i live in an apartment and the occupant upstaris is always dropping things and wat not till late night. besides complaining to the management(and creating tensions between us) , any other solutions to reduce the noise? anyone tried sound proofing?

Well, just have a nice talk face to face, it'll be alright or else the problem will prolong.

Ear plugs... or…..

Install a false ceiling then fill it up with sound-proofing material or foam... but it depends on your unit height coz if the ceiling is too low a false ceiling will lower it even more.



If you have the space and budget for cornice and lighting a false ceiling can also enhance th look of your apartment.

This post has been edited by aaronpang: Oct 8 2008, 04:53 PM

bang their door
and put some smelly rubbish at their doorstep with warning notes...
"Learn to respect others or you'll be in trouble the next day!!!!"

hehehe....
no larr...
i've faced the same problem some years ago...
what i did? i went to talk to the occupants...
unfortunately...
they are Cambodian and Myanmarian....
worked at factory nearby...
dunno how to speak Malay or English....
so i just use the "shut up" sign...shhhhhhhhh!
and indicate that i'm the one who stays below their unit....

fortunately....
its not that they keep silent the following months...
but i've heard that police and relevant authorities did raid their premise...
together with other premises...
where those immigrants are found guilty for not having proper legal documents working in our country....

lucky me then...

just knock door and ask them be polite lo... if they wanna to be rude, then nothing can be do...

like opposite my house's indian neighbour, previously having praying quite oftenly and his house have a small temple... and they start the events, visitor coming in, and the neighbour become "bomoh" or "monkey king", scream there scream here, fly there fly here... especially the screaming sound caused the ignorance to all the neighbour and other neighbour's children starting to shout with the "bomoh" together... i took a short video clip how the neighbour scream and scream... but now started dont have such events anymore, so temporarily i just forget it 1st... if have the events again will record it down, wait till i felt the most ignorance feeling kicking in i will report to police with video clip and request them to dismantle the small temple from our neighbourhood

agree with this. not really confrontational, just politely direct if u ask the mgmt they will very likely know its you who complained. some ppl r just not sensitive.

my personal experience, i stayed in a condo once n this apt upstairs got ppl, pull the chair, pull the table, running all over up n down the stairs, slam the door, from 1am to 3am. the upstairs fella have guests staying over cos got wedding the next day. i 'yan' until cannot tahan edi... next day got meeting wif boss somemore....

daytime still can accept n use diplomacy. 1am until 3am, diplomacy n politeness, everything went out the window. went up direct n shouted at them my face already told them what i wanted to say.... then there was peace.........


This post has been edited by speed7791: Oct 9 2008, 01:08 AM

told them once already , but still no improvement. will try telling them and the management again la.

aaronpang..is this pic in your place?

Nope mine is just plaster ceiling and cornice... just to took the photo as example of a false ceiling installation.

Wished I could show the pic of my friends place instead coz his is a studio apartment with different colored mood lighting hidden into the ceilings

I think the best way is still complain to the management office.

I dont thnk management will help on this kind of issues. Putting up notice at the lift is one of the solution. Or maybe mailbox notice.

Are the ppl upstairs tenants ? Enquire from the mgt office the tel no. for the owner if those ppl r renting. A word from the owner is normally enough.

I second this.... maybe can ask the mgmt to send residents circular to inform them also

that's is why i bought top floor!!!

you can report to the management, they will informed the owner about the complaint.

u might as well go c the owner yourself n approach them diplomatically then. if u ask the mgmt to talk to the fella upstairs they would know its u who complain n who knows what they might do if they r not happy. worse case scenario, the mgmt tell them u complain they r noisy u won't want that right.

This post has been edited by speed7791: Oct 14 2008, 02:10 PM

1)put a notice after smashing his car that reads :
"DON'T BE SO f***ING NOISY AT NIGHT YOU *******"


2) if problem still persists, splash red paint at the front of the unit with red words :
"THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING!!!!"




3) if all else fails, knock on the door, chat with the owner, and tell him it's disturbing.

So ganas...

People probably don't mean to sound like a herd of elephants; they just don't know it's a problem. Talk to them... or if paiseh leave them a polite note on their door (minus red paint)

The noise is part and parcel of living in condos and other high-rises, your ceiling is somebody's floor.

Options available:-

Aggressive Approach

1) Tell them and they keep it down...

2) Gather evidence (recordings of the noise, neighbor testimony, etc) and get the police involved. Preferable when they have a party or function it's sure to be noisy and will bolster your case (diabolical muahahahaha) Nothing like having the cops bust up a function

Pacifist Approach

3) They ignore your complains and you soundproof your ceiling... problem solved

4) You move out and buy a landed house...

I think this is management office job to maintain the environment of the building.

It's an inherent property of the structure...

I'd like to point out that noise travels or bounces off the hard surfaces like cement, glass and metal. The building materials have a poor sound dampening quality.

IMHO most of the people who complain about noise in high-rise dwellings are probably first timers experiencing a different environment.

Most are unaccustomed to living in close quarters and they’re bound to pick up personal noises like people walking/talking don't expect silence.

The management office is powerless to do anything unless the neighbors are jerk’s screaming at the top of their voice, drilling at night or set the TV/Radio volume too loud.

This post has been edited by aaronpang: Oct 15 2008, 12:13 PM

what type of noises

anyway front to front face talk is the best

bring the management together second time if no improvement