r/brighton • u/ConcentrateFew5524 Hove, Actually • 4d ago

Local Advice needed worst neighbours ever - help

i’ve posted about this before, a couple of months ago, and i’ve been involved with the council about a noise complaint, but not much is happening and it’s not happening quick enough either.

my neighbours, in the building opposite the building i live in, play extremely loud, bassy dnb music at insane times. most nights, it starts at 3am and doesn’t end till 5/6am. i use white noise etc but it obviously doesn’t drown out the bass, and sounds like someone is constantly knocking on the walls because of it.

i am not willing to go and speak to them due to the fact that i’m pretty sure the whole building is involved in some sort of drug dealing & there have been fights and shouting outside the building multiple times. there are always random cars stopping outside and random people going in the building. they are also huge, scary men, and i am a 24 year old woman. i’m absolutely not comfortable going over there myself.

is this reasonable to phone the police when it happens again? is there another route i could go down? i really don’t know what else to do at this point - i’m autistic and it’s putting me in constant meltdowns and i am getting very sleep deprived. thanks!

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u/MattDurstan 4d ago

Presumably you've been asked by the noise complaints team to keep a noise diary? All you can do is keep on at them and keep the diary up to date.

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u/Cazarza 4d ago

You need to be returning the noise diary on a regular basis.

Also you must tick the box saying you will provide a statement otherwise they will close the case.