How do i deal with the noise upstairs?

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I live in a 2 floor apartment house. I live on the the first floor (unfortunatly). Been living here for 4 months already. The first month it was quiet. Then the second month till now its been constant noise and the lady upstairs has 1 10 year old kid & a 4 year old. Every minute of my day theres jumping around up there, screaming, and just so much moving up stairs. I've never had to live somewhere with this much disturbance. I really don't like causing trouble. I'm 6 months pregnant and all this ruckus has been giving me a bad headache. Last week i went upstairs to ask them if they could please try to make less noise and the lady said "okay" and just shut the door. I tried talking to the home owner but he doesn't do anything about it. I'm looking for a new place but i cant move untill March because of my contract. I really dont know what to do with this noise anymore. Today my husband couldn't take it anymore either so he took a broom and banged the ceiling with it, and right after they banged the floor up there SO loud and my husband decided to bang it 2 more times and just as you would of guessed they banged harder 2 times up there. They don't seem like they care about how this noise is bothering us. Its just absurd. It sounds like theres a mob of animals up there. I don't want to call the cops or anything since i don't want to cause any trouble.

What should i do?
 
i used to have the same problem... and my neighbours had the same problem with me when i was 5... and they kept on calling the police on use and we eventually stoped. then lik 7 years later we had neighbours move upstairs from us and they kept on making noise and he kept on calling the police on them and they eventually stoped.

so i suggest you call the cops... but first give them warnings and if they still dont stop then call the cops.

hope it helps :)
 
i would go up there and say that you are pregnant and you cant deal with the noise, and you cant move out until march, and say...if you dont quiet down ill have to talk to the homeowners for the SECOND time, or ill have to call the cops or something becasue i cnat deal with it.
 
you could move if you don't want to call the cops or cause trouble. I don't see if there is anything else to do than put sponge on the ceiling hoping that it will cover some of the noise.
 
Hmm..i'm not an expert..but you should make even more noise :P bopther them to make them feel what you feel, or do something to make them want move out?? lol im sorry i dont know.
 
Ask the owner if he'll let you out of the contract early due to the noise. Especially if he won't do anything about it. Tell him the noise is not good for your pregnancy.
 
the only thing i can suggest is to get a high powered fan, so you can have white noise to help drown them out, i have loud neighbors and this helps especially at night when trying to sleep....also you shouldn't hesitate to call the cops, you have the right to peace and quiet, also notify the landlord, maybe he can move you if there is a vacant apartment.
 
This is what I would do if I was in your place. Late at night when they have finally gone to bed, put in my earplugs. Turn my stereo speakers to the ceiling and crank it up, then close my bedroom door and go to bed. They give me grief all day they can take it all night. But seriously, you have done everything you can at this point. Move when you can. Your upstairs neighbors were never taught to think of the other person, you know "Do unto others that you would have done unto you". Just grin and bear it.
 
First of all, this is absolutely the norm for first floor residents of apartment buildings. You can drive yourself crazy if you truly want to about it all, but it's just going to stress you out even more. First floor residents are going to hear every single step, every single conversation, every single tv show, song on the stereo, and so on. It's just the facts of nature in living in apartments. The thing that concerns me the most about your overall situation is the fact that you are soon to become a parent yourself. And the harsh reality of parenting obviously has yet to introduce itself to you. Once children begin to crawl they are off with as much speed that their little bodies can propel them with. And it doesn't end until they have moved out of your home and off on their own. Thankfully I live in a house with my 11 and 7 year olds. If I were to live in an apartment I would be courteous enough to live on the first floor so that their ruckus didn't become more than just my headache, but that of the whole building.

Only solution is to learn how to deal with it, since it'll soon be you that is in the exact same position as their mother. Or move out asap and be sure to never live on the first floor again, so that you too can annoy all the downstair neighbors.
 
Wow. You have a BIG problem. Maybe, knock on the ceiling, go see the home owners and maybe 'mail' them a fake letter from 'the home owners' telling them they're going to have to move out if they want to continue to live there. Do what you need to.:))
 
After what you've done, you have 2 choices:
one, live with it,
two, call cops.
Don't be nice to them, you have done everything possible to quiet them down. It didn't work.
If I were you I would not hesitate (especially if you are pregnant and them are giving you a headache) and call the police.
I used to be a manager of a small hotel and small apartment complex, and believe I had to do that often. Too bad the owner isn't doing anything.
 
I have the same problem. And for us unfortunately we just had to take it further and make more noise than them...hehe.

We tried banging with broom and asking but it doesn't work. We just made more noise then them until they had to come down stairs and ask us to be quiet in which we explained how noisy they were.

Now everything is OK.
 
send your husband up and explain the circumstances. i had the same problem when my family had to live in an apartment while our house was being renovated. the family upstairs was terrible. they played their music all night and it was crazy. my mom was preg. with my younger brother at the time. we were all unable to deal anymore. my dad went upstairs and got in a huge fight with the guy. still they continued to make disturbances. we got the other neighbors to complain along with us until they finally got it and stopped.
 
send your husband up and explain the circumstances. i had the same problem when my family had to live in an apartment while our house was being renovated. the family upstairs was terrible. they played their music all night and it was crazy. my mom was preg. with my younger brother at the time. we were all unable to deal anymore. my dad went upstairs and got in a huge fight with the guy. still they continued to make disturbances. we got the other neighbors to complain along with us until they finally got it and stopped.
 
You should go right back up thier and tell them that you WILL call the cops for disturbance ok is wont cause the biggest commotion it will just make them shutup and it will give you the GOOD peace you need :D Good luck
 
well you might have to consider calling the cops
oh and you might also have to live with it too.
dont bang the roof it wont work.
justttttt stay calm
 
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