[MargaretR]

The refurbishment of the flat below me has begun.

They are in the demolition stage and my pictures are bouncing around on the 'cardboard' walls.

I see no good reason to have a radio blaring out pop music while they work - it just increases the decibels and annoyance.

After the first two hours of hammering and banging, a young man knocked to warn me that there would be really bad noise for the next hour whilst they removed tiling.

At least he seemed to have genuine concern for me.