A HILLHEAD resident has been told to “live and let live” following a series of student parties above his home.

Kenneth McKinnon claimed upstairs neighbour Jessica Byrne regularly kept him awake beyond midnight by playing loud music, banging doors and using the washing machine.

He also told members of Glasgow’s licensing committee that the ceilings in his Dowanside Road flat had fallen in on several occasions when previous tenants lived above.

Glasgow University student Ms Byrne insisted the allegations against her were untrue as she applied for a house in multiple occupation (HMO) licence.

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Her mum Alison Byrne accused Mr McKinnon of bullying her daughter.

But Mr McKinnon said: “The problem we’ve had is that on a regular basis in midweek Ms Byrne has had friends round and music playing until midnight before she goes out.

“I have to get up at 6am to get through to Edinburgh every day. When they have these gatherings until midnight and when they arrive home at 3am and there’s banging doors and shoes flying across the floor it wakes you up.

“We’ve had problems with the previous owners where we were getting ceilings coming down because of multiple people in the flat jumping around.

“There are only two ceilings in our flat that haven’t been brought down at some point.”

Mr McKinnon asked committee members to place restrictions on when Ms Byrne can use her washing machine but was told that was out of their power.

In response to his claims, Alison Byrne said: “Jessica is now an owner of the flat. She is young and had friends round but a lot of the claims are unsubstantiated.

“We’ve inherited a lot of previous issues with earlier tenants. Ceilings coming through isn’t our issues.

“It’s gotten far too personal. I’m suffering from bullying issues now. There’s more going on here than an HMO. It’s getting pretty nasty.

“I’ve spoken to the police about getting a restraining order because I’m worried for my daughter.”

Despite Mr McKinnon’s objections, the committee granted a HMO licence to Ms Byrne for three years.

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Licensing committee member Gary Gray called on both parties to resolve the dispute with compromises.

He added: “In tenement properties, you’ve got to live and let live. People have got to be able to live. You can’t just live in one room of your house.

“I would just ask that both parties are mindful of that. Ms Byrne, you can’t walk about in your tiptoes, but you have to be mindful that there are neighbours below.”