How should I let my neighbor know I can hear everything in there apartment?

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We live in a older place and you can truly hear everything. I think they sould be more considerate

I would like to add I am a single mother of a 10 year old girl. That type of noise will not come from my home as I am not as free as them. Dont get me wrong I am all for passion and stuff in a relationship, but not this. My newly moved in neighbors of a week are 2 single guys, who appear to just

Answer 1

I live in the same situation. My apt is in an older building and the floors/ceilings are thin. Thankfully, my friend lives in the apt above me now, so I can tell her just to shut it. And she tells me the same. If they have just moved in, then they can't know that the sound travels. Do tell them.

Prior tho, a skank ho lived above me. The first time it was an issue, I let her know - when I saw her in passing - that she "may not realize that the sound carries in our building and there is no soundproofing. Its not a problem for the most part, but on occasions it can be a bother. If I am playing music or TV too loudly, please do let me know. We can't help the way the building was built, but just so you know and are aware of it, espeially because your bedroom is above mine." Her face said it all, and I reassured her that I don't want to hear anything any more than she wants me to hear. We both asked the super put new carpet/foam in her BR, but the callings of the skank ho were only slightly muffled. Thankfully she moved out before I had to kill her.

The problem is sound is louder below, than it is above. Playing your TV or music loud won't bother them anywhere close that their noise bothers you. Don't bother.

Answer 2

Do you know the neighbors? If you know them personally, you could speak with them one on one about it, and just say "Have you ever been able to hear anything in my apartment? I hope not, because I've noticed these walls are really thin. I can usually hear most of what goes on in your place." That should make them a little embarrassed.
If you don't know the neighbors personally, I would slip a note in the door or mailbox, saying the same type of thing. That might be a little more comfotable than being face to face with them.
If they are being very loud and obnoxious, you have every right to knock on the door and ask them to please keep it down because the walls are thin.

Answer 3

I have the same problem. I usually leave notes on their door but so far that only works for a little while then they go right back to being noisy......which means they know and just don't care. I have reported them to the office.....didn't do any good. We're moving but we get the last laugh because we just bought a house and they will still be in that crappy apartment. I hope the people who move in after us are worse than they are then they will know how we feel. I also told the office that they are the reason we are moving and I plan on telling them on our last day there.

In short there's not much you can do unless its late at night then you can call the cops.

Answer 4

Well... I didn't find out till many months later that my neighbors could hear my boyfriend and I... You know... doing the nasty through my open window.

However the case, I would have appreciated if they would have told me sooner than later... cause it was quite embarrassing when they finally told me (after I moved). But the only thing that I could have changed was my open window... so I would have appreciated them letting me know to shut the window.

There is nothing really you can do... though (unless they keep their windows open too) I'm sure they hear you too - it's just one of those "PERKS" of living in an apartment.

Ignore the noise or move. If you hear anything really priviate, keep it to yourself.

Answer 5

I agree, if they know you can hear. Do you ever do anything loud that they might hear? If not, they probably do not know. How about turning your music up a bit loud in the middle of the day when you know they are home, maybe this weekend, so they can see how thin the walls are.

You might have to resort to banging on the walls when you hear them. That might embarass them enough to start keeping their amourous activities low-key.

Answer 6

I'm sure they already know the walls are thin as they can probably hear everything you do as well. They just probably don't care and speaking with them may or may not help depending on the type of people they are.

Answer 7

If you can hear them, I bet they can hear you. Let them hear some things and check for their reaction. Maybe a staged fight between you and a friend or something. You may be able to make them realize how much can be heard thru your walls without actually talking to them

Answer 8

I wouldn't say anything unless your friends with one of them. What I would do is play your own tv and radio, carry on conversations meant for them to hear. Thus they hear you and figure.. hey I bet they hear us. Unless it's loud music etc, then talk to your landlord. Just say something like "it's not all that bad except when they........(enter problem here).

Answer 9

You could either tell them directly and politely...or if you prefer the indirect approach, be very loud a few times so that they can hear you and maybe they'll realize the thinness of the walls and tone it down.

Answer 10

When they start being loud then bang on the wall and yell quiet down over there I dont want to hear that They usually get embarrassed really easily