They have an apartment in the city which they occasionally visit but maybe like once every few months for a few days at a time.
They basically said the apartment is “mine” and I can live there. The economy is insanely bad and I literally cannot afford to survive on my income and rent a new place.
The problem is this apartment has terrible noise insulation. Not only that, but our neighbours seem to be jerks (way too much information to even write here) and nothing can be done about it. Their children scream pretty much all day, plus they wake up and scream at night too, and then they wake up early so I have zero opportunity to sleep in and catch up on rest. Earplugs and background noise have zero effect.
I asked my parents if I could at least rent one of the bedrooms out while they’re not there to earn enough income to possibly rent something else, but they are categorically against it.
So basically now I’m stuck constantly sleep deprived, unable to advance my career (how can I learn anything and succeed on tests on 4 hours of sleep every day?)
On top of everything my parents are telling me that “I’m the problem” because normal people wouldn’t care about the noises or get woken up by them
So I’m really not even sure what to do anymore. The property manager dgaf about anyone or anything, and neither does the police.
Are you sure you use earplugs and background noise correctly?
First of all, earplugs should massively reduce the noise levels, if they don’t, you didn’t put them in right. And when you then blast noise at high volume at the same time, the noise of your neighbors should not be noticeable anymore over this combination. With this method, I’ve slept like a baby while staying next to a busy airport, only really feeling the vibrations, and I can’t imagine your neighbors are louder than that.
Sorry for this situation you’re in. I don’t have any other solution either.
I live in panel house (not sure if that is correct terminology in English, built with thin premade concrete elements) so I hear my neighbours. And those crazies have 2 children who aren’t allowed on street. They even destroy that minimum linoleum floor and covered it with something thin and sturdy. And I am an engineer so I really need quiet to… to anything.
Talks-shmalks didn’t help, obviously. But there is such a thing as a “vibrospeaker.” Instead of using a membrane, it has a metal piston. Press that piston to the wall, and the sound will pass through very well. A few seances of 4kHz noice and they started to love silence. Of course they are too degenerative to calm down completely but they tremendously lower the noise pollution.
Try it. The nice thing is that sound waves fade away quickly, so other neighbors won’t hear anything.
Eastern European tenement warfare. Love it.
They’re so fucking unhinged they’d probably sue me for it. I’ve never met a more manipulative pos couple in my entire fucking life
I’m literally so sick of it, it’s such a massive shame. The neighbourhood is wonderful, the building is beautiful, and I just had to be the unlucky fuck that has psychotic neighbours right next to me. It’s unhinged to listen to that crap all day
I asked my parents if I could at least rent one of the bedrooms out while they’re not there to earn enough income to possibly rent something else, but they are categorically against it.
They’re letting you use their asset that they use occasionally. They’re not giving you their asset for you to use to make money and they’d lose their privacy when they use it.
Also if you’re expecting quiet in the city, I’m not sure that’s realistic. Right now I’m hearing horns and loud car engines honking outside my closed window with the traffic about 100 feet away. If you’re looking for more quiet, is there a chance you could move out of the city where it might also be cheaper to rent?
I don’t mind car horns and stuff that’s just background noise. If I live far from the city I wouldn’t be able to work because all the jobs here are in the city
Suburbia with a train/bus pass isn’t possible for you? Get a place with roommates to make it affordable.
