How to handle a noisy neighbor if you live in an apartment/condo

A viewer wants to know what she can do about the guy upstairs who is stomping around in the middle of the night. Marie shares a few tips to help you get some sleep!

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[lamsley1]

I rent an apartment just outside my college and my upstairs neighbors are the worst... Woken up everyday at 5:00am by their stomping and dropping weights. Tried being friendly, tried talking to the apartment complex but nothing got done. So i taped a radio to the ceiling and blast it everyday at 2AM, shut the door, and sleep in my living room. I hear their frustrations :) they stomp louder but FUCK EM!

[Phase171]

Unfortunately, 'higher authorities' are rarely interested in things that don't immediately affect their pocket book; apathy rules. Been there, done that.

[BrightStaroftheDawn]

Authorities shouldn't even be involved, unless they are disrupting the whole neighborhood, just not you. As far as talking to them?? Most of them that make noises that are outrageous do so on purpose. It will only get worse if you give them attention.

The landlord will move you to another floor, rather than them in most cases.

Just train them.

[BrightStaroftheDawn]

As a former apartment dweller myself, I say:

Train them.

When they make noise when you sleep, wait until they're sleeping. Three or five ramming bangs on the wall at 4 am, a brief blast of dubstep, should get there attention. A nice crack of cymbals every two hours is pretty good, too.

If they complain be very, oh very apologetic.

You'll be surprised how they become self conscious, and if not well, keep training them.

[gaarcemail]

Wow, good to know i am not alone, lol. Most old homes have no soundproofing or anything like it. I live in a six unite apartment complex, and never again will i ever live with more than 1 neighbour next to me. People are innately selfish, but it also can be that they have no reality on how much noise you are hearing, specially an upstairs neighbour. The sound is much loader at your end than theirs, so recording it with a camcorder or something that records it good and give them a copy might help

[VancouverCanucksRock]

The persons in the unit above me acts as though their god damn kids make no noise at all, and the only person that makes a peep, is me...Hahah ignorant spoiled fucks

[MsWhatevahhh]

I own a 2 family house and I live on the first floor and renting the 2nd floor to a childless older couple. My unwritten rules for renting the apt are no blacks, no hispanics, no trailer trash and no children/teenagers. It's my house and I have to be very selective on who's gonna live above me. Of course I'm not going to say the above mentioned to any potential tenants. I will just simply turn them down with no explanation.

[leiviguy]

@jasonerling Then kill them

[jasonerling]

i have neighbors above me that party, talk loud and stomp around ALL NIGHT LONG almost every single night til like 5-6am! ive talked to them half a dozen times, talked to our building manager, talked to the landlord, even called the police at 4am and they came out and talked to them, and what has happened? NOTHING! they may be quiet for a couple days but are right back at it. i hate these people so much

[jones21290]

@PastorFredPhelps Nice ol 870 w/slugbarrel would be cool, but not in this system we're under.

[nivak11]

How in the hell is the complaint anonymous if you are complaining about the person who lives above you? Wouldn't that be easy to figure out?!

NONE of this stuff works!! I have tried it all and ended up with nothing but a heated exchange! Police in NYC have too much to deal with to want to deal with something like this! like she said in her video: "Good luck!"