Is it so wrong that I hope my upstairs neighbor's feet fall off?

[amg35]

I used to love my upstairs neighbor. He was quiet as a mouse. Maybe I should have told him, maybe it would have stopped him.............he got a roommate.

The new guy is a large boy. He walks. He walks. He walks. He does not take his shoes off. He walks day and night. He shakes my ceiling fan and pictures on my walls. He never, ever leaves. He drops things. What is he doing? Why is he dropping things all the time? Who does that? He never sleeps. Is he an android?

He moves furniture. All the time. Our places are on the smaller side. How could he possibly need to move furniture every night, all night? Is it a feng shui thing?

When I'm really lucky, I can hear the musical stylings of apartment 3R. I'm treated to the video game rock band concert. Complete with drumming on wooden floors. Sometimes I even get to hear their rendition of Holiday by Madonna. It goes until about 5 a.m on the weekends. They did turn it off last weekend at about 4:30 when I went up there half crazed in my pajamas.

Luckily the lady below is moving, so I'm working with my landlord on taking her apartment. My current apartment is a one bedroom, so the chances of two guys moving in are (hopefully) slim to none. And by next year, I'll have my down payment ready for a condo. A condo with concrete between the floors.

Sigh, nothing like two young guys to make a girl feel old.

 

[amg35]

There was just a crash above me so loud that I'm not sure if I should call 911 and report a natural gas explosion.

I fully expect to be one day sitting on my couch watching tv and have this boy fall through the ceiling and land on the chair right next to me.

I will have chips and dip ready.

 

[MushyMushy]

You made me remember my first apartment! I was 21/22, just living on my own for the first time. I had the downstairs floor of a house and this 90+ year old man had the upstairs. That guy never slept -- ever! He would pace every night, all night long with a cane. Clop,clop,clop... clop,clop,clop... right over my bed, all night long.

 

[Disneyland1084]

I used to love my upstairs neighbor. He was quiet as a mouse. Maybe I should have told him, maybe it would have stopped him.............he got a roommate.

The new guy is a large boy. He walks. He walks. He walks. He does not take his shoes off. He walks day and night. He shakes my ceiling fan and pictures on my walls. He never, ever leaves. He drops things. What is he doing? Why is he dropping things all the time? Who does that? He never sleeps. Is he an android?

He moves furniture. All the time. Our places are on the smaller side. How could he possibly need to move furniture every night, all night? Is it a feng shui thing?

When I'm really lucky, I can hear the musical stylings of apartment 3R. I'm treated to the video game rock band concert. Complete with drumming on wooden floors. Sometimes I even get to hear their rendition of Holiday by Madonna. It goes until about 5 a.m on the weekends. They did turn it off last weekend at about 4:30 when I went up there half crazed in my pajamas.

Luckily the lady below is moving, so I'm working with my landlord on taking her apartment. My current apartment is a one bedroom, so the chances of two guys moving in are (hopefully) slim to none. And by next year, I'll have my down payment ready for a condo. A condo with concrete between the floors.

Sigh, nothing like two young guys to make a girl feel old.

Unfortunately this is one of the disadvantages of living downstairs.

 

[englishteacha]

In college my upstairs neighbors in the dorm were two guys with bunk beds. The guy on the top bunk had an 8:00 AM class, and NEVER used the ladder to get off his bunk. He always jumped down. It made our whole room shake and woke us every morning. Finally my roomie and I went upstairs and had a lovely conversation with him and he agreed to use the ladder from then on. Maybe you could go talk to them and just mention that their heavy feet really are loud downstairs?

 

[Diva of Dragons]

I think crutches and wooden feet would be much louder. LOL!! We used to live down stairs from line dancing enthusiast who always had to practice before she went to the club.

 

[MIGrandma]

Oh, I couldn't stand that! I can't even tolerate staying in a cheap motel and having people in rooms above us, so always request the top floor. You never know how much soundproofing they have between floors and I just don't want to take the chance in having anyone with heavy feet above me.

I bet you just can't wait to buy your own place! I do hope you get that other apartment. Is there any way you could talk to your neighbor above you? The quiet one? And let him know how "heavy feeted" his roommate is?

 

[happygirl]

The joys of apt living. I'm sure he's not trying to be loud. He probably jsut donesn't under4stand how you cn hear everything in an apt. The walls are so thing.

 

[TangaroaTiki]

It can't hurt to NICELY mention that the apt has very thin walls, ceilings etc. and you can hear every step he takes.

*quick story* We are known to be quiet people, so once while vacationing in an upstairs condo, we were packing to go home on the last day of our 5-day trip. There was some lady below us crazily banging on the ceiling with what I assume was a broom handle! Banging, banging, banging - I mean I thought she was coming through the floor. We were tiptoeing at this point and couldn't tread any lighter. Her DH came home as my DH was loading the car and he mentioned that his wife had a headache. I would think her anger and the holes she made in her ceiling probably gave him one too!

We still laugh about it, because it was funny for us that someone had actually considered us to be loud for ONCE

Anyway, my point was - maybe he has no idea how much louder his walking sounds to you.

 

[mjkacmom]

It can't hurt to NICELY mention that the apt has very thin walls, ceilings etc. and you can hear every step he takes.

*quick story* We are known to be quiet people, so once while vacationing in an upstairs condo, we were packing to go home on the last day of our 5-day trip. There was some lady below us crazily banging on the ceiling with what I assume was a broom handle! Banging, banging, banging - I mean I thought she was coming through the floor. We were tiptoeing at this point and couldn't tread any lighter. Her DH came home as my DH was loading the car and he mentioned that his wife had a headache. I would think her anger and the holes she made in her ceiling probably gave him one too!

We still laugh about it, because it was funny for us that someone had actually considered us to be loud for ONCE

Anyway, my point was - maybe he has no idea how much louder his walking sounds to you.

When we were dating, my DH lived in a 2 family house with 2 other guys, over the landlord. OMG - they were CRAZY! You weren't allowed to wear shoes, and he would bang on his ceilings if you got out of bed anytime after 10. DH's roommate was a restaurant manager, and got home from school at 1 am. He used to take a shower, but the landlord would turn off the water.

 

[quentina]

Unfortunately this is one of the disadvantages of living downstairs.

And in any type of attached living.

We live in a townhouse with concrete walls in between. We obviously have a defective wall because since our new neighbors moved in, they can hear our kids. THe two previous owners have always commented on how they never hear anything. I went next door to my other neighbor, he hears nothing. I had my kids run like maniacs through the house when I was over there and I could not hear anything.

They complain....I tell them if you wanted peace and quiet, you should of moved to a farm. I have banished my kids to the basement which to be honest, I do not agree with. We pay our mortgage and taxes just as much as they do. In addition, I really don't believe them, I just think they like to complain.

 

[krcit]

This reminds me of when DH and I first got married. We Put an apartment in the upstairs of my mom's house. Well, every night 'The Banging of the Doors" began at around 10 pm. Seriously, wee would hear about 12 doors being slammed every night. Funny thing is, it was just my mom down there and there were only 3 doors in the whole house It cracked us up every night!!

 

[golfgal]

Maybe you could invite the old neighbor down for coffee when his roommate is making the most noise so he can experience it first hand. Having an ally might be beneficial.

 

[a1tinkfans]

UGH! SO annoying. My sis went thru same thing...the upstairs tenant was supposed to have Carpet per the lease..but did not put it down. She tried several times to ask him ...to please be aware that he was making a racket, especially on the weekends...he'd yes her to death. Then thru down small area rugs.???? That did not fit the lease either.

She then went to the landlord, another joke. The upstairs guy had a HUGE place was paying Tons and the sis had a 1 bedroom (like 2800./mo mind you) and they did nothing.

She eventually broke her lease, had to move out and left NYC for Park Slope Brooklyn ....

The landlord tried keeping her $$, she actually took him to court and got all her money back...she was well documented and that nightmare is now behind her.

People can be inconsiderate sometimes....shame, you may have to move, its part of the "have upstairs neighbor" lifestyle.
Good Luck OP!!

 

[agnes!]

And in any type of attached living.

We live in a townhouse with concrete walls in between. We obviously have a defective wall because since our new neighbors moved in, they can hear our kids. THe two previous owners have always commented on how they never hear anything. I went next door to my other neighbor, he hears nothing. I had my kids run like maniacs through the house when I was over there and I could not hear anything.

They complain....I tell them if you wanted peace and quiet, you should of moved to a farm. I have banished my kids to the basement which to be honest, I do not agree with. We pay our mortgage and taxes just as much as they do. In addition, I really don't believe them, I just think they like to complain.

Ask them to provide proof.

Maybe you could go over there with a recorder of some type and ask to tape your little hellions (lol) so you can see how to improve the situation and make your neighbors' lives easier. If they think you're trying to improve the noise-factor, maybe they'll shut the hell up .

agnes!

 

[golfgal]

Ask them to provide proof.

Maybe you could go over there with a recorder of some type and ask to tape your little hellions (lol) so you can see how to improve the situation and make your neighbors' lives easier. If they think you're trying to improve the noise-factor, maybe they'll shut the hell up .

agnes!

I would do this too and I would NOT ban my kids to the basement.

One job transfer many years ago we lived in a rental apartment/townhome deal. We kept getting letters from the apartment management from complaints from neighbors about our kids leaving their bikes all over the sidewalks. We ignored the first couple thinking they were mistakes but when we got the 3rd one we went to the rental office, with kids in tow, to ask about these letters--see at the time our kids were 3 and 1 and didn't OWN a bike. It turns out the bikes belonged to the kids of the property manager .

 

[OK!]

Ugh, I feel your pain. At my last apartmen, the people upstairs used to (I guess) periodically climb up on the counters and do cannonballs off of them onto the floor. It'd be perfectly quiet and then suddenly, BOOM! Scared the $#&@ out of me every single time. They, however, were a treat compared to the people who lived there before they did--they LOVED their Fry Daddy, loved it to disturbing extremes. However, they did not love changing the oil. And due to there being something wrong with their exhaust vent, that stench flowed freely down into my apartment and lingered for DAYS. Dear God, I don't know how the hell I put up with it, but it was DISGUSTING.

And still, they pale in comparison to the folks who were living there when I'd finally had enough and moved to a wonderful place (where I've yet to hear any noise from any neighbor in more than a year)--those people lived for their mariachi music. TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY. And if they weren't blasting it in their apartments (they weren't only above me, but also diagonally below me), they were blasting it in the parking lot whilst "customizing" their cars (by "customizing," I mean they attached mismatched spoilers painted primer gray with visible bolts. HOT.) I had County PD on speed dial because of their infamous Tuesday-night-at-3-am soirees. God, I hated those people.

 

[kim929]

I feel your pain. I had 2 floors above me that would make so much noise, things I had hanging on the wall would rattle off. Then they would park outside my sliding glass door with music cranked so they could work on the cars.... Oh fun times.... so glad I moved to my nice little quiet neighborhood.

 

[My2Pixies]

This is why I always live on the top floor. I still get to hear and feel my neighbors music and surround sound system on occasion, but at least I don't hear every footstep of their comings and goings which I personally think is worse.

I have a friend who lived on the first floor of a three story building right underneath a guy who had a professional weight system set up in his living room. He would constantly work out, and he would drop his weights when he finished every set. It shook the entire building. It eventually put a large crack in her ceiling and the wall between her living room and bedroom. It stopped soon afterward, he was either evicted or left I don't know which, but I remember how elated my friend was about the peace and quiet.

 

[TangaroaTiki]

When we were dating, my DH lived in a 2 family house with 2 other guys, over the landlord. OMG - they were CRAZY! You weren't allowed to wear shoes, and he would bang on his ceilings if you got out of bed anytime after 10. DH's roommate was a restaurant manager, and got home from school at 1 am. He used to take a shower, but the landlord would turn off the water.

OMG No way!