4 effective ways to help you deal with noisy neighbors
Many residents of apartment buildings are faced with systematic noise coming from their neighbors. And the most unpleasant thing is that restless neighbors most often cause inconvenience not only in the daytime, but also at night.
Chat with noisy neighbors
This method is only good if your neighbors are adequate people, at least in appearance. Dialogue with alcoholics, drug addicts and other immoral personalities is not only useless, but also dangerous. If you are dealing with ordinary residents who are used to listening to music after 22 hours or playing some musical instrument, loudly sorting out relationships, drilling walls, then you can try to negotiate. Or maybe the children are noisy, whom their parents cannot calm down.
For conversation, choose the right moment: it is not necessary to knock on the neighbor's door at the very moment when they interfere with you and tear you apart from anger. On the contrary, in this case, the conversation will not work, and your visit will end with a curse. Better approach a person when you are as calm as possible. Try to politely explain the purpose of your visit. Do not enter into a heated discussion if a neighbor immediately tries to fight back. If your monologue provokes a conflict, then in the future it can only get worse. Observe the following rules when talking:
- do not inspire a person with guilt, do not try to call him to conscience and repentance;
- Do not threaten a police call or physical harm;
- emphasize that you personally cause inconvenience to their high-profile actions;
- Speak specifically (exactly what really bothers you);
- propose your own solution to the problem, formulate it in the form of a persistent, but polite request (for example, do not turn on the music after a certain hour, do not make noise at night, do not allow children to frolic in the late evening, etc.);
- be sure to listen, without interrupting, what arguments the neighbors bring to their justification (maybe they themselves understand that they interfere with others, or simply did not think about it);
- The claim must be completed with benevolent words that you really hope for a change in the situation.
If you manage to find a common language with your neighbors, then the problem will be solved. People will try to be quieter and not cause inconvenience to others.
Contact law enforcement
If neighbors constantly break the silence, then by law they can be called to account. To do this, you need to apply with an official statement to your precinct. And if the neighbors' guilt is proved, then they will be charged a fine. Unfortunately, this method most often does not bring the proper result, but solves the problem only for a while.
If you hear heart-rending screams outside the wall (not necessarily at night), beating utensils, throwing furniture or other suspicious sounds, call the police immediately. Here we are talking not only about your peace of mind. Perhaps someone's life is in danger.
Make soundproofing in the apartment
Soundproofing can reduce noise. Depending on where the noise source is located (maybe the neighbors behind the wall make repairs and constantly drill or the upper neighbors stomp and run so that the ceiling shakes and the chandelier sways), you can isolate one wall or room, negotiate with neighbors and together make floor insulation in their apartment or independently isolate your ceiling.
Soundproofing is also needed if the neighbors do not make noise at all, but just talk, but you hear them as if they are not behind the wall, but in your apartment. Such audibility is characteristic of old prefabricated houses with very thin inter-apartment partitions.
Of course, you will not be able to completely get rid of the noise, but it will turn out to significantly reduce the volume.
Plan your move
If you can’t solve the problem in any way, and the neighbors not only make noise, but also pose a real threat to your health or even life, then the most reliable and cardinal option is to change your place of residence. Of course, this is not so simple, especially if everything suits you in your apartment and in the house, except for the neighbors. But if the situation does not change for years, and you can’t just relax and just live, then it’s better to plan a move. This is a long and difficult matter, but then life will be calmer. The main thing is not to change the flea. If possible, find out in advance information about future or existing neighbors if you are not buying an apartment in a new building.
Noisy neighbors really bring a lot of inconvenience. But you can solve this problem. And if successful, you will forever forget about the time when you could not relax in your own apartment, woke up and shuddered at night.
