If she can hear you walking down your stairs, then clearly the walls in your place are paper thin. If they want quiet they should move to a place where the wall aren't paper thin.
I don't know what the Oz rules are, but between 7 and 11 you can make whatever noise you like, as long as it is reasonable and not prolonged. I've only ever been asked to turn my music down once because my neighbour was working shifts - first I'd known about it, I obliged.
Sounds like our neighbour, though he's a fat little dwarf who starts running around the corridor in his pants at the slightest noise. He once complained to the council about Maddie and I having a conversation in our kitchen at 7.30 pm on a Friday night. I happened to leave the flat when the noise patrol officer was talking to him in his doorway, and could practically see the guys eyes rolling through the back of his head when he was told what the supposed problem was. :-D Our neighbour works shifts though so I think he's a bit sleep deprived and that's why he's loopy, but if you're that sensitive to noise don't move onto the 7th floor of a block of flats with 10 floors and 20 flats on each floor 'cause really, there's gonna be noise!
She moved in to the block 6 years ago, probably when she was around our age. She's now got a 7 month old, I would have moved somewhere appropriate. The other couple are similar, again, these are not apartments designed for young families, I expect the'll move when their kids hit toddler stage.
THere is that, I agree. HOwever in that situation she would need to be aware that this is the environment she is in and it will have its pro's and con's.
at least turn the bass down, bass can physically hurt my ears,(I don't know what it does to babies) subwoofers should be banned. Having lived next door to people I had to get an injunction against to shut them up, I'm now super sensitive to making any noise and other people making noise can put me on edge. Your 'move to the suburbs' argument doesn't wash with me, I have no problem with street noise, it's people being inconsiderate making noise that can aggravate me.
Anonymous! An Anonymous negative posting! I have never had one before! *appluads*
A few Ppints:
1 - "I had to get an injunction against to shut them up" - we have responded favourably to each request, immediately and without hesitation. Please don't make the mistake of tranferring your experience onto our situation. Perhaps I shall make the judgement upon you, that you sat in your home, seething, failing to communicate and eventually snapped, going to the extreme of an injunction. Which would actually make YOU the unreasonable neighbour
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Might I make a couple of suggestions to maybe help your situation:
Firstly if you have quite bassy speakers (or a subwoofer-type setup) then sticking something padded (like a rug, an extra bit of carpet, or even some sponge/foam if you have any) underneath may help stop the bass echoing through in to the other flats without degrading the sound quality in your own apartment.
Secondly, if you're actually having a social gathering/party try inviting OMFG round. Some of her complaining might stem from a feeling of being left out of the fun. Or, if she's got a young child she may well feel that she's missing out on her social life.
We are enacting your first suggestion very soon, it was the first thing we thought of (in between me ranting about emotional blackmail and whatnot :) It is sensible and hopefully will help.
I though about the inviting thing but we are not within the central courtyardy-bits, our front door leads out onto the street. Also if we have a party it will be seething with geeks, while lovely, I am not convinced a loud discussion of the relative merits of Potence vs Resilience, or a debate upon the failure of our mission to flatten the Parliament building in Canberra, will be terribly easy to explain away.
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I don't know what the Oz rules are, but between 7 and 11 you can make whatever noise you like, as long as it is reasonable and not prolonged. I've only ever been asked to turn my music down once because my neighbour was working shifts - first I'd known about it, I obliged.
Good luck with the war.
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Not a war as yet, hoping to avoid that, it's a campaign of emotional blackmil at present.
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Having lived next door to people I had to get an injunction against to shut them up, I'm now super sensitive to making any noise and other people making noise can put me on edge.
Your 'move to the suburbs' argument doesn't wash with me, I have no problem with street noise, it's people being inconsiderate making noise that can aggravate me.
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A few Ppints:
1 - "I had to get an injunction against to shut them up" - we have responded favourably to each request, immediately and without hesitation. Please don't make the mistake of tranferring your experience onto our situation. Perhaps I shall make the judgement upon you, that you sat in your home, seething, failing to communicate and eventually snapped, going to the extreme of an injunction. Which would actually make YOU the unreasonable neighbour ( ... )
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Firstly if you have quite bassy speakers (or a subwoofer-type setup) then sticking something padded (like a rug, an extra bit of carpet, or even some sponge/foam if you have any) underneath may help stop the bass echoing through in to the other flats without degrading the sound quality in your own apartment.
Secondly, if you're actually having a social gathering/party try inviting OMFG round. Some of her complaining might stem from a feeling of being left out of the fun. Or, if she's got a young child she may well feel that she's missing out on her social life.
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I though about the inviting thing but we are not within the central courtyardy-bits, our front door leads out onto the street. Also if we have a party it will be seething with geeks, while lovely, I am not convinced a loud discussion of the relative merits of Potence vs Resilience, or a debate upon the failure of our mission to flatten the Parliament building in Canberra, will be terribly easy to explain away.
Perhaps a sedate BBQ may work. . . . .
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