An exasperated resident has shared their pain after living next to a noisy family whose late-night antics have become the last straw.
The anonymous complainant, who felt “fortunate” to have moved into affordable social housing, took to the r/NeighborsfromHell Reddit page to vent about their disruptive neighbours.
They shared that for the past two and a half years, they’ve had to endure night-time screaming and “unbearable” shouting matches from the family next door. However, it’s the children’s silent actions that have proven to be the most annoying.
The resident fumed: “Our neighbours have three kids, five if friends come over which they do often. The wall separating us and the neighbours is literally a single row of bricks.
“Meaning we can hear footsteps, general conversations, them watching TikTok and you name it. But it’s only when they shout that it becomes unbearable.”
Adding to their woes, the family’s 13-year-old son has set up his gaming console against the shared wall, “right where my bed is,” and regularly shouts, sings “at the top of his lungs”, and even bangs on tables while he plays.
“We informed the neighbours ever since we moved in that these walls are very thin and that we’d appreciate it if he’d quiet down after 11pm,” the resident continued, although their pleas have been ignored.
However, while the noise is infuriating enough, the resident said it is something else that has become “literally the last straw.”
They claim the children of the house have been “destroying our side of the property, “leaving trash everywhere, pulling out plants and decorations, and throwing their joint butts on our side.”
“I’m done with it and we can’t reason with them,” they added.
Members of the public have praised the person’s persistence and suggested they could use insulation to dampen the sound from next door.
One person wrote: “Get some expand polystyrene insulation 2′ thick. And put it on the common wall. You can cover it with bedsheet material. It should help deaden the sound.”
Another shared a more menacing solution, which involved a sound system pointed at the wall. The person shared: “It would be faster just to block the WiFi. And get a sound system against the wall.
“Train the parents to discipline the child. It will take a few weeks but they will learn. Be committed to the process. Everyone suffers equally.”
A third added: “I had a townhouse with noisy neighbours. I’d listen with ear buds to 10 hour videos of rainstorms on YouTube to relax and get some sleep. It was a good temporary solution before moving.”
