How do I deal with the noise that comes from upstairs neighbors?

I may be naive but I truly believe most of the time people don’t try to be disruptive like this, they just don’t know it’s a problem. If you haven’t tried talking to them start there. They probably have no idea they are so loud or that it’s disturbing you. Just be sure to approach them nicely. You may have to be willing to compromise to keep the peace – let them know the hours you sleep but don’t expect zen silence at all hours of the day.

If that doesn’t help there are some things you can do around the home to help quiet the noise some. Get plants. upholstery absorbs sound – use drapes instead of blinds, have lots of pillows. You can also cover the ceiling with a nice rug. Play some music, nature sounds, or white noise. Maybe you could talk to the landlord since it sounds like it will be a problem for the next tenant too – and ask them to install insulation or sound board.

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You could try a creative approach: Since they don’t speak much English, and obviously aren’t familiar with British customs, perhaps you could communicate by pictures. Draw a sketch of a parent yelling at a little crying kid, X it out or surround it with the circle-and-bar sign for “Don’t”, and draw an arrow pointing to another sketch with the parent comforting the child. Same deal with the laundry problems. Show the clock at 5: am and the machine making noise, vibrating your lights below and waking you and your husband up, X it out, and point to a picture showing a more reasonable time on the clock and a quieter machine. (They’re probably overloading it.) X out a picture of laundry drying on the banisters. Draw a picture of their laundry and their push chair being stolen by some criminal-looking bloke. Draw a picture of people coughing when smoke from burning food gets into the hallway. Finally, draw an arrow to a picture of a policeman showing up at their door, looking menacing. The thing is, in India the hallways and stairways are “common areas” and it’s quite customary for residents to use them in that way. Not only that, they usually feel no responsibility for keeping them swept or uncluttered. In their minds, they’re kind of like the street in front of one’s house. Well, I hope that can help. If you’re not good artists, perhaps you can enlist the help of some friends. I think they’d take the idea and run with it! Another possibility is to find an Indian person who speaks their particular language, and can explain to them what is and is not permissible in your country, and what could result if they continued to annoy you. You are their neighbours, and are owners of your own flat, not just renters. If you have any Indian stores in your neighbourhood, that might be a way to start. Of course, the usual process of complaints through normal channels should be followed as well.

I would go get ear plugs from walmart we used to live in apartments they were way to loud our walls used to shake from ther music.

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Call the police and let the them talk to your neighbor, nicely and gently anyway they don’t know who it was. If you cannot do it, then try to put some large speaker and turn on your radio loud and clear so that they will know what you feel.

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Tell the landlord. Ask the laandlord not to disclose the fact that it was you who complained, however you do not want to be pointed out as the one making the complaint. You have every right to want the noisy person to shut up, but you also do not want the neighbor giving you a hard time about it, right? So keep it confidential between you and the LL. I know this isn’t exactly honest, but in my opinion, the upstairs tenant is inconsiderate, and may be irrational if you try to ask him to quiet down yourself. let’s face it, the tenant wasn’t rational enough to keep the noise down to begin with, so he probably won’t be rational if you ask him to turn it down.

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you cant just ask for a different room? well i would be pissed off, but i would handle it in a civilized manner. just leave a little post it note with a small to the point message. then say

thank you

-your downstairs neighbor.

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1- Use the edge of your broom and keep banging it at the top of your ceiling ( their floor)

2- Go outside and throw a brick…. sorry shoe or something that says SHUT UP PLEASE!

3- Go up stairs and ask politely for them to be quiet

4- When Saturday comes, throw your own house party with Boom box volume set at the max, invite all your friends etc. etc and see how they react.

that’s all i can say hope it works =D

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go up stairs and tell then

talk to them about it