I Can't Sleep These Days Because of the Footsteps Upstairs
Every night at 11 p.m., it sounds exactly like someone is banging on the floor with a wooden hammer. I've complained to the building management office twice, but it only stays quiet for that moment and then starts right back up.
I keep thinking moving out might be the answer, but I still have 8 months left on my lease... I'm just writing because I have nowhere else to vent.
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Ugh, inter-floor noise is really... The management office is useless. I just wrote a letter to the upstairs neighbors and taped it to their door, and it got a bit better after that. But it's all about luck ㅠㅠ
Agreed, that really drives people crazy.
But if it's the sound of a wooden mallet, isn't that not footsteps but someone doing some kind of repair? At 11? In that case, it'd probably be faster to just go up and talk to them directly.
I also had 8 months left, but I moved out because of the noise. With the penalty and moving costs combined, it cost me over 2 million won... Honestly, when I think about my mental health, I don't regret it. But only as a true last resort.
Got a source? Nah, it's just that the sound description is so specific lol
Well, if you've already told the management office twice, you need to push harder. Trying to resolve floor noise on your own is a never-ending battle. Record it and submit it to the Floor Noise Neighbor Center. After I did that, mediation began.
Eight months is a long time... but I also wonder if just living with earphones in is the answer. It’s really tricky. Hang in there.