Yikes! Did not know this has been going on for months.
Have you tried recording the noise? You should amplify the noise and then send it to the management lady like she asked.
Yes i have tried, but it's really difficult to capture the sudden loud noises when it happens with my phone. The constant low level stumps and footsteps don't register well on my phone's mic, and i know the management will just dismiss those as normal noises, even though these noises happen at the AM hours. Last night around 2AM, the loudest stump happened and it shook the walls and floor of the whole apartment. I wish i had a recording of that. I think i need a special recorder that can record for hours at a time, but those are expensive.
It reminds me of one of those freaky Geico commercials (I think it's them). The family that taps together? Do you work during the day? This can be having a direct effect on you earning a living. Guess they have no quiet hours? Ugh! I like the idea of using a fan or even white noise. I use a fan myself. So sorry you are going through this. I would record it. It is torture at some point. Any way to soundproof the roof, even though you shouldn't have to?
Many streamers use some kind of noice cancelling plates so they can record better. I think they are also called sound absorber. You could nail them at the ceiling. Maybe this helps a bit.
I have thought about soundproof tiles, but i am not sure it'd work for my situation. The noise is not talking, music, or sound, it's stumps and footsteps on thin wooden floors. Their strange activities and very loud footsteps send very powerful vibration and i can physically feel every footstep they take. This apartment is a 1960s post war NYC coop apartment, so the best way i can describe the noise is the sound and sensations that old wooden ships make when they hit rough sea. The loud talking and other sounds i can block out with my loud AC, air purifier, earplugs or ambient music, but the loud stumps goes through everything i have in defense.
Hit back harder. I have few cool ideas but can't post them in public because I'll get banned.
That's a very bad idea in my case. When i hit back at the ceiling, i'm hitting hard plaster, but when they hit back it's against old thin wooden floor. Back in March i went upstairs really angry and banged on their door super hard, and they kind of apologized and played innocent, then the weeks after they payed me back much harder. They stumped super hard at random hours of the night, sometimes the stump wakes me up in confusion and panic, and then a few hours later another huge one. The stump sounded like someone dropping a really heavy sandbag or punchbag from ceiling to the floor, and the vibration feels like an earthquake.
I went through the same thing and found that the law was on their side. Society doesn't value peace and quiet. In the end, i moved in with my abusive parents to escape the constant banging above me but it was a case of out of the frying pan and into the fire. So now i find myself here. For what it's worth i empathize.
That's what bothers me the most. The people upstairs know that the law is on their side, so they just continue to torture me in confidence that i have nothing against them. The management also think i'm just a complaining tenant that needs to be silenced.
Id be off my head with that shit. Once you've tried everything to resolve this nicely. Borrow or buy boom box and have playing full blast all day. You go out for day. Those fuckers have to sleep at some point.
That's honestly how i want to hit back, but how do i do it without bothering my downstairs neighbor and everyone else around me? The sound in this apartment travels downward for whatever reason, as i never hear from downstairs or next doors, only upstairs. When i first moved in, i didn't have rugs and carpeting, so i walked a little louder, and the downstairs neighbors complained about it. That was me walking barefooted during the day. What my upstairs neighbor do is during the night/ early morning till noon.
They must be sleeping during the day, but sometimes i can still hear some constant activities during the day as well. I think they have day and night shifts in whatever they're doing. Just before covid, i used to hear large gathering of people drinking, singing, and the usual stumps. I think the apartment is just a workshop for whatever they're doing.
