Loud tenants in shared accommodation

Hello, I am having a problem at the moment with regard to my living arrangement, and am wondering could someone give me advice?

I am a student in shared accommodation at the moment, with a one-year lease as of August 2010. However as of late I am becoming extremely frustrated with the students (age bracket 18-21) who are living here at the moment, as they are extremely thoughtless and inconsiderate. I am been woken up regularly at as late as 2-4 o’ clock in the morning on weekdays by (i) shouting in the hallways, (2) loud talking in the sitting room, (3) television on all night at times (I can hear it in particular as part of the sitting room is right below my bedroom.

The problem is that when I moved here, there was actually practically nobody here- and I am for want a better word regretting my move here, as I am becoming increasingly frustrated at the random loss of sleep on weekdays during all hours of the morning – and then either struggling to go back to sleep, or concentrating/ focusing while in college the next day.

My question is, under these circumstances is it possible to file a complaint to somebody and (i) move out and find other accommodation, and (ii) receive my deposit back?

Thank you for your help.

From the time you posted this I'm guessing the most recent occurrence of the disturbance was just last night. I sympathise as I am regularly woken in the middle of the night by my neighbours dog which has the most obnoxious bark you ever heard.

You don't say if you've tried addressing the problem with the other people living there. If they don't know you have a problem then nothing is going to change. Obviously you're likely to have better results if you tackle this in a nice way than if you get angry with them. That said, some people just don't care at all about inconveniencing others - my neighbours are like that "it's an estate, I'll do what I like".

I imagine the next step would be to contact whoever you pay your rent to and see what they have to say.

Here's a http://www.environ.ie/en/Environment/NoiseIssuesConsultationPaper/NeighbourhoodDomesticNoisePollution/ (link to some information from environ.ie) that may help you a little.

In the meantime, perhaps you could try something like earplugs to see if it helps block out the noise somewhat. Not a perfect solution, I know, but worth trying.

Is this a house-share, or a student accomodation block?

TreeTiger said:

You don't say if you've tried addressing the problem with the other people living there. If they don't know you have a problem then nothing is going to change.

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Hi TreeTiger that is a good point and thank you for addressing it, as I should have done initially when writing the opening post. Yes I have, this about the third time in the last 10 days- the last two times was to do with the television blaring at early morning hours, and stomping/ shouting by a girl in the corrider without the slightest consideration for other people sleeping in the house (aka- me).

I went downstairs last night as well. However it was even louder as there were more people.

That said, some people just don't care at all about inconveniencing others - my neighbours are like that "it's an estate, I'll do what I like".worth trying.

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Actually I think thats part of the problem, that and having these same people laughing after I went back upstairs- not even the slighest remorse for making noise at 2-5:30 (yes it actually went on longer than when I posted at first) on a weekday when other people had to wake up in the morning.

So that is pretty much what I am up against, noise- and people who couldn't give a toss whether you are trying to get a night sleep. Not only is it frustrating missing out on sleep, it can also be intimidating walking in on 5 people and explain to them you are trying to sleep.

Complainer said:

Is this a house-share, or a student accomodation block?

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Hi, it's a house-share but the tenants are all students.

move out now while there are other students looking for accomodation, find a replacement and the landlord will be fine about it I would think.

Moving out is one option. Or you could try giving them a bit of their own medicine - get up at 5am and start watching the TV very loudly while you do your morning exercises up/down the stairs.

Just move out and try and get your deposit back. Lived with people like this before- they won't stop believe me. Lived in another house then during college and it was really nice, not noisy at all. The worst is when strangers are stomping around in the middle of the night and then try to come to your bedroom, its like grow-up!