Would you deliberately wake a snoring neighbour?

stator

What sort of flat do you live in?


Is it an old building converted into flats?


Or is it a new purpose built flat?


Because if it's an old converted flat, noise will travel easily and there's probably nothing you can do about it. Moving into a purpose built modern flat with noise insulation designed in from the begining would likely resolve the problem

Crumble2018

stator wrote: »

What sort of flat do you live in?


Moving into a purpose built modern flat

I live in one of those, but can still here the neighbours upstairs talking!!

Crumble2018

z1a wrote: »

I would live in a caravan before a flat.

Well yes, that is YOUR choice, but most people would at least like bricks and mortar!


Caravan aside, we have no choice but to live in a flat as the junp in price to a house is far more than we can afford.

Blondetotty

I'd second the response saying to get a Docs opinion on the snoring. I snored so badly for years that you could hear me 3 rooms away with the doors closed. Last year I was diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnoea and now use a CPAP machine nightly.
Apparently the cat now snores louder than I do. A further plus is I no longer feel like I'm walking around half asleep all day!
Snoring is a big symptom of sleep apnoea, especially loud snoring.

cloo

I'd be surprised at anyone being able to hear snoring downstairs. Next door or above I might get if construction was a bit flimsy, but I'm suprised it could travel downwards loudly enough to be disturbing.

coffeehound

Cheers for the replies.

It's a 1980s/90s brick block with reinforced concrete floors. I'm amazed that sound would travel through it, especially when two rooms away, too. But apparently it does. As sheep1003 says, the guy has got an attitude problem and makes a big deal about any kind of noise -- or movement: another weird thing is that you can feel the buiding move as people walk around. He started a new approach last night: left a radio on loud for an hour. No problem, as I just put in ear plugs and go back to sleep.

@langtonhighway, hopefully your husband will get used to it in time; I understand there is a phase of getting used to it? Or maybe a different mask -- it's bewildering how many types there are, and expensive, too :eek:

Good to hear you have had success with the CPAP, @Blondetotty. Once I started reading about obstructive sleep apnoea it made sense: waking up feeling short of breath in the night, waking up next morning feeling exhausted, needing lots of coffee to get going as someone mentioned earlier, falling asleep at my desk in the afternoon, memory problems and mind fog..

Can't wait to get started with the CPAP machine now!

Crumble2018

cloo wrote: »

I'd be surprised at anyone being able to hear snoring downstairs. Next door or above I might get if construction was a bit flimsy, but I'm suprised it could travel downwards loudly enough to be disturbing.

I'm in a 1999 built block of flats, and we hear nothing from below or to the side, but literally EVERYTHING that goes on above. Talking, sex, washing machine, their fan. Never again will I live underneath anyone!!

Mistral001

Crumble2018 wrote: »

I'm in a 1999 built block of flats, and we hear nothing from below or to the side, but literally EVERYTHING that goes on above. Talking, sex, washing machine, their fan. Never again will I live underneath anyone!!

I have lived in flats where I have experienced these noises. To me it is just what you expect in flats. Even in detached houses you will still hear road traffic and drunk people coming home singing at night.

Someone snoring is something that you expect as well. I used to share a flat with a heavy snorer who ended up having to go to a sleep clinic because of his snoring as he and his close family were worried about his heavy snoring causing him to choke in his sleep. He was given a breathing machine on the NHS to help him.


I only found his snoring a problem when I had to share a room with him when we were both at a party. The noise coming from him in the bed on the opposite side of the room that night was unbearable, I have to admit, and I had to sleep on a sofa in another room. However when in the flat in separate rooms the snoring was not a problem for me

z1a

Crumble2018 wrote: »

Well yes, that is YOUR choice, but most people would at least like bricks and mortar!


Caravan aside, we have no choice but to live in a flat as the junp in price to a house is far more than we can afford.

Bricks and mortar or a good nights sleep. I know which I would prefer if I had to make the choice.

Peter_Williams

Crumble2018 wrote: »

I'm in a 1999 built block of flats, and we hear nothing from below or to the side, but literally EVERYTHING that goes on above. Talking, sex, washing machine, their fan. Never again will I live underneath anyone!!

Yep. That's how most relationships progress.
You missed out the cooking bit though.