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My family lives in a school district, so we didn't pay much attention to noise at first. But ever since a child moved in upstairs, our nightmare has begun.
It's normal for a child to cry, but constantly jumping around , especially past 10 pm , is incredibly noisy, like an earthquake in the house-and I'm not exaggerating. I had contacted their home before and added them as a friend, and from their social media posts, I saw they hadn't laid any flooring . Other families with young children usually use foam boards to cover the floor to prevent noise.
At first, we fought back, banging on the walls and the roof , but it didn't do much good and only disturbed the other neighbors. Later, we called the police, but when they arrived, they turned around and accused us of making noise and being unreasonable. It was truly bizarre; my mother almost went upstairs to fight them. Calling the police was useless; the next day, they deliberately made noise, dragging chairs around and making loud, clanging noises as adults walked barefoot.
I thought people in their thirties should be quite well-mannered, but this guy acted like a thug. Later, I became more and more concerned about this and noticed noise from other people's homes. There's a child downstairs, around four years old, who cries all day, especially at night, not sleeping until midnight, and the parents just play with him... When I got really angry, I stomped my feet, and it had some effect. If I can't control the upstairs family, I can control the downstairs family! Now the upstairs family is having a second child, not yet born. One was enough trouble, and now there's a second one.
I live with my parents. My father is in poor health, and they are both retired and don't work, so they are home every day. We can tolerate the noise during the day, but it always goes on until around 11 pm. Since the noise started, my family has been very upset and irritable. It seems like there's nothing to be happy about.
I also considered buying a noise meter, but there are people in my neighborhood who sell them, and there's nothing I can do if I encounter shameless individuals (several families in our neighborhood have had noise problems because of their children; one family had two kids making a ruckus at home, and even the ceiling light downstairs was swaying).
My mom always uses a thick cushion when she does yoga to avoid making a loud bang, and yet she has these disgusting neighbors!!!
My dad wants to sell the house and move to another place, but my mom disagrees and doesn't want to give it up . Our house is in a good location, within the second ring road, next to a river, but the residents in the neighborhood are really unpleasant. I'm hesitant now. Should I sell? It doesn't seem worth it because of these disgusting neighbors. But if I don't sell? Their second child isn't even born yet, and things will only get worse later. Am I just going to wait 7 or 8 years for their child to grow up?
This is so annoying!!! How could I be so unlucky and have no manners at all!!!
How unlucky I am to have so many weird neighbors! From now on, I'll definitely buy a top-floor apartment and never buy a house in a good school district! A lesson learned the hard way.
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Let's summarize the key points of this story:
1. School district housing
2. The upstairs kids are difficult to manage.
3. The police were unable to determine who was at fault for the noise pollution.
4. The sound insulation of the entire building's floors is poor.
5. Noise can cause depression and irritability.
6. Selling a house because of noise is not worthwhile.
The noise from upstairs is difficult to resolve. Is the root cause the problem the school district housing? The police? Or the presence of children in the household? All of these factors are common. As ordinary people, we can't prevent people from having children. The police are impartial in their work. What we can change is our right to buy and sell a house.
So, does selling the house, and not having it in a good school district, guarantee that there won't be any noise from upstairs? Unless no one lives upstairs.
The source of noise from upstairs: thin floor slabs and lack of sound insulation.
Thin floor slab
8-12cm
This is the common floor slab thickness in my country at present.
The sound insulation effect of this thickness is self-evident.
[Floor Soundproofing Renovation]
Construction method: foundation slab + shock-absorbing pads + flooring
Soundproofing is actually quite simple.
As long as every household does a good job of sound insulation and vibration reduction on the floor
This can reduce most of the noise.
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