An 'exhausted' homeowner says they are "fed up" with their neighbour's noisy children constantly waking them up early every morning - especially on weekends. Posting to Netmums, the resident explained that they have not been able to "catch up on their sleep" because of the boisterous youngsters, who wake up at around 5.30am everyday.
They say the children constantly jump off their bed which then "shakes their bedroom", with the frustrated neighbour convinced that the kids are left unattended by their "neglectful" parents because of the sheer amount of noise they make. As reported by Hull Live, the homeowner said: "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 three 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."
Taking to the comments section, several people suggested that the homeowner speak to their neighbours directly. One commenter 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."
However, another user said they would put in 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 also questioned how the person knew their neighbours' kids were 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."
The original poster responded: "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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