We called the non-emergency police number again and police never showed up or called us back! some people just dont learn no matter now nice and understanding you try to be. I have already left them a friendly note suggesting they find a healthier way to deal with their issues and have contacted management again about the issue. No barking dog. Insist that the Housing do something for you, mither!!!. The hatred I feel is hard to wake up to every day, but so is a barking dog, I actually don’t want to get out of bed in the morning anymore. It may also include a parent who is inattentive to a child's needs or allows drug and alcohol use. Ever since he was a tiny baby, all we hear is the parents screaming, shouting and swearing at him. I even asked the parcelforce bloke if his pet snake was big enough to eat a dog or a human. I noticed your comments about teenagers, I feel exactly the same way about dogs, and lately, a certain ethnic minority, or majority whatever. Take a large pair of earphone buds (get cheap ones on eBay if you don’t have spares) and fill in the hollow chamber with sufficient wax from a Boots Muffler Earplug to create a good seal. That’s wonderful news Claire you must had been dancing all over the place when they moved out! Neither use nor ornament! I am having a noise problem with a new neighbor living in the flat above in a housing association property. Kids are great, but they kind of seem like a handful sometimes.”. So, Housing Association have said they have to believe her over me as no other witnesses. You have a right to a Noise recording Device. ... By 5a.m, when I still couldn’t block out the music and your lovely, happy party shouting, I … my said we just wondered as the light a re shaking and we thought that the ceiling was coming in. He did everything he could possibly think of because he hated me: he wanted to purchase the property and I ended up buying it from my landlord. You might say something like “Hey Todd! Often, a harassing neighbor gets charged with disorderly conduct, which is a misdemeanor. Comes to something when your forced out of your own home and no one gives a shit! Latest update: I have had to send a letter to the freeholder/landlords of the building giving notice of intention to sue (damages). as they were frightened!!! I have exactly the same problems with my neighbours upstairs. The child has a constant medical or physical condition that has not been treated. so everything Ive done over the past 18 months has been a complete waste of time. Thanks David Shailes. PEACE and QUIET!!! When the house is empty their dog howls continuously i recorded this and it maxed out at nearly 90dB. It’s not DIY but they’re in all day, the TV is loud and on almost all day (bloke is hard of hearing) , I’m always having to hear them talking loud and hearing their arguments which seems to be at least once a week . It may take days, weeks, or months depending on how low people you neighbors are. It’s been years now and nothing has been done. hi jazz, I am in a similar position I moved to sheltered for the over 60s 3 years ago, 2 years ago the lady above me died and a couple moved in in May 2016. 1. Is the dog well, looked after proper? You’re right, buddy. Your email address will not be published. Put a speakers system facing them…and play it on only when they turn on their music. Still have ongoing complaint about the Association, have taken Witness with me and they blatantly lied to us, and still are. I feel no empathy at all for them. A goes round to B's house every night for a week threatening violence to B and damage to the fence if B does not take the fence down. The continual banging of doors and windows and them arguing all hours of the day and night went on for months despite my complaining, then she walked out and left him. Those who made young life sort difficult, bring them on!? Similar problem here, you feel the thumps coming through the foundations rather than hear it, absolute bastards doing this at 6 am. These people can’t be reasoned with, police are utterly useless so if you want to reach a solution, do it yourself, if you’re catching my drift…. Believe it not, you really have NO RIGHTS! I am reposting this from another thread. Was told by the Nuisance Officer I was placed on the ‘professional witness’ list and to call when it all started again, I did!. I am at my wits end and just want to make this physical. But with the help of a Management Company who sent the complaint to the Landlord. I think it is a really tough decision, for those of us who enjoy writing, well I would prefer putting a letter in the post and keeping it polite just mention that on numerous occasions you have tried to talk with them but just keep missing them? A few weeks ago the police had to be called as he was banging on a neighbouring door stark naked!!! Our new tenants are soon to move in, the previous tenants left the property in a complete mess, so the Housing Association are working really quickly to get it ready, new bathroom, kitchen, floor boards, doors, doors casings, skirting boards and plastering walls! Have you also considered noise-cancelling wifi earphones for TV/web. It is an absolute pain doing all this, but hopefully it will pay off and get her stopped. So being sleep deprived for 2 or 3 days in a row over those periods was just a joke !! Explain about the noise, they will ask you to keep a diary to start and write to the Owners explaining they have had a complaint. What shall I do? It is quite like my angry emails to the council’s environmental officers, if I look at them as a history, they started off polite and friendly and have become more and more hostile over time. Remember that you are do not know what is going on in your neighbor's lives or what events were leading up to the yelling. until 11.30 p.m. non-stop day in day out. I also feel let down by the police as things got worse after they had visited me but they never had the word with these tenants that they said they would. Who does that? i dont condone violence. Three, your neighbours are going to figure out it was you who called the cops on them and decide that you’ve started a neighbourhood war and they’re going to fight back. neighbours, proper annoying but I believe if the housing association are honest and genuine, then the noise would be to a minimum? Buy a voice recorder that can pick up background sound without interference. I have already asked management to say something to them and after that, it was nice and quiet… for one week almost exactly. Damn. How are you guys doing?” or “What are you guys up to today?”, You might say something like “Isn’t parenting hard sometimes?” or, “You must be so stressed. You will get threw this horrible situation, hold your head up high, you’re done nothing wrong, some neighbours play games and think it’s funny because they are not happy, they cause misery and upset to other people. This starts at 8 am and goes on until after 10 at night. Something what can be done, talk with other neighbours and see what they can advise or even they might join you in confronting the nuisances? I am warning you however that I personally got little help due to lack of staff/resources. Jusy becaue of one pathetic lowlife kid, veryones lives are pretty much ruined. But to be absolutely sure (and the issue still persists by the way), the video recording appeals to me, because I will have concrete evidence. Also continuously psychologically harassed from inside their house by leaving extremely insulting remarks on some sort of playback device (24 hours a day at low level decibel frequency) which you can hear faintly. It’s got that I quite enjoy the ‘noise wars’. There is no sound proof between our houses now , i hear everything and it is affecting our health . 2/ Ear Plugs – I use them daytimes and sleeping, alleviates all those loud banging door noises which bring on the fight/flight instinct – put them in once the noise starts & before going to bed. I know exactly what you mean by developing irrational hatred. They have consistently tried to make out that they are not doing anything wrong with the police and the anti social behavior team, who visited their property and the husband consistently lies to the authorities by saying “he’s a nutter and not all there.” Due to his evil ruthless actions I had mental health professionals come down and visit my property so they could evaluate my mental health by the recommendation of the police authorities. I called the flat owner last Friday, he was full of abusive words and said he had asked the tenants to stay as long as possible to keep making noises. Keep very good records, times dates, descriptions etc., right down to the minute detail. Justice is just a word that they use to make them look good. You might say something like “Let me watch Sara for a bit while you relax” or “How about I pick up the kids after school today?”. If it continues from after this, they can provide you with a Noise Recording Device, thereby hopefully getting proof. My neighbours drive me to distraction with their constant banging & crashing & clattering & shouting & stomping around. They then said they didn’t want to take actions because tenants said they would move out at July. i meant to say also when they move in go over with a bulldog…get your mates around look over the fence…just get ways of working together from the outset! Now waiting for a reply which I feel will either not come or be nasty and unhelpful about it. I hope it gets better for you. I have an elderly lady neighbour who is frightened. Police did nothing because they could not hear noise as they drove by. I’m now looking at moving but have to declare I’ve got noisy neighbours, who would want to buy a house with all this going on next door?? i am at the stage now where i hate living in the flat, so yesterday i put a polite but to the point note in the neighbours door. There is nothing we can do in this situation, it is all classed as acceptable. You are unable to turn off due to the annoyance of the thumping keeping you constantly thinking about the noise, and that will effect your entire life. I am under monitoring at my doctors surgery because my asthma has become much worse 8 or 9 arttacks everyday and I have gone from 9 stone to 6.13 stone since June. It doesnt help as he drinks too much to the point he doesnt know what he is doing! You might say something like, “Hey Doris, I heard things get a little heated with Tim the other day. he was apologetic and gave me his number to call if it got loud, but when he was drunk hed say fk off, oh well. We use cookies to make wikiHow great. Look up (Statuary nuisance.) Update: Seemingly the Housing Association have failed yet again!! Unfortunately they own their home so I couldn’t see a way to get help. Shouting or swearing at an employee or otherwise verbally abusing him or her; I heard one of the neighbors company shout they’d come to our apartment and “raise hell”. He knows I work nights .. yet NEVER had the common decency to speak to me about what he was going to have done . Hi little fox i hope things are better for you now, i feel your pain. 1 decade ago. Responding to a Swearing Child Stay calm when your child swears. It was probably all the bloody stress! If the shouting occurs occasionally and is not abusive, you might want to ignore the yelling and be sure to talk to your kids about it. this new place was quiet until 5 months ago. Like myself as a private owner if I had let my house or moved out and not declared the problems with the Nuisance Neighbour I could have been sued! The tenants themselves didn’t have tiny amount of consideration even by wearing slippers or having a rug to reduce the noises for four months I had been complaining, and the impact on my and my family’s daily living and sleep were terribly bad. I have made attempts to solve the issue but it only last a week or so. I’ve just been through a 6 year nightmare due to former neighbours’ paranoia over ordinary household noises they heard through the party wall. Neglect: This occurs when a parent or caregiver is not providing for a child's basic needs, such as food, shelter, clothing, medical care, education, and so on. Luckily my S/O was there to talk to the women but she was being very aggressive. Dealing with a neighbor who shouts at their kid can be a sensitive and difficult situation to handle. The system is a joke, and it deserves to go under. This time they have failed to deal with a complaint I placed about them & how they have failed with their Tenant. I think we find that once the housing association have got us ‘in’ then they take a step back re. You have suffered a lot. That is the onlt respite I get. We have not approached the management committee yet as we don’t wan to cause more friction but those living above us could not care less. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2186979/Five-best–ear-plugs.html, No one should go through this kind of noise torture. Four months ago, a young lad moved in to the flat downstairs. Girl 1st yr secondary school, younger girl and approx 4yr boy. Woke up in the night to new neighbours shouting, swearing and screaming last night. It really isn’t just about sound recording equipment, videos have great quality sound recording, and it can be viewed by the authorities, not that they can fully do anything against arrogant neighbours. I have tried recording the noise but an ordinary tape recorder does not pick up enough. We cannot sell our house to get away from it, nobody would buy it with that constant racket going on, our house is now a worthless money pit while they live happily in their council owned house among us lowly mortgage payers, they constantly have work done to the house for free, Unlike our house, I’m on the verge of bankruptcy as I’m unable to concentrate on my work, I’m self employed. Shadow I really feel your pain, I’m in the same boat. blokes on either side of them!! So where to go now, would love to sell my house, but who wants to buy it, as I legally have to disclose information of ‘problem neighbours in the last 5 years”. In the end terrace of a row of 8 quite large terrace houses (not too crammed together is what i mean) One of the neighbours, 5 doors away, have 3 children. Call 999 if you are in the United Kingdom. Depending on the severity of the violation or the number of occurrences, your neighbor might get charged with a felony, which results in stiffer penalties. A few days ago his dog howled from 22:00 till 02:00 then he came home with his wife and ranted (there is no other word) at his wife for 3 hours. No direct threat was made but she has yelled and cursed to stay out of her area. The police wont take situations like this seriously. Regularly saying fuck when shouting at kids. Noise pollution is one of those laws, or regulations that seem to have large parameters depending upon when and what type of nuisance takes place, variance from different city’s and counties. i dont know what happened , but when i rang their bell , one of the sons in his thirtys then opened his door , and threw a punch at me , i instinctively blocked, and counter side kicked him all the way down his hallway. Make a note of what happened as soon as you get back, you could in fact record it on your mobile voice recorder but keep the phone in a top pocket. But unfortunately my Wife wont let me give it back ten fold. Sorry to hear you moved to the same again, as they are private home owners, you stand a better chance of getting thing sorted out. There is no such thing as respect anymore, and I refuse to believe that he’s THAT stupid that 5 visits from the anti-social and several visits from me and countless banging down has went over his head. And you can look our website about proxy list. The problem is the neighbours bang draws and doors early morning and late in the evening. Found out after making complaint that she said she ‘fell in the shower’ and was shouting for help! But its really creating a HUGE Problem. whenever i confronted them , they used foul language and abuse. Tried nicely approaching them but they think its not a problem and think Im being unreasonable. Just keep calling the police untill they get bored of your constant complaints and the will eventually find a solution and maybe force the neighbour to move and pay penalty charges. 6. They are a couple (haven't really spoken to them, apart from the occasional necessary text, due to lockdown) with two kids (one is 6 and the other around 2). Having read a few of the above comments, it seems like the same old story. Because they know I’ve reported them to the police, anti social behavior team and the local council. They are a Polish couple with 2 kids, he just smokes weed on the hallway, she doesn’t speak a word of English. My neighbour is pushing me to breaking point. You have to keep on top of it all. Any ideas if I can complain to his boss about how he was spending his ” work from home time” ? It really makes your life hell when you can not enjoy your own home. Living with sarcoidosis, the good, the bad, and lots of in betweens. The kids throw things into my back garden- sticks, balls and plastic sticks. Other neighbours have apologised to me as I was left to sort it all out!! Then informed by their Legal Clerk. The only answer is move out. He also admitted that on 4th April in the same street he approached another man who was sitting in a vehicle and began shouting, swearing, making threats of violence, brandished a golf club and smashed the driver’s side window of the car. As a result to months of constant drilling and hammering I got tinnitus. The doctor gave me a letter to send to the environmental health, who passed me to the ASB people who told me to go to the police who despite a case of hate crime – I was told to go back to my own country and leave my neighbours alone their house number as specified- told me to go to environmental health who have passed me back to ASB and so far nothing not even a call. His son is his landlord so there was no use in approaching him as he is an arrogant man who thinks because he owns the flat above that he can do what he likes. Their bullying tactics are not going to work! Tell the council it must be dealt with. Thanks to anyone who can help. wikiHow is where trusted research and expert knowledge come together. If, however, you constantly hear the parent bullying or being verbally aggressive with the child, then it may be helpful to try to connect with the parent to try to find out what is going on — it may be completely unrelated to their child and they are unknowingly taking their stress out on the child. My neighbor has been harassing the neighborhood children for the past 6 months. Below you will find references to areas of Texas law that govern nuisances, or issues related to nuisances. Getting old. Reporting him to the council time after time does nothing. This is what leads to murder, I find myself having daydreams about the family and the dog being ripped apart by lion or any other wild animal with big canines. Give as good as you get. I’ve been bullied and harassed by my neighbors for over 18 months, verbally threatened on my property front and back garden. Specialties: Bask in boutique hotel-inspired luxury living at Pearl Midlane River Oaks in Houston, Texas! we sufferers are legion. Call RSPCA? My wife says, no matter who we speak to, no one wants to help, its always the trouble makers that get away with it. GREAT!!! Thanks to everyone here for the support!! The law is not their to help the Victim! Every dollar contributed enables us to keep providing high-quality how-to help to people like you. This includes hitting, shaking, throwing, biting, choking, kicking, burning and so on. I get it, she has a little one of her own and I get that it is a big deal to get them to sleep. I got respect for everyone and whatever their views are etc, and I make sure I’m not a moron to my neighbours because we all have to live here. Ive lost all faith in the council as they just keep making excuses for him as he has ‘mental health’ issues. Hi all and my sympathy to everybody in this situation. The couple (especially the husband) yell at the kids and each other A LOT. Guess what! Without spending an arm and a leg, any suggestions (from anyone here) of perhaps a camcorder that has decent audio recording features together with date and time appearing on the screen as one records? Update – Housing Association this time have been a complete waste of time, they have changed their Anti Social Officer, who has failed to investigate fully, took them 3wks to send a letter out to other neighbours and didn’t ask what the Officer told me it would be asking. First, you are not alone ! Don’t get some loud music equipment and take them on! Sexual abuse: Like verbal or emotional abuse, this can be difficult to identify, as it doesn't necessarily leave an obvious physical mark and happens behind closed doors. Any help would be welcome. I went through the routine, asked nicely, please be less noisy, her reply was, right, bring it on ! An ideal small pocket camera would suffice, thing is, mobile phones have all these functions and don’t happen to make anything as obvious as a camcorder or camera. Keep us updated!!! They wouldn’t do the noise recording thing as they said it has a poor success rate in court when you try to get a noise abatement notice, the other side’s solicitors take it apart and get them off on a technicality. At the end of the day they just might not realise just how annoying they have been? 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