So I stay in a condo and since the beginning of the year , there's this new guy that moved in above me and they are so noisy I can hear them everyday . All kinds of noise like furniture dragging , doors opening and closing , door slamming , footsteps noise , even got children screaming.

Have complained to management multiple times but doesn't help, they only give warning . Called guard don't know how many times already . I have talked to them but they are offensive and deny everything.

Any idea how to deal with these people?

Report police?

Meet with the guy. Bring small gift. Talk.

They are very offensive , talking doesn't work it seems but I will try again

Think u not suitable stay condo.
Better u buy landed or penthouse or bungalow land by yourself so don't have this issue.

Noise b4 11pm also police cannot do anything.
Footstep also u cannot tahan.. Unless u say they stomping everyday.

I think is normal as they got children running around. Shouting and screaming is normal. Children moving the furniture chairs or dragging is wrong?

Unless the child is retard. Or got problem.

This post has been edited by Jaclow: Aug 31 2020, 10:41 PM

Try first, this we call diplomacy. Sometimes they dont know until being told its noisy. Dont like some others make noise in community group without actually approaching the person in concern.

Try.

This post has been edited by waghyu: Aug 31 2020, 10:46 PM

U nvr tot of these problem before moving into condos.
It's gonna get even worse later on.
Trust me.

Theres such device


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Haha i have the exact problems as you. I do hear their footsteps from morning until night, non stop furniture dragging noise, slamming of doors. I have been calling the guards to check them up, it got better but after a while it comes back. Planning to have a talk with them the next time.

I had similar experience too, heard noises after the new neighbor above my unit moved in. But my case was better, I talked to them nicely and they are willing to slow down the noises.

Sometimes this is unavoidable if we stay in condos/apartments, especially when our neighbors are with young kids.

that mean you really sensitive to noise. if you heard loud noise after 11pm then you can report polis

If you are sensitive to noise condo living is not for you. Families with kids will generate noise in daily life; they cannot be expected to close doors slowly and tiptoe just for you. If they go overboard talk to them but complaining to Management can make it worst as they are powerless to do anything except advise. But overall, nothing much you can do except to live with it or move out.

Their noise is the constant repetitive type , like foot stomping every hour, or doors slamming every few hours. Sometimes I can hear them opening and closing their room doors every few mins . These are not actions of normal people , when I spoke to them they are the offensive and didn't even let me try to talked nicely .

I think next time I might just match their noise with my own so they taste their own medicine

what if they are stomping everyday and everynight? And always at a set time? usually at 10am, then 4:50pm and 10:30pm-1am?

used to face the same issue, if its 9am-8pm, im ok la, understandable since we living in a condo community, sometimes cannot be controlled.

but once after 8pm anytime they make noise, instantly call guards go up check. (loud music, got people screaming) i just call and they check.

Dude, just chill la. These type of people cannot be reasoned with and are real assholes BUT still not as bad as mine.
My neighbour is all of the above + burns those chinese incense ( at least 10-20 sticks) everyday from morning to night.

nothing much you can do if they are being resistant to talk further

for door slamming, their upper unit, their next door unit, will hear it
footstep noise, your unit and your lower unit will hear it

you can try to ask your lower unit whether they hear much of footstep noise or their upper unit whether they hear much of door slamming noise

Adults in the home should do something to reduce noises especially matter like door slamming and chair dragging, these two can be solved. That's.

my next door unit also heard it too but they being japanese are being polite not to do anything about it currently

My experience here. Just moved in to a new condo which is not really cheap. Upstairs neighbour also very noisy from 10am till 2am everyday. Furniture dragging, door slamming, stomping, things constantly dropped on the floor. Since moving in, I got insomnia everyday. Talked to them politely and for few days the situation got better like 10%, then it started again. I got no choice but to report to management, then guess what? They got offended and make it their responsibility to make my life a living hell. Even more noisy than before. I’m now staying with my brother in his house, meanwhile looking out for landed house which can give me a good night’s sleep. Will forfeit all my security deposit which is around 4.5k. Trust me it’s really frustrating and you feel really helpless.

Move to another unit or another condo. Only this time, move to top floor unit.

did u try ear plugs?
i use it for sleep when there are noises from top floor

Lucky you can still move out , I bought my unit and currently staying here 🤣

Luckily the noisy ones upstairs are just renting so they might move out soon as I guess their yearly tenancy is ending

Children screaming - nothing you can do lah, its natural.
Footstep noise - children do one, hard to control, unless 1030pm to 7 am, not acceptable lah.
If got baby noise, this one you can't do anything because you can't ask the baby to stop crying.

Step 1 :-
1) Go upstairs, use the staircase, but if your condo got 3 point security system - ask guard to give you access. Take your hp, stand outside the fella door, and record the noise. Email to Maintenance office, and file a nuisance complaint
2) Go to Daiso, Ace Hardware - buy those chair socks and rubber sticker (pass to maintenance office to pass to the owner/tenant)
3) Go to Ace hardware - buy those rubber sticker and provide instruction to stick on the door frame (pass to maintenance office to pass to owner/tenant)
4) Request Maintenance office to send personnel to repair the upstair main door closer.
5) Buy those interlocking cheap rubber pad from Daiso, pass to owner/tenant
6) Follow up with maintenance office ask them whether they got pass to owner/tenant and whether they agree to do or not

Step 2:-
1) If the upstair still stubborn not want to accept those proposal you do for them, time for next step
2) everytime you hear noise after 1030 pm to 7 am, call guard to go upstairs and harass them
3) go upstair and record more sound via hp and email complain to maintenance office
4) write more official complaint letter
5) go with guard to knock knock upstair and bring rubber sticker and chair socks to pass to the upstair
6) go mix with resident committee people, casually ask them what can be done

Step 3:-
1) If all else fails, report to polis.

Conclusion: this is because of shitty developers. Their standard of construction is crap. Door slamming sound is not acceptable because they failed to put absorber on the door frame. WHo is this shitty developer ? you should create an anonymous site, and complain about this shitty development.

lazada got sell ?

Brilliant idea to pass them those rubber pads / socks for furniture. Should solve furniture dragging noise.

Can buy a couple more extras (they CHEAP AF anyway) and ask them to return the unused ones at a later date. This will set up a communication / review between you and your noisy neighbour. Also gives you an excuse to knock on their door again (for return) to see if they give AF.

Of course passing to them personally is best since you know who you'd be dealing with.

However that would depend on whether the upstairs agree to use it or not.

usually their excuse would be, I didn't do it, its upstair on top of my unit.

but for me, no harm, just receive the chair socks, at least TS can nullify or cross out one factor that is not coming from upstairs but may be from one floor above the upstairs.

that goes to show how low quality is our condo, not for human to live one, build like shit, low quality, lack sound absorbing build quality, I have faced dragging sound coming 3 floors above me b4.

I never get this problem when I stayed in condo & service apartment in HK and UK.

Maintenance office is not the enforcer for noisy residents. You are using them for the wrong role. They are as powerless as you or the polis.

you sure u live in condo not apartment?

Budhist alim is it?

well, can use them.

because they report to resident committee.

the boss is the resident.

if they adopt the law in AGM, why not ?

Yeah I have tried to suggest to them to use these chair socks like foam pads you stick at the chair or table legs but they outright denied it is even them causing the noise . The management on my first complaint did told me it is indeed their unit causing the noise , as there is no one staying above them .

I even told them what noise at what time and they were speechless but still denied it In the end. Some people are just pure inconsiderate and don't give a damn about others. Before this new family moved in , there was a single guy staying with his gf above , with no noise at all . Then the nightmare began ...🤣

I tried ear plugs, blasting music, white noise. Nothing works. I believe it’s not only the noise, it’s also the vibration which makes it so unbearable.

Not so lucky for me actually, I really like this place and it’s a nice new project. Now forced to move out after just 1 month.

Btw the 1st property I bought was a condo. Same thing. In the end I called the police and even followed them to see what was happening. Drugs party. Haih. All youngsters. They moved out shortly after, but the new tenant also liked to party, called police so many times till the officer gave me personal number lol. Move out after one year of torture.

I understand everyone also pay to stay in condo, so they have the right to do what they want. And the noise can be developer’s fault for not doing proper sound proofing. But I really think if everyone can be more considerate, more thoughtful, then our society will be so much better......

If you got money and don't mind spending, rent the unit above them. Let them taste their own medicine

Sometimes it’s not the unit directly above you? It could be adjacent units as well

Doesn't matter if they deny. Just pass the chair socks and foam pads to them anyways. Request MO to pass to them or even put the stuff and clip it on their grill.

Just in case, go up 2 floors and see if the dragging chair can come from there. True story, I once faced 3 storey up can hear chair dragging. Our condo sound insulation is awful.

This is why I go developer launch to developer launch to lobby for sound insulation.

At the very least the developer should insulate the door frame, so when door close, won't hear the door slamming.

Our sound proofing quality is pathetic.

Also when they make noise, call the guard to notify them. Every time they make noise, get the guard to go up or call them to shut up.

this should be the benchmark standard.

I recall last time I visited a friend in a condo in Australia and have party there. The Aussie white neighbor below, call the guard to complain, and we had to stop short the party.

If overseas can do this, we should follow the proper SOP.

why suffer yourself to do this.

RM 1.5k per month rental you can do so many things with the money, but you have to spend this kind of money just to kacau the upstair neighbor.

And most landlord won't just rent for a few months. So you will be forced to sign 1 year lease.

This guy is macam sinseh/master/fortune teller. Everyday lot of rich customers driving BMW/Mercedes/Jaguar come see him. Best part ? this guy has the ah beng gangster look but he miss his monthly rent payment lol .... how i know ? bcos we were both renting from the same landlord then. Last last i moved out because i really couldnt take it.

That thing can actually cause structural damage. If not illegal it will be if someone uses it here.

U got balls?

Dude, he already confronted them. What else you want them to do haha

You seriously cant mean him to throw a punch?

yeah the plaster ceiling will break

What else can I do? I even played with them during MCO . Each time there is noise I will use a stick and hit the ceiling back where then noise came from . This seems to be the most effective method but right now I have marks on my ceiling so not doing it anymore 🤣

If that is then then really inconsiderate neighbour. You need like vibroseis tool to induce earthquake like feeling at their floor.

Different people have different sensitivity to noise. Families with young children will certainly generate noise as part of their normal activities. When a noise sensitive resident meets a family with young children staying above the trouble starts.

Both sides should try to understand each other and compromise. Asking families with young children to be as noiseless as childless couples is impractical but parents can mitigate the worse like running, jumping and slamming doors. In the end it is no point to keep complaining if your neighbour can't meet your standard of noise. They could get offended and make it worse for you as Building Maintenance have very limited powers. If you can't put up with it your solution is to move out.

This post has been edited by KennyKB: Sep 13 2020, 10:04 AM

I have seriously considered buying something like that to 'return the favor' to them but can't find in Lazada so far

This is all the fault of developers who build low quality shit condos these days.

I think the door slamming problem can be resolved very easily. Firstly developer just simply fix the door closer of main door and ensure good QC before deliver to customers. Secondly all door frames must have proper sound absorbing qualities like put a rubber stopper there.