Door slammers and loud people

chrcoluk said:
Seems to be a combination of two things.

1 - Properties not been sound proofed, I remember on one occasion I tried to get police intervention they pretty much told me, a lot of the issues are down to lack of soundproofing in properties. Which does make some sense, when you think about houses which would have been originally built to house one family and then later converted to flats.
2 - People been inconsiderate or even mentally deranged. The property above me I think has been used for work purposes multiple times, one lady who lived there was using work tools on a daily basis, there is DIY, and there is something else. Probably worst neighbour ever had.

The worst types of noise for me are the ones that are sudden, and obviously at night instead of in day, so bangs, drills, etc. Especially bad if there is a period of lull thats maybe a minute or two, but then suddenly starts again as means body cant adapt at all.
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1. Modern properties' roofspaces are built with freeze blocks, dividing properties . Older ones have bricks. That maybe the reason of the noise travelling.

2/ Many people are selfish and have zero consideration about their neighbours/households nearby
 
cheesefest said:
1. Modern properties' roofspaces are built with freeze blocks, dividing properties . Older ones have bricks. That maybe the reason of the noise travelling.

2/ Many people are selfish and have zero consideration about their neighbours/households nearby
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That what i always say. They want it quiet when they want it quiet but not willing to give it. I was in another apartment block 3 year ago with 18 apartments and he was on top floor. Parties, very loud bangs vibrating, stomping etc. He watched TV on sub too which was annoying. I can remember one evening i was watching final of friends which i never seen be for on normal volume. He came in turned crappy music on full blast with sub and could no longer here mine. I had enough so i slammed the roof with parm of my hand that hard i heard something get knocked over in his. He came down knocked on my door and started calling me names and swearing at me even though ive asked him nicely in past on more then 3 times.

At least someone heard him yelling at me in other apartment and that night i heard him yelling at them but they had a word with him and music etc calmed down and he was even trying to say hi to me after that. lol
 
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I think they are ok below to be honest if they stick to times they are working. As said they dont live at the apartment and using it as a workplace. All week they start at 9:30AM and leave at 16:30. Just twice be for 8AM and once at 6AM which is a no no lol.
 
My neighbor is currently driving me mad. Live in a flat because its cheap while building savings and planning my next move.

Neighbor has always played music for c1 hour a day while they're working out, its a flat, noise is to be expected. Its not great but you live with it.

They've recently got a new set of speakers or something, now when they play music the bass is so loud it vibrates the patio doors in the living room, at the very opposite end of the flat. Its now not confined to just an hour a day either, its 2 or 3 hours a day. I've tried to suck it up and get on with it, but I'm sick to death of it now. Have tried politely knocking on the door to ask them to turn it down and they've refused to answer. More recently I've tried banging on the door to confront them, they still won't answer. I've approached the management company for the building to raise a noise complaint, there is acceptable level of noise and then there is utterly taking the ****.

Feel like a Karen, but its become unbearable.
 
I live in a terraced townhouse and we probably annoy people. My wife will typically shout from different floors rather than come and speak to me face to face, plus us raising our voices when kids are being naughty and/or my son shouting when he gets emotional. In the summer sometimes we'll have windows or back door open which probably makes matters worse. Plus both her and my kids will sometimes bang on our own front door to be let in (despite her having a key) meaning I have to rush down two flights of stairs to open the door.

That said, we have a neighbour that plays loud dance music in the evening after my wife has gone to bed, you can hear it and feel the bass etc. Also a loud RC car that gets driven up and down the street.

In summation, we can be noisy sometimes, neighbours can be noisy sometimes, I don't get too bothered by it except for our previous house where there would be large groups hanging around in the middle of the night outside, pyscho woman smashing her own windows from the inside to out, etc.

As for the age of the houses my dad lives in an old Victorian semi and you can hear loud conversations from next door when sat in the kitchen (and doubtless vice-versa), it's not exclusively about new builds having paper walls or whatever.
 
HangTime said:
Plus both her and my kids will sometimes bang on our own front door to be let in (despite her having a key) meaning I have to rush down two flights of stairs to open the door.
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Don't you have a doorbell? :p Sounds like you're training your kids to be noisy buggers as well!

I don't know why people find it so hard to be relatively aware of their neighbours. It's not rocket science to know when you're being unnecessarily loud. I guess a lot comes down to upbringing, both in how you're taught to respect neighbours and your environment etc. But also literally the sort of place you grew up in. When we lived in our first floor flat (converted Victorian house) my friend used to come round and he was the most heavy-footed person on the wooden floor you could ever imagine. It was embarrassing! It's not that we tip-toed round, we just didn't thud-thud-thud like he did when he was over. He grew up in a big detached house in the countryside, maybe that was it..

On this subject, my neighbours opposite (yes, opposite) in the summer were waking us up in the mornings (including <7am on the weekend) because she as doing a peloton in the loft room with the windows wide open. It carried right out into/across the street it was ludicrous. People were walking past looking up wondering what the racket was. If you've ever heard a peloton session from afar it sounds like an argument in a nightclub. Ridiculous. I snapped one Sunday morning and told them they need to get headphones. This is a terraced house/street so I can't imagine how loud it was for their neighbours either side. I think they were too scared to say something to be honest...

Ugh, people.. :o
 
No we don't have a doorbell. I actually have a Ring doorbell (not fitted it yet) but a neighbour's Ring doorbell seems really loud in terms of audio anyway.
As far as training the kids goes that could be the case, probably the combination of modern lifestyle (constant distractions and two full time working parents), house style, laziness/personality etc all adds up to make us poor parents in aggregate that just focus on what we deem the key stuff like health, honesty, having fun etc to the detriment of other factors like being tidy and quiet.
 
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