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

talked to the neighbours and even got the management to talk to them alredi...a bit of improvement but still they drop n bang things like 1 am in the morning..so not civic minded..

think i shld jus sound proof,( or noise proof ?) my room..
anyone tried sound proofing ceiling?

you might didn't know that you also making some noise or sound to the lower units of your apartment.
this could be cause by lower grade of material use to build the floor or thinkness of the floor is too slim

go pay the tenants stayin ABOVE their floor, and do the same thing to them.

sometimes, humans learn fast after eating their own medicine.

if ur the nice type of guy, bring them food as a token of frenliness, slowly talk cock sing song.

ahh neighbours, problem all the time. luckily my house no neighbours as of yet due to the new area.

their's top floor already..

he meant the roof

punk them .... put some shit preferably your own in a paper bag and dip the paper bag in gasoline. put it on his front door and ring his bell then hurriedly light the paper bag AND RUN LIKE HELL!!!

Contact apartment management. Like my apartment my father just knock the nail on the wall a while only somemore in afternoon time also the management so efficient come and ask my father got apply approval for renovation or not. So damn efficient they work, very good indeed.
But really it depend on the apartment management.

Knock nail into the wall = Renovation ???
This is funny...

Anyhow, apartment management cannot do anything if the person keep knocking nail into the wall

It's like tat to stay in an apartment .. guess you have to live with it..
normally i'l just on my radio to drown the sound..
but if i really cannot tahan, i'l just confront them or call the cops!

Last time, my neighbour was renovating... day la.. but i was on leave...
guess what happened?
They use the super driller to drill and drill the wall we were sharing
the noise was realllly bad.. for 5 hours straight.. ipod also cannot help
i went over and tell them off.. but.. they are not the owners.. so i cant call the cops too ma... not fair for them...
bcoz i was already partiallly deaf, i scrambled out of my house to a nearby cafe for 3 days!!! there goes my leave

If after 12am still so noisy, I'll report police lor... nobody will know it's you

u can use car door proofing

lolx

Not if the volume can fight a nightclub with deaf/mentally not right neighbours - till 3 houses away still can hear perfectly. Oh and the word shame is not in their dictionary.

At least apartments can cari the management office.

Private landed house, apa boleh buat?

This post has been edited by ceo684: Nov 25 2008, 01:27 AM

landed prop oso got this prob ah..the word shame and considerate mmg tak wujud in their dictionary..these ppl shld rot in hell la

Put subwoofer on high and place the speaker right against the wall... the neighbour probably can't hear it but can certainly feel the powah....

Call they cops if they sing karaoke and gamble mahjong... esp since CNY is around the corner... muahaha

Police give free hair cut



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Hmm but do u think report police will work?

Works.. if its after 12am

A while back this gila neighbour had some ppl over for beers lah
then some old uncle got drunk and refused to go home or sth and after a while threw a chair into my garden luckily din kena my car parked inside . Was washing another car outside at that time.
Also that gila uncle was blasting his cheap ass car ICE (car hi-fi for those who dunno wats ICE) whilst i was washing my car at over 12am.. was quite awhile cos u noe lah wash car is not 10 min job some other neighbours called the cops. Cops came at 12.40 baru disperse.

Really gila neighbours.

I stayed in quite a lot of other ppls' apartments and HDB places.. its real quiet by comparison to my house

If the sound come from speaker, or music item, the neighbor may be reasonable to adjust the volume.

But if the upstairs neighbor is using heavy wood chair, its difficult to control the volume. And its not reasonable to ask neighbor to change their dining chair... Any way we can sound proof the ceiling? (If yes, roughly how much to install the sound proof stuff?)

simple solution, cost about RM3.6k.

1. Buy a Bugera 6262-212
2. Buy cheap electric guitar.
3. Turn amp on, set to lead channel, volume and gain on 10. (location of amp doesnt matter, this baby can play stadium merdeka unmiced.)
4. Play guitar.

I did this with my noisy downstairs neighbours. I live in a condo too. Now they shut up. True story. Sometimes the only way is to just show them how damn annoying it is.

This post has been edited by ianhooi: Jan 11 2009, 09:15 PM

Thanks for the true story.. but the upstair neighbor use heavy chair unintentionally to disturb the bottom neighbor...
So, wondering if there is a way to reduce/eliminate the sound from upstair neighbor

after reading all of this, i dont think there's really much you can do with the person. good luck with the sound proofing tho.

I also face neighbor from hell! I don't know how many people lives upstairs of my condo unit but the constant slamming of doors, things dropping on the floor, kitchen and wardrobe doors slamming, etc. The noise just go on and on night and day. There was this once, they was hammering something on the wall at 2am in the morning, can you believe that? What so urgent that you need to nail it immediately? Did the sky falls down?

I thought of confronting them, but if I do that I am afraid they will retaliate with louder noises, then it will be living hell x 2.

I can't move away because I just bought this unit and has bank loan to serve (lock in period 5 years). I blame myself for not carefully 'listen' when I view this unit. I have no $$ to relocate or buy anther house.

I am a law abiding citizen. I don't create problems or noises for others. Even at home, my TV volume is always on the low side, I sleep early, I am careful and don't bang door or drop things on the floor.

I feel like banging the door back...but I keep telling myself, if I do that, the neighbor below me will suffer. It has to end with me taking this 'heat'.

I honestly don't know what to do. I talked to the management but they don't seems to be doing anything at all.

Every time they slam the door, my heart skip a beat. I literary jump up from my seat.

This world is full of crazy people and I am so unlucky to have those on top of my head.

I think sooner or later I will either go crazy or have a heart attack. Can someone please SAVE ME?

The only solution I can think of is to work hard, save $ and pay off the loan ASAP and get a landed property at somewhere remote and quiet place. Only God knows what will happen from now until then...

This post has been edited by RickOoi: Jun 9 2010, 08:50 PM

Visit this website : www.tclmalaysia.com

This company do sound insulation with cellulose insulation might help.

i don't think it is easy to catch them with the sound when viewing

anyway, i have the same concern there, but recently the noise has been reduced; for me, as long as it is not wee hours, it is fine.....

i face the same problem..he got 2 small kids but dont know how to control..went up TWICE still no improvement..he work at celebrity fitness as trainer big muscle body and yes didnt take my nice chat seriously..

what i did was talk to the management..cut his water supply until he control his kids..he only renting the house so i guess management take my side more..

management willing to cut and active his water supply on my demand ..great service aye?

Thanks Calmaman, Leongal and Bukanmain.

I went upstairs and try to 'talk' to the family but they slammed their door on me. These are nasty and uncivilised people indeed.

Cellulose installation seems to work on cooling a house, doesn't seems to work to insullating noises. Moreover, I think it is expensive (sigh..$$). To be honest, I do not wish to invest further into my condo unit as I plan to relocate after the 5 years or when I saved enough $$.

I will try to talk to the management again but they seems to be helpless and oblivion to my sufferings every time I approached them. To them, I am the problem causing guy instead of upstair neighbours. Yet I clear my condo maintenance fees promptly.

Sleep deprivations and constant noises have taken a toll on my health and attention span.

Noises seem to intensified after my 'visit' to their unit. Last night, they banged their bedroom door at 3am++, not sure because of the World Cup or what. Feel like marching up to their house, bang on their door and have a huge argument with them But I keep telling myself surely there is a better way to resolve this than to argue with people because argument or anger just trigger negative emotions, and in the long run will, I believe, will cause heart problems, hig blood pressure or even cancer.

I moved to another room to sleep (from Master bedroom) but noises are still there. Why did they make the walls so thin?

Another thing is that they love to drag chairs on the floor. All my chairs are fitted with those rubber sole so that it doesn't make any sounds when dragged.

I am sorry to rant here but I just don't know what to do...I would appreciate any constructive suggestions or any effective actions taken by fellow sufferers like me.

Obviously Rick, they didnt respect you, you need to bring along someone that they afraid/respect.If you got police friend , ask to accompany you with full uniform and talk to them. Im sure they will not dare even to dropped a pin in the future.

I am facing same problem as rick ooi, so anybody have any good practical solution ?

This post has been edited by jalsrix: Jan 25 2011, 11:40 AM

talk to them..if no solution call police...

Even a landed terrace can face annoying problem, eg: neighbor pipe vibrating and making loud noise, to make thing worst, they tend to bath early in the morning around 5am.

wow, im surprise to read this even you have a 250mm thick fire wall seperate apart.

The water piping is hiding inside the wall, when it resonance, it will create a very loud noise.

all your units come with pump? or else, u go outside , turn lower the water meter stopcock

No. And it's not about pump issue. I suspect it's their piping/water tap valve spoil already. Really beh tahan.

i see, try my method, turn their water meter stop cock

sometime i also behtahan mine. something wrong with my one way valve to central water heater, always emit weird sound when open tap

I scare later they destroy my car porch
Will try to talk to them and see their response 1st.
Actually this thing quite common in old house, my other side neighbor also faced this piping noise in the past, he just changed the water tap and voila!

but water pressure to high also can caused vibration. changing tap because there are sediment trap in faucet. yeah, better check with him. neighbour can be very nasty

I see. The sound is coming from their masterbed bathroom, which the water comes from the water tank hiding inside house ceiling, plus the noise just happen recently, rough guess is their piping/valve degraded ady.

not sure, like my brother, my brother to a by pass the water tank directly to all bath room for better pressure.

mostly landed will do by pass like this since many installing own central main filter

it is stupid for syabas only allow direct main to kitchen tap and garden tap only.

Ya, my landed neighbor install a noisy water pump on the roof... Early morning already pumping

I thought water that direct go up to upper floor will have weaker pressure compare to those flow down from water tank...
Perhaps i will do bypass in the future when the water tank dirty level is unbearable, right now still ok

I guess u live in Selangor? I heard water pressure in this state not that good.

depends on your neigbourhood elevated water tank. if those high like 6 storey high, then the pressure is almost the same from ground to 3rd floor. but still need to know how heavy usage at your area. but best pressure still after midnight.

6years post, 2016, same problem, a dinosaur walking on my top at midnight, slamming the door, throwing stuff on floor. Tried to talk to them but with no luck. Is a Chinese father n son, father still ok, son like gangster.

I had using tools to buzz them but i get caught in red hand. Hate to have such S hoe dumb S neighbors. What can i do? Call the cops? Call management(hard to get proof)? Continue knock the wall to buzz them?

This post has been edited by willer: Jun 5 2018, 03:36 AM

Wall kockers machine??

My upstairs neighbour everyday doing weight lifting and throwing the bar bells on the floor. When I complained to the security guard, they checked and told me no noise. It is very hard to catch the culprit, don't know which unit above mine. Checked with the unit directly above mine and she said its not her. It is annoying because the noise only lasted for about 3 seconds and very loud. Interval about 35mins-1 hr and 7- 8 times per session . Crazy neighbour doing it from 11PM to 3 AM. Sometimes in the early morning bout 630AM. Sometimes in the afternoon, or evening. Complained to condo management but nothing being done. Don't know what else can do...every night can't sleep well caused by the sudden loud noise. Help!

just curious- how you know it's barbells?. could it be...it's a water pipe. ? older infra sometimes at night you hear pipe knocking when less people showering/ usage.

This post has been edited by corleone74: Feb 2 2017, 10:14 AM

Sure not haunted condo ?

Hmm previously also I faced such issues..
Almost daily...
But best part is after checking out.. No units above have the equipment.. Weird right..
So in end just left the unit as I'm just renting

Talked to the upstair neighbour, she doesn't stay there but occasionally come to check on her unit.. she also heard the sound and its the floor above her..means 2 floors above mine..if that the case, then its super loud that I can hear it 2 floors below..That unit is rented out..
The guard that went to check even said it could be the floor below mine..but what I heard seems to be from above..unless the whole building vibrates to that sound..

Argghh so frustrating, I slept at 4AM yesterday...I jot down the time it happens 11:15PM, 11:58PM, 12:33AM, 1:11AM, 1:49 AM, 2:27AM, 3:06 AM
Then i noticed the pattern.....after 12:33AM, the interval is 38 mins, when i called the guard at 3:06AM to check..it was too late...we waited for the next interval..but that was the last for that nite.. so geram!

The sound of something dropping on the floor for 2-3 sec..dont think it's water pipe...the building is quite new
the sound is like the olympic weight lifter holding the bar bell for few sec and then throw it on the floor..except that the floor is padded with rubber or something to absorb to loud metal sound hitting the floor...

Walao 2 level above..
That's too much already...
The sound is really loud
Wonder how the unit above u feels about it since they the one worse than yours...

she doesnt stay there..so , its not that big impact to her...

My neighbour upstair very bising oreviously....

Got 2 hyper active girl kids...

Run non stop stomping and vibrating sound....

From 9pm til midnight everyday...

I kenot tahan go upstairs sound the husband...

After that senyap sudah

easy for you because u know which unit causing it..sometimes ppl do renovation very loud drilling sound, we also not sure where the sound come from whether its from right ,left, top right, top left or other units..
now i need to find out the culprit..talking to the security guard also no use...u call them, they go and check ..no sound..that's it..the most they can do is to wait for 10-15 mins outside the suspected unit..they also scared the owner scold them..

oh ok.. just checking. cos the pipe kncoking due to water pressure (it's actually technically called "water hammer".. believe it) also quite loud, esp at nite. for older condo. ...

This post has been edited by corleone74: Feb 2 2017, 07:54 PM

ohhh...actually i m staying 7 floor below the water tank..so today i went up to the water tank room and listen for the sound..i can hear the sound from outside the room but its not as loud from inside my unit..
i told the mgmt office maybe its from the break tank room but they said no one from other floors complain..zzzz..really wtf this management..i even recorded the sound and let them hear, they said will send a guard to stand outside the room to record the time of the sound...
btw, my condo is only 2 year old...if its really the pipe knocking sound..what can they do?

complain first and get your neighbours complain too. maybe ask developer to rectify since it's still 2 year "new". well, good luck. so, you suspect it's not weight lifting / throwing now?

yeah, dont think someone could be so crazy throwing heavy objects every 38 minutes interval..Now the unit below me also can hear..although he doesnt stay there.. midnite also very loud..really dunno apa rosak..i stood outside the pump room listened to the sound, its not as loud more like echo..but at my unit its freaking loud..

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This post has been edited by CKKwan: Feb 3 2017, 08:16 AM

are u sure the father that u talked to is real human? lel

heard apt & condos got alot of people complaining furniture moving, people stomping and marble sound.

its mystical right..lel

Friend of mine kena that..
Middle of night furniture moving..
Check the unit above.. See empty. No people staying

hahaha..almost same case like my female friend

she works as nurse..so usually come home late..keep hearing furniture moving late at night for months

cannot tahan edi she go upstairs to confront..unit kosong..nobody ever stayed there..1 month later ciao from that place

Lucky just rent only.. So can easily ciao...
What those own unit..
Gone lor

yalor..quite scary yo..lady summore..lel

if own that unit needs to call bomoh, shaman, monk whatever to "cleanse" the place

btw what did u fren do after?

Just rent only..
So after few months, just move out

if you google it you will know why.
the sound may sound like from above.. but actually from the other floor or the other unit far from your unit. the sound just travel..

Clean and quiet is all I want ...

So I got the same issue, neighbor above doing something like fixing furniture, walking, dropping metal stuff at 2-3 am repeated. So If you try to knock them with stick, they bite you back saying you are making noise...bla bla bla. Since it is intermittent noise, it is hard to catch them on red hand. I been discussed with them, some of the family members are good, but not all will stay silent at midnight especially young one with bad temper.

I been go through a lot with them, and from my experience you are advised not to knock them back (broom stick or any tools), later they will say you making noise.

the best is find some hidden cam/phone cam/sound recorder, walk to their unit at midnight (during making noise), complain to them, trick them to admit they are conducting noise at midnight remember to take video with their face. It will become good proof to show it to management or judges. So lucky I got one video they admitted fixing some IKEA thing at 4am, now uploaded to youtube in private mode.

So bad living with low quality neighbor. check this, German are not allowed to vacuum at Sunday (https://www.angloinfo.com/blogs/germany/life-off-the-autobahn/never-vacuum-on-a-sunday/). I hope some people will get mindset upgraded.

This post has been edited by willer: Jun 5 2018, 03:42 AM

Thank for sharing. It's interesting to learn.

I think recording video of neighbour noise inside your own unit is NOT a good proof compare to they admitting it face by face.
Remember to upload it to YouTube and keep few copies in your cloud drive.

I am not first timer stay in high-rise. At least 2 uni hostel, 4 appartment / condo i stay before this, but this is the first unit I owned, maybe my renovation offended them. But I been accepting their *dinosaur walk* , *dragging chair*, *hulk run* and *steel ball dropping* for 2 years, enough is enough!

Polite talk is not permanent if the person have bad nature, they might silent for a period but end up they will forgotten one day. Also you are deal with 1 family and not all family members will care your complaint.

This post has been edited by willer: Aug 15 2018, 05:23 AM

Make sure when they left the house (house is empty), padlock their grill and leave a note to keep it down else you will keep padlocking their grill.

Cause them some trouble lah, they will soon stop doing those noise at they know the consequences of such action.

But make sure no one is inside lah, you dont want to be getting jail time for that haha

some of the noises you hear are proven not caused by human.

like the ball dropping sound, its actually water pipping.

chair dragging - also not caused by actual ppl dragging chairs and I believe what one forumer here said, sound travels. It might not be from your direct unit above.

I also hear sound like this on all apartments I stayed. cant be every tenant above me love to drop rolling steal ball, dragging chairs and etc.

my neighbour is a technician, so he always hammer thing during day or night, what I do is just to wearing a headset and listen mp3.

or open my TV louder, so it can cover up the noise.

a friendly chat with your neighbour wont cause any harm.

Haiz, these days neigbours don't or don't want to talk to neigbours anymore.