I know just suck it up!

[Monique1]

Recently moved to a beautiful apartment on the first floor (I was on the second floor before). This apartment is so much more efficient, larger and more beautiful but the noise upstairs is really frustrating. They are heavy walkers, ok, but they have a( child approx. 6 yrs old) who when they are home runs back and forth across the apartment from the time I get up 5am to bedtime - just depends what time I go to bed. Sounds like the little one is jumping up and down on the bed, someone is using weights and drops them. We are trying to get our dog not to bark but whenever they make all this noise - she runs around the apartment and barks. I can understand a few hours a day but from early in the morning to late on night -is getting weary. What would you do?
We just moved here and don't care to cause problems. I actually heard them at 3am. Just suck it up because physically I needed a first floor and that is the way it is? The running today was caausing my lights in the kitchen to blink on and off. What would you do?

[Monique1]

1. Guess I get the message

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear Monique1...

I'm sorry...I meant to answer you sooner...

I guess I'd start by talking to your neighbors upstairs. Nicely, of course. They may be entirely clueless...

And if that didn't help? Well, then, the landlords.

The lights blinking is a little scary. The wiring should be way better than that.

Sorry...

:hug:

[DeadEyeDyck]

3. confront them. you have no choice

[Skittles]

4. you can try talking to them but

honestly - if it is a pet or child causing the bulk of the noise, you are fucked - me, I have learned to live with fans and earplugs

[struggle4progress]

5. I don't know what you can do about the noise. Your best option would probably be to

befriend the upstairs neighbors and then pleasantly discuss the matter with them when you know them better. I think a more common technique would be thumping loudly on the ceiling when there's noise upstairs. But it may not be much they have control over: the construction simply may amplify any ordinary noise they make

If you decide to complain about anything, I suspect management might make your dog barking an issue, just because that's the sort of thing management does. But I myself would worry about blinking lights: I'd try to document it and I'd probably take it up with management: you don't know whether that's a construction issue or your neighbors' excessive activity

I'd look into soundproofing options

I once had a problem like this: 35 years ago, I lived below a student apartment, and now and then they big parties. My place would then sound like the party was in it, instead of upstairs. I tried a few times walking up at 1 or 2 AM and asking them to shut down the noise; it would quiet down for ten or fifteen minutes, then crank right back up; I finally gave up and started taking two or three hour walks during the noisy times. Somebody finally called the cops on them: it actually wasn't me, but they were convinced it was, and they also were sure that I was simply pissed because they hadn't invited me; so they started telling me in advance when they were planning a party and always invited me to come; I'd always thank them, tell them I had other plans, then I'd make other plans for the evening, including a long walk beginning at midnight

:shrug: