Interesting Visit From Impact Housing Earlier

She's on a kind of probation, if you like. It happens with all new tenants, apparently. There's none of this filling in forms, etc, so it's easier to evict someone in the first two months than at any other time. Also, the tenant had gone on about "Christmas and New Year" to the same ladies from Impact but, the fact that she repeated all the noise only a week after, suggests that using that as an excuse was a lame one. I'm really pleased neighbours on the other side have complained as well. Adds weight to our case, if you like. Ironically, neighbours on the other side have been noisy the last few hours..argueing at 3am and playing "boom boom music" during the day. They do have 3 kids though so - most of the time they take priority..it's just that, now and again the couple flare up as if the children aren't there. God, I wish we could sell this house to Impact but I doubt we'd get what we wanted for it..so we're stuck here for now!!

We have neighbours with children just getting into music. For a while I thought that the dull "boom boom" was my heart thumping and I couldn't work out what was causing it! In fact it was the muffled drum beat from next door! LOL.

It's complicated regarding Impact Housing and I'm glad you've asked about them. I will try to explain the best I can. Impact Housing are a Housing Association. They have replaced the local Council (to a certain extent) in housing people in rented accommodation, usually for around 2 years for each tenant. The reason for this is that tenants go on a Council Housing Waiting List, so that when a house becomes available, they can then move out. This is why we have had so many people living next door over the years. It is the ONLY Impact Housing property down our street due to a neighbour selling it to them over 10 years ago. The rest of the houses round here are (either) rented off a private landlord or (in our case) mortgaged properties. The rented houses will have students in them as we have a few colleges and a university in Carlisle. Some of those houses may be empty for a few weeks of the year, usually during the summer holidays. Oh, by the way, if we made a lot of noise our neighbours would have to ring Environmental Health, who are part of the Council and they DO cover all properties. It makes no difference if they are privately owned or not. With a private property they would probably take people to court over noise and fine them, whereas with a rented property they (eventually) get evicted.

Great explaination, Janey. Thanks for taking the time to tell us about it. It's really strange how things are so different yet similar. I guess that would be kind of like our Housing Authority that helps people with low rent or assisted rent? And the Enviromental Health thing is just different, I wouldn't know what to compare that to. It's really interesting to find out things like this from other countries. Thanks ;)

Yes, I'd be the same as you my friend! I'd be mortified if someone contacted me complaining about noise and it would definitely work, believe me! In this instance, it's good that we don't have to involve Environmental Health. They would send out a form and ask me to fill it in whenever noise becomes a problem..a log in effect. The fact that the neighbour could be evicted during the next 28 days is interesting as I never knew that about Impact Housing. Even better is the fact that the neighbour isn't told. If she was, as soon as the 28 days was up, back would come the noise. I'm not sure if it applies to Impact Housing only but it is a good system, in my opinion, and protects the neighbours from unruly tenants. Someone quieter will be placed in there if the neighbour persists in annoying people. I will keep you posted on developments!

Yes, let's hope so. She's asked for a doorbell to be fitted, which is a start as whenever people come round they bang REALLY HARD on the front window to attract the tenant's attention. She doesn't always hear them as she is in a room at the back. A doorbell would solve this problem and stop me from jumping out of my skin whenever anyone calls round to her house lol.

As John said, we don't expect her not to make any noise at all. It's impossible to live like a Nun in these houses due to the thin walls, we know that. However, the fact that both sets of her neighbours have complained about her, speaks volumes really, doesn't it? I'm now awaiting a response from the Council regarding rubbish in the alleyway..and yes, I AM a "Serial Moaner" lol.