annoying neighbour....wat to do???
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Originally posted by bezpeck:
fyi, the noise is louder when on aircon w/closed windows. i tried another rm, and found tat its jus as loud. wat happen is very clear, they placed tv at in the mast/brm and turn on very loud, and they said b4 tat their volumn 26 is alrite for hdb....i said u might be rite but not at 11pm or 12 mn n i take the trouble to speak to them nicely. they hentam me..."we pay hdb every mth, u know....we stayed here 15 yrs, no prblm, u moved in only got problm..."
i said, "mr....pls dont do anythin to ur tv, now come my hse, hear for urself, now i invite u to my hse"... the husband wan to come but the wif stopped him, "no....no...we wont go ur hse" "its our way of living, u not happy, go complain....lah"..... how to talk w them like tat? i walked off, i know its meaninless
i think i might try ur last suggestion. thanks.
Sounds like you value your sleep very much and can be quite sensitive to noise. Me too.
You can try some nice gestures instead. Knock on their door with Indian food in hand and everytime you do that, tell them you fully understand they have been living like this for so many years. I think it'd be ideal if you can win them over before you even demand anything of them.
If you were in their shoes, I'm pretty sure you also wouldn't want to be told how loud your TV should be at night.
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Originally posted by [imdestinyz]:
straight send them lawyer letter will do
never thght of tat, is there somekind of procedure to take befor proceeding, can tell
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Originally posted by speakoutfor:
Have you ever thought of changing your window? Go for renovation. Sound proof it with metal frame and rubber lining.
i checked with contractor, verrrry ex...... but the noise comes up thru the walls which is hollow bricks, u know old estate hse is like tat, not like now. i tried open the windows and the noise is sort of cover-up by outside noise but i closed the windows to switch on aircon.
when i closed the windows, its very quiet, u can hear the noise comin fr below. i even bght a mini hifi to blend in the sound and sometimes i use earphones to listen or drown myself to sleep. and yet at mid nite they still playing the blady video and wakes me up....then realy no choice i will call the police. aft this drama, i take another hr or 2 to fall back to sleep....
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Originally posted by Rock^Star:
Sounds like you value your sleep very much and can be quite sensitive to noise. Me too.
You can try some nice gestures instead. Knock on their door with Indian food in hand and everytime you do that, tell them you fully understand they have been living like this for so many years. I think it'd be ideal if you can win them over before you even demand anything of them.
If you were in their shoes, I'm pretty sure you also wouldn't want to be told how loud your TV should be at night.
maybe i will do that....thanks. yes, i am quite a light sleeper, i hv seen doctor for tat, he said its very individual...no med to take. wat do u do to help urself to get enough sleep, at least 6 hrs...?
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Originally posted by bezpeck:
i checked with contractor, verrrry ex...... but the noise comes up thru the walls which is hollow bricks, u know old estate hse is like tat, not like now. i tried open the windows and the noise is sort of cover-up by outside noise but i closed the windows to switch on aircon.
when i closed the windows, its very quiet, u can hear the noise comin fr below. i even bght a mini hifi to blend in the sound and sometimes i use earphones to listen or drown myself to sleep. and yet at mid nite they still playing the blady video and wakes me up....then realy no choice i will call the police. aft this drama, i take another hr or 2 to fall back to sleep....
All noise travel thru bricks. If your upstairs neighbor play basketball or drop guli, of course can hear. If your side neigbor, bang the door hard, of course can hear. If your downstair neighbor drill the war, of course can hear.Since you are light sleeper, best you take steps to mitigate your problem. Don't think you can fully solve your sleeping problem.
1) Drink less coffee, tea, coke, pepsi or anything that contain caffeine. Some people are sensitive to caffeine. Maybe this is why you wake up at the slightest noise and unable to sleep because the caffeine is making you alert while your body is screaming for sleep.
2) Fight fire with fire. If your neighbor play TV loud, then you also play your radio loud back at them. Buy some guitar speakers and plug them to your radio, guarantee very loud. I know a neat trick. Buy some long telephone wires, 20 feet. Some phone sockets that can accomodate 3 phones. Then go to electrical stores, buy the loudest phone you can find in the market, get the salesperson to test the tone before you buy. Then pluck 3 phones in your room and open the window big. When you are out, use your handphone to call and make sure you do it in the early morning and afternoon when indians like to take a nap. This would postpone their sleep and they won't dare to watch TV till late at night.
3) Don't waste your time with the authorities. The police or whoever are not going to be bothered. Imagine that you are burdened with work as a police or HDB staff and this fella complaining about noise from his neighbor, are you going to take action? You can't do anything about that because you can't watch the neighbor 27-7.
4) Work hard, earn money so in future you can afford to buy a big house with land surrounding and no problem of noise from neighbors.
5) Exercise more often, helps you sleep better.
6) Eat more vitamin supplements. Boost your health and encourage better sleep.
7) Sometimes neighbors are evil, when you complain something that bothers you, they most likely do it even more.
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Hello
Would you like to rent a set of speakers and subwoofer from me to get back at them?
I rent these speakers to people doing birthday party/dance competition events/outdoor sound reinforcements.
Or you can find the philipino guy who play drums loudly to play drums in your house.
Or you can share some food you cook with your neighbours and say u are sorry for having an 'argument' with them. Maybe they will be embarrassed and turn down the volume. Dont put laxative for the first serving of food.
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give address here. we all very fwee.
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If that couple cannot even hear properly, what's the use of making more noise ? Not only is that a stupid idea.. TS will only end up annoying his other neighbors..instead of solving the problem, he will create more.
TS is u r considering making noise as retaliation, u might as well just shoot yourself in your feet better.
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my neightbour alwasy scare i jobless. because whenever i am jobless, they gets sleepless
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angel very noisy one, is it?
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No lah, I guai guai diam diam one, in my nunery class in taiwan, my teacher, the lao niku, taught us that the greatest happiness in life is not about being rich, lucky, beauti, sexy and wining, it is about giving happiness to others, the ability to give other happiness bring great joy to one life.
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tokin about noisy lah. very loud.
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only agency that can help is HDB
NEA only deal with commercial noise, AVA deal with Pet's noise, Police deal with crimes, so no point calling.
I had called numerous time to police but they are limited to what they can do to house owner creating noise pollution.
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i agree with u.......
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Originally posted by bezpeck:
dear ppl,
every nite around 10+ or 11, my neighbour turn on the tv so loud until i cannot sleep, so i call the police to talk to them, then they turn down, so i thought its the "end" of irritation and frustration for me to go to sleep........but they turn on back again after the blue boys left. i call the police to come back again.....and they off it. this type of "cat and mouse" drama happens at least 4-5 days in a week.
i tried talk to the neighbour after 5 mths of moving in, and they shouted at me that they got no problem before we moved in (which is 2 years now), bc before the owner rented out the whole flat to indians, and they pays the HDB rent every mth, so who are we to tell them wat to do. i explained nicely to them and asked them to help by lowering the volume, and they said its perfectly alrite with them. see.....how to talk to them???? then i suggested that they come to my flat and hear for themselves (husband and wife), but the wife stopped the husband,scared i XXX him.
but for us, we find it very irritating and disturbing to bear, and we have to wait to call the police or not, if necessary. we cannot go to sleep early, otherwise we will be awaken by the noise at midnite and find difficulty to sleep again. so we have to wait until 11+ before we can confirm to sleep. we have to wake up at 6am to prepare for work, and its quite terrible to fight the tiredness.
i have spoken to HDB and they said its the police business bc its after 5pm. i spoke to town council, they said its the HDB business, bc flats belongs to them. the police got adviced me to talk to the hdb, and i told them the merry-go-round story. so lan lan i called the police everytime or rather almost everynite.
can anyone help me with any ideas, really appreciate it.
my problem was worse as neighbours were Pinoys so i emailed several times to Town Council and problem went away.
but later the Pinoys moved away and Ah Nehs moved in, Town Council also not effective so i took matters into my own hands but quite expensive
if you don't mind spending money to get satisfying revenge, then buy the Paradigm Sub15 and blast at your neighbour with the woofer facing the wall.
i bought mine 2nd hand and it literally blew Ah Neh's walls down ! no joke !
play a cd or dvd on repeat with super low and loud bass and see what 15 inch woofer with 3,400 watts can do !!!!!!!
make sure your things are properly secured before using this sub.
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Originally posted by troublemaker2005:
tokin about noisy lah. very loud.
Yah lah, groans and moans.
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Why?, groan and moan also not happy arh??? then quiet quiet, you not happy, so how?
As for noises, just get those old motorcycle engine and blast them off
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Originally posted by Nvance:
only agency that can help is HDB
NEA only deal with commercial noise, AVA deal with Pet's noise, Police deal with crimes, so no point calling.
I had called numerous time to police but they are limited to what they can do to house owner creating noise pollution.
HDB, Help DBS Board, where they care for you so much, they only care for your loan and interest with DBS