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AIBU?

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to ask him to turn this down in his own home?

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LRDtheFeministDragon · 28/09/2012 07:59

I live in a block of flats where our door and our neighbours' door open onto a shared staircase and there's about a metre of space between them. The doors aren't terribly soundproof since they're normal interior doors, not exterior ones. I then have a tiny vestibule and another door between that and my main room.

Neighbour plays some kind of computer game something like 8-10 hours of the day. At the moment he's been playing for an hour or so and it's so loud I can hear it clearly when I'm sitting as far away as I can be. It's not appallingly loud, it's just tedious having constant background noise.

WIBU to ask him to turn it down? I've done this previously when he decided to start sweeping up the mess his builders had made on the communal steps and left his door open so he could hear his TV while he worked, and he was fairly angry, but did do it. DH tends to reckon this is part of living in a flat, but it's getting me down.

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aufaniae · 28/09/2012 09:11

You come across as very reasonable. I think that kind of constant noise would drive most people round the bend.

LRDtheFeministDragon · 28/09/2012 09:12

Ahh, good, I feel vindicated. Grin

It's quiet now but I think if he does it tomorrow morning early on (as he no doubt will), I will have another word until he gets the message that it really is a bit loud.

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Katisha · 28/09/2012 09:14

Can you ask the LL to speak to the offending neighbour, if they refuse to allow any sound insulation?

LRDtheFeministDragon · 28/09/2012 09:16

My LL is a private one; his is council. So I doubt they'd have anything useful to say.

I assume they have good reason for refusing, TBH. Our LL can be a pain about following through on what they say they'll do, but they've never told us anything else is a flat-out 'no'.

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MadMumToThree · 28/09/2012 09:21

Yes living in a flat you have to expect a certain amount of neighbour noise but neighbours need to have some respect for each other and keep noise to a minimum - esp at unsociable hours - like 7am ! YANBU

fluffyraggies · 28/09/2012 09:25

What about having a word with the noise pollution team at your council LRD? From what i've seen on telly they're pretty fierce about their cause! They take it very seriously.

I have no idea if they take 'daytime' noise into account - but i wouldn't be surprised.

fluffyraggies · 28/09/2012 09:26

See how it goes for a while first of course, since you've only just asked him to turn it down :)

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