Hi ya
I now live in the ground floor flat and the family upstair has two kids. They make the noise all the time. The kids alway run and jump on the floor that make very loud noise and I could not study. I don't want to move because the flat is near the University. Does anyone has any idea to deal with the problem
Thanks
Gailich

Welcome to the forum galich! :wave:

There are some useful suggestions here (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=30710) :D :hihi: :clap:

tell them to be quiet. other than that set fire to them:heyhey: :heyhey:

Hi Gailich,
welcome to the forum,
do you live in a private or council flat?

Hi Madowl
I rent the private flat. mor noise everyday? I think their mother can't control the kids, but it is not fair for me to be stressed and pay lots of rent too. I have tried to change my schedul to sleep in the day and work at night but they wake up very early and i can't sleep too.
Gailich

My advice (not that I followed it myself when I had this problem) is to first of all have a pleasant word with the neighbours. If this doesn't work, make shedloads of noise when you know they are asleep. The kids bedrooms are ideal 'cos if you can wake them up, there's no way the parents will get any sleep.

If they complain then point out that you did try to be reasonable, and offer a truce; if they don't behave better, keep up the noise.

Un-neighbourly? Yes! Stooping to their level? Yes! Effective? Yes!

sent you pm gailch!

Hi Madowl,
Thanks a lot for your advices.
Gailich

get in contact with enviromental guys

Hi

I'm glad I saw this thread; kind of hi-jacking it in a me too sort of way.

I live in a quiet cul-de-sac near a park. We've got our own entrance to the park at the bottom of the road, all of about 3 minutes walk away.

The flats have a no pets clause in the leases and they are all privately owned or privately rented out but a few people do have cats or a dog. One of my neighbours has a pedigree cat that doesn't go out and another across the road keeps their granddaughters's dog for her. An accountant further down has a little dog for company. None of these people or their pets have ever presented a problem. The dog owners are responsible people and they don't use the communal areas as a dog toilet.

Sadly, a family of four have moved in to our block. I can't imagine how they are coping with living in a 2-bed flat with a teenage daugther and a teenage son. (At least I think he's their son he might be the girl's boyfriend. They are all massively overweight and he is as skinny as a rake.) There is one single bedroom and one that just about takes a double bed in it so I dread to think how they are coping in this accommodation.

They've already flooded my flat, but I guess that's to be expected when people are moving in and shoving washing machines and so on about.

However, they are already using communal areas that we normally use in the summer for BBQ's and sunbathing as a dog toilet for their dog.

I really fail to see where they think they are entitled to expect everyone else to put up with their dog's **** and **** all over the place.

It's going to have to be dealt with. I hope a quiet word in their shell like will work but I am not keen on doing it so I am probably going to ask the ex Guards officer downstairs to do it. He's a genial 6ft 6 chap so I am hoping he'll have the right effect on them. :)

If that doesn't work then we wil have to resort to informing the Management Agency to see what can be done about these people breaking lease clauses and no doubt the council about fining them and giving them an ASBO for what they are doing.

Any tips or advice gratefully received.

I'd be a shirker and expect the Management Agency to deal with it I'm afraid to say ....

After all, that's what you pay your fees for - these people should have never have been allowed to move in in the first place if they have a dog.

If you do decide to complain, maybe it'd be best not to mention the other residents who have pets. Unfortunately, what may happen is that everyone who has an animal in the block may be forced to get rid of them ... it often seems to follow that when one person flouts the rules, and is complained of, everyone has to start toeing the line ... :(

Hope you can work it out to everyone's satisfaction.

Hi we are lucky that in Sheffield we have a service, which is known as MESH, the Sheffield Community Mediation Service. The service is designed to assist neighbours to resolve conflicts, it is free, impartial, independent and confidential, and it has a good track record of success.

MEDIATION SHEFFIELD MESH

Offers a free, independent, confidential mediation service to neighbours in dispute. Aims to help neighbours to negotiate and arrive at a satisfactory settlement of the conflict. Provides training for mediators and external organisations.

Office Address & Opening Times
Scotia Works
Leadmill Road
Sheffield
S1 4SE
Mon-Fri 10am-1pm
0114 241 2771
0114 241 2774
Training
Fax :-0114 241 2773
Email :-
mesh@mediationsheffield.org.uk


Just go to:
http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/environment/how-we-work/environmental-serv/neighbour-nuisance/domestic-noise- and look at your options

so do I rubydazzler

my neighbour's cat is a gorgeous little darling and the dog across the road is a wonderful little character in her own right, giving all of us a great deal of pleasure when we see her. I would hate for any of this to affect them.

How have we jumped from noisy kids to cats ????????

I love cats , we were talking about Gailch's prob with the noisy neighbours.

We had a neighbour once who had a dog and they crapped outside our house right in front of our door window my partner scooped it up and stuck it in front of their door it has never happened since