Housing matters
Hello my problem is I became disabled due to bad mobility ,My walking got worse and i had to move into ground floor accommodation ,Now supposedly the flats which comprise of 2 semi detached houses made into four flats .
The upstairs veranda type ,I have lived here 11 yrs and sadly when me moved here the upstairs neighbour passed away .Since then we had an elderly lady who liked to roam about at night and liked her basey music and could not sleep without the radio .
She had family visiting from 11 until 2 am chatting and telly on loud we did ask but sometimes they listened sometimes it made it worse ,The buzzer going maybe 5 times a night stair lift been used to carry shopping and telly and music and loud talking till early hours of morning .
We had to suffer 5 yrs on and off with her until she moved and then they advertised the flat as suitable for a young family with children .
The lad aged 35 seemed fine but he lies a lot and his girlfriend who is mother to his daughter is a nasty piece of work ,She is or seems like a drug user and is drunk all the time .
Apparently she was evicted from her previous property ,Now he got this flat on the basis he needed it for his daughter ie 2 bedrooms but it seems that it for him and her and the child stays with his parents whilst she receives child allowance etc .
The lad as even said he cannot cope with her at the beginning and did not want her here and on numerous times we have been woken up by their lack of consideration and shame ,It seems like he has lied to get the 2 bedroomed flat because he,s daughter as not stopped once in over a yr and 3 months now and maybe been to flat 4 times .
Apparently she has her own place too ,he works supposedly late ,Starts from mainly between 10-12 morning to late at night ,the major problem is he needs to be moving around at late hours sometimes early into the morning and these flats are so poorly soundproofed .
We have involved the council and noise nuisance team and we have had slight recordings with proof of disturbance and neighbours proof of her screaming and shouting and slamming doors but it,s not enough they say it has to be witnessed by their noise team coming out .
The problem been when they come out it as either stopped or they may have seen the van which looks like a police van ,We have spoken to neighbours a few times and somtimes he,s ok and sometimes he mentions section this and section that of the council guidebook .
On first moving here she would take things without asking like garden pots and he has said if we don,t like it get a bungalow ,He has not touched the garden or swept the path in over a yr and he is tight in what he says at times about talking but who wants to listen to someone chatting directly above you in the bedroom till 2 to 7 in the morning and listen to floor boards creaking and heavy foot steps loud love making ,drawers been opened and shut .
At times through the evening you can see him carrying big wide heavy filled cardboard boxes and it seems like they are working slight banging clattering and dragging noises till early hours of morning at times .
It as been like mental cruelty now for 6 yrs plus with 2 neighbours that like to be awake till early hours of morning creating noise causing ill health and friction ,We have told the council these need updating and spoke to people who live in similar throughout Leeds and everyone as the same problem with the noise issue .
Now the council keep saying we have no money to do them ,But they must have been saying this for over 30 to 40 yrs ,The issue is times have changed and the Council have not updated these flats ,They are **** standard and I would say no sound proofing whatsoever it is basically like living with someone upstairs in a house ,Floorboards above and plasterboard ceiling the only divide .
It seems like they are not willing to deal with the sound proofing issue and treating everyone in these types of property as guinea pigs to find the perfect match of considerate tenants ,I am at my wits end and do not know where to turn and would like some feedback on finding a solicitor or help on the matter please as this problem must have been going on for yrs and it needs to be addressed by Leeds City Council .
They will only keep doing the same and causing their voters misery ,The ones who have put them into power in Leeds and then they are not willing to help it,s the same with anything you ask them for ,I,m sorry for this long message but hopefully someone can advise me on the matter .
