I live in a block of flats and my neighbours have recently taken to playing very loud music at 4' o clock in the morning (with all their windows open - ensuring maximum blast from stereo to wake me up). This morning was the worst yet (Weds morning), particularly because I had a job interview in the morning.

I knocked on their door for ten minutes and got no reply, the music just got louder - ignorant twats.

So what can i do - I thought about this solidly for the next two hours while the music was still blaring. I came up with these options:

Go for a diddle in a sanwiche bag and post it through the door (possible)

Burn a newspaper and post it through their door (possible but dangerous to everyonre inc me - could involve a long prison sentence)

Post a dog poo (possible)

But I have decided on an alternative which actually took me the rest of the day to scheme. I have reported it to the council, who are now writing to them saying a neighbour has complained about the noise (they won't know which as there is 8 of us in the block) - I have also ordered a batch of six stink bombs over the internet. So there you have it next time they wake me at a ridiculous hour in the week the stink bombs go through the window.

Also looking for other ideas that i can get away with - pls reply

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Anonymous

by Anonymous on Mar 20, 2003 at 9:30 PM

The legal method is certainly your best bet. The other ones you came up with ... while funny, and probably satisfying, might have no effect, and might make it worse. At least if the legal complaint makes things worse, you have already registered a complaint, and a second one would have more force. If the noise is loud enough to capture on tape or video, that kind of evidence is pretty powerful.

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by Anonymous on Mar 26, 2003 at 10:08 PM

Since this rude, inconsiderate people can't hear you knocking when the music is blasting you might try knocking on their door when it's quieter. But if you do that and then follow up with the stink bombs they will surely know it came from you. Is there anyway to get to their electric meter and cut the juice when the music gets to you? Have you complained to the landlord? I like the stink bomb idea -- they certainly should get the point and nobody really gets hurt. Hope the smell doesn't leak into your place. There's a place on the net that sell fake dog doo -- you can have it mailed anonomously of course and the company destroys the order information after 24 hours. Good Luck! Loud neighbors are the pits.

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