Question For Flat Dwellers......

[Jeza]

If you live in a first floor flat, (block of four, two ground floor two first floor, purpose built, you all have your own separate entrance.

So now that's established, At what time is it too early or too late to use a vacuum cleaner, washing machine etc. I'm asking this on behalf of someone else who has been getting grief over this.

[Maydup]

I lived in exactly that set up once - it was acceptable to be up and pottering about at 7.30am during the week. For those of us who were heading off to work, we might hoover or put a wash on before we went. In the evening it would be quiet by about 9pm.

Sunday morning is different and it was always nice for people to avoid any noise before noon.

We are all different - some of us are night owls, while others are up with the lark- and you can bet your life opposites will end up living next door to each other!

[Jeza]

The downstairs neighbour is a 60 ish retired grumpy old man. His landlord who is also the lease holder of the block has told him his behaviour is unacceptable. This does not stop him though. The woman who I do not know well pays a service charge every year to the landlord.Surely she also has rights.

[Mamyalynne]

She should simply do as I did with my grumpy one, smile sweetly and say 'Oh well, housework has to done' - I finally stopped answering the door to him.

[Mamyalynne]

My outfit tell me I cannot hang laundry out as it is in my lease, they consistently fail to show that clause to me - my suggestion was they take my laundry and get it dry for me and bring it back. Funnily enough not heard a word since.

[Jan1957]

I live in a housing association flat and there are very strict rules. You can't make a noise between 11pm and 7am.

[Hopkirk]

Tell her to have some loud rumpy pumpy - give him something to complain about.

[FredPuli43]

LOL@hopkirk. But at what hours?

Look at the lease and the rules made thereunder. I once broke the rules before I was even in the flat (it's an acquired skill, you know). My removers did not finish getting the furniture in until 6.30 pm and it was forbidden to move furniture in after 6.

So there may be rules about this, and in your friend 's favour, too. Otherwise there will be a clause about quiet enjoyment but I can't see that she's in breach.