You and Your Neighbours

A certain amount of noise is inevitable from every home and it would be unreasonable to expect otherwise. However, difficulties can be avoided if consideration is shown for others. We would therefore ask all our shared owners to be thoughtful by:

• giving neighbours advance warning of parties
• limiting noise late in the evening
• organising noisy housework such as vacuuming and washing to hours that would cause the least disturbance
• consideration for others when parking and keeping the noise of car parking down to a minimum at night

If you are experiencing a recurring problem with noise we would suggest that you call and see the neighbours concerned and have an amicable word about the problem to see if it can be resolved at an early stage. If there is no improvement you can complain in writing to Plumlife and although our powers to intervene are limited we will do our best to help to ease the situation. Where there is a serious noise disturbance you should contact the Council's Environmental Health Department as it is possible that they can monitor the situation and issue abatement notices as necessary. It is possible to take out your own civil action through the courts and for further advice we would suggest that you contact a solicitor or visit your local Citizens' Advice Bureau office.