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[nny]

Have spoken to upstairs neighbours about my work hours and the fact that my bedroom is under their living room. Have had flatmate speak to neighbours. Have had landlord speak to neighbours. Have invited them down to eat our food, and spoken to them again. Have gone upstairs when they are being particularly noisy and reminded them. Several times.

Have to get up in three hours.

Have neighbours yelling and playing football above my head.

Genuinely cannot afford the earplugs to deal with this.

Suggestions?

Comments

[spuffyduds.livejournal.com]

This would be the point at which you have the COPS speak to the neighbors.

[villainny.livejournal.com]

*laughs*

If only they were loud enough to be an actual public nuisance... although that said they seem to collect arrests as badges of honour.

Dicks.

[pat-trick.livejournal.com]

i'm seconding the police comment. you've exhausted all other options of doing it in a civil manner at this point.

[florahart]

Leave broom by bed for reminding.

When alarm rings, pick up broom. Walk to area of flat directly beneath their beds.

Commence whacking ceiling with broom until you hear them moving around in discomfort, preferably not actually awake, just sort of responding to sleep disruption.

Go take shower.

Whack ceiling more.

Eat breakfast.

Whack ceiling.

Get ready to go.

Whack ceiling.

Write instructions for flatmates, if home, to whack ceiling at just-got-back-to-sleep intervals until usual time of waking for upstairs neighbor.

Repeat daily.

Watch upstairs neighbors become too exhausted to be noisy and have no idea why due to not realizing they were disrupted out of sleep every 20 minutes for several hours.

[villainny.livejournal.com]

*cracks up*

god, that'd be awesome, but I'm unfortunately two floors below their beds. Love the way your brain works, though. XD

[cluegirl.livejournal.com]

Step 1: Programmable alarm clock, with CD function. Check for a 'continuous repeat' function.

Step 2: An amateur bagpipe CD

Step 3: Rented super speakers, laid on their backs, and pointed at the ceiling.

Step 4: Set alarm at full volume, to go off exactly one hour after you've gone to work.

Step 5: Set up a webcam to broadcast their wacky antics when they have to try and sleep through your racket, and you're not even there.

Step 6: Bask in the schadenfreude. Then offer them a detente, and warn them that there are worse things than bagpipes. Celine Dion, for instance.

[naye]

...is there any reason the landlord can't kick them out on their asses? They deserve it! You guys deserve peace and quiet! You can't possibly be the only ones bothered by this!

*shakes tiny fists of rage at your behalf*

[bohemian--storm.livejournal.com]

I don't have any suggestions, but I dealt with this for nine months out of the year I was living in Toronto. The neighbours below us actually caused me to have more than one mental break down and it only got better when they moved out. I did call the cops and that didn't help at all.

I wish I could give you a solution, but my only solution was to move out, which we seriously looked into before they finally left. I'm sorry you have to deal with that. It's a horrible situation to be in. :(

[uninvitedcat.livejournal.com]

Other than my cheap-earplug-alternative of olive oil in your ear (held in with a bit of cotton wool), I can only offer sympathies.

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

Poison gas.

[thedivinegoat.livejournal.com]

Noise abatement officer (Or what ever they're called nowadays) at your local council.

Keep an incredibly detailed list of each disturbance, including type of disturbance and level of disturbance.

Can I also recommend the theladiesloos as a really good source of advice. I know there are several ladies on there who've been where you are now.

(When I was living in a flat in Bath my bedroom was directly above our neighbours living room whilst they're bedroom was a floor below that. They used to have noisy parties til 3 in the morning, but sadly owned their flat whilst we rented.)

[mint-green.livejournal.com]

... direct speakers at ceiling, put on the loudest, most annoying-to-neighbours music you can find, put volume on max and go to work for the day?

I'm a random poster, but I feel your pain, so I thought I'd comment

[toft-froggy.livejournal.com]

Call the police?