Current Events > What should i do about neighbours having loud sex at 1am in the morning?

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It's getting bad. It's the tenants below me.
Every few nights I can hear them having sex like it's happening right in my room and the girl especially is extremely obnoxious and high pitched and their bed thumps against the floor and walls and it jolts me awake everytime I hear it.
I got work at 7am so this is bullshit.

I'm thinking just a note under the door or maybe a man up and knock on their door ask them politely to their face. I'm worried they might be shit about it and have even louder sex because who is going to take a noise complaint like that seriously?

Loudly jack off a 2am

Ask to join

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjHUb7NSrNk

Record them, place your speakers face down and play their own noise back at them.

Check any noise ordinances in your building or neighbourhood, document and record from your apartment and if the noise is above the limits? Follow the rules by reporting them. Possibly try to work it out with them ahead of time though.

Point is though if they're THAT loud? Probably breaking noise ordinances.

Remember, you likely own a handy device that can even go as far as reading the decibel levels where you are.

Just do an anonymous note.

Zero risk, zero effort, and if it doesn't work you can try something else anyways.

Do you have ear plugs or noise canceling headphones? Use that.

But yeah leaving a note about loud noises at late night being unacceptable is a good idea, I think

Have louder sex than them.

At 1 am in the morning it's a noise ordinance. If you can hear them going at it from the floor below it's a problem. Either call the cops or go down and ask them to quiet down. I'd say go ask first before the cops though.

Start moaning loudly and offer encouragement.

Anytime I have been banging a girl in a hotel and people start hitting the walls or whatever we've both laughed about it and just kept banging loud.

I'll take events that never happened for 400 Alex.

Hornezz posted...

Record them, place your speakers face down and play their own noise back at them.

. . . at 3:00 PM some day when the dude is home but the woman is out on an errand.

You dont have any fan or white noise going OP?

Fart as loud as you can back at them.

Imitate them loudly back to them while its happening. They'll get the point.

Record it and post it on /r/gonewildaudio

Lvaneede posted...

Record it and post it on /r/gonewildaudio

Lmao

TonyKojima posted...

I'll take events that never happened for 400 Alex.

How is this even remotely unbelievable?

OP, either bring it up to your landlord or talk to them directly. The former option might get the point across more.

Tell them you've been recording them and posting it, and could they please try a brother/sister routine as it has been requested

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Maybe mind your own business? Not everybody lives on the same schedule as you. People like myself work late afternoons so midnight to maybe 5 AM is when I'm home relaxing and having naughty time with the wife.

Don't like noise move in to a house or buy headphones.

Get bricks, strap them to your feat, walk around when they're sleeping.

You have the high ground. You can't lose.

Next time you see them, tell them they're doing a great job and somebody's throwin' that shit back right. The embarrassment of you even saying something that unfiltered will probably get the point across, it'll come off humorous, and you're letting them know it's bothersome by being loud without being so blunt.

Enclave posted...

Point is though if they're THAT loud? Probably breaking noise ordinances.

A lot of landlords and building managers won't get involved in noise complaints, in my experience.

I'm not sure how true this is outside of my personal bubble, but it always felt like noise ordinance enforcement was treated as a petty or a waste of whoever's resources. Yet I read stories of places like Switzerland from students studying abroad, where after 10PM is quiet hours...and if you fuck with that, you're going to get a very passive aggressive note at your door the next day.

I kinda envy that, but I feel bad for those who work odd hours.

Nirvanas_Nox posted...

At 1 am in the morning it's a noise ordinance. If you can hear them going at it from the floor below it's a problem. Either call the cops or go down and ask them to quiet down. I'd say go ask first before the cops though.

do NOT call the cops lmao, you will instantly become *that* neighbor. I recommend just leaving a polite note.

Just embarrass yourself and start talking about the sounds like you really enjoy them and start repeating the sounds they make on conversations with them like it is completely normal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hq5ScfEUw8

Do what this guy did and make a YouTube show about it

Have sex louder to assert dominance.

Record it and make a prank call

Get ear plugs. Any attempt at confronting them will just make it worse.

Is she hot

Post pics

Kimberly posted...

A lot of landlords and building managers won't get involved in noise complaints, in my experience.

I'm not sure how true this is outside of my personal bubble, but it always felt like noise ordinance enforcement was treated as a petty or a waste of whoever's resources. Yet I read stories of places like Switzerland from students studying abroad, where after 10PM is quiet hours...and if you fuck with that, you're going to get a very passive aggressive note at your door the next day.

I kinda envy that, but I feel bad for those who work odd hours.

They'll get involved if you start attending strata meetings with documented incidences and recordings that you play at the meetings.

TonyKojima posted...

I'll take events that never happened for 400 Alex.

It's a completely plausible event

The people below me did the same, though thankfully they've stopped recently

MarthGoomba posted...

It's a completely plausible event

The people below me did the same, though thankfully they've stopped recently

Sent a noise complaint when it happened for me.

Enclave posted...

strata meetings

I've genuinely never heard that term before. What's that if you don't mind me asking?

MarthGoomba posted...

It's a completely plausible event

The people below me did the same, though thankfully they've stopped recently

Plausible sure, but I still doubt it happened.

TonyKojima posted...

Plausible sure, but I still doubt it happened.

Why? It's pretty dang common in apartments.

NO2_Fiend posted...

Maybe mind your own business? Not everybody lives on the same schedule as you. People like myself work late afternoons so midnight to maybe 5 AM is when I'm home relaxing and having naughty time with the wife.

Don't like noise move in to a house or buy headphones.

if theyre being loud enough for him to hear it is his business

Kimberly posted...

I've genuinely never heard that term before. What's that if you don't mind me asking?

I live in BC, it's a term here that I often forget isn't everywhere. Think of a meeting of the owners where decisions about the building or complex are made, be it maintenance or other issues.

While the term is a BC thing I'm sure something similar applies to where you live if you're in an apartment building or town house that has individual owners of the apartments rather than a single owner of the building that's renting out spaces.

If the apartment building is the sort where everybody is a renter then these sorts of meetings wouldn't be happening and you'll do best to look up city ordinances if the people are breaking any and complain to the police if the building managers ignore your issues.

Sometimes you got to go Karen to get shit done, just never EVER let going Karen be your first impulse, it's a last resort thing.

TonyKojima posted...

Plausible sure, but I still doubt it happened.

Are you doubting it just to be a contrarian? It's extremely common to overhear your neighbors in apartments.

They are not breaking any ordinances or laws. You have 4 solutions:

-politely speak to them and let them know that it's disrupting your life greatly. Hell, bring a bottle of wine to them when discussing it to show that you are trying to be cordial about it.

-buy earplugs. Buy a white noise machine. Get some padding for your floor.

-move out/sublet. If your lease says you can't sublet, kindly speak to your landlord about the situation and see if there can be a compromise.

-be the person who tries to create more noise/disturbances (within the law) and start a neighbor feud

I've been there TC. It's a simple procedure to follow. Results may vary, but here's all you need to do.

1.) Note under/on their door. Polite. "Hey, I'm one of your neighbors and wanted to politely ask that reduce the volume and loud thumping during apartment quiet hours." Something like that. Don't give them which neighbor you are specifically. Leave it vague.

2.) If note doesn't work and noise continues, talk to them face to face. Again be polite. Knock on the door, be polite, hey I'm your neighbor and just wanted to ask if you could keep the noise down during quiet hours. Something like that. Optional is keeping your phone in your pocket on recording for proof when item 3 comes around. Just so you can prove to management that you've communicated with the offenders.

2b.) If you're really ambitious, you can try #2 at 1am when they're literally doing the act.

3.) Call the landlord/management. That's why they exist. A lot of the time, they want people to work things out themselves, which is understandable. Now that you've given two honest attempts that have deliberately been acknowledged and ignored by the offenders, management should step in. Go to management, armed with the knowledge that you've followed the proper protocols (and hopefully have a recording), and they should start warning the offenders and giving them lease strikes and stuff like that.

TaylorHeinicke posted...

I've been there TC. It's a simple procedure to follow. Results may vary, but here's all you need to do.

1.) Note under/on their door. Polite. "Hey, I'm one of your neighbors and wanted to politely ask that reduce the volume and loud thumping during apartment quiet hours." Something like that. Don't give them which neighbor you are specifically. Leave it vague.

2.) If note doesn't work and noise continues, talk to them face to face. Again be polite. Knock on the door, be polite, hey I'm your neighbor and just wanted to ask if you could keep the noise down during quiet hours. Something like that. Optional is keeping your phone in your pocket on recording for proof when item 3 comes around. Just so you can prove to management that you've communicated with the offenders.

2b.) If you're really ambitious, you can try #2 at 1am when they're literally doing the act.

3.) Call the landlord/management. That's why they exist. A lot of the time, they want people to work things out themselves, which is understandable. Now that you've given two honest attempts that have deliberately been acknowledged and ignored by the offenders, management should step in. Go to management, armed with the knowledge that you've followed the proper protocols (and hopefully have a recording), and they should start warning the offenders and giving them lease strikes and stuff like that.

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greenjeans posted...

Tell them you've been recording them and posting it, and could they please try a brother/sister routine as it has been requested

Give them half the proceeds of the OF account you set up in their behalf. There's an audience that will pay for that shit, may as well make money off of them.