Law & Legal - Landlord / rent - flat below complains of me walking in flat !?

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I'm in England, UK - so English law applies - and can't afford lawyer.

I live in a very old country house (poss listed). The woman that has just moved into the flat below has complained to the landlord about me walking in the flat - and the landlord has asked me to stop it

The floor are wooden / hallow with thin carpet (no underlay). I'm at work during the week but home most evenings. I will go make a drink / use the toilet. I do not dance / exercise, jump about play music etc or run or stomp. The most that can be said is that I'm overweight.

The prior tenent did not moan / have an issue - but told the landlord I was noisy once in the past year while they were here (a visiting friend!). The prior tenent use to smoke weed / play loud (rubbish) music and liked 'young' girls - so 10 times more to compain about him - but I don't bother complaining as I'm easy to live with. Also single so half the noise of a couple?

I feel the new tenant below is being unreasonable as I am only walking. And don't walk about all the time. I may spend 20 mins tidying up the flat and maybe get a drink / go to the toilet on the hour.

Is the tenant below being unreasonable? What about the building reg about soundproofing in a listed building? Is she more in the wrong for 'haressing' to now walk in my flat. I am now trying to be as quite as possible - but as I was only walking its hard to do - and should I have to tip-toe about? So I expect here to complain again. Personally (and I am bias here - but on a scale of 1 to 10 I'm a boring number 2 - so quiet - and its kettle pot black as they make more noise than me - including walking about).

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your landlord is a twat as usual he/she doesn't want to pay for a decent carpet so they blame you!

i live under someone who has a wooden floor-which they shouldn't have, when they hoover it sounds like they're rollerskating and their kid keeps bouncing a ball on the floor.

get yourself a rowing machine or a treadmill, or just tell them if he/she that you are walking and that you have everyright to do it.
 
The landlord has asked you to stop what? That is the issue that needs sorting. I suggest that you ask your landlord to clarify the request. You are entitled to walk about in the flat all day. That's what you pay rent for. If the floor covering is inadequate that is the landlord's problem not yours. It may be that the tenant below has complained to the landlord and he is trying to solve his problem by making it yours. I suggest that you ask your neighbour to bear this in mind if further complaints are made. There is no doubt that your landlord would be pushing his luck if he continued to ask you to 'stop walking' as this would be construed as harassment. As for Building Regulations. They are not retrospective, so no remedy exists there. The only fix may be thick underlay and good carpet. Even that will not eliminate sounds totally.
 
That is the most ridiculous thing I ever heard, you have every right to walk around in your house as much or as little as you want and no one should have the right to complain or stop you from doing so. Its not like you're doing anything out of the ordinary to warrant a genuine complaint. Its so ridiculous, I'm sorry I don't know the law position on this but last time I checked anyone had the right to walk in their own house.
 
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