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Couple plague their neighbor with texts asking him to be silent EVERY time their baby has a nap - even when he's being quiet. So who's in the right?

  • A man has shared all the noise complaints that he has received on Imgur 
  • User ChefShwasty was plagued with texts about his drumming from his downstairs neighbours every time their baby had a nap
  • Even after he gave up drumming all together they continued to complain  

By MARTHA CLIFF FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 07:11 EST, 9 August 2016 | UPDATED: 12:05 EST, 9 August 2016

 

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A man has revealed how he is constantly berated with noise complaints from his very fussy downstairs neighbours - even when he's being quiet.

Imgur user ChefShwasty, believed to be from the US, shared on the social media site the text messages he's received from the people living below him constantly asking him to be silent every time that their young baby is sleeping.

Although the man has been compliant with their requests he admits that he has now reached the point where he believes that they are being unreasonable.

A man has revealed how he has been berated by his nightmare neighbours with constant noise complaints since March this year 
 
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A man has revealed how he has been berated by his nightmare neighbours with constant noise complaints since March this year 

The man, who says he enjoys occasionally practising on his drum kit, shared his story on Imgur where he asked other people for advice about what to do about the problem.

Going by the username ChefShwasty he explained that when moving in to his apartment, he had met with the mother who lived below him, and told her to let him know if he was being too noisy.

He revealed: 'The very next morning, I receive the text. I was chopping onions for a vegetable stew I was making for dinner later that night, and apparently it was too much.'

It read: 'Do you mind holding off drinking for an hour or so? My daughter's sleeping.'

To which he replied: 'Currently chopping vegetables. Sorry. Didn't realise it was that loud.'

The Imgur user who goes by the username ChefShwasty shared the texts he received from his downstairs neighbours in the hope for advice
 
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The Imgur user who goes by the username ChefShwasty shared the texts he received from his downstairs neighbours in the hope for advice

The texts would often be passive aggressive, such as this one which implied the TV was extremely loud 
 
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The texts would often be passive aggressive, such as this one which implied the TV was extremely loud 

The man says that he tried to be as compliant as possible about the fact that they had a young baby and would warn them when he was going to play 
 
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The man says that he tried to be as compliant as possible about the fact that they had a young baby and would warn them when he was going to play 

The musician (pictured) says that he cut his practice back to suit the couples requests
 
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The musician (pictured) says that he cut his practice back to suit the couples requests

The musician went on to reveal that his neighbours continued to plague him with messages. However, he tried to keep the peace by complying with their wishes.

Another message reads: 'Lol. Watcha watching? Sounds dramatic ;).'

To which he replied: 'I'm at work. Must be the girlfriend. I can ask her to turn it down if you'd like?'

He continued: 'Texts like these became frequent. I changed my schedule around a lot so I could fit some drum time in. 

'Most times, I would even wait for them to leave so that I could drum. I got a lot of these within a minute of starting. My practice dropped to once a week, sometimes not for a few weeks.'

Despite their continuous requests he would always try and keep the noise down when asked 
 
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Despite their continuous requests he would always try and keep the noise down when asked 

He even found himself receiving messages from his neighbours when he was out of the house
 
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He even found himself receiving messages from his neighbours when he was out of the house

To begin with the messages remained quite sweet natured if a little annoying 
 
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To begin with the messages remained quite sweet natured if a little annoying 

One message read: 'Shoot! We just got home and she had fallen asleep in the car. She's napping now. Do you mind holding off a little longer?'

The Imgur user replied: 'Say no more. I'm quiet.'

It got to the stage when he would continue to receive texts when he wasn't even at home with his neighbours messaging him complaining when his girlfriend was watching the television. 

He admits that he would tiptoe round his neighbours in order to avoid any more complaints from them.

He added: 'I played once a week, but ONLY when they were gone. I would stop when I saw them come home. 



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The conversations seemed pleasant enough from both parties. I'm not sure what the story is here.

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Eh, I'd get annoyed. Lets all remember I am in the condo from hell. Constant noise, doors banging, dogs barking, now a baby crying. And everyone thinks I'm either the building supervisor or their landlord. Everyday people complaining! I want to scream.

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If you don't like noise, save your money and buy a house. Yeah, neighbors should try to be respectful. But, people either go to one extreme or another. You either have some idiot who is loud 24/7 and doesn't care. Or, you have the apt nanny who is scolding everyone for breathing or for normal noises in life like vacuuming or walking.

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

If you don't like noise, save your money and buy a house. Yeah, neighbors should try to be respectful. But, people either go to one extreme or another. You either have some idiot who is loud 24/7 and doesn't care. Or, you have the apt nanny who is scolding everyone for breathing or for normal noises in life like vacuuming or walking.

Got that too.  And an EX who is in a condo trying to torment his EX wife who was forced by the court to let him live there.  100% drama.  Looking to move.  Want the same area, slim pickings right now. 



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I have never lived in an apartment or condo. I did live in a middle unit townhouse for many years. On the one side my neighbor was quiet but when her grandchildren visited I could hear them pounding up & down the stairs. I didn't complain because I knew it was temporary. On the other side they were basically quiet too except the teenage daughter would blare rap music when her parents weren't home. It made my china rattle in the cabinet on the opposite side of the room. I didn't rat her out to her parents but I did tell her to keep it down & she mostly complied.

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When I rented my apartment, I chose the upstairs unit, for security reasons. One day the tenants below taped a nasty note to my front door, saying my walking was keeping their sleeping baby awake at night. Mmmm....okay.

When we lived in our condo, the downstairs neighbor knocked on our door one morning and asked if I would remove my shoes in the morning because he worked late and my walking was waking him up. Uh, okay, if you stop running on your treadmill every night just as we are trying to eat dinner.

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That dogs yapping 24/7. No one should have a dog in a city condo. Totally unfair to the dog. Do they realize all they do is yap?

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FNW wrote:

When I rented my apartment, I chose the upstairs unit, for security reasons. One day the tenants below taped a nasty note to my front door, saying my walking was keeping their sleeping baby awake at night. Mmmm....okay.

When we lived in our condo, the downstairs neighbor knocked on our door one morning and asked if I would remove my shoes in the morning because he worked late and my walking was waking him up. Uh, okay, if you stop running on your treadmill every night just as we are trying to eat dinner.

Ugh! 



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I can't imagine what my kids would sound like in an apartment. They walk around like elephants. I have no idea how a lightweight child can have a step that loud.

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#1 is a heavy walker like me. #2 can sneak up on anyone. DH seems to shuffle loudly in the morning.

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I would tell them to leave me alone about it at this point. They live in an apartment Deal with it or get a house.

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Ok.

Couple things.

If you live in an apartment, you shouldn't be playing the drums.

If you live in an apartment, you shouldn't expect the world around you to be silent.

Babies get use to all kinds of things.

Personally, I think it's better to go about regular life noises when baby is sleeping.

I've vacuumed while my kids slept.

They never stirred.

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I get the drumming one, everything else is is going too far. If they are planning on apartment living, their baby is going to have to get accustomed to some noise.

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Time to change the phone number.

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That's where block comes in.

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I think he should start with "please don't text me while I'm at work".

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He should start texting her to keep it down every time the baby cries.

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I was thinking the same thing.


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Which is why I live in a house.

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I lived in an apartment for about 2 months.

I hated it.

Never was a peaceful moment.

I'd rather live in a car than an apartment.

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Drums in an apartment? You can hear drums several houses away in our neighborhood.

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We have lived in apartments and have rarely heard anything. We hear our upstairs neighbor now because the rooms we are in were not originally designed to be living spaces. He is 80 years old and plays his stereo quite loud. But he retired and moved out. Who knows what the new person will be like. But in a traditional apartment - never heard anyone. Ever.

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I grew up in a house with only one neighbor and that house was over an acre away.

The houses in this subdivision are too close for my taste.

I really think I would be just fine on my own island.

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I don't mind apartment living. I'm partially deaf so I rarely hear my neighbors anyway.

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If you don't want noise to wake your baby don't have a baby that's what I say. Alternately, who plays drums in an apartment building?

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If you are smart parent, you won't condition your child to be so super sensitive to not sleep thru noise. Tired babies can sleep through a freight train. If you allow your child to simply become accustomed to the noises of life, then you don't have to tiptoe around the house. If you live next to an airport, your kid will adjust.


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I can see the drum thing however if it's during the daytime he's probably not breaking any law.
There was a band in my old apartment complex that practiced in the daytime on weekends.
It wasn't too bad.
Yeah I would block ph# at this point.

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I used to blast lullabies upstairs while they slept. I could do anything I wanted during their naps.

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