DEAR DEIDRE: NOISY neighbours are driving me mad. I am 32 and having a baby in a few weeks’ time.
I feel trapped and hate being here. I work from home, so I can’t escape it, even in the day.
We have had issues since moving in two years ago. The walls are thin and these neighbours have parties that go on all night. We can hear the man’s voice in every room of our house.
We have talked nicely to them about it, used earplugs and even tried soundproofing our bedroom.
We don’t want to complain officially because our house is on the market and it could put off buyers.
A hoped-for sale just fell through and I’m miserable. I wanted to be out by now.
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DEIDRE SAYS: They will realise how thin your party walls are when you have a newborn baby crying!
Small babies aren’t very disturbed by outside sounds, responding more to internal stimuli.
You will have your time taken up with being a new mum then, so your focus will be much less on what is going on next door.
My e-leaflet Noisy Neighbours can help, but for now, buy some noise-excluding headphones and play relaxing music through them.
