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Thank goodness for managing agents. Apparently they deal with the noisy neighbour problem all the time, and the procedure is that they contact the landlord, who then contacts the tenants (and provides the managing agents with proof of this). Most tenancy agreements include a clause about noise disturbance and being considerate after 11pm (which is all I asked!). Hopefully, this will be enough. Of course they will hate me forever, but then I suspect this may already be the case, and even if the landlady hates me too, I almost never see her. I’m going to move back into my flat on Sunday, fully prepared to sleep on the sofa as a temporary measure; I will also be keeping a noise diary (a pain but may be useful if things don’t improve) and generally getting on with my life. A weight has been lifted from my shoulders. Just being able to hand the responsibility to an authority feels amazing. They may not give a shit what I think, but they will have to listen to their landlady. (I hope.)
I think they are ignoring me. Either that or they’re taking a flipping long time responding. Thing is, if they are ignoring me (assuming I’ll give up? Hoping I’ll disappear?), they are leaving me with no option but to seek outside help. I never wanted this, but really, I deserve to be allowed to live in my own home without daily anxiety and many disrupted nights. I’m about to launch a business and just want to focus on that; but it seems their selfishness is going to cause more problems for all of us. What a shame they are so uncivilised and self centred.
So tomorrow I’ll be speaking to the managing agents, finding out how long their lease is and what kind of clauses it may have about noise and consideration to neighbours. And I think on Monday I’ll have to move back in to my flat, make a camp on the sofa as a temporary measure, and see for myself whether they have managed to make any kind of compromise. Hardly ideal, but I want this sorted so I can get on with my life without them in it, frankly. If they haven’t, I am it seems within my rights to find a solicitor and get them to write a letter. I don’t want to do that! We’ll just have to see how far they push it. God this whole situation sucks.
They say that life never gives you more than you are able to handle at one time (anyone like to explain last year’s breakdown then?), so on that basis, I can totally cope with this. To an outsider it must seem like a huge over reaction on my part, but I’m starting to realise that what other people think about me just isn’t the most important thing. Or shouldn’t be. I am like a walking open wound, but I’m working on it.
“I’ve missed over 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games.
26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot…and missed.
I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I
succeed.”
Michael Jordan
Professional Basketball Player
