Hello everybody, I would like to share my experiences about my noisy upstair neighbour too. Now I can totally understand how it feels like to have such a douchebag neighbour. For the past 18 months since moving into new flat, everyday can hear their kids or parents running, stomping, dropping heavy objects, dragging furnitures etc. They can run/stomp/drop things for hours throughout the day. So loud that even the walls will vibrate. Called HDB to tell them during Circuit breaker period last year, but neighbour replied in group chat saying 'its their house and their kid is allowed to run in his own house'. Wow unbelievable parents with this type of mentality with disregards to their neighbours. We all know the distress all these loud sounds cause so I will not elaborate further.
Worst still, they are using platform bed in their master bedroom. And for months almost every single morning me and my wife will be awaken abruptly by the platform sound when they step up or down. Even in ungodly hours (1am, 3am, 4am, 6am etc) our sleep had been interrupted by the sounds of their platform. Having our sleep interrupted is the worst form of noise disturbance. And to make things worst, this pair of parents are not slim, so you can imagine the weight of their feet when they step down of the platform. I wish HDB will BAN all forms of platforms because the type of sound it cause is unbelievably loud and disturbing.
The platform sound was so bad when their kid jumped on it last year that we had to call the police at 5.30am in the morning because we thought some fight or something had happened in their room. But as usual, the police just stood outside their home to observe and could not do anything.
We finally knew it was a platform bed because the parents came to talk to us after we called HDB a second time. But as we all know, all talk is futile. Over the past few months all these sounds continue to happen but has toned down considerably but everyday and morning we will still be disturbed and awaken by their platform sounds, running etc. All these have already created a 'phobia' for us. I even downloaded an app called Calm to help me stay relax and take my thoughts off those disturbing sounds and my neighbours' face.
In conclusion, I just hope all those affected by noisy neighbours to be strong, stay positive as much as you can. Go out and socialise with friends etc. Because I know how tormenting it can be and try not to dwell so much on it because it will really affect your health. Only those who experience it will know the pain.
HDB, MP, POLICE, CDRT, MEDIATION I think all these are just 'for show' by the authorities. Nobody can really help us solve the issues of noisy neighbours. Just look at all the examples mentioned in this thread. People say new HDB is thin and fabricated and thus transmit sounds easily, I agree on this, but come on, how about kids running? dragging furnitures, dropping things, banging? Are these not caused by the inconsideration of human beings?
After months of suffering, me and my wife realise the only solution is to move out. Because people will not change their habits and lifestyle for others. So I wish everybody here work hard, earn more money and move to better housing. Best is move to bungalow haha. We still have 3 full years till MOP.