Noise War Log

Your neighbor's bass is shaking your walls at 1am and you are running on no sleep.

Many people either fire off an angry text that can make things worse or suffer in silence because the council process feels like a maze. The way out is a written diary: some councils ask for about 3 weeks of detailed noise diary before they take legal steps (Arun District Council, UK, as of Oct 2026), and that diary may become court evidence.

Noise War Log builds the whole case file:

1. Noise diary builder
   A script turns your timestamped entries into a formatted diary with dates, start and end times, durations, noise types, loudness ratings, and witnesses. The exact shape councils expect.

2. Pattern analysis
   Worst nights, worst hours, weekly totals, and night time share, computed from your data. No more arguing from memory. You get the numbers.

3. Escalation verdict
   The script checks your diary against the 3 week rule and tells you plainly whether the council draft is backed yet or you should keep logging.

4. Three staged letters
   Calm first contact for the neighbor, formal escalation for the landlord, and a formal complaint draft for the council environmental health team. Each cites your three worst logged incidents.

5. Safety screen
   If your notes record a hostile confrontation, the analysis tells you to skip direct contact and go straight to the landlord or the council.

What makes this different:

• It does the evidence work, not just the pep talk. End times, weekly totals, and the escalation verdict are computed from your log, not left to memory.
• It speaks council. The diary format mirrors what councils typically ask for, down to the declaration and signature block.
• It stages the escalation for you. Three letters with a rising tone, each citing real incidents from your data.
• It watches your safety. A hostile neighbor changes the plan, and this says so explicitly.
• It stays in its lane. Drafting and planning help only, never legal advice, with no promises about outcomes.

How It Works

1. Log the noise: Record each disturbance with date, time, duration, noise type, loudness 1 to 5, and witnesses
2. Run the script: One command builds the diary, the analysis, and the three letters
3. Read the verdict: See whether your diary meets the 3 week rule for a council complaint
4. Personalize the letters: Fill in names and addresses, keep the DRAFT disclaimer until you approve the final text
5. Send in stages: Neighbor first, then landlord, then council, keeping proof of every send
6. Keep logging: Rerun weekly until the noise stops or the case moves forward

Who It Is For

Anyone living next to a noisy neighbor: bass music at night, drilling at dawn, shouting through the walls. Especially valuable when you have been suffering for weeks with no record, when the landlord is not acting, or when you want to complain to the council and be taken seriously.

What You Get

A noise diary builder script (Python, no installs needed), a pattern analysis with worst nights and worst hours, an escalation verdict based on the 3 week diary rule, three staged escalation letter drafts, and a safety screen for hostile confrontations.