to be annoyed by noisy neighbours?

[flamingox]

They are driving me insane. A family of 5 - parents and three children. They are constantly shouting, screaming, banging, throwing things, running up and down stairs, you name it..they're probably doing it.

I'm not a snowflake that thinks I should live and hear nothing - I understand that we're going to hear noise sharing walls with people but this is getting to me now.

I am almost 37 weeks pregnant and all I can think about is when the baby is here all the banging is going to disturb her.

During the day, the kids play outside from around 7:30am. Again, screaming, shouting and throwing stuff at each other/walls etc. They usually go back inside around 9:30pm which is when the noise inside is at its worse. They seem to communicate by shouting at each other.

How can I approach this sensitively? In a few weeks when our baby is here we may be a nuisance to them which I would hope they would understand but I can't describe how bad the noise is from them :-(

Honestly, at least there is a reason for the noise aka a lot of people. I am currently underneath a new neighbour. The old neighbour above was a huge, 6”4 man and his wife. Never heard a peep. This is a tiny, tiny woman and I swear to god not only does she stomp around, it sounds like she is hurling wardrobes around 24/7. And she is the nicest woman alive so can’t say anything! I think unfortunately it’s just one of those things I’m afraid xxxx

Poor you. That’s horrible. Many people don’t appreciate just how stressful noise can be. I just had a meeting with my ndn about some people at the back of us who are very noisy most evenings until quite late - so you have my sympathy.

I think it’s very hard to approach when it’s kids being noisy. Maybe try to identify any specific times - are they noisy early in the morning on weekends outside? If so, you could ask politely if they could refrain from going outside until later...

Look at it this way, if your baby is up all night screaming you can get revenge

Thank you for your replies - I'm glad others understand!! The noise is still going on now - sounds like they're hoovering too :-( not ideal when you're in bed exhausted!

I am hoping my baby disturbs them a little ;-)

I wouldn't be too worried about them disturbing the neighbours... When mine arrived he was alreadly imune to the dog barking and could happily sleep through it. When it was completely quiet, on the other hand...

They sound just like our old next door neighbours. When I was off work with anxiety they made my life hell. You should expect normal level of noise but constant. I can’t advise of anything you could do (we tried talking to ours, they feigned a language barrier issue but would always smugly smile and laugh when we came home from work). Literally whooped with joy when they moved.

God you have my sympathies constant noise like that is stressful and draining. Is there any way you can insulate the walls at all your end? Could you drown it out a little with white noise or your own music? To be honest I wouldn't worry too much about the baby being disturbed they tend to sleep through anything (except noisy motorbikes in my experience).
At least you won't have to feel guilty about the baby waking them up in the night!