Woman Deals with ‘Insanely Loud’ Upstairs Neighbors in Unexpected Way

A woman found a surprising way to handle her noisy upstairs neighbors.

In a recent Reddit post, she explained that the people living above her “are pretty loud.”

“They have lead feet,” she wrote. “They bang on stuff a lot for no clear reason, and they stay up late stomping around.”

She said they vacuumed up to three times a day, sometimes as late as 11 p.m., and insisted this wasn’t an exaggeration.

“I have three kids who go to sleep around 7:30–8:30 p.m., and they all use sound machines on full blast, but sometimes it’s still not enough,” she added. “It’s been months of this, and I’ve never said anything, but it gets to me sometimes.”

Even while writing the post, she noticed the neighbors were “banging something so hard that the chair I’m sitting in is shaking.”

Hundreds of people commented with advice, some suggesting she speak to building management or even “grab a broom and whack the ceiling a few times.”

But she chose a different, kinder approach.

In a follow-up post, the woman shared that she left a gift basket and card outside her “insanely loud” neighbors’ door. The basket included a bottle of wine, a candle, and chocolates.

The anonymous note read:
“We wanted to drop off this basket as a little hello from downstairs. I also wanted to kindly mention something — the sound from your apartment carries more than you might realize, especially in the late evenings into the night. With our little ones going to bed early, it can be tough when there’s a lot of loud movement or vacuuming late at night.”

The note continued:
“We also want to apologize if any of our noise ever disrupts you — we understand the kids may be a bit wild sometimes, and we try to be mindful. We completely understand that everyone has their own routine, and we don’t expect you to change your lifestyle for us, but anything you can do to keep things a bit quieter in the late evenings would mean a lot.”

To her surprise, the neighbors responded positively.

They returned the wine along with a card and chocolates of their own. Since then, she has “definitely noticed a substantial decrease in the noise.”

“Kindness wins this time!” she concluded.