A woman has voiced her upset online after the constant 'screaming and thumping' from her neighbours brought her close to 'bawling [her] eyes out'. She's forced to wear earplugs in her own home due to children 'screaming at the top of [their] lungs all hours of the day'.
While she admitted that she knows the only solution is to move house, she's unable to do so in the current financial climate. Taking to popular forum Reddit, the woman shared her frustration on a neighbour's from hell thread - a platform for stories of 'annoying neighbours'.
Captioning the post, she shared her frustration: "I shouldn't have to wear earplugs in my own house."
The woman explained: "It (mostly) blocks out the screaming children, but it's then the thumping around the house that really aggravates me.
"I'm at my wit's end. I know the only way is to move but we only bought last year and will be in no way able to afford it in the current climate.
"I went on three viewings on different days, different times of the day before submitting an offer and did not hear one single peep from next door.
"And within the first week of getting the keys it's been nothing but incessant and constant screaming and thumping.
She went on: "I know, 'kids will be kids' and 'they're only playing', but I was never brought up to scream at the top of my lungs all hours of the day.
"I feel stuck, frustrated and like I want to bawl my eyes out."
Flocking to the comment section, Reddit users sympathised with the woman - and even proceeded to share 'petty' suggestions of their own.
One person suggested: "I'd invest in a blue tooth speaker and drown them out. Just on bedtime is a good time to start."
The Reddit poster replied: "You see I’m normally extremely petty and would do something like this, however I have neighbours the other side and I don’t wanna be p***ing them off."
Meanwhile, someone else wrote: "Totally understand. I have to wear AirPods or earplugs pretty much 99% of the time. I'm on the second floor of a four-story building, so anything I do to retaliate will bother the lady downstairs.
"You did your due diligence by viewing at different times. Sorry, you're going through this," they added.
A third said: "I feel you :( The stomping and chair dragging from my upstairs neighbour are a nightmare."
Do you have a story? We want to hear it! Get in touch at grace.hoffman@reachplc.com
