Geri: We must have the same neighbours, lol!!!
Ever since I moved in here 2+ yrs ago, the neighbours upstairs have driven me totally up the wall. It's taken all my hub's and my self-discipline not to go upstairs and tell them off.
This family is large; I have no idea how many kids they have but I have seen at least 5 different ones, ranging in age from toddler to pri sch. I suspect they don't all belong to the couple..some could be friends' kids, or are they acting as a makeshift childcare centre??! Coupled with an elderly lady as well and that makes for a really cramped and NOISY household.
Daily noises include (and everything tends to start in the evening till past midnight): furniture dragging, kids screaming, feet pounding ... when the kids scream (I think they are playing catching from one room to another), I can actually hear the sounds via the balcony if I'm still in the living room, instead of merely through the ceiling! It's that loud! And it goes on constantly till past midnight, though perhaps not as late as till 4 am ... but aren't u supposed to calm your kids down and tuck them into bed as resttime approaches??? These kids seem to do the opposite - move furniture, play catching, burst into main bedroom (which is directly above my main bedroom where I'm trying to wind down), scream! Sometimes if I listen carefully, I can even hear words amidst their screams .... my gosh, neighbours from hell!!!
And if that's not enough, they maintain a jungle on their balcony ...if u go downstairs and look up at our block's balconies, their's is the only one chock-full of straggly, huge plants, so much so that you cannot look into their living room at all (we all live on quite low levels). What this translates to is a perpetual shower of dead leaves and flowers on my balcony, as well as a daily watering of my balcony!! Really, really annoying. Sigh.