Recently purchased flat. Noisey neighbours

Norman_Castle

ScorpiondeRooftrouser wrote: »

Of course I understand the problem. I have lived in flats and shared houses as well. People walk around. You hear them. What part of the problem am I failing to grasp in your view? Are you still maintaining that the upstairs neighbour is, for some unfathomable reason, stamping around the house deliberately and constantly dropping things after 10:30pm? Why do you think they are doing this? Don't you think that the most obvious answer is that they are not doing this bizarre thing, but simply acting normally and the OP is overreacting to the noise?

What do you mean, my intent is to argue with people? My intent was to make the point that you are demanding people behave in ways that are not compatible with normal, every day existence. You refuse to accept this. If you accepted it there wouldn't be any argument. If you continue to claim that people shouldn't walk round their house after the person below them has gone to bed, I will continue to reiterate that this is unreasonable on your part.

I haven't said any of the above. You've heard what you want to hear which I suspect you will continue to do.

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

Norman_Castle wrote: »

I haven't said any of the above. You've heard what you want to hear which I suspect you will continue to do.

OK, given that the OP has only said they make a lot of noise walking round the house and dropping things after 10:30pm - nothing else, except an afterthought about dogs - then you have to believe either that the neighbour is stamping round the house unnecessarily , or that anyone walking round their house normally after 10:30 should moderate their behaviour. You have to believe one of those things if you attach fault to the neighbour. Which is it?

If it's neither, tell me what you do believe. I don't think there is a third possibility though.

financegeek

unfortunately some people are naturally noisier than others, which i understand can be frustrating.

It sounds as though your upstairs neighbour is just doing 'normal' evening things (albeit i wouldn't want to have to get up every hour to use the facilities in the night!) and isn't doing it purposefully to rile you. if she's genuinely made the effort to quieten down as well there's probably nothing further she can do.

It's probably best to sound proof your flat, rather than attempt to get her to change her flooring. what if you pay for her flooring then she sells to someone else next month who decides to change it? at least the ceiling is your property (rather than upstairs)

it may be worth checking your lease regarding the pets as a lot of leases don't allow them.

good luck with whichever route you choose though, i appreciate it must be horrid to put up with each evening.

jamesperrett

Norman_Castle wrote: »

No need to remove the old ceiling, it will add soundproofing. Fit the new floating ceiling below it.

While it may seem counter-intuitive, a triple leaf construction is often less effective for soundproofing than a double leaf construction of the same thickness. There are some good papers about this on the BBC R&D website written by G.D. Plumb (if I remember right).

deFoix

Sorry but sound proofing will do very little to prevent impact noice from footsteps and creaky floorboards from transmitting to your flat.

Norman_Castle

ScorpiondeRooftrouser wrote: »

I don't think there is a third possibility though.

Third possibility. The woman is ignorant of how noisy she is and the problems she is causing.


Tedious.

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

Norman_Castle wrote: »

Third possibility. The woman is ignorant of how noisy she is and the problems she is causing.


Tedious.

She's not, she's been told.

However, your "third possibility" is covered in my first. She is somehow stamping round the place unnecessarily. Bear in mind all she does is "walk around and drop things". Nothing else.

Can you explain exactly how she could be doing it? Does she take a little jump involuntarily every time she steps, allowing her to crash to earth? Does she choose to drop things, frequently, simply because she doesn't realise it makes a noise? It's utterly ludicrous.

For someone who finds this tedious and doesn't want to talk about it you are having a dman good go..

csgohan4

instead of arguing what another person does, why not do something you have control over, move to a detached house or top floor flat??

Norman_Castle

ScorpiondeRooftrouser wrote: »

She's not, she's been told.

However, your "third possibility" is covered in my first. She is somehow stamping round the place unnecessarily. Bear in mind all she does is "walk around and drop things". Nothing else.

Can you explain exactly how she could be doing it? Does she take a little jump involuntarily every time she steps, allowing her to crash to earth? Does she choose to drop things, frequently, simply because she doesn't realise it makes a noise? It's utterly ludicrous.

For someone who finds this tedious and doesn't want to talk about it you are having a dman good go..

It certainly is. You either understand or you don't.
I'll leave the last word to you, you'll like that.

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

Norman_Castle wrote: »

It certainly is. You either understand or you don't.
I'll leave the last word to you, you'll like that.

You can have the last word with my blessings as long as it's a last word that makes sense. Unfortunately what you've done there is make a post that adds nothing to the discussion, simply in order to say something. Which, given your claim to not want to talk about it, is rather odd.

I'd rather you explain in exactly what manner you think this woman is walking around and dropping things that she could or should be able to do anything about.