Help! Noisy neighbours

[Perpetua]

Me neither Scylla, when one of my friend's boilers went phut last year, British Gas disconnected the gas supply immediately . . . rightly so.

[jaki]

Oh my gosh Hissie, that gas scare is dreadful. Please, report it to the HSE www.hse.gov.uk/contact/maps/index.htm asap. It is a legal requirement that rental properties have an annual gas inspection by a Gas Safe engineer and they can be fined if they don't!

Sorry the landlord is such a prick - I think I expect everyone to work to our standards, but I realise that a lot don't. There are more and more laws around now to protect the tenant, but few that help the neighbours of shoddy properties!

[Chrissie]

Excellent idea Jaki re Hissie reporting to the HSE. I wonder if trading standards may also want to know & look into who the landlord used to "fix" the boiler.

[hissie]

Unfortunatly, the landlord is using the same person who "fixed" the boiler initially to now "fix" the leak

All the law states is as long as he is gas safety engineer & shows the landlord the certificate showing he has checked/fixed the problem and it's now safe, that's all that is needed.

My worry is: if he couldn't get it right the first time, whose to say he'll get it right this time ???

I'm so so stressed at the moment & really don't know what to do. It's not the tenants fault where this is concerned, but 10 yrs of bad landlord/tenants has come to a head.

[Scylla]

{{{Hissie}}}

You've reminded me how lucky I am in some ways

scylla x

[Chrissie]

(((Hissie))) Do you know for certain though that the bloke is a registered Gas safe engineer?

Scylla, I'm thinking the same thing. It's so very quiet & peaceful in the little lane I live down - does of course help that I bought the attached cottage, so I could choose who I had living next door to me

[hissie]

I don't know whether he is gas safety engineer. I can only accept he is from his advertisement on his works van.

Apparently, he has found 3 leaks already, none being close to the boiler funnily enough.

[Chrissie]

Hissie, you can check here if he is registered : -

www.gassaferegister.co.uk/

[hissie]

cheers chrissie.

[Chrissie]

YW Hissie, just wish I could find some way to really help you.

[Scylla]

A midnight hug for {{{Hissie}}}

scylla

[hissie]

Had to telephone the police out this evening. Next doors music and talking was louder than my music or my tv.

I even played really heavy rock music so loud that I couldn't stay in the living room where the stereo is. Guess what..made no difference to them whatsoever.

Even after the police had called at their home, they still turned the music back up for a while after the police went. Still not sure whether it's quiet next door or what they are up to.

Decided to contact the noise dept at the council as I really can't take it anymore. The other day she even had the cheek to ask if I could lend her some money. Obviously I told her I didn't have any.

Totally don't know what to do anymore.

[Scylla]

{{{Hissie}}}

The council is the only way to go, IMO. I would get in touch with them on Monday and get prepared - ask for the best number to call when the noise is active.

Unfortunately it's usually a skeleton staff so they can take a while to come out, but if you phone when the noise has not long started and it's "unsocial hours", they will be very sympathetic and can talk to the neighbours at first and issue an abatement notice if they persist.

Something like that, anyway.

scylla

[Perpetua]

((( Hissie )))

I think but wouldn't be a 100% sure that you want to talk to an Enforcement Officer at your local council.

[Chrissie]

Oh ((((Hissie))))