How to take revenge on neighbors upstairs for making noise? What to do if the upstairs neighbors are constantly making noise

When purchasing housing in an apartment building, we pay attention to many points: cost, layout, number of rooms and condition of the apartment. These criteria determine the choice.

But when buying a home, many people overlook one important point - soundproofing the room. You are lucky if you live next to peaceful people, but it also happens the other way around: the neighbors upstairs are stomping around like elephants, preventing you from resting, you can constantly hear squeals, someone knocking on something.

Try to negotiate and ask to make less noise, but as practice shows, this is not always effective.

What methods can be used in the fight against people who do not take into account the comfort of others? What to do if the upstairs neighbors are annoying, loud music is heard until late, children are running and making noise, parents are arguing, constantly dropping things, moving creaking furniture, depriving you of the opportunity to rest peacefully? Who should I contact for help? You will find answers to these questions below.

What time is it legal to make noise in 2021?

Many had to live next door to harmful and conflict-ridden people. Such people, at the slightest noise from your apartment, immediately appear on the threshold, make trouble, threaten with the police and various troubles. But why do you need to conflict once again? In order not to become like a brawler, let's figure out what the law says in such cases.

The norms and rules of conduct for residents of an apartment building are prescribed in the law “On the sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population.” From a legal point of view, you can file claims against your neighbors regarding noise in the following cases:

if neighbors play music loudly, shout, stomp and otherwise create a lot of noise between 11 p.m. and 7 p.m.;
when the noise coming from the apartment in the period from 7 to 23 hours exceeds 30 dB;
in cases where neighbors carry out renovation work that creates a lot of noise, on weekends and between 7 pm and 7 pm during the work week.

Clarification of relations with neighbors should begin only if they have violated the rules of behavior prescribed by law.

Peaceful settlement

To avoid running up and down the authorities with complaints, try talking to your upstairs neighbors. Find out why they stomp around so much during the day and drop things. Maybe a small child is growing up, or there is a sick person. He may accidentally drop something on the floor. There's nothing you can do about it. Judicial practice shows that no one can help.

Conversation on site

When there are no valid reasons, try to explain that they interfere with the peace of mind of the other residents below, on the side. Ask them to reduce the noise upstairs and follow the rules of silence. At the same time, you cannot use foul language or yell at your neighbor above.

What to do if the upstairs neighbors are constantly making noise

You shouldn’t immediately run to the local police officer with a complaint and start “military actions” against your neighbors above. Remember that quarrels and scandals happen in your family, you make repairs and bring guests to the house, and your children are not ideal. Try to solve the problem peacefully.

Start with a conversation. In a calm voice, without accusations or insults, express your complaints to your neighbors. Show understanding for their renovation problems, noisy children, and love of music. But remind them that others should not suffer from their increased activity. Perhaps the residents upstairs don't even realize that you can hear everything, and don't realize how bad the sound insulation is in the house.

If your neighbors are normal people, they will treat you with understanding and try to be quieter. The problem will be forgotten and you will be able to live in peace again.

A quiet way for those who believe in magic

One of the quietest and most proven ways to take revenge on neighbors upstairs for noise is suitable for those who are quite superstitious. Regularly throw salt, soil, feathers, garbage, candle stubs and other “mystical garbage” onto your neighbors’ rugs. Draw pentagrams, scatter needles and leave notes with all sorts of “conspiracies”. If your neighbors are superstitious, such actions will very quickly lead to success.

Where to complain about upstairs neighbors

There are several ways to deal with your neighbors legally. Try to solve the problem like this:

Involve law enforcement agencies as defenders and contact the local police officer (the more residents complain, the better). Taking measures to ensure order in the entrusted territory is his responsibility. The employee can conduct a conversation, issue a warning, or issue a fine. In other words, make efforts to calm the residents down.

However, there are often cases when police officers are reluctant to accept such statements from residents, and sometimes ignore complaints. If the local police officer is inactive, write a complaint to the prosecutor's office.

Trial. Since the standards of behavior of residents are regulated by law, it is possible to take revenge on noisy neighbors in this way. If the court rules in your favor, the violators will pay a fine.

However, in order to go to court and the police, evidence is needed that the neighbors are actually violating the rules of conduct prescribed by law. Is the noise coming from their apartment so loud that it warrants legal action?

Please note that the permissible noise level is up to 40 dB during the daytime and up to 30 dB in the evenings. These indicators are determined by a special device. You can insist that an independent examination be carried out, and noise indicators will be recorded in the document. You will receive irrefutable evidence that your neighbors are disturbing the peace.
The only case when it is difficult to understand the law is if unattended children are noisy in the apartment, jumping, screaming, rolling cars on the floor. Only conversations, requests to calm the child and limit his activity will help here. As a last resort, contact the guardianship and trusteeship authorities with a complaint that the children are being left unattended.

But what to do when even the threat of a fine according to the law and other troubles does not stop rowdy and noisy residents? How to protect your peace?

Noise insulation

If openly fighting is not part of your plans, your upbringing does not allow you to take revenge on the sly, and your patience has already run out, you need to roll up your sleeves and make high-quality sound insulation. Installing a soundproof ceiling will incur certain financial costs, but it is worth it. The long-awaited silence will come to the apartment. The best option is to cover the walls with soundproofing material.

But if you do not have the necessary knowledge and skills, it is better to trust the professionals. The team's work will take no more than a week, and in return you will receive quiet housing. Now all the scandals with your neighbors will be left behind and you will avoid communication with law enforcement agencies, and your free time will not be occupied by litigation. This option is costly, but in neighborly wars there are no winners, it is easy to destroy the world, and subsequently it is almost impossible to restore the old relations.

Based on the material we have read, we can conclude: it is possible to force your neighbors not to stomp over their heads, but it is better to do this peacefully.

How to punish noisy upstairs neighbors: practical advice

If you can’t sort things out according to the law, persuasion doesn’t work, and there’s still a strong stomp at the top, and even the music is blaring, then it’s time for a “guerrilla war.”

Human imagination is sometimes amazing. There are many ways to harm your neighbor, but self-harm, damage to other people’s property, and the like are not worth it. This could work against you and require the help of a lawyer. Let's look at safe and effective ways to annoy your neighbors for making noise.

Small dirty tricks

What to do if neither persuasion nor the police help? How to punish neighbors upstairs for noise and commotion? Let's move on to action:

To begin with, you can try to create conditions that are uncomfortable for the troublemakers. For example, you can print out and hang around the entrance various cartoons and caricatures describing exactly how the neighbors from apartment No. ** interfere with the life of the entire entrance.
If this does not help, place advertisements in local newspapers and on websites for the sale of apartment No. ** at a very attractive price - the flow of potential buyers is very annoying.
Using the Internet, sign up your neighbors for a huge number of advertising catalogs and unnecessary newspapers, and even better - order a lot of purchases from online stores to their address. The entire period of time that they will spend running around to process refusals and returns, you will live in peace.
Another rather unpleasant way to take revenge on your upstairs neighbors: take a can of caustic and smelly paint and write a well-known three-letter word with a “y” in the middle on the wall next to the offenders’ apartment. Which? Of course, “noise”, and even draw an arrow indicating the place exactly where it comes from. Some recommend doing the same on the door of a neighbor’s apartment, but here you must be prepared for the fact that your actions may be regarded as hooliganism and damage to someone else’s property. If it is proven that it was you who did this, a fine cannot be avoided.

If damage to property does not bother you, we move on to more stringent measures.

How to harm your upstairs neighbors

Method 1

To teach your neighbors a lesson, use a simple method - block the front door, provided that the door opens towards the stairwell.

Take a board and place one end against the doorknob of a harmful neighbor, and the other against the floor, step or railing, depending on where the entrance to the apartment is located.
Now it is impossible to get out of the apartment on your own and the neighbors will have to wait until other residents come to their aid and remove the board. If desired, of course.

Method 2

Lubricate several needles with glue and insert them into the keyhole. As a result, someone who “doesn’t bark, doesn’t bite, and doesn’t let them into the house” won’t let the owners themselves in either. In this case, the lock cannot be repaired; it will need to be replaced.

Method 3

If you are haunted by the constantly screaming TV in your neighbor’s apartment, and he ignores your requests, cut the antenna cable, or better yet, cut out a piece. It will take time for the intruder to eliminate the trouble, but you will be able to enjoy the silence for at least a short time.
The telephone cable can be damaged in the same way. A small thing, but unpleasant.

Method 4

The method is suitable only for those who are well versed in electricity and can do everything that is needed without the risk of injury.

If your neighbors’ music is too loud and the noise does not subside after 11 p.m., “do magic” in the electrical panel and deprive the apartment of electricity. This is easy to do by cutting out part of the wire so that it is difficult to connect the scraps.

How to teach alcoholic neighbors a lesson

What to do with alcoholic neighbors who constantly engage in drunken brawls, and the police already know their address by heart? There is one way!

Come up with a reliable reason (it’s your birthday, you received a bonus or a new position, the reason “drink to my health” will do) and treat your neighbors to vodka laced with a laxative. Of course, they will not be cured of alcoholism, but at least for a while they will have no time for fighting and dancing!

What is considered illegal

Many people think that tenants with tops are stupid, noisy and grinding. A good idea is to do nothing during the silent period:

scream;
tupage legs;
radiation of dishes;
Use noise devices;
Make repairs;
watch TV at high volume;
Draging furniture.

Residents with infants deserve to cushion both of them throughout the day and night. Sometimes a baby cries at night because he is teething or has stomach colic. A baby's crying is an uncontrollable phenomenon.

However, in the case of uncontrollable and undisciplined older children who are constantly pacing and throwing things, you may have trouble giving yourself a restful break.

How to annoy: sounds for upstairs neighbors

Method 1

The enemy must be beaten with his own weapon - a well-known truth. Try to annoy your neighbor with his own noise!

Make an audio recording of noise coming from your neighbors. Collect a larger “collection”, and then, using a special program, a large selection of which is available on the Internet, edit the “track”. If you don't know how to do this, play the same recording on repeat.
Then install the speakers closer to the ceiling or to a shared wall (for those who live “through the wall”) and turn on the recording at full power! It’s better to leave home for a while so as not to go crazy in such an environment.

Method 2

Do your upstairs neighbors love music and you also have to be a music lover, since the equipment screams almost in the ultrasonic range? Maybe they even purchased a percussion instrument? To all your requests to make it quieter and reminders that this is not a nightclub, there is no response?

Strike back and give them a concert performed by you! Let them listen to the exquisite composition that you will perform on the radiators! The sound will be especially loud if you use metal objects, even if you knock with a spoon.
It is possible that your downstairs neighbors will “pop in” and hear the “concert.” Apologize and honestly explain the reasons for your behavior, complain about uncontrollable music lovers. Who knows, maybe in your downstairs neighbor you will find a like-minded person who will agree to play the batteries “four hands”?

Method 3

Take revenge on your neighbors with a pot of water placed on a cabinet or shelf under the ceiling. Install it so that the edges are pressed tightly against the ceiling.

Place headphones on the pan and connect them to a music center or computer. And turn on the music at full blast. It turns out to be an improvised vibrating column, while your apartment will be quiet, which cannot be said about the neighbors above.

Method 4

You can not only take revenge, but also survive your neighbors with the help of ultrasound. There are devices designed to repel rodents and insects with ultrasound. The sound of the device resembles the squeak of a mosquito.

If you are well versed in technology, then by “conjuring” the device, you can ensure that the unbearable squeak will be picked up by the human ear. It is extremely difficult to exist in such an atmosphere.

Club of Defenders of Silence

Hello, dear forum users! I read your stories - just like a carbon copy of mine, one to one... Do we really have more inadequate neighbors than normal ones who are ready to talk?! I bought an apartment six months ago. For a mortgage. Tightening the belts. I was incredibly happy that I managed to buy my own home, and not wander around rented ones... Actually, I’m still happy now, if not for one “but” - the neighbors above turned out to be absolute idiots... They started renovations. It’s clear that repairs are something that one day threatens us all. At first they were renovating during the day - they were re-laying the floor, it felt like they were uprooting boards from the floor (although what kind of boards could there be, in a panel house?) If only the laminate was torn off... I endured - they still worked during the day, most of the time they didn’t bother me I was at home, returning from work at five or six in the evening. But a week ago it started... On Sunday, about 5.30 a.m., the drill was turned on. Then the drill was joined by sounds from changing windows - they immediately knocked out the old ones, then inserted new ones. By evening, my patience had run out and I tapped it on the radiator. Emotions and effect - zero. They didn’t stop at night either - they continued to move furniture, hammer nails into the floor, stomp very, very loudly - as if with reinforced concrete hooves, heels... Of course, I could have just gone and dealt with them without delay, but to be honest, I was scared - What can a fragile girl do against an inadequate, rough-and-ready guy (judging by the sounds, he is of rather large build and not entirely adequate)? I had to endure it. That night I managed to sleep for at most two hours. The next night everything happened again. I just seemed to be starting to fall asleep, having previously swallowed a sedative, when suddenly - sharp, loud music! It's 4:30. I couldn’t stand it, I went up to them and knocked on the vestibule door (there is no bell in their apartment). Naturally, no one opened it for me. But they didn’t have the conscience to kick their feet - it’s a pity for those residents who are next to them. I decided that if the noise happened again, I would call the police. The next night was more or less calm, but today there was again stomping, people moving furniture and constantly moving around the apartment! you can hear them in all corners at once! At three in the morning, determined to finally dot the I’s, I go up to them again. Luckily for me, the vestibule door was open. I knock, that means it’s me, a couple of minutes later the door opens and a girl appears to me, either heavily drunk, or having taken some other substances. The man (apparently her husband) did not deign to come out, he probably hid, although a couple of minutes before I went up to the floor above, I clearly heard his voice. Diligently pretending to be sleepy, she begins to make excuses that she didn’t move anything, didn’t drop anything, and as for the stomping, that’s just how they walk and nothing can be done about it. I tried to assure that I wanted to resolve everything peacefully, without involving the police and the local police officer, that I simply asked not to stomp around at least at night and not to continue the repairs. The answer simply killed me - “I don’t want to peacefully, call the police,” the girl muttered and slammed the door in my face. So what should we do? I understand that you can expect anything from such neighbors, what if this is some kind of trick, then she so easily agreed to the police? I’ll call the police, and she’ll blink her same half-drunk eyes again, accuse me of making a false call, or start defending her right to walk as she wants... I rummaged through both federal and local laws, but didn’t find anything intelligible about stomping. There are restrictions on decibels, and it seems to me that what I listen to every night exceeds these restrictions many times over... Although the same laws do not include stomping noises in the list of prohibited noises... So what should we do? As soon as I returned home, the stomping, naturally, intensified, things began to fall more often, and the hostess herself began to scream in a heart-rending voice, “Misha, Misha!” (apparently, she called her husband from hiding)… Should we consider this to mean that peaceful methods have exhausted themselves or should we still try to talk? Patience is running out, I sleep two to three hours a day, the work is important and complex, concentration is very necessary... Based on your experience, tell me what to do? I want to visit the management company. Maybe someone has already gone? Please advise how to explain everything and what can I ask from them? An educational conversation with troublemakers? Or simply recording the fact of my appeal to the Criminal Code? Or go straight to the local police officer? You want to come to your home as if it were your own fortress, to relax there, but you go with the feeling that now there will be another portion of brain drain…. Despite the fact that I behave as quietly as a mouse, because I understand from years of previous experiences what it’s like to live with noisy neighbors. This is a cry from the heart... What should I do, please tell me?

How to ruin the life of your neighbors upstairs

Method 1

Use the method code-named “Shame on rowdies.” Print out leaflets with a detailed description of the life of citizens N living in apartment no. Decorate the leaflet with cartoons, pictures and slogans like “We ask for silence!”
Post leaflets in the entrance, near the elevator and mailboxes, and finally, stick them on the offender’s front door or windshield of his car, if he has one!

Method 2

Try distributing advertisements for the sale of an apartment, car or cottage in newspapers, on relevant websites and on social networks. Whose? Of course, the neighbor's! And don’t forget to include both your home and mobile phone numbers. If you know your work phone number, add that too.
The main thing is that the terms of sale should be very profitable for the buyer, simply fabulous! There will be no end to the calls and your neighbors will be tortured to explain that they are not selling anything. Or maybe they will give up and move out, selling the apartment to one of those who want to buy it?

Method 3

Order a bunch of goods from online stores to your neighbors’ addresses, sign them up for catalogs and other promotional products. Talking to managers of online stores and filing refusals is a troublesome task that takes a lot of effort.

Method 4

If your neighbors have a metal or wooden door covered with dermantine, use the following method: shake a raw chicken egg in a bowl, and then collect it in a syringe. Make a cut in the upholstery in an inconspicuous place and pour the mixture there. The smell of rotten eggs is terrible and to get rid of it, neighbors will have to not only remove the upholstery, but also wash the door.
Instead of eggs, use iodine, vinegar and chlorine bleach, mixing them in equal parts.

Method 5

If your neighbors are superstitious and believe in omens, throw objects at their front door that could pass for attributes of magical rituals - earth, bird feathers, wool, salt, leftover candles, needles, etc.

How to deal with upstairs neighbors if they constantly flood

Are your upstairs neighbors constantly flooding you and complaining seems useless? Contact a lawyer and file a lawsuit, but what to do when this is not possible?

Without legal assistance, of course, it is difficult, but you can try. Under the place where water drips from the ceiling, fill your own floor! At first glance, this looks stupid, because the water will get to the lower neighbors. But when they come to you to find out what’s wrong, complain to them about the ones above, show them the stains on the ceiling. You won't be the only one complaining about uploaders.

How to teach noisy upstairs neighbors a lesson

These little dirty tricks do not require serious preparation or any additional knowledge, but they are great on the nerves. What else can you do to annoy your harmful neighbors:

Call a landline phone (preferably at night) and remain silent on the phone. Those who are familiar with a computer can install an auto-dialer program, which is available on the Internet, and calls will be made in the next apartment without your participation.
Burn the doorbell button for your noxious neighbors. The action may seem stupid, but war is war!
Use spray paint and decorate your neighbor's metal door with a three-letter message (meaning "home," "peace," and "noise," of course).
Buy a GSM jammer. The device will deprive neighbors of the ability to use the telephone and the Internet. You can even anonymously warn them that this will always happen if they don’t start respecting others.
A method only for those who are not squeamish, let’s call it “shit on the door.” Cover the offender's door with feces (dog, cat or human). You can deliver the “weapon of revenge” in a bag (or better yet, two) and use rubber gloves.
If funds allow, buy a speaker system and let your upstairs neighbors enjoy the hard rock! Just install the speakers closer to the ceiling.

The following tips will help you emerge victorious from the “neighborhood war” and force noisy residents to consider the comfort of those around them.

If you are knowledgeable about electricity

The next method, which tells you how to take revenge on your upstairs neighbors for noise, is suitable for those who have a good understanding of what is connected where in the electrical panel. If the neighbors upstairs are listening to deafening music or drilling something at one in the morning, you can solve the problem radically - deprive them of electricity. Moreover, you need to cut out such a piece of wire that it is difficult to twist it back.

Another newfangled method of revenge is purchasing a GSM jammer. This is a device that can deprive neighbors of mobile communications and the Internet. After a couple of days, leave a note at the door of the troublemakers saying that if the noise does not stop, they will never have Internet, and they will start calling on the next street.

How to take revenge on a neighbor who has a car

place a cobblestone or brick on the hood of the car (this will serve as a warning);
sprinkle more grain on the car and the surrounding birds will flock to the treat (and they will not only peck at the hood and roof, but will also “decorate” the surface with their waste);
Douse your car with valerian - and all the cats in the area will “pop in for a visit” (traces from dirty paws and claws are guaranteed).

Never break car windows, puncture tires, or throw water-filled balloons onto the roof of a car. If you get caught, you will have a hard time without the help of a competent lawyer.

How to calm down your upstairs neighbors

If your noisy neighbors are fed up with you and ignore requests to be quieter and you decide to start “military action,” adhere to the following rules:

first use “gentle” methods, perhaps the hint will be understood immediately;
act carefully and do not get caught;
having committed one or another action aimed at taking revenge on a neighbor, accompany it with a note explaining the reasons;
do not try to influence problem residents by assault;
do not create life-threatening situations for people and pets.

No matter how problematic the neighbors may be, try to come to an agreement first. Try to avoid war until the last moment, and when talking is useless, it is better to act through law enforcement agencies.

Rules of conduct for “people's avengers”

Of course, these are not all the ways to take revenge on neighbors above for noise and regular leaks. However, when looking for new ways to “annoy” your neighbors, do not forget about some rules:

Don't get caught. If you don’t need an open war with your offender, try not to let anyone see you.
Don’t start right away with radical methods - perhaps a small hint will be enough.
Do not forget to explain your actions with at least a note - the person probably does not realize that his actions cause inconvenience to others.
Do not get personal, do not use obscene language.
Never create a situation in which people or animals may be harmed - this is a serious crime.

No matter how much you would like to personally punish the offender, it is still best to act within the law and involve law enforcement agencies. And, of course, do not forget that a good half of conflicts can be resolved through negotiations. Remember the favorite saying of the cat Leopold and live together.