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Neighbour snoring keeps me awake

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NCSQ · 08/02/2023 23:19

I live in a flat in a converted house. It's not purpose built so the walls are thin. The flat below is rented and the new tenant who has recently moved into the flat below mine snores so loudly that it keeps me awake at night. It's so loud that even if I watch TV in bed I can hear the snoring constantly in the background. I can hear it now and it's doing my head in. Also, he sleeps a LOT. He's snoring way before I go to sleep and way after I wake up. It's like it punctuates my day. I used to love a peaceful morning drinking tea in bed.

I know there is nothing to be done. I just want to rant. I wear earplugs to sleep and it's fine. I just feel resentful that as a single woman my peace is being disrupted every night by some random snoring man. Fucking hell it is so loud right now it is doing my head in.

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closingscore · 09/02/2023 07:32

Could anything be done with your bedroom flooring to make it more soundproof maybe? Have something laid under the carpet?

Gizlotsmum · 09/02/2023 09:15

NCSQ · 09/02/2023 06:21

He has a partner living with him but it is a two bed flat and I never hear them talking in the bedroom (I could with other tenants), so I think she sleeps in the other bedroom, for obvious reasons. It is further away from him than my bedroom is above!

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You shouldn’t have to but could you change your room so you don’t sleep in the room above him?

Liorae · 09/02/2023 13:02

Mojoyoyo · 09/02/2023 04:04

It sounds like an awful situation.
If he’s a decent person and depends how you approach him you might be able to talk to him about it and suggest he uses snore strips or sees a doctor for potential sleep apnoea?

Maybe he doesn’t know he snores so bad and would be mortified.

If all fails, if it was me, I’d be looking to move out.Ultimately, life is too short and the stress and lack of sleep will start to affect your own health.

He has a partner who sleeps separately. I very much doubt that he is unaware that he has a snoring problem.

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Chiasmi · 09/02/2023 13:52

I think it would be OK to mention the level of disturbance, especially if you are not able to change rooms yourself. Maybe to his partner...! Do you already have carpet and good underlay? Though I think quite a lot of the noise travels through the walls.

SweetdustSideEye · 21/11/2023 23:44

I'm honestly going through the same thing right now. I'm female, my downstairs neighbour is also female and snores like a fkn bear. My sleep is so disturbed everynight. This time she's fallen asleep on her sofa as I'm trying to watch a film. I feel your pain.

Bambooshoot · 22/11/2023 05:28

Witsendwilly · 09/02/2023 01:38

Why the need to mention that you are a woman and the person snoring is a man?

Would it make any difference if it was a woman?

If we lived beneath you it would be our dog keeping you awake with his incessant snoring. Would that be better or worse?

It seems relevant as men have greater lung capacity than women and are usually know to snore more loudly. Plus the OP might feel too worried about an aggressive response (as a single woman - get the relevance?) to approach a potentially angry man in person to say anything, as opposed to another woman.

I’m not sure your snoring dog is relevant. . .

PivotPivotmakingmargaritas · 22/11/2023 05:40

NCSQ · 09/02/2023 06:21

He has a partner living with him but it is a two bed flat and I never hear them talking in the bedroom (I could with other tenants), so I think she sleeps in the other bedroom, for obvious reasons. It is further away from him than my bedroom is above!

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Maybe go have a chat to them, maybe they can swap the rooms they sleep in so he’s in the room further from you.

SwedishSchnauzer · 22/11/2023 05:47

Can you chat to him or his girlfriend and explain?

JumpingDizzy · 22/11/2023 05:58

Not a bad idea to ask if they can swap rooms?
Really feel for you. Dh snores and sometimes it's horrendous. Especially if he's got/had a cold or drank a fair amount of beer.

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NCSQ · 09/12/2023 17:10

Not sure why this thread was resurrected 10 months later but the problem is solved - first he moved out, then I moved to a new flat!

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JumpingDizzy · 09/12/2023 18:57

NCSQ · 09/12/2023 17:10

Not sure why this thread was resurrected 10 months later but the problem is solved - first he moved out, then I moved to a new flat!

Probably because when you post on a thread now, similar threads are shown at the bottom?

Glad it's sorted 👍

JumpingDizzy · 09/12/2023 18:58

Like they just have ⬇️

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