You live and love 2

George Tzilivakis is not taking into account the Health Environment Act, but neither do councils, social landlords nor the Housing Corporation. If the properties in which lovemaking at any level and in any form (or any other noise) is taking place are properly insulated but still the lovemaking comes through to adjacent properties loud and clear, common sense would suggest that there is a statutory nuisance going on and the parties should be aware of this or face the law. If the properties are not properly insulated, the landlord should be asked to correct this or face the law.

Mediation, as Tzilivakis admits, is not a solution, because people might move properties and a legitimate complainant has to start all over again with a new neighbour … or you reach an agreement on lovemaking and another argument starts on the use of the washing machine or vacuum cleaner.

Social landlords and councils are using mediation to avoid solving the real problems of their residents; council health environment managers are not going to take social landlords to court for forcing their residents to suffer noise because of lack of insulation – any court sentence could then be used as a precedent by any council tenant against the council.

Talk about a conflict of interest! We are told the police cannot investigate themselves but apparently for councils the law is different.

Tzilivakis is being manipulated into a political game of deceit and convenience at the expense of millions of noise sufferers. Please do something to change the situation, not prolong its misery.