With houses flying off the market, online mortgage comparison and financial informational site Bankrate UK, a group of developers, financial journalists, UX designers and engineers with a really big idea – to make home-buying easy, has delved into official council data to find out where the country’s worst neighbours live based on noise complaints.
Armed with FOI (Freedom of Information) requests from 75 councils across the UK, Bankrate has revealed some of the biggest neighbour grievances and where in the UK these noisy neighbours live.
Looking at the music, DIY and dog noise complaints each council received over the last three years, and working out how many complaints this equates to per 50,000 residents, the mortgage comparison experts have been able to find the top 10 most raucous neighbourhoods in the country, and of course the most harmonious. And the results might surprise you.
The 10 noisiest neighbourhoods:
|
Local Council |
Total complaints per 50,000 |
Total complaints |
|
East Cambridgeshire |
2,782 |
4,999 |
|
Brighton and Hove City Council |
2,169 |
12,620 |
|
Adur District Council |
2,089 |
2,687 |
|
Belfast City Council |
1,931 |
13,267 |
|
City and Council of Swansea |
1,617 |
7,989 |
|
Coventry City Council |
1,591 |
11,824 |
|
City of London |
1,373 |
267 |
|
City of York |
1,253 |
5,277 |
|
Dartford Borough Council |
1,230 |
2,771 |
|
Dundee City Council |
1,191 |
3,557 |
The 10 most harmonious neighbourhoods:
|
Local Council |
Total complaints per 50,000 |
Total complaints |
|
Broadland District Council |
6 |
17 |
|
Central Bedfordshire Council |
9 |
51 |
|
Calderdale |
28 |
120 |
|
Corby Borough Council |
89 |
129 |
|
Carlisle District Council |
123 |
267 |
|
Basildon District Council |
129 |
484 |
|
Crawley Borough Council |
179 |
403 |
|
City of Edinburgh |
185 |
1,944 |
|
Derbyshire Dales |
201 |
291 |
|
Argyll and Bute Council |
213 |
366 |
A full breakdown of the noisy neighbours per complaint can be found at: https://www.bankrate.com/uk/mortgages/neighbour-complaints
