Has anyone successfully complained to the council's environmental health department about noise (particularly barking dogs?).
My neighbour chucks his two little yappy dogs into his garden in the evening and ignores them, and they stand and bark at anything under the sun. If I'm in my garden, they stand next to the fence and bark / growl every time there's a little bit of noise.
Tried mentioning it reasonably after I moved in (we actually bought about two months apart) and was basically told to eff off - apparently his dogs are "entitled" to make noise when they're outside.
It's driving me up the wall, particularly when they're thrown out at 6.30am too and discover that yapping outside the bedroom window is their favourite hobby.
You wouldn't think that noise would have such a profound effect - I certainly wouldn't have in the past - but it's REALLY getting to me now. And that's hard and slightly embarrassing to admit to. In some respects I'm lucky as I can escape it for four or five days a week, but equally that seems to make it worse to come home to.
Obviously councils have environmental health departments, but equally if it doesn't work it has to be declared on a home-seller's report and might make the house impossible to sell. So it's a catch 22 situation.
I'm increasingly beginning to suspect that this is the reason the previous owners were quick to accept an offer below market value and move. Not that I could ever prove that, of course.
Suggestions?
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