if you dont think its the rght thing for yu to do dont do it- but i have been down every route af asking, talking, diary sheets, mediation EVERYTHING , housig officer visits, letters, so this morning my son and i have decided a taste of their own medecine is required.
a. because despite telling people its still difficult for them to understand what its like until you go through the constant noise yourself.
b. the measure my son and i have taken today is after THREE years f constant noise- techno pumping through the walls and when they were ordered to clean their house up because it was so fiilthy it made it worse as i had four kids knocking about an empty shel of a house- no carpets- ive even gone and told her i would take her to the second chance place to get some more padding down and ive asked and asked and asked- its been getting through to a rock, she must have a learngn disablity- anyway saturday morning and what is it like? thuds and knocks and bangs- its no quality of life AT ALL and as you all know it can get to the point where you cant sleep or eat and dread going back to your own home and leave it to get sme peace- my neighbour instead of fixing or trying to fix the problem- she just has more babies- she has got three already and she has two step kids in the weekends   so she cant afford anything in her house- shes got kids who have nothing and shes in arrears and cant afford carpets and what does she do? goes and gets pregnant again- for 3 years shes made my life hell- ive had harrassment after every complaint ive made and complaints have only been made after many polite requests but it doesnt work with some people- so its got to the point where my son and i spend our home life listening to her kids knock around- no concessions made-like putting them into a bedroom to play in and shutting the door or asking them to do some drawing- just keeping them away fromt he landing really- if she had carpets in the house- im sure her kids could do most things without me hearing, my son and i have suffered months and months because the acoustics are so bad in that house- i can hear door slams, they shout dont speak, they knock balls around, its a constant noise. so after trying absolutely EVERYTHING and after completing extensve diary sheets expressing the effect it has on my disabled son who has difficulties- its still not resolved and i get promises the hosuing will take action but little changes-  anyway today ive said you know what the only thing thats going to help is a taste of their own medecine- so we got the tv against the landing wall and burtsing that through- if anything its so much better listening to your own noise. its so much less stressful and then  we thudded up and down the stairs and started acting without any consideration shouting at loud of our voices "rar, rar, DO YOU WANT SOME TOAST?" and my son shouting back "NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" and then dropping a weight on the floor "OOPS!!!!!!" then i went up and down the stairs knocking weights up against the walls, then i thudded  weights down on the floor and knocked them against the walls, and then (this is after many years of their noise dont forget and you cant judge until youve been brought to the very brink of despair) then i thudded the weight down once- thats for yesterday- twice- thats for the day before when you made us captive to you noise_ three times  etc etc, the feeling of natural justce i have to say is good- where as before we didnt want to be antagonistic and we didnt want to make noise as they mght get worse (which they did after cmplaints anyway) and before we stuck rigidly to our quiet way of life- as if telling them how it should be done- but after so many complaints and diary sheets and it still not ending i have no choice but to show her what its like- when you only have one or two hours at most withouts thudding coming through- what its like to hear someone from the house next door to you so you have to be constantly reminded of their presence. also i didnt want to make nise in return as it might damage my complaint system and then it turns into  civil dispute where no ne wants t help yu- well many people visitng this forum wil know that we are often n their own anyway- there are things on the internet, telling you the powers of noise nusance laws- abatement notices- but there is no law that applies to inconsideration- often youd get environmental officers tellng you stuff like "we cant force peole to put carpets down" or "if its before 11pm there is nothing we can do" so in the end people are effectively telling you there is nothing they can do and you are on your own. so maybe i have to find my solution- my son is exercising at the moment- whilst bouncing a ball up and down in the bedroom- if they complain ill say, "well we have to exercise- he needs to- there is nothing we can do about it" just like she says "there is nothing i can do- my kids are loud but they are under 7 years old there is nothing i can do about it" so she will learn what its like and i think its the only way- to invade their space like theyve dne yours-