My friend near me has a truly awful neighbour.
A family moved in to a (privately) rented flat above her (she has owned hers for about 40 years) earlier this year.
It's a family of 2 parents/2kids (about 4 and 6). The dad works very odd hours (nights but he manages a shop) and they are all (kids included) are nocternal! Last night they were all up to five am, and this is in no way unusual. They are asleep now.
The kids run around and yell. Dad yells and mum shouts, music blaring. They sleep during the day. God knows how the kids go to school (which they both do as the school/nursery is around the corner and I see them trotting off in the mornings)! The flat is uaually quiet by 3am. I was there at midnight (mid week during school term time) and the kids were running up and down, up and down, screeching, banging and dropping things on the wooden floors.
My friend and the neighbour on their other side went up to ask (all smiles and friendly) if they realised that the flats were rather noisy and if they could please try to keep the noise down. The dad told them to piss off and slammed the door in their faces. He is quite intimidating.
They spoke to the owner (who is a friend) who said that she won't renew their contract (in March) but can't give them notice.
Is that right? You can't give a tenant notice? Whenever I have rented there has always been a clause of a month either way. They are renting direct and not via an agency, so maybe they don't have a contract? The owner (actually, her uncle owns it and she lools after it) spoke to the dad a few weeks ago and nothing happened. She is reluctant to speak to him again (I suspect because he is rather intimidating).
The council have their nuisance line but last time I used them, they wrote to our neighbours and CCd the letter to me (doh!) So my friend is worried that she'd have the neighbour at her door!
Can she do anything? Is the owner talking rubbish about the contract?
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Moominsarehippos · 31/12/2012 10:16
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