With an axe!

[andrewducker]

So I actually got to bed at a semi-reasonable time last night, only to be woken at 4am by our unemployed druggy scum downstairs neighbour.

Now, normally I have nothing against unemployed druggy scum, having occupied that postion in life myself.  But I never had the lack of consideration to think that 4am was the right time of day to be playing dance/trance at high volume.  In this case, high enough volume that it was louder in my bedroom than when I'm playing _my_ music, and what originally woke me was the vibration from the bass coming through the floor.

Now, this has been known to happen before - but it usually lasts about 5 minutes before his mother gets fed up enough to go and scream at him, the screaming lasts about 3 minutes, and then all returns to blissfull silence.  I assume that last night she was either out or in a haze herself, because it went on for an _hour_.  I ended up borrowing Ed's earplugs, which didn't keep the sound out entirely, but made it quiet enough that I could at least relax a bit and not-quite-get-back-to-sleep.  And then after about an hour, he did indeed shut the fuck up, and I got to go back to sleep.

Why, you may ask, did I not go down and reason with the young man?  The answer being that the kind of person who plays insanely loud music at 4am is the kind who knows exactly what he's doing, and doesn't care.  Reason seemed unlikely to work, and I wasn't feeling insane enough to start a confrontation (or deal with then having to keep walking past their front door on a daily basis). 

I shall merely continue to pray that he overdoses or is electrocuted by his stereo system.

And go to bed even earlier tonight.

Comments

[dalglir.livejournal.com]

Right. Thanks for that. We're buying a detatched house.

[andrewducker]

Me too. In about 3 years time, when I can afford to go in that direction.

At the very least I'm moving to a nicer area of town.

[dalglir.livejournal.com]

which area are you living in right now?

[dalglir.livejournal.com]

Oh I see - out by Restalrig/Craigintinny area? Hmm. Was looking at a semi out there about 2 blocks away... Of course, haven't seen the area. Not recommended then?

[andrewducker]

There are some _very_ nice bits of town, a 15 minute walk from me.

And a bit I'm very glad I didn't move into 5 minutes in the other direction...

Where exactly are you thinking of?

[laserboy.livejournal.com]

I can totally sympathise. In the ongoing house-hunting I've seen more than a few places I'd rather burn down than live in.

It pretty much looks like I can only afford to live in shitholes with druggy scum as neighbours. Lovely.

[andrewducker]

Serves you right for not being rich!

[laserboy.livejournal.com]

Of course if I gave up, the state would probably do everything for me. No wonder so many people don't bother.

[channelpenguin.livejournal.com]

Share with more people? Only solution I can suggest to getting a nicer place for less money.

[andrewducker]

Naaah, the state would put you onto a heinously long waiting list and then you'd end up in a bedsit living on no money per week.

[laserboy.livejournal.com]

Yay! Vote Labour!

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Thankfully, I'm relatively clever and have plans...

[channelpenguin.livejournal.com]

Argh. Annoying no-win situation. I'd probably have gone for at least one attempt to get into position to shout "shut the fuck up!".

Hope you catch up on your sleep tonight. My early bed attempts were minorly foiled last night by Sean locking himself out and having to play merry hell on the doorbell about an hour after I went to sleep.

[ladysisyphus.livejournal.com]

You know, I'm having that problem right now -- in the sort of, 'My God, who on earth decides to play loud music with a thumping beat that I can hear through the wall and all the way across our apartment at 6:45 in the morning?' ...The answer being, mind you, middle-aged Korean grad students, which is its own kind of huh?. I suppose I could ask them to turn it down, but one supposes that common sense might have told them to turn it down first. Sadly, no.

[azalemeth.livejournal.com]

What's wrong with either the local constabulary or environmental health at that nice hour? :).

[andrewducker]

I don't really want to end up on their very bad sides. They aint the nicest of people downstairs. Not that I think they're eeeevil, but I have to walk past their door every day and I don't want to feel stressed about it.

If it happens again then I'll be looking into it tho.

[neferet.livejournal.com]

what azalemeth said :)

I can even give you the number of the EH team, if you want it. They are very helpful folk :)

[andrewducker]

My reason for not calling the police (or similar) is that I don't want them to know it's me that's complaining about the noise. If you call out the police they want to talk to you too, and it'll cause problems with the neighbours.

Are the EH people the same?

[broin.livejournal.com]

The police won't want to talk to you, worry not. You phone up, explain that you don't want to give your name, or get a visit, and the police just stop by and kick ass.

We've had fun problems recently (car w/ window smashed, twice), along with the local kids being shits. So be cool, get the cops involved. I mean, if he *is* wasted when they arrive, then problem solved. :D

[neferet.livejournal.com]

The EH team will want to witness the noise from inside your flat, so they would come to you first. You would need to discuss with them what the next step would be, if you are worried.

Re: neighbors

[wolfieboy.livejournal.com]

When we lived in an apartment, we had someone that set up new speakers against the other side of the wall of our bedroom, effectively using it as a sounding box. I put on a robe and went next door to tell them that I didn't think this was polite. But then, I'm 195 cm and 125 kilos, so it's easier for me...