A homeowner has been left infuriated as her neighbour's children continuously wake her up at 6am in the morning on both weekdays and the weekends. The woman ranted that she is ''exhausted'' and can never catch up on her sleep due to the loud levels of noise and chaos coming from her next door.
The angry neighbour added that she suspects the kids are being left unsupervised as they 'jump on the bed' and 'slam doors' so loudly it shakes her entire bedroom, Hull Live reports. Taking to a popular online forum chat for some advice, the anonymous author explained: "I have neighbours that have 2 young kids who are constantly waking me up around 5.30-6am every morning.
"I know they cannot stop their kids getting up and making noise, I have a child myself I understand that, but the issue is they are not getting out of bed with them. They are leaving them alone in [their] bedroom which is joined to mine for up to 3 hours alone every morning so they can have a lie in, neglectful really.
"They are left to bang jump of the bed so loud that it shakes my bedroom. I’m getting really fed up with it. I work full time and exhausted not catching up with my sleep on the weekend because they won’t get up with them."
"They also come up to bed late gone midnight slamming every door waking me up as well.", the poster concluded, asking the question, "Am I being unreasonable or should I complain to the council.
"I have spoke to them before about the noise but they shrug it if saying they cannot stop them." Many people sided with the frustrated woman and suggested how they would approach the situation by having a follow up conversation with the neighbour.
One wrote: "This sounds very frustrating. I would perhaps first try and approach your neighbours to see if you can let them know they are being very disruptive very early in the morning. Ultimately it’s within their property so not sure there’s much you can do.
"Before complaining formally I would defo try and appeal to them direct and explain", the user advised. Another one said they would file a formal complaint first: "I would complain, but I can tell you its a long process.
"I've been there. Out of desperation, I have bought earplugs and it made a huge difference.
"They're not comfortable but the sleep quality is so much better." Some people questioned how the author was so sure that the neighbour's children were being left unsupervised.
"How do you know the parents aren't getting up with them? Sometimes my kids wake that early and I'll either go lie in their room while they play if I still want to snooze a bit or I'll be downstairs making breakfast and stuff I don't know how my neighbours would have any idea at all about what I was doing in this time."
Explaining in more detail, the original poster replied: "I couldn’t imagine anyone allowing that noise at that time of morning and for that amount of time. If it was every now and then I wouldn’t mind I know kids are knackering and sometimes getting out of bed is a struggle, but it’s every weekend and the lack of sleep is catching up with me now."
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