noisy neighbours!!

[whiterose]

I live next door to a pub and their music is ridiculously loud! It is even worse on a weekend.
They have a live band every saturday night and at the moment, all i can hear is the extremely loud music they are playing!!! It is driving me insane. I can feel the vibrations through the floor too, made worse by my laminate flooring im sure.

It is OTT as it is only a pub, not a concert. Why they feel the need to play it that loud is beyond me. I have put up with it for months and months and now ive had enough of it. It is going to go on all night till 11.30-12 and i cant hear my own tv.

I know it is loud becuase im half deaf and i can still hear it clear as anything. I can even sing along too.

grrrrrrr:bang:

rant over

 

[Focus Owner]

you moved next to what you knew was a pub
claim they aint got a live music licence
might wanna check it 1st

 

[whiterose]

you moved next to what you knew was a pub
claim they aint got a live music licence
might wanna check it 1st

It had different owners when i moved here. The new owners have only been in there a year.

Who would you complain to about the level of noise?

 

[StevenRB45]

Technically IIRC you can complain and get a cease and desist if your complaint is upheld even though it was a pub before you were there.

 

[Jai]

Who would you complain to about the level of noise?

http://www.walsall.gov.uk/index/noise_pollution_domestic.htm

 

[doctorchris]

Allo Whiterose.
I worked at the Manor Hospital in Walsall in the late 70s.
Loved the town, loved the Arboretum.
So sorry that you can't find peace where you live. How old is your child, are they upset by the noise?
I can't help you but I sympathise with your troubles.

 

[Big Black Stilo]

check they have the right licences with the council first. 9 times out of ten, they havent.

i would suspect they havent got the licence if previous owners didnt do this sort of thing and they only had the pub a year, and you havent been notified or seen an application for change in licencing for music.

a place near to where someone i know lived was doing this every saturday night, and on enqiring with council if they had the licence they said, 'god no, the building wont contain any noise so its been refused' and then was duly prosecuted

 

[EmmaM88]

I agree with everyone else check what licenses they got, as then you might have a claim against them.

Its a little incosiderate of them to play it that loud, I work in a little country pub back home and when the current owners took over they spoke to local people who lived on the road and checked it werent too loud when they had live bands playing so to keep the peace.

There are people in this block who like to play music at 5am so loud I can sing along as well and like you I am hard of hearing.

Could you possibly record the sound levels on a video camera or a dictaphone or something as proof?

 

[Focus Owner]

i think it would have to be a calibrated peice of equitment
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=46362 still might not be legally binding
whos that smart law guy?

but i think overall someone would visit and moniter the sounds

 

[pooroldcodger]

Sounds completely unreasonable to me (and I live a hundred miles away). Sorry couldn't resist the silly joke.
This would drive me mad and I would follow all the advice of those above and try to get it stopped. Pound to a penny it is not authorised.
Good luck girl. Put your foot down!

 

[Adrian Bravo]

It must be loud if you cant here your own TV.
Though if i chose to live next to a pub id expect noise.

 

[pooroldcodger]

It must be loud if you cant here your own TV.
Though if i chose to live next to a pub id expect noise.

As with most things, it comes down to what is reasonable and what is unreasonable. I am sure Whiterose expected some noise living next to a pub, but she didn't move next to a rock music venue with no soundproofing!

 

[The Beard]

I can't help you with specifics, but we have a pub about 100 yards away from
us with a late licence and in Summer they have the fire escape door from the function room open to let some fresh air in; and the music out. It took some doing, but by complaining to the Police and the Council about the noise on a regular basis we ended up with new Licencees and reduced noise.

 

[dannygp]

I think you have a case as seen as the Watson's are somehow getting money from Croft.