Hi Im new here but hope to get some good advice from your members.
The flat above me is split into 3 bedsits,well actually two live in bedrooms,the third lives in the front room.As this room leads on from the front door this deny's the other two access from the door and so they use a fire escape to come and go.
The flat is pretty run down and is let to dss tenants.All 3 have been long term unemployed and we have had disturbance on and off for years.My front door has been tried at all hours,we have had water leaking through my ceiling from an upstairs flood but mostly we have noise.Despite the flat being old and there-for the walls very thin two of the tenants have and play their guitars,oftern into the night.This is accompanied by shouts of which led me to believe the tenants are on drugs.We also have loud music,sometimes from more than one room at once.
The flat is let from a private landlord,.Having spoken to the local authorities Ive been told he has a reputation as a "slum" landlord.He is the only landlord in the area who will take dss because his properties are very run down and in poor decorative order.There are other issues which may prove this flat is being let illegally which are being looked into.
Anyway,he doesnt see a problem with his tenants making noise,despite having been spoken to by the police on the matter.(I have been advised we are talking asbo here.)If I call him to complain he just hangs up.
Having read up online the tenants are clearly breaking the terms of their tenancy so am I entitled to take him to court as a civil case?If so any advise please?