Noise in the early morning hours in my condo

[soistalker]

There is a rather large gentleman who owns the condo above mine. He makes a lot of noise in the middle of the night for several hours. He walks very heavily on the floor and drags furniture around. This is pretty much from 1a.m. to about 4a.m. every night.

I asked him to please walk quieter at night because I can't sleep. He was kind of a jerk about it, and said NO, that it was his condo and he will walk as he wants. He said if I have a problem with it to take it up with the office. 

What should I do?

[newnative]

Take it up with the office.  May or may not work but it's worth a try.  We had a problem with people above us at one of our condos and the office at our condo was very responsive.

[Shoeless Joe]

Do as he suggested and take it up with the office then....!

 

Joe

[Henryford]

Back on your ceiling when you think he is sleeping.

[AlexCanada]

1.  take it up with the office

2.  ear plugs

3.  play music

4.  sleeping pills

5. drink more

6.  pray he doesn't fall through the floor

7.  move

Edited September 12, 2018 by AlexCanada

[lapd]

This may sound like a stupid idea but go to an industrial safety supply store and get ear protection.  The industrial strength stuff like the ear protection that fully covers your ears.  A little hard to sleep wearing them unless you generally sleep on your back but doable.

 

I have tried using the in ear plugs but I find they tend to cause the inside of my ears to get irritated through repeated daily use.  I also find them a little uncomfortable and have never been able to get used to them.

 

Not being able to choose your neighbors is one of the reasons I don't like the idea of buying a condo.  Just another reason you are better off renting imo.

Edited September 12, 2018 by lapd

[Kaoboi Bebobp]

52 minutes ago, lapd said:

 

 

Not being able to choose your neighbors is one of the reasons I don't like the idea of buying a condo.  Just another reason you are better off renting imo.

 

My sympathies to the OP.  But I agree with renting. The flexibility of renting means you can leave your problems behind within days or weeks. Not to mention the cumulative problems such as an all night karaoke opening below the condo or 2-year condo project next door. The latter drove a friend out of two places. He was renting. 

[Bob12345]

2 hours ago, lapd said:

This may sound like a stupid idea but go to an industrial safety supply store and get ear protection.

This is a Thailand forum, please stick to things that exist here.

 

Welders use sunglasses, construction people wear flipflops, and big truck drivers take yaabaa. No way there is a store selling safety supplies in Thailand.?

[lapd]

59 minutes ago, Bob12345 said:

This is a Thailand forum, please stick to things that exist here.

 

Welders use sunglasses, construction people wear flipflops, and big truck drivers take yaabaa. No way there is a store selling safety supplies in Thailand.?

I have seen construction people wearing them in Thailand so I know you can get them.  Even if you have to mail order them from outside the country.  I'm pretty sure you can get steel toed boots as well but have never looked.

[Spidey]

1 hour ago, Bob12345 said:

This is a Thailand forum, please stick to things that exist here.

 

Welders use sunglasses, construction people wear flipflops, and big truck drivers take yaabaa. No way there is a store selling safety supplies in Thailand.?

Thai Wassadu sells welders goggles, safety shoes and ear defenders. Mind you, there's no way that I could sleep comfortably wearing those.

[Whitson]

Simple.... rent the condo above and give him a dose of his own medicine.

Then negotiate....from a position of strength!

[lapd]

7 minutes ago, Whitson said:

Simple.... rent the condo above and give him a dose of his own medicine.

Then negotiate....from a position of strength!

So simple.  Except, oh I don't know.  Maybe it's not for rent.  Maybe he's on the top floor, maybe it's a lot more money.  Maybe he doesn't want to rent an apartment he has no need for.  Maybe maybe maybe.  But yea, other than that, simple 

Edited September 12, 2018 by lapd

[richard_smith237]

Rather large..??.. Muscled? is he doing weights in the small hours?

 

If you've asked him and he refuses... Record the noise. Report to the Juristic committee.

 

He may be breaking his contract doing an activity which produces noise outside of normal working hours. 

 

It seems he could have been more reasonable, but we're you reasonable in your approach?

 

A lot of issues here in Thailand seem to get worse when handled in a confrontational manner. 

[richard_smith237]

6 minutes ago, Whitson said:

Simple.... rent the condo above and give him a dose of his own medicine.

Then negotiate....from a position of strength!

 

Or... Simple...  Purchase the building, have it knocked down and re-built with far greater soundproofing so the noise from the guy above no longer disturbs you.... 

[2BOB]

Lazada sell ear muffs and plug online

[faraday]

1 minute ago, 2BOB said:

Lazada sell ear muffs and plug online

Glad you put 'ear' in your sentence.

 

[Andrew Dwyer]

The foam ear plugs are comfortable ( the plastic ones that look like a Xmas tree are terrible ). I used them constantly when working, you just need to change them regularly to avoid any infection.

80 baht for 4 pairs at Homepro.

 

The ear muffs ( defenders) , whilst being better for noise reduction, are not really practical for sleeping ( unless you’re Thai [emoji51]).

 

[Formaleins]

Rent the condo above his and make it into an elephant sanctuary.

[Andrew Dwyer]

Or

Rent the condo above his and invite Michael Flatley and his Riverdance troupe over to practice nightly !!

[OneMoreFarang]

I had once a neighbor who switched on the stereo maybe 2am. And he always switched it on with 100% volume and then he reduced the volume maybe to 60% - still way too loud.

I called the security in our building every night and they visited him every night.

I don't remember how long it took but I think he was out of the apartment in a month or two.

Good luck!

 

[Vacuum]

Move to a house.

[thaiguzzi]

5 hours ago, soistalker said:

What should I do?

Break his ankles or drill his kneecaps.

[Nemises]

If you’re renting the condo, easy.... just move out when the lease expires or sooner if your property manager can’t fix the noise problem.

If you own the condo, take a loss (like every other person who has ever bought a Thai condo) by selling it and never buy one again. (Also like every other person who has ever bought a Thai condo)

 

 

 

[Hugh Jarse]

5 hours ago, Henryford said:

Back on your ceiling when you think he is sleeping.

And then play Pat Metheney's "Zero Tolerance For Silence" at full volume!

 

[NCC1701A]

Just now, Hugh Jarse said:

And then play Pat Metheney's "Zero Tolerance For Silence" at full volume!

 

I'm thinking "Ride of the Valkyries" or "Also Sprach Zarathustra".

[Oztruckie]

Buy a set of Bose brand in ear noise canceling headphones, best you can buy, not cheap, you won't hear a thing with them turned on. 

[jippytum]

I don't agree that you should have to take measures such as music or earplugs to mitigate the noise from an owner above you that is causing annoyance on a regular basis due to his  anti social behavior between 1am and 4am .Please contact the Juristic manager and the committee member for you building .Presumably he is also disturbing owners in the adjacent rooms who will support your complaint .A warning letter  from the management is the first step .

[NCC1701A]

 

Maybe he will jump out the window.

[Vacuum]

5 hours ago, soistalker said:

He walks very heavily on the floor and drags furniture around. This is pretty much from 1a.m. to about 4a.m. every night.

This suggests that he'll be sleeping around 7-8 am. If you have a balcony, buy an angle grinder and a couple of meter of 2x4 metal square tube, and start cutting.

[Jingthing]

Hmm.

Well, yes, you probably do need to take it up with the office.

Especially about moving furniture.

If he's a big guy and wants to walk around, I agree with him, he has the right. But moving furniture is extreme.

The trouble with escalating this is now running the risk of him intentionally making it worse.

I definitely wouldn't play games like people are saying and try to disturb him.

I will add, sorry, I am kind of skeptical that you brought this up politely when you confronted him about it.

Maybe you did but his response sounds like you may have provoked him at least with your tone/attitude.