Annoying Neighbour! Help Needed!

Norma_Desmond

The neighbour may not be aware that she's making this humming sound; I'm not saying she has dementia, but there are a few residents in my Father's nursing home who hum constantly in a tuneless way......she may have just a really bad habit??
I'd definately ask her about it (nicely!) otherwise you'll get no peace

Lish_2

ceebeeby wrote: »

I just tried to hum loundly, and it's quite difficult

That's pretty funny- fair play to you for trying it out! :rotfl:

Lish_2

Norma_Desmond wrote: »

The neighbour may not be aware that she's making this humming sound; I'm not saying she has dementia, but there are a few residents in my Father's nursing home who hum constantly in a tuneless way......she may have just a really bad habit??
I'd definately ask her about it (nicely!) otherwise you'll get no peace

That just made me literally crack up laughing in the office! I havnt actually ever seen this woman (only lived there a week!) so she maybe could elderly and have a humming habit but I did hear her upstairs the other night having what sounded like a great session with her boyfriend the other night so perhaps if its a case of me having an elderly, demented lady who still has great sex at 90 years of age- perhaps I should stop complaining about her and start admiring the woman! lol. :T

clutton_2

the only solution is to talk to her - banging on the ceiling is pointless - she has no idea why you are banging

Zazen999

clutton wrote: »

the only solution is to talk to her - banging on the ceiling is pointless - she has no idea why you are banging

When she comes downstairs to ask about the banging, the OP can just say she has a form of mental illness that means when she hears humming, she absolutely has to bang. Then she can just stare at the neighbour with a vacant smile [don't blink, it spoils the effect and keep the head at a jaunty angle], and the problem will probably be sorted.

LadyinBlack_2

You could ask her about the humming noise when she comes down to find out what the banging noise is.

kazwookie

Go round and talk to her, introduce yourself as the lady from flat x, ask her round for a coffee and see if she hums tunes

barnaby-bear

Lish wrote: »

Hi guys,
This is probably not an unusual post of sorts but I have been in my new flat for a week now and although I love it, my upstairs neighbour is making it miserable! I am not an easily-peeved tenant because I quite like hearing people walking about or going up and down the stairs- as I live on my own, its quite comforting to know there are people around me! It's just that the neighbour above is constantly 'humming' to herself (at least this is what I think it is!) its so loud that I can hear it above my TV sound and I know its her and not the heating system or something because I hear her get up at 6.30am and start walking around (humming a tune) and then she leaves about 7am when it stops and then she gets home about 6pm and she starts it again! She seems to be humming the same tune constantly and if she has a friend round when she talks the humming stops and then when shes finished talking it starts again! You may think this thread is a joke- but I swear it is not. I am sat at work now dreading going home to this terrible noise again! What can I do?!? :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
I have never seen this woman and not to keen to knock on her door but if i have to I obviously will, I bashed my ceiling this morning a couple of times with a broom when she got up and started to hum and it sounded like she stopped to listen to what the banging was but then carried on regardless! In fact, it sounded even louder!
I dont really want to continue to bash my ceiling every time she starts humming because it could end up being 'noise wars' and before I know it it may escalate and become a full blown neighbours from hell thing! Please can anyone offer me some advice? Im at my witts end!
Thanks, Lish x

To be honest humming in your own home although odd is entirely reasonable.... it's a cr&p flat with cr&p insulation.... imagine she had two toddlers or a boyfriend - there could be worse.... I had a flat once where you could hear the bloke upstairs pee-ing - cr&p insulation. Bad insulation makes people bad tempered - bashing ceilings starts wars - if renting move on and find somewhere structurally better, or wait until the thread starts - "I have a horrible neighbour who bangs the ceilings, I keep sane regular hours, I don't put music on but listen to my iPod to avoid annoying anyone but she's going ballistic if I so much as hum along, I'm scared to have friends over or a conversation in my own flat"

BitterAndTwisted

It's unfortunate that you've started banging on the ceiling after you've been in the place for only a week. Neighbourly disputes can get out of hand really, really quickly. I'd be pretty damned upset if someone did that to me.

Try living underneath someone who uses the vacuum-cleaner at seven am seven days a week and has a five year-old child who practices the violin every evening, like some chums of mine!

maximumme

Wasn't she on the X factor last week?