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"   Talk to them People often don&amp;#039;t realise how noisy they&amp;#039;re being \u2013 it&amp;#039;s nerve-wracking, but a quick friendly chat can work wonders. Explain how the situation is making you feel in a calm and reasonable way \u2013 don&amp;#039;t get angry, even if they&amp;#039;re unmoved.  Write it down If the problem persists, start a diary detailing the exact time, date, nature and volume of the noise, and its duration. Record how it makes you feel, and how it affects your quality of life. If you&amp;#039;re being regularly disturbed by the same kind of noise, two weeks might be sufficient \u2013 if not, keep it up for three months. HOW TO LEAD A STRESS FREE LIFE Check your local authority&amp;#039;s website Every local authority has a different way of recording problems, and if you look under Environmental Health/Noise Team they might have a form for you to complete, or advice on how to make a complaint. information presented. Write, don&amp;#039;t call Telephone calls to your local authorityare generally not recorded, so are not usually sufficient. Write or email instead, enclosing your diary of events. Keep copies, and if you don&amp;#039;t receive a reply, keep trying! Get outside help If you know the property causing the problem is rented, contact the landlord, letting agent, housing association or local authority, again in writing, explaining that the tenant is causing noise problems and detailing the nature, volume, and duration. SPICE UP YOUR SEX LIFE What happens next? Your local authority should contact the noise maker and ask them to stop. They can even install monitoring equipment to check whether your neighbours are a nuisance. They can then issue a Noise Abatement Notice, ordering them to stop. In extreme cases, where the noise continues, the local authority can attend with police and seize the equipment causing the noise. Still no joy? If you feel the local authority haven&amp;#039;t dealt with the case satisfactorily, you can escalate it further in the following ways: 1. Write to the chief executive of the council. 2. Write to your local councillor and MPs. 3. Write to your local government ombudsman. 4. Contact the local press \u2013 although you must be able to show you&amp;#039;ve previously followed the correct procedure. Copy all correspondence to your Local Authority contact(s) and get other affected residents to do the same. THE LAZY GIRL&amp;#039;S GUIDE TO EXERCISE The last resort Section 82 of the Environmental Protection Act means a private individual can take a case to court for the noise to be abated. In order to take a civil action, you need to be aware that there are costs implications \u2013 you need to be very sure you have a case. For more information, head to the Noise Abatement Society&amp;#039;s website. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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