mikeyb10supra Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Guys just after your opinion on what you would do about the following? I live in a two bed flat and there are 6 flats in each block, so ground, middle and top floor on each side of the block. Now we have recently had some new people move in to the ground floor flat which is directly below mine which is in the middle. They are playing there music pretty much all day which doesn't really bother me too much as im at work, however, it is a bit annoying when I get in. Now to be fair they dont play it really late at night and stop at half 9 or so, however they do play it early in the morning but not to the point where its ridiculously loud, but just enough to wake me up. I went and said something the other day as it was on Saturday morning very loud around 8.30 and I hadn't got in until 4:00 that morning so was still sleeping, and to be fair he turned it down. It happened again this morning whilst getting up to work so went down there again and the guy really kicked off. It was his young son that had the TV on with home cinema blaring out and his dad then accused me of picking on him....(not his son) and proceeded to say I was singling him out and telling me that he was trying to sleep as well and then proceeded to kick the door in my face and warned me not to come knocking again. Ive only met the guy twice and both times to moan about his music. Im now at work having left things up in the air at home. Im now debating what to do when I get back? He doesn't seem like a nasty person so im thinking I should go round and clear the air and just say that I dont want there to be any hard feelings between us? Any ideas guys as I feel this could develop into a tricky one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Try the nice approach first - go round with a bit an olive branch, speak to him reasonably. If he still talks to you like crap, have a word with Environmental Health Dept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porky1978 Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Just report him to the authorities stating you have tried to resolve the situation yourself, and he has been less than helpful (and rather rude) They should be able to issue him with an abatement notice to prevent further occurences. May seem a bit drastic but a lot better than putting up with him and his crap. Thats my two penneth anyway. Hope you get it sorted mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erol_h Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Id say report him forget speaking to him a decent person should be considerate of others in the first place not behave like a d1ck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 The bottom line is whether you think it is actually worth talking to him?? The response so far doesn't look good really. I would have one last crack at him and ask him to give you a minute. Maybe ask him to come to your flat and listen to what you are having to put up with? After that is environmental health (useless IMO) and then sending the boys round.... H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Sounds like the guy is last in place in his own house. His reaction makes me think he gets ruled by the rest of his family. I would have another try and if you get nowhere then Enviromental health would be my next port of call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snooze Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Good post, Scott - do bear in mind that the guy may not actually have total control over what his son is doing - and whilst we would all love to be perfect parents, he may be having as tough a time as you are if this is the case! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Has nobody else in the surrounding flats had a problem? Might be good to get more people on board before/if youre gonna complain. Id try and reason with him again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Try the nice approach first - go round with a bit an olive branch, speak to him reasonably. If he still talks to you like crap, have a word with Environmental Health Dept. Yeah, that.... I've been through the same thing with a neighbour. The house next door to me have two sons, and bought one of them a drum kit. Obviously they played it day and night initially (badly!), I had a couple of fall outs with their angry dad, and then bumped into the mother in the local shop. We had a nice chat about stuff and now they have a thing that they don't play after 8pm, which is cool. Post script to this that the lads are actually sounding really good these days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyb10supra Posted September 1, 2009 Author Share Posted September 1, 2009 I think im going to try the nice guy approach again tonight which totally will go against my morals after having the door kicked shut in my face earlier, but I dont want there to be hard feelings either as thats bound to make matters worse. If he wont entertain clearing the air later when I knock then I guess I will need to see what the other tennants think before taking things further Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Worth trying to have a chat with him, we had a problem neighbour some years back and you couldn't talk to him as he knew best. As a result it meant years of agro and only ended when the old b*stard died. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaveriK Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 The bottom line is whether you think it is actually worth talking to him?? The response so far doesn't look good really. I would have one last crack at him and ask him to give you a minute. Maybe ask him to come to your flat and listen to what you are having to put up with? After that is environmental health (useless IMO) and then sending the boys round.... H. Exactly how i did it a few years back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimojameso Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Yeah i would deffo try and smooth it over with the nice guy approach. Otherwise will be awkward every time you see them. If he still keeps on being an arse speak to environmental health Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 If all else fails, turn your speakers to the floor and put your own music on at 4am when you get in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wile e coyote Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 if flats there must be a managment company so speak to them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz1 Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 cmon then show us your new shiner:d:p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Yeah, what happened? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyb10supra Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 ha ha he wasn't there when I got in last night, so I left it and waited for him to come in. I decided to leave it for now though after having a good think about the situation, so will see how it goes....my thinking was, that if I go down there and apologise and clear the air then its going to appear to him that he has rattled me. There was minimal noise last night and this morning so fingers crossed. If there are any more problems then I will go to the management company or talk directly to the owner as I feel he will react very badly to me going down there again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 ha ha he wasn't there when I got in last night, so I left it and waited for him to come in. I decided to leave it for now though after having a good think about the situation, so will see how it goes....my thinking was, that if I go down there and apologise and clear the air then its going to appear to him that he has rattled me. There was minimal noise last night and this morning so fingers crossed. If there are any more problems then I will go to the management company or talk directly to the owner as I feel he will react very badly to me going down there again It's probably best to go round when there is no noise and he won't be expecting you. Act as if the original unpleasantness didn't happen and smile..!! Offer the olive branch and tell him that you don't want any aggro as you never know when you are going to need your neighbours... Tell him that the next time you feel the noise is excessive, you will ask him round to get his opinion from your side of the wall. If this doesn't work then severely set about him with a cattle prod and feed him to the pigs (presuming that you have some pigs). H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbleapple Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 It's probably best to go round when there is no noise and he won't be expecting you. Act as if the original unpleasantness didn't happen and smile..!! Offer the olive branch and tell him that you don't want any aggro as you never know when you are going to need your neighbours... Tell him that the next time you feel the noise is excessive, you will ask him round to get his opinion from your side of the wall. If this doesn't work then severely set about him with a cattle prod and feed him to the pigs (presuming that you have some pigs). H. I had an almost identical problem a few years ago. I ended up on medication for nerve problems (I was worrying about the noise even when it wasn't there) and moving house. The problem is that if the guy is a twat, no matter what you say, it won't make a difference over the long term. Let me know how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRalphMan Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 If this doesn't work then severely set about him with a cattle prod and feed him to the pigs (presuming that you have some pigs). H. Everyone should have pigs, you never know when you might be expected to 'clear' up.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Neighbours suck. A house in a forest is the way forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 My, what big eyes you have! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 I admire your patience Mikey, a few weeks of hearing someone elses noise through my walls would really really nark me off. Getting a door in the face would be a final straw I think you're taking a very mature and moral approach to the situtation, big thumbs up The joys of living in shared accomodation though hey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 If this doesn't work then severely set about him with a cattle prod and feed him to the pigs (presuming that you have some pigs). . I'll supply the pigs, altough they have been slightly full just lately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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