A sleep-deprived family is pleading with a charity for homeless people to be a good neighbour.

Grace and Granville Daniels say they regularly only get a couple of hours sleep a night due to Hope Housing’s ‘rowdy’ tenants next door to them.

“We’re not saying we don’t want the charity as neighbours, we’re just asking them to show us more respect and consideration,” said Mrs Daniels, 42, who works in a supermarket.

She and her husband bought their former council house in Crossdale Avenue, Buttershaw, 16 years ago. They live with their 19-year-old daughter.

Mrs Daniels said: “About two years ago the charity took over that house as landlord and puts in new tenants every six months or so.

“Until that happened this street never had any issues. Not all the tenants have been troublesome, but it’s getting so bad we’ve had to start keeping a diary to log it all.

“We’ve spoken to Hope, we once left a message at 3.30am on the answerphone, and it always apologises but doesn’t do anything about it. We’ve had enough.”

She added: “All we want is to go to bed, go to sleep and wake up the next morning refreshed and ready for work.”

Mrs Granville said the male tenants now living at the house regularly throw parties for youths and play loud music through the night and into the next day.

“They can go to bed when they’ve had enough but we’ve got to get up and go to work,” said Mrs Daniel.

Recently the couple rang the police after hearing intruders next door. Mrs Daniel said: “We knew the house was empty and did the right thing by the charity, ringing the police. We are good neighbours and just want them to be the same with us.’’ She said the charity needed to draw up a list of house rules and the tenants should be made to stick to them.

Hope Housing Co-ordinator Adam Clark said it was in the charity’s interest to be a good neighbour and as soon as the Daniels’ got in touch this week, action was taken to resolve their concerns.

He said: “We have spoken to those concerned and warnings have been made that they are breaching their tenancy. We have not heard of any other concerns since.”