Hixxy9241
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RIght I live in a large Georgian style house which has been converted into 5 separate flats,2 on the ground 2 on the first floor and one in a loft conversion.
I live on the first floor and it's really starting to become very intrusive having a flat above because none of the floors a solid there just wooden with no sound insulating or anything so you can hear every time the guy walks round,every door he closes and when he talks
To add to this he comes home from work at 12am every night then obv he does whatever he has to do which I can hear or sometimes there's a women there during the evening and she seems to be quite heavy footed, a few weeks back she decided to vacuum at 11:30pm
A fine example of the lack of sound insulation ect is I have heard a phone vibrating and started to look around thinking it was mine but then realised it was the guys phone upstairs!
When I first moved in I made a complaint to the housing about being able to hear the flat above then he actually went quiet but then I realised it isn't actually his fault It's the stupid idea of having a flat in the loft
It's a housing association building and I'm considering making some sort of complaint as it is ridiculous so I was wondering what kind of regulations are there for this kind of situation because being able to hear your neighbours every move surely isn't right, I work shifts and sometimes have to be up at 2-3am
I have tried ear plugs but it isn't just the sound , you can physically feel them walking above sometimes as its just a wooden building so all that's dividing us is the wooden floors
Any kind of advice would be appreciated
I live on the first floor and it's really starting to become very intrusive having a flat above because none of the floors a solid there just wooden with no sound insulating or anything so you can hear every time the guy walks round,every door he closes and when he talks
To add to this he comes home from work at 12am every night then obv he does whatever he has to do which I can hear or sometimes there's a women there during the evening and she seems to be quite heavy footed, a few weeks back she decided to vacuum at 11:30pm
A fine example of the lack of sound insulation ect is I have heard a phone vibrating and started to look around thinking it was mine but then realised it was the guys phone upstairs!
When I first moved in I made a complaint to the housing about being able to hear the flat above then he actually went quiet but then I realised it isn't actually his fault It's the stupid idea of having a flat in the loft
It's a housing association building and I'm considering making some sort of complaint as it is ridiculous so I was wondering what kind of regulations are there for this kind of situation because being able to hear your neighbours every move surely isn't right, I work shifts and sometimes have to be up at 2-3am
I have tried ear plugs but it isn't just the sound , you can physically feel them walking above sometimes as its just a wooden building so all that's dividing us is the wooden floors
Any kind of advice would be appreciated
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