I'm at my wits end with my neighbour (i've posted about him before) he has complained about our 1 year old being up too early on a Saturday etc
It is a 300 year old building converted to flats - soundproofing is shit!!
I chose to wear headphones in the day when working from home to drown out the noise of them walking around - floors creak with every step, the pipes make a lot of noise when they put hot tap on, flush toilet etc! I accept that this is part of living in a flat and I can't complain too much about normal living! I use white noise at night because I can hear them chatting in their bedroom and again walking around / getting ready for bed etc
The only thing I've ever requested from them is to not have the washing machine on at 11pm (which has happened loads) as it is over my babies room and it is fairly loud!)
well yesterday he came down banging on our door and he said he hasn't gotten any sleep since he moved in here - his bedroom is a no go area, we are too loud! we need to be more considerate, his problems include, us singing to our baby sometimes, our baby screaming (why can't we take her to the living room instead of bedroom!) when we open our window it makes a loud bang! He can hear us talking, he can hear us on work calls.
I have to say I lost it with him - I had my crying baby in my arms when I opened the door and I said to him
Are you telling me I can't sing nursery rhymes to my baby - she's a baby... we have to open our windows sometimes and I can't do much about the noise it makes - I have to work and that involves video calls unfortunately..
I said we hear every footstep you take, your washing machine, your toilet trips, you opening your windows, opening doors, talking, your tv - but we can't complain because we can't tell you to stop walking
I said don't ever knock on my door again as i am starting to feel harassed and uncomfortable in my own home, if you have a legitimate complaint then please take it up with the council and I closed the door.
it is so awkward now, I see him in the hall all the time and I'm starting to feel nervous leaving the house in case I run into him :(
Me and the baby are gone 3 days a week 7-5pm at work & Nursery
I work from home 1 day!
Baby goes to bed and sleeps 7-7 most nights
My Husband & I are in living room from 7 - 10 then we go to bed and go asleep
I really don't know what more we can do
Anyone got any suggestions? Was I right with how I handled it
It's so annoying - I want to be able to just ignore and not let it bother mw and get on with my life -but I feel so nervous all the time when the baby cries, i was singing baa baa black sheep to her the other day and i was almost whispering as I was afraid of the lads complaining again
UGH