Would love to have a doze but!

jaspercat
jaspercat Member Posts: 1,238
edited 12. Jan 2009, 08:33 in Living with Arthritis archive
Hi, I am sitting here in pain with my hands, I have taken pain killers and feel very tired but the child above us is running up and down, I have spoken to the mother more than once and she promised to stop her from doing it, I have told her that the ceiling is thin and everything is louder. Our landlord says they have an obligation to house single mothers, and to leave if we don't like it, clearly, to me, the fact that disabled people have no rights at all, if anyone has any idea of what I can do, please let me know love Jaspercatxx

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  • lindalegs
    lindalegs Member Posts: 5,398
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Jaspercat,

    Assuming you're quite happy generally with where you live and the other resident doesn't want to leave either, what about having a radio on or playing music, something for you to enjoy listening to and focus on and then maybe the child upstairs won't irritate you so much. I have the radio on all day, not noisily, but I really enjoy it, chores are far less boring when you're distracted by it.

    I know it's not a brilliant solution but it could be worth a go if you've not tried it already. :wink:

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  • jenzie06
    jenzie06 Member Posts: 708
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Our neighbours moved in last summer and for the first couple of months they were decorating their house so most days they were banging and crashing. Ever since they finished the work they hoover every day, sometimes twice a day. It does get fairly annoying, especially when they wake us up by banging the hoover into the wall. Then at the weekend they do extra hoovering. Makes me feel like we live in a pit as we only hoover once a week - less if I'm poorly. We have considered that one of our neighbours may have OCD so we haven't talked to them about it as they may not be able to help it, or we might ask them to hoover our house if they've finished with theirs!
  • averyniceman
    averyniceman Member Posts: 75
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Straight up -- I've been in your position many times. And the only real solution I know for getting to sleep is wax ear plugs from Boots!

    I know it's you who is having to make the compromise and the effort, and that's not fair, but they really work.
  • jaspercat
    jaspercat Member Posts: 1,238
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi, thanks for the advice everyone, we have decided to keep the tv/radio on to try and join out the noise, little darling was running around at midnight last night, Malcolm has a carer at 8am, the upstairs neighbour had the nerve to knock on our door at 11am and complained that we woke her child up! I said to put her to bed earlier and stop her running around so late.

    This is all so upsetting, we get on so well with her generally, and have even looked after the child on the odd occasion, the problem seems to be a lack of discipline, I guess that we might have to think about moving away love Jaspercatxx
  • colinone
    colinone Member Posts: 1,039
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    jaspercat wrote:
    Hi, I am sitting here in pain with my hands, I have taken pain killers and feel very tired but the child above us is running up and down, I have spoken to the mother more than once and she promised to stop her from doing it, I have told her that the ceiling is thin and everything is louder. Our landlord says they have an obligation to house single mothers, and to leave if we don't like it, clearly, to me, the fact that disabled people have no rights at all, if anyone has any idea of what I can do, please let me know love Jaspercatxx

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    Take it easy and try not to get to woud up it will only make you worse. Ask your doctor or Rheumy for a letter for the council houseing dept and get on the list.
    Colin

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