ixora asks :

i have lived in a rented flat flat for the last six months and until recently life has been very quiet and peaceful. but now a new couple have moved in next door and they are making my life impossible. The main problem is that they have parties during the week that go on all night. Sometimes their friends turn up at their flat at two or three in the morning and when i complain they just tell me to go away. My two children can't sleep because of the noise, so i don't get enough sleep neither. I was doing evening classes twice a week, but I've had to give them up because I'm too tired to go. Now when i get home i just take off my coat, sit down in front of TV and fall asleep- until the party starts next door of course. All this is making me very depressed and fed up and i just cant put up with the noise any longer. I like living here and i get on well with all my other neighbors, but these people are nightmare. I don't want go back to my parents' house where we were living before, but i don't know what else to do.So i need your advise... Do u have any advise for me?

Yin replies

If you are in a rented flat, then is your contract up soon? If so try and find somewhere else to live, but ask about the neighbours first or knock on their door and have a chat to make sure this doesn’t happen again. Why not spend a couple of nights at your parents in a week, so you can get a good night’s sleep and you children can too. Perhaps if you feel more rested you could go back to college on the nights you know you will have peace.

Yang replies

Alternatively, you can call the council and register a noise complaint. Call your local office and explain the situation, they will send you out a pack and you just need to fill it in as to when the noise is occurring and how often. It may take a few more weeks, but once you have all the information gathered then something can be done about it.

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