Being Woken Up At 5am By Supervalu

Lucyx

I really need advice here and its more personal issues than mere accomodation but correct me if I'm wrong Mods.

I just recently moved into an apartment which overlooks Supervalu's delivery area and I'm being woken up at 5am every morning (well Sun is 7am) and its doing my head in. I only moved in a week ago so I'm really hoping that I'll get used to the noise (thats what everyone keeps telling me) but I'm not sure I will.

I'm not a light sleeper at all and the noise is pretty much continuous from 5am to 7am or 7.30am and I'm so tired at this stage. I'm trying to get to bed early but I don't want my life to revolve around stupid Supervalu. I'm exhausted in work, my moods are crap and I look like sh1t.

So will I get used to this in time? I've signed a 12 month lease so I just hope I'm not locked into that if I explain that I can't possibly live like this (if I'm unable to get used to the noise). I don't think its reasonable for a person to live this way. I feel drunk all the time with tiredness and its only been a week !!

Any advice at all....please.

LegacyUser

Did they not tell you about this before you moved in, or did you not ask about it when you saw how close the place was to SV?

In fairness, you'd be surprised at how easily your mind does adapt to noises and blocks them out. When I first moved into my current apartment, my room was right beside the hot press and anytime anyone took a shower there would be a continuous REALLY loud 'whirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr'ing sound from the pump on the boiler. It used to wake me up every day without fail, but now I sleep right through it.

Otherwise try earplugs, you can get cheap enough foam ones in the chemist for about 2 euro.

dan_d

Hmm.Can you speak to Supervalu?

I was actually in an apartment development yesterday, and there's a small Tesco in the bottom of a block of apartments, and surrounded by more apartments.

There was a door into the side of it, and on the door was a sign with "No deliveries before 7am. Please switch off your lights and engine".

This was obviously due to the fact that it was completely surrounded by apartments, as is the small parking and delivery area. Could you speak to your neighbours/management committee and ask them could the subject be broached with Supervalu? Or maybe your landlord could?

foundry

I'd recommend ear plugs! They really do help keep the noise out. You can get them in a chemist. Worth a shot anyway!

username123

Id say youll probably get used to it. Your brain reacts to 'unusual' noises to wake you up but once the noise becomes more 'normal' to your brain you'll probably sleep right through it. Until then get yourself some ear plugs.

Squiggler

You should be able to lodge a complaint. Check this link from the citizens information website. noise_regulations

Earplugs can be effective, but sleeping wearing them isn't a very comfortable long term solution, I know this from personal experience.

demakinz

Hi op, im living in an apartment over looking tesco delivery area. Every day, evening, morning and night the guys are pushing delivery trollys in and out and you would'nt think the noise would be that bad but it is. Its not to bad for me because we are in the 2nd floor apartments and we have the master bedroom at the front where we cant hear the noise.

But the small apartments underneth us there bedroom are at the back directly beside tesco. There is an old guy Pat he is in his 70's he's in one and a girl with a baby in another. Who cant sleep with the noise.

They both went into tesco to ask if they could stop making noise after 10pm and before 8am they said no its not possible.they even sent a solicitor letter to no avail.

Pat even asked if they could put down mats the help with the noise they said no and gave him a bottle a whisky to shut him up.

Even as i write this post i can hear them outside my sitting room window. iv no advice on how to solve your problem but your not alone and its happening all over the country.

wasper

Lucyx wrote: »

I really need advice here and its more personal issues than mere accomodation but correct me if I'm wrong Mods.

I just recently moved into an apartment which overlooks Supervalu's delivery area and I'm being woken up at 5am every morning (well Sun is 7am) and its doing my head in. I only moved in a week ago so I'm really hoping that I'll get used to the noise (thats what everyone keeps telling me) but I'm not sure I will.

I'm not a light sleeper at all and the noise is pretty much continuous from 5am to 7am or 7.30am and I'm so tired at this stage. I'm trying to get to bed early but I don't want my life to revolve around stupid Supervalu. I'm exhausted in work, my moods are crap and I look like sh1t.

So will I get used to this in time? I've signed a 12 month lease so I just hope I'm not locked into that if I explain that I can't possibly live like this (if I'm unable to get used to the noise). I don't think its reasonable for a person to live this way. I feel drunk all the time with tiredness and its only been a week !!

Any advice at all....please.

I once lived 3 miles from Athens airport & airplanes literally flew very low over the house. The first time it happened i thought i was in a war zone as the house was shaking.
But I got used it & in the summer it's a very busy airport. I didn't hear them coming anymore. I lived in that house for a over 1.5 year. You will get used to it.

Lucyx

demakinz wrote: »

Every day, evening, morning and night the guys are pushing delivery trollys in and out and you would'nt think the noise would be that bad but it is.

I hear that sound constantly too but I don't even mind that too much now.

Its just being woken up at 5am everyday is effecting me at this stage. I'm so sluggish and my head isn't straight at all. Its like I've been drinking or something. Tipsy basically.

I spoke to the manager in SV and he said they are compliant with noise regulations but I am gonna take it a bit further cos its just not cool at all.

I don't think I can get the earplugs in case I don't hear my alarm going off to get up for work but maybe just for the weekend.

I got the apartment through an estate agent and they are a joke so they'll do nothing. I just hope I do get used to it in time. Its a huge disruption to my whole life right now. I was even quite dopey in work yesterday and my manager was getting impatient with my slowness

FouxDaFaFa

"No deliveries before 7am. Please switch off your lights and engine".

I used to work in a Dunnes Stores and there was a sign like this outside. The delivery trucks were also not allowed to sound their horns at the gates.

Maybe pop into SV and ask if they have any policy in regards to this?

30lady

Contact Threshold and see if you can get out of the lease and move away from the noise. www.threshold.ie

Lucyx

wasper wrote: »

I once lived 3 miles from Athens airport & airplanes literally flew very low over the house. The first time it happened i thought i was in a war zone as the house was shaking.
But I got used it & in the summer it's a very busy airport. I didn't hear them coming anymore. I lived in that house for a over 1.5 year. You will get used to it.

Can you please tell me how long it took you to get used to the noise?

I got the earplugs anyway so I'll be using those tonight.

The head is severly wrecked at this stage. I even screamed at a delivery
guy at 5 this morning to keep the noise down and I could see him giving me
daggers...thats how bleedin close I am !!!!!!

If i still cant take it in 2 weeks, I'm gone.

dellas1979

This, my dear, is not worth your health.

Pack up and move on and put it down to experience.

Ask the landlord for your money back and I second the advice to contact the prtb (or citizens advice).

I'd still move if the deposit didnt work out.

mikemac

I think eventually you'll tune out and stop noticing it

I used to live in Renmore Galway and was woken every night, often more then once by freight trains. I assume it's freight!
And sometimes they'd be stopped on the line, diesel engine roaring.
After two weeks or so you don't notice, it's a student area, anyone I talked to were disturbed for a week or two and after that you'd sleep right through

But I suppose that's a steady consistent noise, those delivery drivers will be banging doors, wheeling trollies and maybe blowing horns.

Give it two weeks, if you're still struggling to sleep talk to Threshold.
They will have seen your situation before and will give advice.

Lucyx

Lucyx wrote: »

I only moved in a week ago so I'm really hoping that I'll get used to the noise (thats what everyone keeps telling me) but I'm not sure I will.

I'm in the process of moving at the moment, the apartment I'm leaving I've lived in for two years. The Dublin - Sligo railway line runs right alongside it and I often had problems with vibration and noise from the trains waking me up around 5am. But I did get used to it.

wasper

Lucyx wrote: »

Can you please tell me how long it took you to get used to the noise?

I got the earplugs anyway so I'll be using those tonight.

The head is severly wrecked at this stage. I even screamed at a delivery
guy at 5 this morning to keep the noise down and I could see him giving me
daggers...thats how bleedin close I am !!!!!!

If i still cant take it in 2 weeks, I'm gone.

I took me a week or two.