Dealing with noisy neighbours can be a nightmare, especially if you live in a flat and it's the neighbours in the property above you that make a racket right over your head.
Thankfully, most of us are considerate toward those around us and would be willing to compromise on the noise if asked to keep it down - but one man has discovered the hard way that not everyone is so thoughtful.
The man explained his upstairs neighbour always vacuums her flat at midnight, which keeps him awake when he should be asleep and ready for work in the morning. And although he's tried explaining the situation to her, she won't listen or change her cleaning habits.
In a post on Reddit, the man claimed he had "politely" asked if his neighbour would vacuum earlier in the day to avoid becoming a "disturbance" to people, but she insisted midnight "is not too late" and told the man to stop making a "big deal about nothing".
He wrote: "I live on the second floor in a three-story apartment complex. On multiple occasions, my upstairs neighbour has vacuumed from around 11pm-12am. I work mornings and I am usually in bed by 10.
"The first few times I tried to ignore it but I kept hearing her vacuuming [and it was] waking me up at midnight so one day I knocked on her door and she either wasn't home or didn't answer. I left a note on her door asking her not to vacuum late at night because it is becoming a disturbance primarily to me who lives directly below her.
"She came knocking on my door telling me that midnight is not too late to be vacuuming and I'm just old (I'm 27). She then told me that she cleans her house whenever she feels like it and I should not make a big deal about nothing. I asked her politely to stop doing it so late because others are sleeping.
"She told me that if I have a problem with it then I should not be living in an apartment and I need to move into a home."
Commenters on the post were firmly on the man's side, as many said that vacuuming late at night is "absolutely inconsiderate".
One person said: "Midnight is absolutely inconsiderate. You asked nicely, she was rude."
While another added: "It's crazy how inconsiderate your neighbour is, file a noise complaint."
And a third posted: "There are rules, and she is almost certainly breaking them. If she wants to vacuum at all hours, then SHE shouldn't be in an apartment. She needs to move into a home."
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