How do i deal with nuisance neighbours?

we live in a flat and the people upstairs are always on the wind up. they put their music on loud especcially if they know you are at work that night or the next morning. They are the usual sort, on benefit fraud and the woman has been in all the time that they have lived there. They also deal in weed from the flat which we find disgusting especcially since she has a child and as the parents of 4 and one on the way I would never do such a thing. They steal, borrow things without asking such as garden furniture and then we find them slung back instead of put back where they were(these items are taken from our balcony area to where they have no right to be). I need to find a way to get one up on them, without getting myself into any trouble. can you please help me anyone out there. They are unbearable and I cant put up with it any longer. we have been to the council about the problems but they wont do anything to help.

How do i deal with nuisance neighbours?
we used to live in a flat with very similar neighbours above us, they were old 3 story blocks and the main drain was visible in the stairwells, my husband drilled a hole in this drain level with the top of our door and squirted a can of expanding foam in, this caused their toilet to back up and made their flat stink for about 4 days till the council found and fixed the problem,


we also found a good way to stop their late night music, take a concrete paving slab into the bedroom and start drilling into it with a hammer drill at 8am for about 2 hours, after about a week the late night music stops because they are being stopped from sleeping all day they fall asleep at an almost normal time at night.


also do you know that in most blocks of flats the electricity supply to the flat above passes through your flat........ do you know an electrician wink wink nudge nudge.


the same goes for their water supply to...
Reply:Where We live we report it to the neighbour nusiance, at our local housing office, they should have one where you are, if not ask the housing office to point you in the right direction, and if you get no joy from them go to your local councillor and have it out with him/her, that sort of behaviour would not be allowed to carry on where we live, they would get warnings and if it didnt stop then they would get evicted, goodluck.
Reply:Phone the Benefit Fraud Hotline. You can do this anonomously. Also keep records of any disturbances/loud noise etc. If you present the council with a diary of incidents they will monitor the noise levels. If you have no luck with the council contact your local MP. With regard to the weed just inform the police that you think they are dealing and they will watch them.





Good luck
Reply:OK well i don't believe the Council wont do anything its just these things take time to be looked into as there are alot of legal channels the Council have to follow. The best thing you could do now is speak with Environmental Health within your local Council and log a noise complaint they will send your neighbor a generic letter saying someone has complained about the noise but it wont name you, You will also be given some diary sheets to keep track of the noise- this can be anything music, shouting, banging around anything. after you have filled in the diary sheets for a few weeks an Environmental officer will come and listen to the noise it could eventually lead to them ceasing music equipment or if it is a Council flat even eviction. Now the weed issue can only be resolved by the police if you tell them your suspicion they will raid there flat. Your furniture well if you call the police about that they will know it was you so sounds to me like it might be easier to ignore that for the time being.
Reply:My sister has the same kind of trouble and her kids are been threatened they are scared to leave the house , police will not intervene so I suggest videoing everything ,council are useless and so are the police so you will have to take it further above the police or something make a diary with the video evidence ,this will make the council and police look a right twat I can't really suggest anything else ,my sister has still not help with her trouble yet and things are beginning to get more violent for her ,


sorry I can't be much help and good luck with everything
Reply:If they're dealing weed, why not report them to the police?
Reply:well ilive in the country thank God and dont have neighbors to deal with.but if i did and the law woudnt help,i think i would pull some pretty nasty pranks no them!


beings they have a child i might call social services,also if you have a way lock your stuff up


i still think maybe a trap on the balcony might put a smile on your face!!!!!!!!!!!
Reply:Get some photos for evidence, keep a diary, times etc what time noise occurs, build yourself up a case, so that the council take you seriously.


Dont loose your cool (hard I know!!!)


I agree if there dealing in drugs report them to the police.





Good Luck !
Reply:If council will do nothing, then your best bet is to get as many other neighbors as possible together and go knock on their door, citing your complaints in a mature, calm way [even if they slam the door in your face]. Let them know they are being watched by many people, rather than it just being you, so if they choose to retaliate in an immature way while you are away, they will be seen. Let them know any illegal things will be reported to the authorities without warning, as well as noise disturbances.


Nobody likes to be watched all the time, they will either calm down or eventually move. There is power in numbers.
Reply:You phone crimestoppers and social services and tell them about the weed. Problem sorted.