I’ve lived in my apartment for 11 ½ yrs. 6+ months ago new neighbours moved in above us. I have kids myself but as we live in condos I don’t let them do anything that might bother anyone; screaming, running/bouncing balls inside, etc.
As soon as my new neighbours moved, the 4yo started running thru their apartment, stomping, jumping off furniture, & ultimately shaking my home. I have been trying to ignore it (unsuccessfully, I have a sensory disorder & it’s truly driving me crazy as I feel it inside my body each time these loud bangs happen), hoping that she will outgrow it.
They have a 1yo learning to walk who I worry will start following suit. I am overwhelmed by the excessive & nearly constant pounding, literally, no less than 3 hours every day between 7 am and 9 pm, sometimes earlier, sometimes later.
Now, I fully understand that some noises will happen. We live on a busy road, with cars, dogs, sirens, etc. so I am by no means expecting silence but this shaking of my home that I feel inside my body, has been going on for 6+ months daily w/ no end in sight. I can’t take it anymore.
I have not yet talked to them. I tried a few times when they moved in but got ignored… I eventually got the condo management involved on that & heard them make snide remarks on their way up the stairs the day the sign got put up to be mindful of noises.
This though? This effects me. I don’t know if that’s just the price you pay for living on the 1st floor (though I have lived under kids before w/ parents like myself who didn’t allow them to run around while living upstairs) or if this is excessive enough that it’s logical to ask for it to be stopped?
Like I said, I’m not expecting silence but this is too much, too often. Experiencing sensory overload along w/ PTSD has become extremely difficult as I cannot even be at home w/out feeling severely increasing anxiety. Not to mention I’m pregnant & don’t want my newborn startled awake by it once LO arrives.
I don’t want to be considered a Karen by saying something if I should just leave it be, that said I cannot enjoy my home when this is literally happening hours daily.
It’s affecting my mental health. I wish it wasn’t but don’t know how to fix it when I can’t just move to another room as she runs loops thru the entire apartment. I cannot get away from it w/out physically leaving my home.
I don’t want to cause drama with the neighbours, just desperately want this to end. We want to move but don’t know how long it will take to find a new place as we’ve been looking even before they moved in. I don’t want to continue to suffer in silence in the meantime.
What can I do?