“Party” in flat above us

Help1234

Hello, we moved into a flat rental one week ago and have one floor of flats above us. Last night the flat above us had a party/gathering. The noise of talking and laughter was so loud we were unable to watch TV or sleep. It went on until the early hours. 

I’ve never lived in a flat before; do people thing that I have to accept this? As there was no music playing. Or is this level of noise at 2am unacceptable? My concern is I have only been here a week so not sure how regular this will be happening. The flat block has a management company I could contact if people think it is reasonable of me to do so.

hazyjo

One party? As annoying as it might have been, I would definitely be ignoring it.

Every night, a different matter.

RelievedSheff

Don't forget at some point you may well want a party and they will hear your noise. 

Help1234

My issue was with the out of hours noise, which I myself have never and would hope to never cause.

GDB2222

Help1234 said:

My issue was with the out of hours noise, which I myself have never and would hope to never cause.

Just talk to them about it. They may not realise how much disturbance was caused. Maybe, next time they'll invite you! 

pramsay13

As a student I lived in a flat and the people above had a party pretty much every weekend. 
They didn't realise they were being noisy and were very apologetic at the time and in the morning, although they didn't really do anything to change it. 
It got to the point I would just go in and turn down the music myself. 
Have a word with them and check they know they can be heard. Ask them to tone it down after midnight. Keep a record if it keeps happening.

Help1234

Unfortunately I have covid and so stuck in isolation at the moment (this definitely didn’t help matters when all I wanted to do was sleep haha).

GDB2222

Help1234 said:

Unfortunately I have covid and so stuck in isolation at the moment (this definitely didn’t help matters when all I wanted to do was sleep haha).

That makes you almost ideally placed to bring the party to a halt!!

thegreenone

Back in the late eighties we lived in a ground floor flat and upstairs had a party one night, with music.  Although the block was solidly built, we could hear every song and lay in bed singing along.  Fortunately it didn't go on too late and they didn't have another - I think it was a house-warming.

In your shoes, I would make a note of date and times and wait and see if they have another gathering.  If that is as loud, perhaps a knock on their door to ask them to dial it down a bit or the next morning.  Music could've been a lot worse!

Maskface

Welcome to the world of living in flats. Other people's noise will always be an issue so I'd suggest deciding if it's really right for you. 

RS2OOO

Times have probably changed a lot since i bought my first flat but my attitude then was that if I'm to choose to live in a flat then I need to accept the noise and inconvenience that comes with that environment.

Tbh I ended up having more parties than most, but we all had the courtesy to drop notes through doors prior to any party and to invite each other. 

Nobody in my block ever complained and that was that.

After about 10 years in the flat a new person moved in down stairs. He used to constantly complain about the noise of my fridge humming and my washing machine, even got environmental health involved, yet strangely he fully accepted the odd party I held having dropped a note through his door beforehand.

My opinion is that its part of the life of living in a flat, up to a point. One party a month would not bother me in the slightest, but 3 or 4 parties a week would be a different story. All you can do is wait and see how regular it is. Asking to turn volume down after a certain time of night would be where I'd start if the parties were regular.