For over a year now there have been banging sounds coming from our upstairs neighbours flat almost every single night between 10pm – midnight.

It's really rhymic banging, kind of like if you were hammering a nail in to the wall, it'll usually be 3-6 bangs several time at random points throughout the 2 hours. I've done some scientific testing and it sounds exactly like someone punching the wall.

Someone left this note (in purple) in the communal lift and the banging neighbour replied (in black). I've thought about there response and for many reasons there's absolutely no way this is a baby dropping toys or moving furniture to move house (for over a year!).

Any ideas what they could be doing up there?

by RepresentativeLime3

25 comments

  2. this exact thing happened to me too – very consistent banging from my neighbour and it was extremely annoying. it didn’t last long, but did stop and start for a few hours everyday. turns out there was some wrong with their radiator and it caused it to make a very loud banging sound 😭

  4. Sometimes you can think what on earth is making that sound, it sounds nothing like anything I do in my home!

    Sometimes sound travels differently downwards. Or sounds that don’t sound loud at all for them do for you being below them. Sound can be weird.

    I too used to think what on earth are my upstairs neighbours doing! Except they have their dog a ball it would drop over and over for hours and they never walked the poor thing.

  5. I experienced something similar once it was the neighbours washing machine with a dodgy foot. It’s cheaper to run the machine at night.

  6. Well, they had to make the baby somehow.

    You never had a bed that moved around a bit too much & was that bit close to the wall?

  7. they have a baby thats playing basketball late at night with some toy

  8. I like how it’s all written in felt tip pens.

    I would also like to know what is going on in the house next door to me, as there are similar noises. It’s actually been uninhabited for 2 years as the old fella who lived there died. But even then, there’d be noises like someone was pushing school desks around at 1-2am. We asked him once and he said it was the cats (???)

    My money is on cats having wrestling matches.

  10. They’re packing up between those hours while the baby goes out, last orders ?

  11. Did you never speak to them about it as it was going on a whole year?

  12. Have you ever tried like actually knocking on their door, having a chat and asking?

  15. Just some guy upstairs weight training, 3 or 6 reps a time and coming down with a thud?

  17. Could be an issue with pipes, water pressure or boiler. It may be wise to record the sound to share with neighbour, landlord or council (noise complaint).

  19. This is why all apartments and flats in UK should be made sound proof or sound dampening put in place as you hear allot of what your neighbours are doing especially if below or above
    I’ve got especially inconsiderate gamer type neighbours living below me in Apartment building which was built as one in 2005
    By Barrates UK with no soundproofing
    and can even hear the people in flat below them on ground floor but they aren’t the problem at all as they are quiet and go to bed at 10pm
    But neighbours below like to talk loud all night stay up all night and the guy laughs like a girl
    which is Pathetic and very inconsiderate and bang kitchen cupboards force there fire door closed making door closer make a loud clunk noise and order takeaway delivery’s during early hours of morning and they don’t care,

    But different if have children which noise can’t be helped

  20. seems weird that they refer to their baby as “it”, rather than he/she/they

  22. Is it a baby in its got with some sort of toy or teether banging on the cot when it wakes for a feed?

  24. My nextdoor neighbour plays with their toddler (stomps around) past 11pm

  25. Am I the only one who thought they said the baby was dropping their “soup” and not “toys” or do I just really need to go to Specsavers?

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