On Saturday i was working 8-4pm we’d been asked to go in to scrub and lay polish on the floors. I was very tired by the time we finished and i went to bed at 530pm and slept until 9pm. I got up and watched some tv for a while but i was still very tired. I was kept awake ’til 130am and disturbed through the night by the tenants below me flushing the toilet, cranking the taps and opening and closing cupboards all through the night.

I was working again Sunday, i wouldn’t normally work the weekend i usually use it to recuperate, but as my friend said it’ll make up for the overtime i lose when i take my holidays. We worked 8-3pm, i was glad when it finished.

My Sunday night was hell, they came in and started arguing 1130pm, again i was disturbed by them flushing the toilet all through the night, cranking the taps, shouting and banging/slamming doors and thudding noises. I think i had maybe 2 hours sleep, they were still at it when i got up Mornday morning at 6am and left for work at 630!!! I was so angry and so upset, i can’t cope and live or function with no sleep!!

During the morning i called the housing officer and told him how it had been all weekend, i broke down, told him they’re making my life a misery. I told him i’m under the doctor now and on anti depressants because i’m crying all the time i feel so miserable and don’t want to live this life any more. I’ve been nearly 20 years coping with my medical condition and all this is making it more difficult and my life intolerable. He said he was having a meeting with them at 3pm and would call me and let me know the outcome, which he did.

He said Mr Duffy, (she didn’t go) accepted there was some noise issue, Mr Duffy admitted to having 2 previous warnings!! He was told environmental health are involved and if any prosecution was brought against them they’d be evicted as they’d be in breach of their tenancy agreement. Mr Duffy said there wouldn’t be a problem in the future as she wouldn’t be there, he’d be there on his own, i was thrilled about this, unfortunately it was an outright lie as she’s never not been there! So we will see but i’m not holding breath.

On Monday i was woken at 2am by her arguing again, again i’m tired going to work. I phoned the housing again to tell them, i’m getting desperate i can’t cope with this sleep disturbance, i’m so tired and miserable, i cried down the phone, i’m on the verge of a breakdown they’re making my life a misery. I dread going home being at home. He said he was coming Thursday and would see them too.

I went to sleep but was woken time and again on Tuesday by them flushing the toilet and cranking the pipes all through the night. I was woken at 5am by her shouting at him he was disrespecting her. What a joke she is, someone needs to knock respect into her for her neighbours consideration.

I cried all Wednesday i felt so miserable and afraid, i felt like i was in a very dark place a black hole, if this was my life i didn’t want it, i’d rather not be here. My work friend and team leader insisted i call my doctor to make an appointment. I phoned the housing again on Wednesday afternoon, i didn’t want him seeing them before me as they’d see him coming up the stairs to me and i feared reprisals. The man i talked with was very nice and empathised with me the problems i was having.

On Thursday the housing officer phoned me, he said they wouldn’t be in when he was coming, he’d written to them but they’d phoned that morning and said they wouldn’t be in did i still want him to come see me, i said yes, i was afraid but couldn’t carry on living like this, i was miserable and crying all the time. I didn’t know he’d made an appointment with them too i thought he was just going to knock before coming to me.

I’d been looking at holidays but because of my financial situation i was putting it off but also didn’t want to be at home listening to the two below. I was also worried about my place with this situation but my friend at work persuaded me otherwise and said she’d look in time to time, i said that would ease my worries. I’d found an all inclusive holiday in Lanzarote, unfortunately when i phoned to make the booking the flights had gone up as there was only 3 seats left.

The housing officer came in the afternoon, he started by asking me about myself, what i do, what hours i work, how long i’ve lived here. I explained and showed him how it’s been, he said i’m not doing this alone now, they are on to it and will be dealing with it, he also said they’ll know they’re being watched and maybe that’ll stop them, but i’m not holding my breath. He said he’ll be writing to them again and calling them in, i said that Sharon had asked them to come in but they didn’t turned up. He said well they’ll be getting a warning about that he can’t warn them this time because they phoned and cancelled but they must go to the appointment this time and they’ll be getting another warning. I hope it can all be resolved without further action but i’m not confident about that.

On Monday i get didn’t get to sleep ’til after 12 midnight because they were playing on the guitar again, i was then woken at 3:20am by her shouting and swearing calling him dirty you’re a dirty man, you’ve been gone 7 hours, 7 hours where’ve you been? You’ve been with them prostitutes again etc, and then the door banging and slamming started. How i hate that and what it does to me and how i feel. This went on for about an hour, i tossed and turned, i went on the sofa but there was no escape,
i was so tired when my alarm went off for work on Tuesday, i was like a zombie and felt ill all day.

I went to sleep Wednesday night and was woken again at 3am by her shouting and door banging/slamming again so i was tired and worn out again on Thursday. I phoned the housing again the man i spoke to said he’d email the officer to contact me and if he didn’t phone by Friday for me to phone back.

Friday came and no phone call so i phoned in the afternoon, i spoke to the same man he said he probably hadn’t got to my email, i explained it wasn’t just that 48hrs i’d been waiting but come Monday it would be 2 weeks as Sharon was supposed to have emailed him to contact me, also that i’d been trying to get this sorted since the beginning of April, i was at breaking point. He said he’d put an urgent note on it, about an hour later i got a phone call from the housing officer, he said he’d come see me the following Thursday.

After another week of being kept awake ’til after 12 midnight because of the door banging/slamming nightly rituals i was glad it was Friday again. I’m tired, so tired i could cry.

They came in about 8:30pm, and started on the guitar and again i had to listen to the drone of their loud voices, peace shattered, i had to sleep with my headphones on. Then i was woken by a door being slammed at 4:20am.

I’m always glad when Friday arrives i’m so tired from being up early for work but these days my problems are exacerbated by the neighbours from hell keeping me awake ’til after 12 and disturbing my sleep, these days i don’t even get my weekends to recuperate. This week was no exception, they came in just before 11pm and then started playing on the guitar, it sounded like they’d brought people back with them it was fairly rowdy, singing and shouting.

My Saturday morning i was woken at 6am by loud voices shouting and the continual banging/slamming of doors, i was so angry and exasperated i can’t even have a sleep at the weekend. My Saturday night was the same, the door banging/slamming started at 11:30pm and continued ’til 1:20am

Sunday i was fit for nothing i was so tired and my weekend was totally ruined.