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Neighbour has brother staying and he’s taking on speakerphone . Go round?

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Draculaswedding · 19/06/2021 00:41

Our flats have zero insulation. Neighbour has her brother staying tonight. She isn’t here (one bed apartment) and I can hear every word of his ongoing phone conversation which started at midnight. This arrangement has happened a few times where he’s here overnight and neighbour is elsewhere one night of the weekend and each time he’s on the phone between midnight and 6 am. His voice is so bloody loud. I can hear him stomping about. Neighbour knows the walls are paper thin but doesn’t seem to have told him that. Or if she has told him he’s forgotten/doesn’t care that he’s keeping everyone in adjoining flats awake. Should I go round and ask him to pipe down? We are surrounded by building work all week. The weekend is the only time we aren’t woken at the crack of dawn by lorries, mixers, drills and hammers. I’m fucking exhausted and want to sleep. And I can’t wear earplugs as I’ve just had an ear infection .

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TheDaydreamBelievers · 19/06/2021 00:45

pop round and try the politeish approach "just to let you know, unfortunately the walls are really thin here, is it possible to finish your phone conversation?"

Draculaswedding · 19/06/2021 00:50

Thanks. It’s different phone calls not one long one I think. God knows what he’s doing. I’ll go remind him nicely about the no insulation situation. He’s showing no signs of shutting up and going to sleep even though he’s in the bedroom .

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Kinsters · 19/06/2021 03:50

Maybe bang on the wall? If he's not used to living close to neighbours it probably hasn't even crossed his mind.

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334bu · 19/06/2021 07:32

Put the radio on beside the wall in question, every time he is on the phone.

PainterInPeril · 19/06/2021 10:49

Start singing... very loudly and out of tune!😁

Thymeout · 19/06/2021 12:43

You could be doing him a favour if he doesn't realise that every word of his private conversations can be heard by his neighbours.

Draculaswedding · 19/06/2021 14:47

I am going to have a word with my neighbour about him and ask if she will tell him to pipe down after midnight. He was up around 6 making vomiting noises in between more phonecalls where he sounded not ill so maybe hungover. He left around 8.30 and I went back to sleep for a few hours. I’m really tired. Totally not on. I couldn’t start singing or banging on wall as I’d wake up surrounding neighbours (presuming they’d managed to sleep through his racket).

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