How do i deal with the noise upstairs?

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Calling the police would not be a problem THEY ARE the PROBLEM!
My fiance and i live downstairs as well and yes we have had that problem too! The thing i would say is to tell the landlard that if he or she dosent do anything about it then you are to call the police. If he or she does nothing the you should go nock on the door and tell them the same that you are going to call the police if it doesnt stop. That is what i did :) and let me tell you i sleep better and now that i sleep better i live better and now that i live better i am just so happy! You should please do the same and if it doesnt stop then you should stop paying your bills. I know this is hard but it will not be worth paying if you arnt gitting to live worth its monney if you understand where im coming from. good luck!
 
i would call the cops, or tell the homeowner your going to call the cops.
if all else fails, tell the home owner your breaking the lease because of his failure to control the noise.

for Pete's sake your pregnant!

what rude people!
 
They obviously don't give a crap about you and lack manners. You don't need that stress, especially with a baby in your belly. I would call the cops and get the point across, because nothing else is working. They think it's a joke and have NO respect, ugh. So sorry to hear you're dealing with that.
 
OOOOOOHHHHHH got a dusie for you. Since you are planning on moving out anyhow. Wait till they are all asleep, you know around two o'clock in the morning and just turn on everything in your house as loud as you can for about an hour. Repeat this for several nights in a row and make sure it wakes up the working parents upstairs. They will get the message then.
 
You have exactly the same problem as my wife and I. We also live
on the first floor and have the same problem. We've lived here for eight
years in the same apartment and we've had eight different tenants
living above us who loved to make all types of loud obnoxious noises.
We've had everything from dogs barking to sex maniacs.We had one
tenant who had a washing machine and one day left it running,the drain
pipe evidently came out of the sink and the water damaged our wall.
I eventually called the police and asked what we could do because the
mgr. was useless.The problem was resolved thru arbitration.
 
Hello, I do sympathize. I have lived in both circumstances. I have been the one upstairs with a 4 year old and 1 year old when I was the pregnant one! Then I moved to a basement apartment... Bliss! My boys could move around and I didn't worry abut the noise they made. I had an upstairs neighbor who was a single man who played music very loudly every evening. He moved soon after I moved in. Well, I am afraid you have to chalk it up to lesson learned. There is no way to muffle the sound coming from above you. It does not seem like your neighbors are in control of their children, so they cannot/will not keep the noise down for your benefit. You could call the landlord again and look for a new place, in the mean time. I wonder if you could get out of your lease due to the environment (the noise level) being unlivable.
 
That's a hard one. you could try talking to them in the politest way, and then get more authority and more people to talk to them for you. If they respect you or care about you as neighbors, then they would stop. I don't know what relationship you have, but that's all I can think of.
 
Tough call, been there. Try one more time nicely and then ask the cops, and or get earplugs for nights. It sucks your landlord is less than helpful.
I've had that situation and it sucks, he had a big dog though so I got him out of there. (big poops never scooped in the yard near the clothes line- you don't even want to know what I did about that! -If you do, email me!)
 
I have an idea you probably wont like lol... simulate really loud sex with your husband when they're all home. It seems childish and embarassing but with neighbors like that all you can really do is either call the cops and make things stressful or have fun with it. I think hearing that might make the mother quiet her kids down, or complain lol. Then, if their mother says anything to you, close the door in her face too :)
 
A 10 year old and a 4 year old are going to make a ruckus. Banging on the ceiling with a broom is an open invitation to kids of this age to bang back. There is no way that they are going to quiet down from that, it seems more like a game than an admonishment. If Mom heard the banging, she might take it wrong and think your being rude or weird. Also, that isn't going to be calming to either you or your husband.
You have options, but whether they work or not is really up to how tolerant you are and how much Mom upstairs is in control. You will have to tolerate some level of noise.
1. If you are somewhat friendly with the neighbor, ask her if your husband can walk and stomp a little on the floor upstairs and see how loud it is. You might find out that the noise is louder in your apartment than it is upstairs. This makes it really hard to be quiet.
2. Talk to her again. Let her know how much it bothers you without sounding insulting to her or her children. Let her know if there is a specific time that you would really appreciate a little more quiet.
3. If things don't improve, be a bug. Go annoy her by knocking on her door and asking her to quiet down or calling her on the phone. If this doesn't work or makes her unfriendly, it's time to call the landlord.
4. Call the landlord. Explain the problem. Ask him to intervene or add some soundproofing in the ceiling or carpets upstairs. Maybe the 2 of you can trade apartments?

I really don't think that calling the cops will work. It will instantly ruin the dialog and relationship with your neighbor. Use this as a last resort and they won't take you very serious unless it is crazy loud late at night. I think it will make your wait to move even more miserable.

I don't know what the climate is like where you are, but it is freezing here and my kids are going bananas. My upstairs sounds like a herd of buffalo in a cage match with a troop of gorrillas. I try to control it, I mostly succeed, but there is no doubt that everyone will feel better once we start spending some more time outside. (then you can look forward to screaming children that scare you because it sounds like they're being killed...that is my huge pet peeve. NO PLAY SCREAMING! IT'S SCARY!)

Good luck. Take this as a good parenting lesson. Someday you will be on the other side of this equation, no matter how good your child is. You will find out what it's like to have your children bother somebody. It is embarrassing and frustrating. When your embarrassed, you don't act right sometimes.
 
Well i'm only a 14 year old but i do have little 2 little brothers and 1 little sister and all i do is give them something busy to do and if that doesn't work try to work with it like try to acomplish with them.
 
Well,it seems you've done everything you've thought of!!!Maybe you could have your husband talk to them.If that doesn't work,I don't now what you can do.Maybe you might have to call the cops.
 
If i were put in this situation i would call the parents over and talk a little and then discuss what's going on with the noise. Explain to them that you are expecting and not just is it a disturbance to you and your husband it is a disturbance to others. Ask the neighboring apartments and ask if they had heard disturbing noises, if so in invite them over.... with all the annoyed neighbors.

hope this helped
 
If it's late at night, or pass a certain time, you are allowed to call the bylaw officers in your city, and then they have to be quiet.

They're not allowed to be accessibly loud all the time, especially at night.

Check your local bylaw noise laws, and look into that.
 
hehe just hope that your baby is a cryer :)

that'll show em!

btw, music is nice for pregnancy.
pump up some good music
quickly changes your mood.

if the landlord isn't doing anything about their noise, then they can't complain about yours.
 
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