
The schemes have been designed to improve the condition of private rented homes, reduce anti-social behaviour and support landlords by providing guidance and support.
http://www.haringey.gov.uk/housing/housing-consultations/current-ho...
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That sounds all good but does that help people in their own homes who have trouble with noisy neighbours renting privately? Plus, it doesn’t even apply to our area.
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More lip-service. "Help for landlords"? The landlord upstairs lives in Wembley, and has numerous properties across London; no doubt all of them over-housed. I repeat, no-one in authority actually gives a damn. ALL landlords should be regulated, in my opinion - and councils should be responsible for ensuring that all properties that have only one bedroom should actually house one person or a couple, not hordes of them.
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