Anti-Social Neighbours...

[MisterC]

Last night was the final straw, during the last 4 months my flat has been subject to a regular 'bass attack' of sufficient strength to make shelves and their contents rattle. It usually happens 5 days per week and at least 2 occasions are usually between 00:00 and 03:00. Banging on the floor / walls etc from myself and other parties has no impact.

Yesterday the guilty party was shrieking obscenities and throwing stones at my windows at 02:00 because some overflow water (about a cup full, source unknown) had got into his kitchen.

Any advice on practical steps to remove this pain in the arse will be gratefully received.

PS: He is French of restricted vocabulary, so large legal texts in English are likely to be above and beyond him.

[Peter]

How about getting tigether with all the other affected parties. find a mutual time that won;t affect you too much but when you know he'll be in/sleeping, and akof you blasting "Amarillo" on repeat through the wall for a few hours. The should send the message to the dirty little collaberator.

[Bigshow]

If threatening the twat with a few tough guy mates doesn't work. Try planB:

Get a mate to do a dubious french accent from a phonebox and threaten you, as you record it! Maybe a threatening anonymous letter in the same vain as the phone call. get the police over & bluff it out. Frenchie should react badly when questioned by the police (thinking he is innocent of crime). hey presto job done. If that fails to work then take your evidence to the Race Relations Board....

I knew a squatter that used to kick his own door in to get an injunction taken out on the landlord!! Unorthodox but effective

[diplodocus]

probably the first step is to talk to the council, see if it's his own place/rented/council then abatement/eviction orders can be looked at etc also depending where you live they may have 'noise inspectors' who have the power to remove audio equipment, I was once at a party where these buggers turned up, a threat to remove all the HiFi kit backed up by bobbies usually works

[Sheik Yerbouti]

I always find a baseball bat helps you don't have to speak english to understand that its pretty universal.

[Jayr]

If he's renting privately then he's also in breach of his tenancy agreement so the threat of him getting kicked out should stop him. The council also have a department to deal with noise pollution anyway.

You could treat him to his own medicine petty but well worth it!

[chatterji]

I really sympathise. Had a similar problem years ago.

[MisterC]

Thanks for the advice and links folks. Although 'Ace of Spades' at 07:00 or the baseball bat are definatately appealing, my local authority are on call 24/7, so I'll give them a call next time it happens.

[woodgnome]

as someone who's been there and bought the t-shirt, you have my sympathy.

you may want to point your council towards a new scheme being implemented by westminster.