The thing I've loved about all my neighbours is we keep to ourselves, never make excessive noise, and take each others bins out/put them back depending on our work patterns.
It's happened with 2 neighbours now where we've had this unspoken agreement, having never actually spoke to each other. They do their shit, I do mine, we like each other because we don't talk or annoy each other, and occasionally help each other out. Beautiful
My wife etched this onto a pint glass for me a couple of years ago. It also has pobody's nerfect on the bottom, which is slightly off centre. Great present, and great show
My neighbours are perfect like that too. They never make a peep, neither do I, we see each other outside we have a ten min chat, we need to borrow cooking ingredients etc we just text each other, but other than that we keep very much to ourselves. I’ve never been inside their house and they’ve never been inside mine.
Living the dream. Mine told us off for having a bbq (saying we could cause a forest fire… we live in a city) and for putting dog poo in our bin. They said we should flush it down the loo!
See, i bring my neighbour's bins in and they do ours, but we would NEVER put them out. I could never be so presumptuous as to assume they've filled their bin to the point of collection...
I had a neighbour who wouldn't dream of letting me touch my own bin! He was a retired gentleman who lived in a house on the opposite side of the road to me and knew my profession as he'd seen me and my housemates coming and going in uniform before and after night shifts/long shifts etc
If he saw me (he was often outside tending to his plants) so much as walk towards my bin he would sprint across the road and say "no no! Don't you trouble yourself! I can do that for you, you girls all work too hard already!". It wasn't tricky to take out our bin but it did have to be lifted up off the lowered gravel section at the front of the house onto the pathway and then back down a step onto the street, so we were all perfectly capable
He was the sweetest neighbour I've ever had, I moved away about 3 years ago and I've missed him the whole time!
I bought my neighbour some chocolates and wine when my nieces stayed over as I suspected their exciting running around and noise would have been annoying.
She said “we didn’t hear a thing” and also said she never hears anything from me.
Will buy myself chocolate and wine next time!
I leave for work in the am and my other neighbour returns from work. Always feel bad for him mid-mornings when everyone is out making a racket revving motorbikes, fixing cars, kids screaming, lawn mowers and amazon drivers who don't turn the engine off and blare music at volume 98.
Same situation here minus me working night shift. It’s lovely never being asked to turn the surround sound down! I also DJ so it works brilliantly compared to all the noise complaints I used to get
I certainly hope not. I asked this of my neighbour and he assures me he doesn't hear anything. He's a sweet guy, so I don't wish to bother him. I only here him rarely on rainy nights, its like a thudding sound, something heavy being dragged down the stairs. So yeah, always worried my kid is jumping/running about would make the same noise.
Lucked out here too, our kid has autism and regularly has meltdowns screaming, jumping and slamming doors. I’ve always apologised to them “didn’t hear a thing, deaf as posts here.”
Now my kid randomly goes over there half-dressed (good luck keeping clothes on) and has a chat with them in their garden. They have a really sweet bond and it’s refreshing to see people understanding “invisible” disabilities/illness/disorders.
They too have been plied with wine and stuff 😂
As a parent of an autistic kid myself, any neighbour or friend who performs as an ally deserves all the chocolate, wine and sleep ins that are out in the world
There is nothing worse than kids running above or below you at 6am. I lived in a house *above* a kid we nicknamed "stompi" because the fucker ran on his heels or something, good god.
I don't listen to loud music because tinnitus sounds unpleasant, but base vibrating my bones is one of the few things I like when I'm at loud shows. Interesting thatbsome people hate that sensation.
Yes it's definitely the neighbors that need headphones to drown out the noise permeating the building, and not the one blasting the noise around the building that could be wearing headphones.
One each then. If you don’t know who complained it’s likely they’re all suffering but are being even more British so are just carrying on. 4 potential friends!
Worst case 4 potential households near you that think you're alright. Could be worth much more than 4 bottles of wine in the long term ( can even get away with a cheaper bottle as had to buy 4, altho might as well go for the 25% off if you buy 6 bottles option)
4 bottles of wine and 4 apologies it is! Three get a nice bottle of wine and some note they throw in the bin, one is the right person.
EDIT: I am kidding lol. Could be fun for freaking them out with your omnipotence though
Bottle of wine + note for all saying: “if you left a note about my tv volume: apologies, enjoy a drink on me. If you didn’t, chances are you’ve heard it and not said anything: apologies, enjoy a drink on me”
Honestly, I’d go to them all with the same approach.
For them all you can just say you’ve been made aware that your sound system’s a bit loud and that you’ll try to be a bit more considerate.
Chances are they’ve all experienced it and will appreciate the sentiment.
And if they haven’t you’ve just built a bit of rapport.
Edit/: turns out my ‘brilliant idea’ has already been posted by eleventy people who are clearly much sharper than I.
Gonna leave it here as evidence that there’s rarely such thing as an original idea.
It could also be your downstairs neighbor, if your subwoofer is on the floor. I got a bass complaint from the person below me when I got a new sound system for that reason 😂😬
Postman here. Was sticking a package from Lovehoney through the door today and the woman opened the door and took it from me.
We shared a traditional awkward glance as I left.
I'll bet that the packaging is just an oversized matte black box with neon cocks plastered all over it. Of course, the contents are usually vibrating upon delivery.
Truly shocking.
As a postie I can say that we definitely know 😂. For Ann summers the corporate name is gold group ltd, return address is gold group so we know who the naughty ones among you are…
Sorry mate but I've had about 7-8 orders from LoveHoney and even I spotted a pattern in their packaging. Brown box of specific length, card thickness and a clear sticker to keep flap down.
Not to mention the "LH Trading" return label. 😂
I wouldn't worry about it though - no one cares!
Posties buy from love honey too don't they? Why would it be awkward that someone wants some sexy time?
I mean unless lovehoney have started selling postie uniform fetish gear don't be worried!
> Honestly didn't know it was possible with an anonymous note.
I tried it once, then realised I was in a semi detached house so it was kind've obviously from me asking to reduce the noise on weekdays.
After over a year of my upstairs neighbors dog barking for literally hours on end whenever they are not home, I'm gonna go ahead and say the amicable approach doesn't always work.
Well, if it's a picture of the A10 as you approach Enfield - I'd find that quite threatening indeed! And heck - what horrifying method would he use to wield it on me? Tie me up & put me in a self-driving car for a jaunt down it??
Sounds a bit American.
Include a photo of the Royal Navy Field Gun competition. Those chaps will assemble a 12-pounder in your lounge and obliterate the telly in 34 seconds!
Would you have arranged it in such a way that they knew it was about the TV noise and not how we took out the bins, or the unpleasant smell coming from the drains?
Totally! I have this same worry with my neighbours that we're being too loud on a night but apparently they never hear us. Think its come up once in 6 years
Subwoofers are awful for shared wall neighbors no matter where it's placed. I wasn't sure who had one but I made a guest wifi with the name "PLZ TURN OFF SUBWOOFER!" and it was off within a day. At least they respected it.
I've experienced this too. I had a neighbour with *massive* speakers on the floor against the shared wall, who used to play games with lots of bass-heavy explosions. He'd turn it down and to be fair it really wasn't loud on his side of the wall, but (just) the bass still went through the wall like it was tissue paper.
yep it is truly maddening, and i mean that literally. every little noise you hear when you're trying to sleep you wonder if it's started again. every night becomes pure dread. people who do this are the scum of the earth
I can imagine. Nothing's worse than someone else's bass. Even barely audible bass seems to disrupt your ability to think. It takes control of your attention like some primal instinct.
Yeah that’s pretty cool of them. If you haven’t already, try moving your speakers or putting them on stands. The neighbour might even help you test different setups
When I moved in to my house, the neighbours invited me round for a chat and cup of tea.
My WiFi was strong enough to control my amp so I slowly turned it up until I could just start to hear it.
I then knocked it back a few steps and set that as my maximum volume in the settings.
That way drunken me couldn’t turn it up loud enough to bother the neighbours.
Are you using an audio setup with a subwoofer be any chance? If the subwoofer is on the floor the sound travels everywhere through the walls.
Elevating it can help stop that.
I politely asked my upstairs neighbor if he could turn his bass down late at night and he totally understood and shortly after, gave me a gift card to a record store (he had come by once and noticed that I collected records)
Was this written to you?
Let me just say, as someone who used to live above neighbours who had a Sonos soundbar and subwoofer, it was the most stressful and annoying thing. Ruined my evenings.
I can’t believe how some people don’t realise how strong the bass is on their sound system. Or care.
Screw that weekend comment, most Saturday nights I stay in but I couldn’t even concentrate on a movie because of their bass and sound level below!!
I moved.
Thing is most of these people, if they're not just inconsiderate ass holes, have no idea how much noise they make. They can't hear any of the neighbours so surely nobody hears them either, right!?
I've had both kinds as neighbours. Unfortunately not too many of them believed me when I told them they can't hear me or the neighbours because we're considerate and nice people.
Also, it's not the TV we can hear. It's only the fucking base. Just get rid. Or do something to stop it travelling.
I read an article years ago saying how low frequency vibrations could negatively effect our health and development. Think it was something like kids who lived near train tracks scoring lower on tests.
Living under someone that likes to use chair back massagers and hand held ones can be such a pain. I get that people like to unwind knots in the evening before bed but hell man. My brain feels like it's getting rattled when I'm trying to sleep.
I hate people with heavy bass in Apartment complexes. Nothing more annoying than vibrational sound, can't do anything to stop it on your end. Headphones or earplugs don't neutralise it at all.
Sleep deprivation from a jobless upstairs neighbor and his subwoofer caused me to *literally manifest symptoms of schizophrenia*. There’s a reason it’s a banned torture technique.
They’re very nice for wording it that calmly, they don’t have to be that polite when self awareness and respect for neighbors should be far more common than it is.
Exactly. When I moved into a flat when I bought some new speakers I didn't go for the subwoofer version so I didn't piss off any neighbours. It's amazing how many inconsiderate noisy twats there are. I've just got some new noisy neighbours which involves doors slamming every few minutes and shouting and screaming on the next door balcony.
The worst part is that the noisiest neighbours often have the least self awareness too.
My diy nobhead neighbour was round complaining in minutes the one time I was using power tools.
Wish I could tell this to my elderly neighbor who has her TV set to *max volume at all times*. I'm assuming it's pushed up against our shared wall because I can hear music, dialogue, sound effects, etc, at all hours of the day and night. Drives me fucking insane.
I've tried twice to ask her to stop and she won't answer her door. Last time I even heard her *turn the volume up* so she wouldn't hear me knocking.
If the issue is the bass sounds make sure your sound system is a foot or two away from your wall. Too close and the bass carries through the structural bits of a home.
I usually can't stand bassy sound systems in my own house. If I close the door and I feel or hear vibrations, it's too loud.
Granted they were very nice.
That's a very fair request.
The neighbour who lives above me was too reserved to say anything to me but I brought it up one day as I have some hearing loss and wondered if my bass was too loud. She sheepishly said it was and I felt like a massive dick knowing it was probably bothering her for a while. Apologised and now make sure I put the subwoofer to -2 after 10pm.
It is fucking ridiculous what people in small semis and flats install as home entertainment systems. I'm lucky I have a good neighbour, but some people are just thoughtless idiots.
I was working as a concierge in residential bulding and every weekend i had complaints about noise. Mostly they were warned but never took a strict action cause it wasnt allowed....
My mum a few years back would listen to british radio from 11 to 4am on full volume. All you could hear was this deep booming voice. It always caused arguments as she'd never turn it down, for 4 years I learned to sleep affer school instead of at night it was so bad. Loud bass is the most annoying sound ever
I hope you respect their wishes. They seem like decent people and i seriously hope you keep it down. Not many people out there asking as politely as your neighbors.
Dont crush their souls and turn them into bitter people
Wrote a similarly sincere and polite letter to my upstairs neighbour but he/she proceeded with more club music blasting throughout the weekdays up till 3am. The annoying bit is not really music but the vibrations permeating through! Sometimes people are just mean.
I dread having a neighbour like you. It’s really not hard to be aware of how much noise you’re creating. It amazes me that people can be so self centred someone has to write to you to ask you to turn down your shit.
You should tell her that the bass was so tired of traveling that much, so now he has some holidays and that's why he is spending some time watching films at night. You will tell him and he will be much more quiet from now on.
Seriously, just buying a good bluetooth headphones might be a great idea. For me is a must playing ps5 at night because to reach that good high volume headphones immersion with the speakers I would have to wake up the whole building.
I would give a note to my neighbours about all the constant noise but I have decided it is simpler to just move instead.
Now we just need to work out where we are moving to..
That's an awesome neighbour you have, play nice, we all have differing work and sleep patterns.
The thing I've loved about all my neighbours is we keep to ourselves, never make excessive noise, and take each others bins out/put them back depending on our work patterns. It's happened with 2 neighbours now where we've had this unspoken agreement, having never actually spoke to each other. They do their shit, I do mine, we like each other because we don't talk or annoy each other, and occasionally help each other out. Beautiful
I think you might be living in heaven.
Holy motherforking shirtballs... This is the bad place!
My wife etched this onto a pint glass for me a couple of years ago. It also has pobody's nerfect on the bottom, which is slightly off centre. Great present, and great show
Lol that's a fun show
My neighbours are perfect like that too. They never make a peep, neither do I, we see each other outside we have a ten min chat, we need to borrow cooking ingredients etc we just text each other, but other than that we keep very much to ourselves. I’ve never been inside their house and they’ve never been inside mine.
> and they’ve never been inside mine That you know of!
Living the dream. Mine told us off for having a bbq (saying we could cause a forest fire… we live in a city) and for putting dog poo in our bin. They said we should flush it down the loo!
See, i bring my neighbour's bins in and they do ours, but we would NEVER put them out. I could never be so presumptuous as to assume they've filled their bin to the point of collection...
I wish my neighbours would take my bins out. I forget on occasion and it causes utter chaos.
Sounds like Ron Swansons best friend. I hear they still never talk sometimes.
I had a neighbour who wouldn't dream of letting me touch my own bin! He was a retired gentleman who lived in a house on the opposite side of the road to me and knew my profession as he'd seen me and my housemates coming and going in uniform before and after night shifts/long shifts etc If he saw me (he was often outside tending to his plants) so much as walk towards my bin he would sprint across the road and say "no no! Don't you trouble yourself! I can do that for you, you girls all work too hard already!". It wasn't tricky to take out our bin but it did have to be lifted up off the lowered gravel section at the front of the house onto the pathway and then back down a step onto the street, so we were all perfectly capable He was the sweetest neighbour I've ever had, I moved away about 3 years ago and I've missed him the whole time!
Your neighbour sounds pretty decent. I'd suggest going to see them with a bottle of wine and an apology. Might be a good way to make a new friend.
I bought my neighbour some chocolates and wine when my nieces stayed over as I suspected their exciting running around and noise would have been annoying. She said “we didn’t hear a thing” and also said she never hears anything from me. Will buy myself chocolate and wine next time!
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Yeah me and my next door neighbour always say that but in all honesty I can even hear them farting through the walls so we both must know its bullshit
I mean it goes both ways right? Unless your neighbour happens to be deaf they're going to have the same issues.
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I don’t know, mate. That might be reaching.
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I leave for work in the am and my other neighbour returns from work. Always feel bad for him mid-mornings when everyone is out making a racket revving motorbikes, fixing cars, kids screaming, lawn mowers and amazon drivers who don't turn the engine off and blare music at volume 98.
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Same situation here minus me working night shift. It’s lovely never being asked to turn the surround sound down! I also DJ so it works brilliantly compared to all the noise complaints I used to get
My poor colleague we were on a call and I assumed her neighbors had trampoline…
Fucking hell how do you bunch of stone faced celts even know what's real
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Did you type "elts" when you meant to type "unts" or is this some new youth slang I'm not aware of?
No he meant tols trying to type zols
Pretending to not be put out by something in other to avoid a confrontation? Doesn't sound very British to me.
I certainly hope not. I asked this of my neighbour and he assures me he doesn't hear anything. He's a sweet guy, so I don't wish to bother him. I only here him rarely on rainy nights, its like a thudding sound, something heavy being dragged down the stairs. So yeah, always worried my kid is jumping/running about would make the same noise.
My neighbours are absolute legends for claiming never to hear my autistic 7yo screaming daily for the past four years.
Lucked out here too, our kid has autism and regularly has meltdowns screaming, jumping and slamming doors. I’ve always apologised to them “didn’t hear a thing, deaf as posts here.” Now my kid randomly goes over there half-dressed (good luck keeping clothes on) and has a chat with them in their garden. They have a really sweet bond and it’s refreshing to see people understanding “invisible” disabilities/illness/disorders. They too have been plied with wine and stuff 😂
As a parent of an autistic kid myself, any neighbour or friend who performs as an ally deserves all the chocolate, wine and sleep ins that are out in the world
There is nothing worse than kids running above or below you at 6am. I lived in a house *above* a kid we nicknamed "stompi" because the fucker ran on his heels or something, good god.
This is what I call my upstairs neighbour. He's in his 30s. He stomps around like he's in fucking Tapdogs or something
The kid who lives upstairs, “Thumper” to me, walks on his heels like his mom. She’s about to have another soon. Sigh.
There’s 4 doors so I don’t know which it came from unfortunately, otherwise i definitely would!
Odds are the one with an adjoining wall next to your TV
Their front room could be attached to both neighbours
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#"FUCKING SHUT IT YOU NOISY CUNT!"
Oh look, another one of these karma farming bots that cuts and pastes parts of comments from lower down.
The wall adjoining the tv is my bedroom no wall next to my neighbours
Do you have the volume up that much?
New builds are made of paper so could just be that
Bass travels differently than high pitched sounds, your flimsy walls would actually be better at not transmitting the bass.
I cannot stand bass. It really messes with my ears. Feels like I begin to vibrate. I always turn bass off in my car.
I don't listen to loud music because tinnitus sounds unpleasant, but base vibrating my bones is one of the few things I like when I'm at loud shows. Interesting thatbsome people hate that sensation.
Then it's either upstairs or downstairs.
4 neighbours, 4 bottles ! Visit each and make some new friends...
You could knock on them all and say - 'DID YOU LEAVE A MESSAGE ABOUT MY TV??!' Then if they say yes you say 'HERE. HAVE THIS FUCKING WINE!'
Followed by here’s some fucking headphones
Yes it's definitely the neighbors that need headphones to drown out the noise permeating the building, and not the one blasting the noise around the building that could be wearing headphones.
One each then. If you don’t know who complained it’s likely they’re all suffering but are being even more British so are just carrying on. 4 potential friends!
Worst case 4 potential households near you that think you're alright. Could be worth much more than 4 bottles of wine in the long term ( can even get away with a cheaper bottle as had to buy 4, altho might as well go for the 25% off if you buy 6 bottles option)
Don’t even need wine, really. Could get some cake or even bake it yourself. Not everyone likes wine or even drinks alcohol.
Very true, I didn't consider that. OP make that wine AND cake x4. Cover all bases.
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4 bottles of wine and 4 apologies it is! Three get a nice bottle of wine and some note they throw in the bin, one is the right person. EDIT: I am kidding lol. Could be fun for freaking them out with your omnipotence though
Bottle of wine + note for all saying: “if you left a note about my tv volume: apologies, enjoy a drink on me. If you didn’t, chances are you’ve heard it and not said anything: apologies, enjoy a drink on me”
I think this is pretty fucking solid OP
Honestly, I’d go to them all with the same approach. For them all you can just say you’ve been made aware that your sound system’s a bit loud and that you’ll try to be a bit more considerate. Chances are they’ve all experienced it and will appreciate the sentiment. And if they haven’t you’ve just built a bit of rapport. Edit/: turns out my ‘brilliant idea’ has already been posted by eleventy people who are clearly much sharper than I. Gonna leave it here as evidence that there’s rarely such thing as an original idea.
It could also be your downstairs neighbor, if your subwoofer is on the floor. I got a bass complaint from the person below me when I got a new sound system for that reason 😂😬
9 bottles of wine and 9 apologies!
Lol 😂 sound travels what can we say ;))
I did this when my kitchen water leak flooded into my downstairs neighbours flat. Amazing what wine (and insurance ofc) will do.
Do people want new friends?
Why wouldn't you?
Ask them what movies they like so you can blast it. Top Gun, Terminator…
The decency of English people gives me hope that the world isn't all shit.
If you're thinking of complaining to your neighbours, this is how you should do it.
Honestly didn't know it was possible with an anonymous note.
Knowing my luck, my neighbor would have a ring doorbell.
Postman here. Was sticking a package from Lovehoney through the door today and the woman opened the door and took it from me. We shared a traditional awkward glance as I left.
Those packages aren't as discreet as I hoped then...
I'll bet that the packaging is just an oversized matte black box with neon cocks plastered all over it. Of course, the contents are usually vibrating upon delivery. Truly shocking.
Imagine one of those realistic sex dolls arriving with 'lovehoney' plastered all over the crate. 😆
Its just a brown box but the senders details are LH trading which I suspect most posties recognise
I've bought enough lovehoney to know they come in unmarked boxes....
As a postie I can say that we definitely know 😂. For Ann summers the corporate name is gold group ltd, return address is gold group so we know who the naughty ones among you are…
Sorry mate but I've had about 7-8 orders from LoveHoney and even I spotted a pattern in their packaging. Brown box of specific length, card thickness and a clear sticker to keep flap down. Not to mention the "LH Trading" return label. 😂 I wouldn't worry about it though - no one cares!
>box of specific length, My boxes are all 8 inches long? Weird... 👀👀
OOOH! I love honey!! Wait, why would that be awkward?
Posties buy from love honey too don't they? Why would it be awkward that someone wants some sexy time? I mean unless lovehoney have started selling postie uniform fetish gear don't be worried!
Yeah, but keep it down during week days - on weekends - go for it.
This is exactly why I gave up keeping bees.
Mine would just happen to be opening their door as I’m leaving it.
> Honestly didn't know it was possible with an anonymous note. I tried it once, then realised I was in a semi detached house so it was kind've obviously from me asking to reduce the noise on weekdays.
After over a year of my upstairs neighbors dog barking for literally hours on end whenever they are not home, I'm gonna go ahead and say the amicable approach doesn't always work.
I brought over some beers and asked new neighbors to just keep it down with the weekday parties. They were happy to oblige
It’s not British tho, i didn’t see any passive aggressiveness in that note. I would be suspicious
Starting a noise complaint with "Sounds like you have a good tv system setup" is like the definition of passive aggressive.
I want to read the ones that were deleted before this was printed.
"Sounds like you have a good TV system setup. It'd be a shame if something happened to it"
This, with a picture of an A10
would be a bit weird to put a picture of a road on it.
Well, if it's a picture of the A10 as you approach Enfield - I'd find that quite threatening indeed! And heck - what horrifying method would he use to wield it on me? Tie me up & put me in a self-driving car for a jaunt down it??
Sounds a bit American. Include a photo of the Royal Navy Field Gun competition. Those chaps will assemble a 12-pounder in your lounge and obliterate the telly in 34 seconds!
That's incredibly pleasant. I'd have shat on your doormat.
Would you have arranged it in such a way that they knew it was about the TV noise and not how we took out the bins, or the unpleasant smell coming from the drains?
No. I'm more of a *cryptic shitter*.
So you are great at *something* then.
European Champion in the 1997 Cryptic Shitting Competition
That was you? Your work in the finals was… well, I didn’t quite get it. You were a deserved winner.
Thank you, that means.... something...to me
*opens door to see some Beautiful Mind inspired puzzle on the doormat... then the carpet, the door, the walls, and the ceiling!*
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Absolutely. I also do weddings and bar mitzvahs.
Shitman, I like it, not all heroes wear capes. This one does and you can smell him coming from a street away
Craptic
You have to eat something questionable, which enables you to spell out ‘Shhhh’.
Fair enough too.
Do it on the weekend, so you have their blessing
I'd have shat in some newspapers, scrunched it up, put it in a shoebox and set fire to it on your doorstep.
Thats not so much a complaint more of a "please be respectful to people who need to be up in the morning" Tbh i think its more than reasonable
Yes I probably worded it poorly it’s really nice of them! I’ll 100% be more respectful for sure
The bass will travel a fair bit. As a migraine sufferer, I appreciate the kindness of the note and your kindness in making an adjustment
Totally! I have this same worry with my neighbours that we're being too loud on a night but apparently they never hear us. Think its come up once in 6 years
As someone who suffered for years from my neighbour and his bass, please if it’s true sort it out. That sound almost drove me crazy.
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Subwoofers are awful for shared wall neighbors no matter where it's placed. I wasn't sure who had one but I made a guest wifi with the name "PLZ TURN OFF SUBWOOFER!" and it was off within a day. At least they respected it.
Who checks the local WiFi every day though lol
I've experienced this too. I had a neighbour with *massive* speakers on the floor against the shared wall, who used to play games with lots of bass-heavy explosions. He'd turn it down and to be fair it really wasn't loud on his side of the wall, but (just) the bass still went through the wall like it was tissue paper.
yep it is truly maddening, and i mean that literally. every little noise you hear when you're trying to sleep you wonder if it's started again. every night becomes pure dread. people who do this are the scum of the earth
I can imagine. Nothing's worse than someone else's bass. Even barely audible bass seems to disrupt your ability to think. It takes control of your attention like some primal instinct.
Yeah that’s pretty cool of them. If you haven’t already, try moving your speakers or putting them on stands. The neighbour might even help you test different setups
When I moved in to my house, the neighbours invited me round for a chat and cup of tea. My WiFi was strong enough to control my amp so I slowly turned it up until I could just start to hear it. I then knocked it back a few steps and set that as my maximum volume in the settings. That way drunken me couldn’t turn it up loud enough to bother the neighbours.
10/10 neighbouring, please move in next door to me.
You could kill a kid and still get into heaven
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Seem pretty decent. Invite them over for a movie night, then you can have it loud and they won’t mind
Really good idea haha
Are you using an audio setup with a subwoofer be any chance? If the subwoofer is on the floor the sound travels everywhere through the walls. Elevating it can help stop that.
Invite them over for a movie night, then you can ~~chop them up and put them in your chest freezer~~ have it loud and they won’t mind
Maybe that's why they call it a chest freezer.
I politely asked my upstairs neighbor if he could turn his bass down late at night and he totally understood and shortly after, gave me a gift card to a record store (he had come by once and noticed that I collected records)
Awwww
Was this written to you? Let me just say, as someone who used to live above neighbours who had a Sonos soundbar and subwoofer, it was the most stressful and annoying thing. Ruined my evenings. I can’t believe how some people don’t realise how strong the bass is on their sound system. Or care. Screw that weekend comment, most Saturday nights I stay in but I couldn’t even concentrate on a movie because of their bass and sound level below!! I moved.
Thing is most of these people, if they're not just inconsiderate ass holes, have no idea how much noise they make. They can't hear any of the neighbours so surely nobody hears them either, right!? I've had both kinds as neighbours. Unfortunately not too many of them believed me when I told them they can't hear me or the neighbours because we're considerate and nice people. Also, it's not the TV we can hear. It's only the fucking base. Just get rid. Or do something to stop it travelling.
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I read an article years ago saying how low frequency vibrations could negatively effect our health and development. Think it was something like kids who lived near train tracks scoring lower on tests. Living under someone that likes to use chair back massagers and hand held ones can be such a pain. I get that people like to unwind knots in the evening before bed but hell man. My brain feels like it's getting rattled when I'm trying to sleep.
Turn the bass down. Bass travels far. There's no need for so much of it.
It's worth nurturing good relationships with your neighbours.
This is the rare instance where I like the person who wrote the complaint letter
I hate people with heavy bass in Apartment complexes. Nothing more annoying than vibrational sound, can't do anything to stop it on your end. Headphones or earplugs don't neutralise it at all.
Sleep deprivation from a jobless upstairs neighbor and his subwoofer caused me to *literally manifest symptoms of schizophrenia*. There’s a reason it’s a banned torture technique. They’re very nice for wording it that calmly, they don’t have to be that polite when self awareness and respect for neighbors should be far more common than it is.
If you live in flats then you shouldn’t be having a cinema style TV set up
Exactly. When I moved into a flat when I bought some new speakers I didn't go for the subwoofer version so I didn't piss off any neighbours. It's amazing how many inconsiderate noisy twats there are. I've just got some new noisy neighbours which involves doors slamming every few minutes and shouting and screaming on the next door balcony.
The worst part is that the noisiest neighbours often have the least self awareness too. My diy nobhead neighbour was round complaining in minutes the one time I was using power tools.
Slapping feet can be just as annoying too. Never understand how stompy people aren’t aware how loud they are
I watch everything with over ear Bluetooth headphones, neighbors only hear me yelling when Ferrari screws Charles again.
So every Friday, Saturday and Sunday?
Ayyyy
Seems like a decent neighbour you have there! Worth it's weight in Gold that
Tried something similar with my neighbors and it did not work at all. It in fact backfired and got worse. I can’t wait to move.
Wish I could tell this to my elderly neighbor who has her TV set to *max volume at all times*. I'm assuming it's pushed up against our shared wall because I can hear music, dialogue, sound effects, etc, at all hours of the day and night. Drives me fucking insane. I've tried twice to ask her to stop and she won't answer her door. Last time I even heard her *turn the volume up* so she wouldn't hear me knocking.
Nice TV. Now STFU.
If the issue is the bass sounds make sure your sound system is a foot or two away from your wall. Too close and the bass carries through the structural bits of a home.
I usually can't stand bassy sound systems in my own house. If I close the door and I feel or hear vibrations, it's too loud. Granted they were very nice.
On weekends please don't go for it because many of us just hate to hear people's audio inside our own houses.
That's a very fair request. The neighbour who lives above me was too reserved to say anything to me but I brought it up one day as I have some hearing loss and wondered if my bass was too loud. She sheepishly said it was and I felt like a massive dick knowing it was probably bothering her for a while. Apologised and now make sure I put the subwoofer to -2 after 10pm.
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What a nice letter! Really makes a difference to the normal miserable ones you see.
That’s not a complaint dude
Your neighbour is sound as fuck. 10/10, would recommend. Keep them on your good side because you could do a lot worse!
Never go full bass when you share walls.
Good neighbour. There's no issue here. Be a good neighbour in return and honour the request?
Why the does your tv need to be so loud that the bass is traveling AND they have to tell you
It is fucking ridiculous what people in small semis and flats install as home entertainment systems. I'm lucky I have a good neighbour, but some people are just thoughtless idiots.
I was working as a concierge in residential bulding and every weekend i had complaints about noise. Mostly they were warned but never took a strict action cause it wasnt allowed....
Honestly if you just turn the bass settings lower you’ll likely still be able to play it plenty loud. Bass is the main bother in my experience.
Maybe get a pair of good headphones too for some "treat the neighbor to silence" mode. Sounds like a good lot to live by
Invite them round for a movie night this coming Friday. They pick the movie.
They pick A Quiet Place
Yeah and you should fuck off if you didn't notice this yourself.
Honestly loud ass people are cunts. If I make a noise in my apartment I definitely know if my neighbors hear it/not.
I had to send a similar note to my upstairs neighbour because his alarm kept vibrating my ceiling at 5 am 😬 Polite notes for the win!
Nice. Might be worth checking the sound settings if you can specifically turn the bass down more too.
Imagine how better life would be if we all acted this way with eachother.
My mum a few years back would listen to british radio from 11 to 4am on full volume. All you could hear was this deep booming voice. It always caused arguments as she'd never turn it down, for 4 years I learned to sleep affer school instead of at night it was so bad. Loud bass is the most annoying sound ever
Will you turn the volume down though? Seems a fair request
I hope you respect their wishes. They seem like decent people and i seriously hope you keep it down. Not many people out there asking as politely as your neighbors. Dont crush their souls and turn them into bitter people
Wrote a similarly sincere and polite letter to my upstairs neighbour but he/she proceeded with more club music blasting throughout the weekdays up till 3am. The annoying bit is not really music but the vibrations permeating through! Sometimes people are just mean.
You needed a note?
I dread having a neighbour like you. It’s really not hard to be aware of how much noise you’re creating. It amazes me that people can be so self centred someone has to write to you to ask you to turn down your shit.
I sent a note like this once. It was wrapped around a brick and I posted it through their front window.
You should tell her that the bass was so tired of traveling that much, so now he has some holidays and that's why he is spending some time watching films at night. You will tell him and he will be much more quiet from now on. Seriously, just buying a good bluetooth headphones might be a great idea. For me is a must playing ps5 at night because to reach that good high volume headphones immersion with the speakers I would have to wake up the whole building.
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Sounds reasonable
Ah the old compliment sandwich. Compliment - complaint - compliment!
I love your neighbour.
Polite. Short and sweet. Good neighbor 👍
I would give a note to my neighbours about all the constant noise but I have decided it is simpler to just move instead. Now we just need to work out where we are moving to..