Nosiy neighbours and poor sound insulation

There are more idiotic morons in the UK than ever! Neighbour problems are at an all time high.
Cooped up in small flats/homes (most of them are housed by the local council), they shout, scream and couldn't care less about anything.
The sad thing is when these neighbours step outside, they sometimes behave friendly towards each other as if no one had heard them!
They rant, shout at their offsprings, swear and are totally useless to society. They do not want to learn or be educated at all and tabloid newspaper is as far as they get to reading anything. They expect society to look after them and blame everyone else
The circle of life for these people is a dead end life.

But there are regulations nowadays for newbuilds ones that state under regulation E that say you should not hear footfall noise or low level tv noise so newbuild flats should not be overly noisy..

hi everyone we are having tha same problems trampoline noise etc etc etc etc etc and the parents mouthy, swearing etc as far as not wanting to upset the neighbours we are far down that road with this we had no choice despite trying to talk to them many many times about it they wouldnt listen as we had 9 years of it with our old neigbours and had got to a point where we had managed to quietend them down at last and most of their kids had grown up and moved away and our housing ass has now allowed a worse family despite protest from us having known of the new ones before hand to do a swap with our old neighbours despite complaints and trying to get justice and be able to sleep at night for 9 years off and on , no other neighbours want to get involved either they are scared or its because they are not as close as we are to them as there's only our two houses together so we are now starting all again from scratch with these new ones all the organisations dont seem to want to know and dragg there feet and as good as take the side of the perpatrater and not the victim despite having diary sheets tape recordings etc its absolute madnes I could write a very very thick book on what me and my family have been through over the years you might say why dont you move but its not that easy the housing situation today ,not owning our own property etc but we must fight on to not let these chavs/ moorons win. the ironic thing is that where our old neighbours are they are as quiet as a mouse not a peep and not using the garden all night as they used to ironic eh.despite these peopl breaking their tenancy agreement many many times the housing association still reluctant to do any thing about it and keep coming up with mediation every time you dont change these type of people by getting them in a room and having a little chatting to them.

tell me aout it!! the block were I live is poulated by morons that stamp up & down the stairs, slam their doors, rattle their windows, & exercise their dogs right outside , & these dogs just bark,bark, bark all the time. I currently waiting for my housing association to give me another place. Iv`e been waiting over 2 years now.

Where I used to live the walls weren't good insulators against sound and we could hear our neighbours as they could hear us.

Unfortunately due to being rather thick they assumed we were noisy and became aggressive towards us yet the noise they made was much more.

We weren't going to accept criticism by narrow-minded and bigoted hypocrites and continued as before but they didn't like it. They complained to the housing association and the housing association took preference to them without getting their facts right but that might be because they were on benefits and we weren't.

We ignored it as we don't like the Potts calling the Kettles "Black" and if officials got involved would see this was the case.

We didn't go any quieter and they continued to be noisy.

We are used to noise and can put up with it but they couldn't. They didn't like it when we were a bit nosier but were never as noisy as them so tough luck to them for their attitude.

Our name is Ketley and theirs was Potts. Other neighbours knew them for being "the Potts calling the Ketleys black".

Well I live next door to a couple of lesbians, they're quite open about it and have been very chatty towards me when we've met in the corridor. But behind the closed doors of their flat they must be getting up to some very unusual activities especially as one always looks so tired I feel sorry for her. I've asked them if their plumbing is all right. They say it is but give me a funny look when I ask. And I do ask them if they ever hear any strange noises, a bit like rubber hammer on wood or a woodpecker type of toc toc toc. I'm only trying to be friendly but the noise is starting to get the better of my curiosity and I'm worried that I might really say something soon! (Then they'll never invite me into their flat, again..)

The way to combat noise that interferes with your sleep is to point out to your neighbor that their behavior is causing you a problem. If this doesn't help, then you have to give it back.

Everyone needs 7 - 8 hours of sleep each day. If your neighbors are unreasonably out of sync with normal sleep patterns...then you should make sure that you are optimally noisy when you (and most normal people) wake up in the morning. After all, your neighbors love noise. Loud non-rhythmic noises work best to disturb sleep. Your neighbor will become so sleep deprived that an early night will seem like a way better idea.

In other words, you can't have your cake and eat it.

Must agree passe passe ,I have only once lived near complete twats who thought they owned the street. I am so -pleased these anti social people finally get the boot, Why can t decent people live there life in peace away from "scum"

Passe Passe, your posting just confirms what I've always known: there are 'scum' families in Britain. You can throw social workers at them, send their brats to be educated by tired, over-worked teachers; try to sit down and rationally plead with them to change their behaviour; but it is all pointless. They are completely selfish, self-centred, ignorant, arrogant, anti-social, lazy, moronic scum! The modern housing stock with the plaster board, paper thin walls only help to make their presence all the more of a burden on the majority of law-abiding, hard-working and considerate people. Using a word like 'scum' sounds harsh as a term for fellow human beings, but having been through a similar experience to yours in the past, over a long period of time, I use it deliberately and forcefully.

I had three years of the chav family next door playing their electric guitar, drum kit or big sound system. Three years of them arguing and screaming abuse at each other and their eight year old kid. Three years of not being able to live in my own house over the weekend because of the sheer amount of noise. Three years of their dog barking almost constantly. Three years of their kid kicking a football up against my fence and breaking it, so that I could see the mounds of dog crap and rubbish in their back garden. Three years of slowly losing my marbles and becoming a nervous wreck. All while I paid out a huge chunk of my wages every month to pay the mortgage. The lady that owned the house tried to evict them but because the DSS had no where else to house them they were allowed to stay, despite complaints from the entire close.

The best day of my life was finding out from a neighbour that this bunch of unemployed, lay about, bad mannered, foul tempered ars*holes had been given a council house at the other end of the town. They were finally being moved because they 'could no longer stand being victimised'!!

Every now and then I walk past where they've been moved to and I can hear the drum kit going and the kid screaming. I feel so sorry for their new neighbours but so glad that they are no longer ruining my sanity.

Its not only modern houses, I live in a victorian terrace and can hear next door's light switch. On one side there is an anti social oaf he creates a minor tsunami merely calling his cat in. I enjoy treating him to my drum and bass collection.

Just when I was thinking of getting my own flat this has made me think again. I'm a 23 year old single male who still lives at home, I have a fairly well paid job and currently pay rent to my parents etc but I'm sitting here thinking 23 still at home = need to get own place (could probably afford to rent but NEVER to buy!) But this gripe has made me think again. I will keep my bedroom in this detached house rather than go to a flat with paper-thin walls for "privacy" yeah right now thats what I call a False Economy.

Also I know that concrete is very good at blocking human voices so why not make a rule to line the walls with that? I will always look at new build flats now very differently, it's very true in this country you really cannot have anything these days!