Tiny room and soundproofing

[Poppypops123]

Hi all I'm looking for some expert advice or someone who has had this done. My ndn is a bit moany about literally everything and last week made a point of saying their dc can hear my dd coughing at night, my dd has asthma and is worse at nighttime. They've also said they can hear my dd TV which is only on for 10 minutes about 3 times a week when she watches a 10 minute cartoon sometimes before bed but very rarely and she has it on volume 5 it's not loud at all. Then they said they can hear me reading to her. We are not a loud family at all and I do consider my neighbours whenever we do anything and if we are doing any diy I knock on to let them know. They are quite loud they have 4 boys and they never take this into consideration i have played them at their own game by saying i to can hear them but they dont see to be bothered, seems like its ok for them to make noise but not us. My dd can't help coughing at night and it's got to a point she's nervous to go in her room. I'm thinking of soundproofing the wall somehow but the problem is...her room is so tiny. She has a bed with storage under for clothes as we can't fit a wardrobe in there and a cube cabinet and shelves for toys. Is there any way i can soundproof without bringing the wall out as i really cant afford to make her room any smaller than it already is? Thankyou

I would be saying “if I can hear you and you can hear me then together we need to decide on some sort of soundproofing system for both our houses.”

I wouldn’t be taking it all on myself. It’s not like your DD is coughing on purpose.

I would just rattle back a much longer list of how and when they have disturbed you and suggest they install sound proofing.

They are complainers

Sounds like you've done absolutely nothing wrong. If your neighbour has a problem then it's up to them to fix it, not you.

They certainly are complainers they are the type where they can do whatever but are the first to say when you do something. I have hinted back without causing arguments as I don't really want to get into arguments because i think we'd be in for a rough ride noise wise. I have mentioned soundproofing before but they didn't really say anything back. My dd is still only little at the minute so noise from neighbours don't bother her so much but as she gets older she might start to complain about the noise, so I just thought soundproofing even just to drown abit of noise out may help. If they do keep complaining I'm worried I'll end up popping and giving them the list of noise they make. She even told another neighbour that one of her children couldn't sleep through my dd coughing. My dd is quite bad coughing when she first goes to bed but does settle after a hour or so and if she's too bad I bring her downstairs as it's cooler and sometimes helps. My neighbour has had 3 kids since we've moved here and we've had to put up with crying and sleepless nights and I didn't say anything until she mentioned my dd then I mentioned I could hear too. I need a way of saying sonething back when she complains without causing arguments or awkwardness.

"Yes the soundproofing is awful isn't I'm always hearing your cry, chatter, running around. Would be lovely to afford a detached house wouldn't it?"

@randommess love it. I might actually use that. Thanks