How to deal with noisy neighbors?

Question

Recently new neighbors moved into the apartment next door. They seem to be really nice people but seem to lack a little common sense when it comes to apartment etiquette. Once already, I have gone over to ask them to turn down their TV. While I was doing that, I realized that the problem is not the fact that their TV is loud, it is just that it is right next to the wall connecting our two apartments. Every night when my husband comes home, he dwells on the fact that he can hear the bass coming from their speakers. It is driving him nuts and in turn making me angry at his seemingly overreaction. I have two problems, an over dramatized husband who just wants peace and quiet after work, and how to approach my neighbors with the suggestion of re-arranging their furniture. Any ideas?

Answer 1

It would be ridiculous to ask your neighbor to rearrange their furniture. That would be poor etiquette. I understand the frustration at no peace and quiet, and I have been there. If they are not playing music at an obnoxious volume, and it is during reasonable hours, you should just let them be. It may be that apartment living is just not for your hubby. It wasn't for me. I rented homes and in duplexes after realizing what a light sleeper I was, and having many sleepless nights because of some inconsiderate neighbors who did coke and decided to clean (vacuum) at two in the morning!!! If you have a legitimate noise complaint after 11pm, call the police, and they will enforce it. No need to go over there to confront them in your jammies! lol

Answer 2

Ask them again, nicely, use the same explanation, suggest they move the stereo. They might not have to move it any farther than a few inches more away from the wall to stop the vibrations. Don't threaten, it does no good.
Can you move your furniture? Putting your big furniture on that wall you share might dull the noise. Move your bed or sofa away from that wall. Put your TV on the shared wall.Try some white noise, a fan, some music, your TV, one of those sound machines to dull the noise.
I'm sorry, but if they are making daytime or evening noise, there probably not much you can do about it. Don't be too mad at your hubby, some people really are more sensitive to sounds than others.
I had a similar problem, my neighbords were noisy 24/7, and they knew I was sleeping in the early a.m., I worked the eve shift. One eve, early, I turned the stereo on low, and had soft music on. The volume had a scale on it from 1-10, I had it on 4. I could not hear the words to the music from the door of the next room. The neighbor came over and complained that she could not study, could I turn it off. No, I could not, I said, I can't just sit here and stare off into space with nothing to do, and asked if she was aware of the noise coming from her apartment all the time, it was not reasonable to ask me to be quiet when they were not.She was mad, and she was my landlord.I moved shortly thereafter, I bought a house,they complained continually about everything I did until I was gone.By the way, she flunked out of school the next year,after I left, and the sold the rental property
LOL, I was cleaning the apartment before I left, and I had left the bucket and mop and the vacuum cleaner in the middle of the apartment when I went to the new house for lunch. I came back to find a note on the vacuum, asking me was I going to leave it there, it was in the way, I BETTER come back and get it. First, in order to find a note, I had to come back to the apartment, if I was gone for good, I would not have found it.. I caught them outside their apartment, and said sure, I'm going to leave a brand new Sears Powermate, their most expensive model of vacuum, in the middle of the apartment. I have the rest of the week to clear out, and I will be out. I have not finished cleaning the kitchen, While I was away, same visit as the sign, they had moved the refrigerator, and found a spoon and a cookie, and threw a fit, a big one. It was not my spoon, it was real silver, very old and very worn and used. It may have been my cookie. I said so.
In this house, one set of neighbors are nice, but very loud. They were outside one day, had their stereo valume up so loud it was shaking my windows, and there is a fence between the properties. I turned on my stereo, pointed my bigger than theirs speakers out the kitchen door into my enclosed breezeway[2 windows of 6 were open], put Meat Loaf's Bat Out Of Hell on, and let it rip. < a minute into the song, I turned the volume down. Sure enough, you could hear a pin drop, and they were still outside. I think they were so shocked that I owned a heavy metal song, let alone would do something like that, they turned it down. And I have never heard a word about it from them.
So I understand what you are going through, neighbors and landlords can be troublesome. hang in there, and do what I am doing; saving up to buy a house in the country.

Answer 3

OMG! Incredible. Somebody who has the same problem I do except that my inconsiderate neighbors live upstairs. And they stomp, and they stomp! It is unbelievable because I am quiet as a mouse and my husband works 14 hours a day and is on call about 3 nights a week. They stomp around all night long and I absolutely hate them. I curse and throw things at the ceiling to try to get them to shut up. so now, my husband and I really put on a show when we make love! LOL! Oh yeah, DADDY, BRING IT HOME, OH BABY, YEEEEEEEEEHAW, followed by screaming and moaning and groaning, sometimes (on his nights off) we make a show out of it for hours. We actually do make love that long and make sure they know about it. LOL!

I don't know if revenge is the right answer but it sure is fun! LOL!

Buy a yappy little dog, that barks at it's own shadow. LOL! I will be following this answer very closely if you can come up with a good answer 'cause I need the same answer too. LOL! :)

BTW, in California, if you live in a condominium, the only person that will get any type of reprieve is your owner who can sue for causing their rental income folks to move because of other rude owners. Doesn't do you, the renter much good though. Tell your husband to go and say something. Mine has no problem and it gets real quiet for a short time. LOL! Like I said, LOUD LOVEMAKING!

Answer 4

If the bass is up enough that you can hear it through the wall, it's too loud. Contact the apartment manager and tell them that you already approached the tenants, but the sutuation didn't improve. You'd like them to intervene.

The problem with this is that people who are unable to realize they have to compromise some thing in communal living are likely to responsd by being extra noisy to "get back" at you for thinking they shouldn't do whatever the heck they want to do. If that happens, I would mention that if it's not resolved you will consider it grounds to break your lease. That will get your landlord more interested. Most states have laws protecting the "quiet enjoyment" of your home.

Answer 5

Just tell them straight out, your TV sound system is coming through my walls at night, my husbands tired, he wants to relax and have quite..not trying to be a *********. or anything but is there anyway you could move them away from the wall where we can't hear them so much at night,,please that would be great =)
If they can't come to an agreement with that then they are jerks so time to be one back, call the landlord and explain the problem, better yet let your husband do it while he is still pissed off then maybe he(the landlor) will do something about it.
Check with your local lawyer and ask them their advice or the law on the situation and what you should do, lots of lawyers give free consultations..find out your legal rights and pursue them

Answer 6

Talk to them seriously, calmly and nicely. Tell them your predicament and suggest they re-arrange the TV's location. I'm sure it will work much better if you take along a nice cake for them before opening your mouth about the TV. Hopefully it will soften and sweeten their hearts.

If they still refuse to cooperate with you after taking your cake, you can then proceed with plan B ie pound the wall where the TV is with a mallet each time you are disturbed by the loud noise.

Answer 7

If you're residing in an condo tricky you have got to talk to the owner or the chief of the constructing. YOu take your court cases to them in a authentic process. Tell the owner that the tenants in ( anything condo #) are being very loud within the overdue hours of the night or within the very early mornings. My brother is a supervisor of an condo tricky and won't tolerate any noses after 10 pm to be thoughtful to the entire different tenats. If this rule is violated greater than two times.. then he kicks them out. When the tenant first arrives, he has them comply with precise laws of the constructing neighborhood. If you get no outcome out of your landlord or manger of the constructing.. then you'll be able to pass to the police and dossier a criticism.

Answer 8

911

Answer 9

Rearrange your furniture or hang up artwork at 2:00a.m. That will get their attention! If not, talk to your apartment manager.

Answer 10

i agree with Demun. If the situation doesnt get doent get fixed by the 2nd or 3rd time you tell them go to the landlord. If he/she doesnt do anything (which i kind of doubt) then i guess you can go to the police.