18/01/2012 20:16:33
timmy
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Hi,
Just wanted some advice on a not very black and white situation.
My parents live in a flat and my neighbour below us has complained about excessive noise. In our flat we have 2 retired OAP parents, my teenage sister and occasionally my 2 year old who stays over. The type of excessive noise we're talking about are flooring types (i.e. furniture moving, walking, child jumping etc) and not TV/music noise. I've actually went down to my neighbour's house and confirmed myself that normal walking is audible so I can see why a child's footstep would be quite bad for them.
To make the matter's worse my neighbour sleeps at 8 and our family sleeps around 11.
We've tried some step's to reduce the noise - ie laid down mats in play area, stuck cushions on legs of furniture, ban flip-flops at home, adjusted our walking habits etc and not only it didn't help and we've since had 2 anti-social behaviour warning from Hyde.
I've talked to my neighbour about it and they still intend to seek action, which is understandable, but I've exhausted all I can do. Even if I ban my daughter from visiting the grandparents, their normal living actions would still cause 'excessive noise'. My dad has advanced cancer and will be in crutches/wheelchair in a few years time it'll be this all over again. My neighbour seems to think as long as they can kick us out everything will be nice and quiet again.
What can we do?
edited by timmy on 18/01/2012
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