Noisy neighbours

useful_contacts

I could be over reacting here but here we go.

Living in my apt for a while and i love the place its the perfect size and price and im v happy here.

New neighbours moved in downstairs (only 2 apartments in the place) and they are my distant cousins, my family dont have anything to do with them because they are agressive and nothing but trouble.

They have 2 kids , yet they have partys every fri and sat night(and i know they prob dont have the kids there at the time) but my partner works saturday mornings and they have complained to the landlord twice saying my partner "wakes them up" when he gets up to go to work.

They have been telling the landlord i have the washing machine on at 3am (must be a magic washing machine that turns on itself) and apparantly the police have called to the door looking for me. I went to the police after she said this and they said no one was sent to my address looking for me, so they are just making stuff up now.

Mail that im due hasnt arrived, i was owed a cheque from the tax office with my emergency tax on it that never arrived and according to the tax office they sent it over a month ago and according to the post office it was delivered to my address.

Even as i am typing she is screaming at her bf downstairs and she must be throwing something at him cos theres a lot of banging and i can hear a child crying

Arrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I think this is more of a rant than anything

Lollipops23

ugh people like that disgust me. My bfs neighbours are always making stuff up too, telling the landlord we party every weekend, when its far from it.

Maybe drop down and ask if they may have "accidently" picked up mail belonging to you?is there no secure place for your mail to be left?pretty sure you're enitiled to it!and surely a cheque would be made out to your name?

The only thing you can really do is log everything they do to piss you off-not much, i know. Next time the landlord says anything to you, tell him that she's lied about the police coming so obviously about everything else.

Your BF can't help getting up for work, so unless he drives a forklift around the living room she's just has to get over herself.

Good luck!

445279.ie

Log everything in case it comes to the stage where you bring them to the District Court under the Environmental Protection Act

Plek Trum

Sounds like hard going alright, thats for sure. Have you tried to speak with them about the noise? I know its 'technically' at weekends, but even so its rather inconsiderate if its every weekend. By the sounds of it they don't sound like the easiest people to reason with.

I would keep a wee notebook and log all disturbances and grieviances. Let the landlord know your problems too. If you have been good tennants he will surley respect your positon and not take too lightly to new tennants causing agro in the appartment block. What does your contract say about noise (I'm presuming that they would have the same one?)

It mat also be worth having a browse here: http://www.prtb.ie/index.htm
and specifically this leaflet: http://www.prtb.ie/DownloadDocs/Tenants_rights_Obligations.pdf
You may find some useful information.

I know how stressful this can be so do try and act on it now before it affects your home life too much. Best of luck.

useful_contacts

Plek Trum wrote: »

If you have been good tennants he will surley respect your positon and not take too lightly to new tennants causing agro in the appartment block.

We have been tenants of his for 3 years (in a diff house) and he has never had any bother with us and the one time i had a party in the place(an ann summers one for my bday) i ran it by him

mikemac

Good tenants are hard to come by and the landlord would be fool to lose ye.

I can’t add to the advice already given but be sure to remind him of that next time you are talking to him and he may get rid of the other tenants

cowzerp

Ask him to tell them to shut up or they will be getting evicted, if he knows your genuine this should be simple, otherwise tell him you'll be moving if its not sorted and that he'll struggle to hold onto tenants with them around..

Abi

useful_contacts wrote: »

We have been tenants of his for 3 years (in a diff house) and he has never had any bother with us and the one time i had a party in the place(an ann summers one for my bday) i ran it by him

This point alone should hold a lot of water with the landlord. You should talk to him, and give your side to things.

Someone else mentioned going to speak to the other tenants, I couldnt think of a worse idea. They dont strike me as reasonable people if they are telling rotten lies about you to the land lord. Log every thing, and once you have something substantial, Id give a copy to the land-lord and tell the land-lord you are going to hand a copy into the Gardai. Whether you do the latter or not is up to you, but it might be enough to send the landlord into action and more importantly giving you further credibility over them.

How is it exactly that they have access to your mail? I would temporarily have my mail held at the post office for collection until this is cleared up.

marti101

Go to the guards regarding your cheque and the tax office should be able to tell you if the cheque has been cashed .I wouldnt try to talk to them just log everything and wnen you have enough call the landlord,you could also call him when one of their parties is in full swing and let him see for himself

useful_contacts

Abigayle wrote: »

How is it exactly that they have access to your mail? I would temporarily have my mail held at the post office for collection until this is cleared up.

Its a house that was made into 2 apartments

So 1 front door and then my door and hers inside so the mail for both flats comes in the one slot

funk-you

Buy a small mailbox and mount it to the wall just outside the door with your house number on it. The landlord should be fine with this.

-Funk