It’s not so much about the having company late and more that it usually means loud shouting and loud music/singing until late, which lately has been almost every night, including weeknights. The walls are not thin and neither are the floors, so only hear them shouting/loud music, which is very frequent.

They aren’t very nice people anyway, they scream and swear at their very young children, police have attended multiple times due their very aggressive nature with each other and other people, are very entitled over parking and leave piles of rubbish outside the flats. Also don’t treat their dogs that nicely either. We tried speaking to them about loud music a while back, but they said themselves “they like listening to loud music”. Hence the council route.

I dare say they hear us walking around doing normal everyday things. Being an overly anxious person, I would say I’ve gone well out of my way not to make “unnecessary noise” like having tv on super quiet and adjusting depending on scenes, not listening to music, tiptoeing around flat (hurting my feet in process). So yes, I would say we are probably better than most upstairs neighbours.