The Noisy Neighbors Upstairs

Posted by Jenny Evans Sep 9, 2009

There are lots of things to love about apartment living: not paying for certain utilities, being able to fix almost everything in the apartment for free just by calling maintenance, and let's not forget never having to mow the lawn or empty the gutters.

But apartment living has its own challenges, too. One of the most major complaints is noisy apartment neighbors. I've lived in many different apartments in my life, and I've had all sorts of neighbors. But the people upstairs take the cake! They have five kids between the ages of 5 and 15, and all of them are fighters (not lovers.) It gets pretty loud up there, and sometimes we hear such apartment-rattling crashes that I'm sure I'm about to see a child plummet right through the floor into our living room.

Eventually we will own a house. But until then, the saga continues. At least I can take comfort in knowing that my upstairs neighbors are probably tolerant of the noise my kids are making - if they can hear it over their own, that is.