My downstairs neighbour went absolutely ballistic at my toddler having a tantrum this morning as I was getting my children out the door to school and nursery this morning and I was actually scared to come back in my flat on the way home.
We generally walk on eggshells already, creep about and don't use the room above her bedroom in the morning. She has shouted and screamed at us before and sent her very calm and pleasant boyfriend up to ask us to be quiet, however he sympathised with me and was clearly embarrassed to be at my door. We make usual family noise and I try and modify it to the best of my ability. We do not play loud music, tv, stay up late or get up early. We were only up and about from 7.45am this morning (school at end of street). The noise she complains about is footsteps even when it is barefoot tip toeing, I really don't know what to do. The floors are laminated and I am saving up for decent rugs to hopefully muffle some sound.
My toddler wakes at about 6am and I creep through and quietly bring her to my bed where she bf's til we get up to get ready. At approx 8.40am we were due to leave and she started having a tantrum. I had opened the front door as her wellies were out there but it was such a wrestle. Suddenly I heard downstairs neighbour screaming at her to shut up at the top of her voice and viciously slamming her door. My toddler was shocked and even more upset after! It was horrible. As I came down the stairs I saw her standing in her doorway holding her phone out as if recording us. Then she glared at me and flounced inside, again slamming the door so the whole frame rattled. I found her behaviour so aggressive and threatening. My 10 year old daughter was with me and she was clearly shocked too.
I really want some advice as this cannot continue. When we first moved in last December the smell of cannabis sometimes drifted up and filled our hallway and I never complained! I also hear music/tv etc from them. I appreciate people do their own thing in their homes and I try to manage my expectations for communal living. My flat was empty for a long period before we moved in so I gather she has become used to utter silence.
My daughter got off my bed one morning months ago and ran across the floor once at about 8am and in retaliation she went round the whole flat banging on every ceiling in a really threatening manner. My ex was home so I went down stairs and knocked on their door to try and calmly discuss but she refused to answer her door even though I could hear tv and smoothie blender going. That's just once instance. We haven't heard a peep from them in ages til this morning. I feel anxious and stressed in my own home when my children are just being children and I hate constantly telling them to be quiet, especially when they are not being noisy in the first place!
Is 101 an overreaction to maybe get someone to speak to her?
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