Most of us will encounter a noisy neighbour we don't see eye to eye with at some point in our lives, the Mirror reports. However, one woman is at her wits end after she revealed that she is forced to wear earplugs in her own home every day due to her neighbour's kids 'screaming at the top of their lungs all hours of the day'.
The frustrated woman who admitted she's close to 'bawling her eyes out' took to Reddit's neighbour's from hell thread to express her frustration as she detailed the constant 'screaming and thumping' coming from her neighbours. The author said that while she acknowledges that moving house is likely going to be her only solution, she is currently unable to afford to do so in the current financial climate.
Sharing the post on the popular online forum about 'annoying' neighbours she wrote: "I shouldn't have to wear earplugs in my own house." She 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. The woman added that she had even visited the property on various occasions at different times of the day to check the noise levels from neighbours and had not heard anything until the first week they moved in.
She said: "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 continued: "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."
Reddit users flocked to the comments to sympathise with the fed up woman and even left her some 'petty' suggestions of their own. One person advised: "I'd invest in a blue tooth speaker and drown them out. Just bedtime is a good time to start."
The original poster replied: "You see I’m normally extremely petty and would do something like this, however I have neighbours on the other side and I don’t wanna be p***ing them off." Meanwhile someone else commented: "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". They added: "You did your due diligence by viewing at different times. Sorry, you're going through this".
A third who could relate to the situation said: "I feel you :( The stomping and chair dragging from my upstairs neighbour are a nightmare."
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