As many as a quarter (27%) of people have had a problem with nuisance neighbours in the past year, according to new research from consumer rights organisation Which?.

Loud voices and arguing (41%) top the list of annoyances caused by problem neighbours, followed by loud music and noisy TVs (29%), doors slamming (27%), people stomping around (23%) and noise from pets (21%).

According to the Which? survey, half the people who experienced a problem were left feeling angry (53%) and irritable (52%), four in ten (42%) felt stressed and one in ten (11%) felt afraid.

Although anyone can be at risk of living next to a problem neighbour, the research found that young people are apparently more likely to suffer from a nuisance neighbour than any other group.

Which? found that a third (33%) of 18-24 year olds have experienced a problem, compared to nearly one in five (17%) of those aged 65+.

Worryingly, it appears that nearly nine in ten (86%) 18-24 year olds didn’t know where to get advice or help. This compares to 44% of those over 65.

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