My downstairs neighbor has me scared to walk normally in my own apartment.
I’m honestly getting so tired of this. My downstairs neighbor has complained about me several times now. The first time she said I was walking too loud at night, and I believed her. For a few days I wore slippers inside, walked softer when I went to get water, closed cabinets slowly, all of it. Then she complained that I shower too late. Then it was me dragging stuff around in the middle of the night. I was not dragging anything. I pushed my chair under my desk once. Another time she banged on the ceiling because I got up to take Advil and walked maybe ten steps. Now I think before I move in my own apartment. Should I shower now. Should I open that drawer. Is putting a cup in the sink going to be too loud. I don’t have parties, I don’t blast music, I don’t have people over all night. The sleep part is getting weird too. Not because she is loud, but because I’m waiting for the ceiling bang. Someone else in the building closes a door, a pipe makes noise, and I wake up. I’ve been trying to salvage my sleep a little on my side. Weighted blanket, phone on Do Not Disturb across the room, my Sleenova sleep mask. None of that fixes her. It just keeps me from lying there waiting for the next knock. I recorded a few times and it sounds like normal apartment noise. Water running, footsteps, a cabinet closing. Maybe the walls are thin, but I can’t stop living after 8pm. I’m thinking about talking to management first because I don’t really want to deal with her directly anymore. The ceiling banging just makes me angry now. Has anyone dealt with a downstairs neighbor like this? Should I just start keeping a log?
Posted Jul 8, 2026, 12:12 PM UTC