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Building A 'Room' In The Back Garden

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  • #32
    Kintarō Hattori
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,082 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    italodisco wrote: »
    Absolute nutter, is this a young or elderly person?

    Thank god I don't have this type of neighbour, I'd be doing a stretch in the joy if I did

    Middle aged. She's had some serious stresses in the last few years and is on her own the last two or so, it's all become too much for her I fear.
    TheMilkyPirate wrote: »
    If that's all night every night she's either mentally unstable or doing it on purpose.

    Thankfully it's not all night every night but the flip side is that you don't know when it's going to happen. It might be one noise during the night or two or three bursts of noise. You might have one noisy night, then a quiet one followed by more noise. The unpredictability of it all is agitating.
    italodisco wrote: »
    Could be an obsessive compulsive thing, I've a friend who has that, when he leaves the house he must go back 15 odd times to check he locked the front door.

    He missed a flight few years back as he was convinced he didn't lock up and left the airport to go home and check.

    She might have an obsession with checking doors windows etc

    It's not just the doors or windows. She used to leave the house at random times of the night when the weather was good, revving the hell out of her engine. So you had the internal noise, the slamming of the door and then excessive revving. With the change in temperature she doesn't leave as often but makes up for it by making huge amounts of internal noise. I've no idea what she's doing to cause it but it's incredible.


  • #33
    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    OP if legal proceeding have started, it would best if you stopped commenting on the person in a public forum


  • #34
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,275 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    Lumen wrote: »
    When i priced a snip it was more like 25k.
    I love the way BryanF's masterful editing has made this seem like a discussion on vasectomies. :D


  • #35
    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    Lumen wrote: »
    I love
    Sections 2 & 3 of the forum charter
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055036302


  • #36
    Kristopherus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,906 ✭✭✭✭Kristopherus


    BryanF wrote: »
    Sections 2 & 3 of the forum charter
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055036302

    I'd say the OP has rolled back on the legal route from the advice he's got here. The less costly but effective route should win out in the end.


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  • #37
    Kintarō Hattori
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,082 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    We're only going to the district court, no point taking it any further than that for the moment. That's the first stop and I'm looking to what my options might be if that fails.


  • #38
    uck51js9zml2yt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,268 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


    Kintarō Hattori wrote: »
    We're only going to the district court, no point taking it any further than that for the moment. That's the first stop and I'm looking to what my options might be if that fails.

    Is this the same neighbour who has issues parking her car?


  • #39
    wexie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,480 ✭✭✭wexie


    Kintarō Hattori wrote: »
    We're only going to the district court, no point taking it any further than that for the moment. That's the first stop and I'm looking to what my options might be if that fails.

    Thing is though, if someone has mental health issues brought on by stress then bringing them to court is unlikely to do much to help the situation, nor will a court order make much in the way of a difference.

    From the sounds of it what your neighbour needs is professional help. Obviously it's not a great situation for you to be in and to be honest I'm not sure what you could do.

    Perhaps try the local community health team and see if they can offer help? But I'm not sure what even they could do, if the person in question doesn't acknowledge they have a problem it's hard to get them help.


  • #40
    Kintarō Hattori
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,082 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    Anthony Gray Snap wrote: »
    Is this the same neighbour who has issues parking her car?

    No that was a different lady who has moved onto a different location...... thankfully.


  • #41
    ILikeBoats
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,849 ✭✭✭ILikeBoats


    Sorry to hear about your troubles.

    We built a bricks and mortar 15msq gym/shed out the back. Would definitely be big enough to live in although there's no toilet. Fully insulated, electrics and water. All in about 9k.


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  • #42
    Kintarō Hattori
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,082 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    Looking into it more, a garden room looks idea. I could shell out to get a small unit built but is it possible to do something like this yourself when you have no building experience? Are there any builders who can guide you through it? Giving you a list of materials, instructions on how to build it etc. I assume windows, doors and roof would have to be done by a builder?


  • #43
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,275 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    Kintarō Hattori wrote: »
    Looking into it more, a garden room looks idea. I could shell out to get a small unit built but is it possible to do something like this yourself when you have no building experience? Are there any builders who can guide you through it? Giving you a list of materials, instructions on how to build it etc. I assume windows, doors and roof would have to be done by a builder?

    Leaving aside the fact that your proposed use is illegal, it still doesn't make sense. You'll have to spend a load of money to get something as badly soundproofed as your house, and then spend a load more money getting it soundproofed properly.

    It makes far more sense to bring your boomtime build up to current building regs for sound. There are technical guidance docs with all the details in, it's not simple but it will be much more cost effective than what you're proposing.

    There are basically two components to noise - airborne noise which you with using insulation (e.g. acoustic rockwool), and noise transmitted through the structure, which you deal with by isolation (e.g. physically separating the floor joists from the floor boards using battens and foam). Insulation + isolation = problem solved.

    But in answer to your question: yes, it is quite hard/expensive to build a garden room to comply with a meaningful amount of current building regulations such that it safe and comfortable to sleep in.


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