I really feel for you. I moved in to a middle floor flat about 7 months ago and have had nothing but hell with the guy upstairs up until very recently when he was finally kicked out by his landlord. Playing his music and shouting (REALLY shouting) all through the night from 9 p.m. through till 6 a.m. the next day.
Phoning the local Police is (or was for me) a waste of time as they would just say there was nothing they could do and give me the out of hours number for the council. If you have somebody below you it might be worth talking to them as the people below me were being kept awake by the guy on the top floor as well and if a group of you make a complaint it might go quicker.
The guy upstairs had several letters from the council and the management company about the noise but it obviously didnt bother him. Several people in the block confronted him about it, but he just shouted obscenities and slamed his door.
I was lucky because my landlady played an absolute blinder for us. She was losing tenants every 6 months because nobody would put up with it so she went to the land registry and found out who owns the property and really pushed them to resolve it - I think by threatening legal action for loss of earnings or something.
I always find people who havent experianced it tend to think you are exagerating and it cant be as bad as you say it is but 2 days with little and broken sleep sends you mad, let alone 3 or 4 days of every week. By the end of it me and my girlfriend were basically going away every weekend to 'see family'.
Good luck sorting it out.
Phoning the local Police is (or was for me) a waste of time as they would just say there was nothing they could do and give me the out of hours number for the council. If you have somebody below you it might be worth talking to them as the people below me were being kept awake by the guy on the top floor as well and if a group of you make a complaint it might go quicker.
The guy upstairs had several letters from the council and the management company about the noise but it obviously didnt bother him. Several people in the block confronted him about it, but he just shouted obscenities and slamed his door.
I was lucky because my landlady played an absolute blinder for us. She was losing tenants every 6 months because nobody would put up with it so she went to the land registry and found out who owns the property and really pushed them to resolve it - I think by threatening legal action for loss of earnings or something.
I always find people who havent experianced it tend to think you are exagerating and it cant be as bad as you say it is but 2 days with little and broken sleep sends you mad, let alone 3 or 4 days of every week. By the end of it me and my girlfriend were basically going away every weekend to 'see family'.
Good luck sorting it out.