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AntisocialTroll · 56-60, F
I live in a building with such poor sound insulation I am woken by people from at least 5 other flats, if I'm lucky I get 4-6 hours of broken sleep, if I'm not then it's 1-2 hours of sleep a night at most and this is every night.
Lived here 2 years now, have finally cracked...
Lived here 2 years now, have finally cracked...
MartinTheFirst · 26-30, M
@AntisocialTroll get sound proofing around your bed. They're relatively cheap foam boards that with a bit of genuinity you can box in the head area of the bed with. Place on the walls, floor, ceiling and perhaps next to you on a desk.
AntisocialTroll · 56-60, F
@MartinTheFirst I'd honestly try it if I thought it'd work but I already wear earplugs and have a white noise machine going at night, during the day I use bose noise cancelling headphones but still get woken during the night and hear other people whilst using my bose.
The building has both hollow cast ceilings and electrical wiring that runs straight up a single channel with no sound insulation in, it's just hollow so that really buggers you up.
I considered trying 4 poster bed to try as you suggest but can't justify the expense for something else that may well not work, part of the problem is the man in the flat above is very mentally unwell and makes as much noise as possible in order to harass me, body building weights being dropped/thrown on the floor are impossible to beat by any means I think.
The building has both hollow cast ceilings and electrical wiring that runs straight up a single channel with no sound insulation in, it's just hollow so that really buggers you up.
I considered trying 4 poster bed to try as you suggest but can't justify the expense for something else that may well not work, part of the problem is the man in the flat above is very mentally unwell and makes as much noise as possible in order to harass me, body building weights being dropped/thrown on the floor are impossible to beat by any means I think.
MartinTheFirst · 26-30, M
@AntisocialTroll complain about it to the landlord
AntisocialTroll · 56-60, F
@MartinTheFirst *Has hysterics* Would you believe I've been doing that since April 2018, have even reported the bloke above to the police as well as the council, no joy so far.
The state of the flats is I believe deliberate, it has allowed the council to turn the place into homeless person units, rent on a flat here is approx £80 odd a week but if you take homeless persons from other boroughs you can get £300-£400 a week for the same flats by virtue of supposedly having support workers in place, in my opinion it's corrupt and they keep the place this way because it allows them to profit from some of the poorest housing in the country.
The state of the flats is I believe deliberate, it has allowed the council to turn the place into homeless person units, rent on a flat here is approx £80 odd a week but if you take homeless persons from other boroughs you can get £300-£400 a week for the same flats by virtue of supposedly having support workers in place, in my opinion it's corrupt and they keep the place this way because it allows them to profit from some of the poorest housing in the country.