Dealing with Noisy Neighbors
The neighbors who live above me in my new pad have got to be noisiest neighbors that ever made noise in noisy-town. It's a single woman and her four kids and I listen to them blaring music and rough-housing pretty much non-stop from 6 am till midnight, sometimes with bonus noise in the middle of the night.
Please give me some tips on dealing with the noise before I end up torching the entire apartment building in protest (joke!). Not sure I can make it to August in these conditions, especially considering I work from home.
Thanks.
After some 2 or 3 visits just explain your problem to them. Just lie or bluff that you are allergic to loud noises and you can easily get headaches when you hear loud music.
Continue to explain this part by part when they at last agree to bow down to your requirements.
This works for sure !!
First place to start is always by explaining the problem and asking nicely for them to be quieter.
You could offer a compromise by asking them to make an effort between certain hours when you most need it.
Suggest a thick carpet to dull their noise a bit?
If all else fails it's going to get confrontational or you'll need to just move out.
I once drove my message home by buying the most powerful hi-fi I could afford and literally rattling the ceiling with it every time I heard music from the neighbour. I then left it on a timer while I went out to work and my noisy neighbour tried to catch up on his sleep after a late night of loud music.
They got the message but it won't apply to every situation.
Neighbour disputes can easily turn ugly so be careful!
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I really feel for you, but I too think you might have to move to get away from the noise. I've been considering it myself, lol.