How to deal with neighbor's loud bass from videogames 24/7

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it’s just one wall you can put another layer of drywall on top. That will deaden the energy quite a bit. You could ask sink more drywall screws to more firmly attach the original drywall to the studs more securely to prevent some of the vibration. Ask the building manager if they can do this. (And paint it)

I have to wonder if you've ever rented an apartment before. This isn't a thing. I can only imagine the looks any of my landlords would have given me for having the nerve to ask for this.

+1
But your apartment probably wont do anything anyway. Most apartment managers are lazy and like to do the bare minimum. Get some subwoofers and play music right back- all day long. I suspect the loud noises will soon stop.

[Anonymous]

Sunday morning, 4 a.m.: Place the speaker against the shared wall, play polka musc or Jimmy Swaggart revival tapes loudly as possible, and leave for a nice breakfast somewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it’s just one wall you can put another layer of drywall on top. That will deaden the energy quite a bit. You could ask sink more drywall screws to more firmly attach the original drywall to the studs more securely to prevent some of the vibration. Ask the building manager if they can do this. (And paint it)

I have to wonder if you've ever rented an apartment before. This isn't a thing. I can only imagine the looks any of my landlords would have given me for having the nerve to ask for this.

+1
But your apartment probably wont do anything anyway. Most apartment managers are lazy and like to do the bare minimum. Get some subwoofers and play music right back- all day long. I suspect the loud noises will soon stop.

Brilliant idea. And if you do it during business hours, there's probably nothing he can do about it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Also I read this online:

A trick I suggest for renters struggling to sleep: Lumitex.

Originally developed to block out light in shades & curtains, Lumitex is a thick, *FAIRLY INEXPENSIVE* fabric that provides excellent acoustic absorption.
Instead of sewing it into window curtains, the designer insists on using the stuff to surround a canopy bed.

“A friend of my daughter’s has a great apartment, but they can hear the neighbors sneeze at night because the walls are so thin,” Schnitta says.
“I said, ‘Hey, you know, tell them to get a canopy bed, make curtains for it, line them with Lumitex, and they should be fine.’
Sure enough, that helped and they weren’t woken up in the middle of the night.”

A little soundproofed cocoon!
How sweet is that?
Before you go inserting sound-absorbing panels between your drywall, you could try creating a little haven for sleep in your apartment and it will give you back your precious shut-eye.

I doubt that would work with bass, which vibrates walls and floors.

[Anonymous]

OP here:

Things have gotten pretty bad. From what I understand from the office he's very "difficult". They are trying to get him to stop, but, while he's lowered the volume, the bass still pulses into my whole apartment, vibrating stuff and making it really difficult to sleep (he is up all night, ending at 7:30 am) and work during the day (he sometimes is up during the day as well).

At this point, just considering breaking the lease and moving out. I dont think I can stand living here and am afraid of the physical effects. He's obviously a guy who just DNGAF about anyone else and I doubt that will change. The office workers confirmed to me that he's been very difficult/oppositional so again, I suspect my intuition that there are mental health issues at play is sadly correct.

[Anonymous]

Try sending the guy a threatening legal notice. Get a lawyer friend to type it up. Slip it under his door at 3am

[Anonymous]

OP what are the terms of your lease?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP what are the terms of your lease?

15 month lease.

So offer they've offered me the opportunity to move rooms in 4 months (it's been 2 months already, so you can change rooms at the 6 month lease). I dont think I can last that long though, not without going seriously crazy from sleep deprivation. I got a brief respite over Thanksgiving holiday and it's only driven how how horrific the low level bass noises are.

I would have to pay a fee to move, as well as repay deposit/application fee and reapply.

I could break the lease, and try to find someone to take over the lease from me. But the apartment complex is brand new and still being leased out so it makes me wonder if I will be able to find someone quickly. Though it's a top floor apartment and these are mostly sold out so that may appeal to people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP what are the terms of your lease?

15 month lease.

So offer they've offered me the opportunity to move rooms in 4 months (it's been 2 months already, so you can change rooms at the 6 month lease). I dont think I can last that long though, not without going seriously crazy from sleep deprivation. I got a brief respite over Thanksgiving holiday and it's only driven how how horrific the low level bass noises are.

I would have to pay a fee to move, as well as repay deposit/application fee and reapply.

I could break the lease, and try to find someone to take over the lease from me. But the apartment complex is brand new and still being leased out so it makes me wonder if I will be able to find someone quickly. Though it's a top floor apartment and these are mostly sold out so that may appeal to people.

Tell the office that it's truly become a medical (physical/mental) health issue, and that action needs to happen now (either move you or let you out of your lease). The sound of bass intruding into your personal space is always invasive, but what you're describing is soul crushing. What if you survive those four months, then they say "we need another month". I imagine every day for you right you is a prison sentence/torture chamber.

[Anonymous]

I'm so sorry, OP. I had to deal with something similar once, but the guy was a 60 something year old bachelor. I kept my communication with him polite and very direct about the bass problem (not volume), but he was absolutely unwilling to negotiate. I ended up leaving my longtime apartment within a month when I saw the writing on the wall. He ultimately left after 6 months because he was a problem tenant- smoking in a non-smoking apartment, etc.

There's a certain type of person who plays bass in multi-family housing. They are almost always anti-social types you don't want to be around. Subwoofers should be disallowed in apartments, period.

Sorry, OP. Been there, and I know how disruptive and upsetting it can be.

[Anonymous]

Wow! Just wow this whole thread has been out of control.

To the original poster, I am going to do the exact same thing. I'm curious to see how yours turned out.

I talked to the person directly twice and they didn't seem too concern. It actually seemed like it got worse after I talked to them and I'll talk to them really nicely and politely. So I'm surprised. Maybe I should have punched him in the face 😆 just kidding, but just like you the base for some reason especially when I'm trying to sleep really makes me kind of crazy. I started acting strangely and felt like doing things I normally wouldn't do. It's very odd. It's almost like some kind of mental torture.

I talked to the manager and explained in the detail what has transpired and she called and talked to him and it was better for about a week and then it started up again.

One of the problems with low base noise versus regular noise that people can hear is it's hard to record that noise and it's hard for other people to hear it because it's a vibration or rumble more than an actual noise. So for example, if the place came and were standing outside they might not be able to hear it. But if you were inside and it's rumbling and vibrating through the wall then you could hear it.

One way to record the noise if you wanted to to give to the manager would be to use a speaker, get like an old speaker and hook it up to an XLR cable to your computer and it will record the very low 20 to 50 hertz range where that base is coming from most devices like your phone won't record that low cuz it doesn't want to record rumbling and vibrations.

I have recorded some great audio in. Will now contact the manager again and tell them that this is continued to happen. If they can't get something figured out then I will ask them to allow me to break my lease unless they can move me to a different apartment. I may revenge base this person cuz I think they go to bed at 6:00 in the morning when I'm getting up and I may get a base and then put it on the news channel or something and have that bass turned way up. Not so much that it would bother other neighbors but enough that it would get them and then just leave for the day. Do that every day until they stop their base. It's like a base fight 😆

Anyway, I would love to hear how yours turned out. It is really sad that house prices are astronomical right now and we are stuck living in the in an apartment but the market should be tanking this year or next year just like it did in 2008 2010 and we should be able to buy a house then and live happily ever after without these inconsiderate people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:::Knock knock::

Hey, I'm Jude, I live next door. Hey yeah your base is REALLY loud. I'm all for everyone doing whatever they want in the privacy of their own home, but only until it starts bothering others. Would you please use headphones going forward?

When I brought this up to my complex they said they prefer/ask all residents to handle it by going through the office, because they want to avoid creating a "neighbor war" situation, which I agree with. So i think I'll have to go through the office, but worried they wont be willing to handle it as strongly as they should.

Then keep complaining. And I'd research getting a noise/decibel meter as well as just do Google level research on this sort of noise pollution. Maybe record the noise inside your apartment and in the hallway too?

If it's a luxury apartment does it have quiet hours? I live in one a few years ago and our quiet hours started at 10 or 11 pm. They would not have hesitated to tell someone to use headphones in this situation.

[Anonymous]

People who live in apartments are trash. The owners are trashy. The managers are trashy. And I promise nobody cares. All they care about is getting your $. I would break the lease for medical conditions and tell them to piss off.

Buy your own place ASAP.

[Anonymous]

Ask the apartment bldg if they’ll let you move apartments. A decade ago I had the same issue and this was the solution.

[Anonymous]

OP can’t solve the problem because she is an attractive female? Unattractive females would be in a better situation?
This is laughable. Shame on you OP.