Noisy neighbor kid scares the girls! :-(

[Kirsten]

How much noise do you have to tolerate? Last winter, a new family moved into the neighbor house, with a very loud 10-year-old boy. Tonight, that boy started blowing one of these very loud vuvuzela-thingies in his open window, and it really freaked Luna and Lily out. They literally flew out of the room, knocked things over while they were in panic; Lily is crawling on her belly and Luna is still hiding. And I'm furious!! How much crap do you have to take from your neighbors?

[momcat]

What a shame that poor Lily and Luna are so upset, there's no reason for that kid to be doing stuff that disturbs your neighborhood! Have any of your neighbors complained about it?
Sounds a lot like the people next to us. Their kids are constantly screaming, crying, or both at the same time. They often have the music on so loud it's like their stereo is on in my place.
Is there any chance of talking to his parents or maybe filing a noise complaint with the police? Nobody should have to put up with this!
Good luck, I hope this can be resolved very soon. Please give Lily and Luna some comforting lovies from me?

[pomtzu]

How much noise do you have to tolerate? Last winter, a new family moved into the neighbor house, with a very loud 10-year-old boy. Tonight, that boy started blowing one of these very loud vuvuzela-thingies in his open window, and it really freaked Luna and Lily out. They literally flew out of the room, knocked things over while they were in panic; Lily is crawling on her belly and Luna is still hiding. And I'm furious!! How much crap do you have to take from your neighbors?

If you are in an apartment complex, you should file a complaint/report with the management. You pay rent, just as everybody else does, and you are entitled to live in reasonable comfort. Kids will be kids, but they must respect others who live around them, and their parents need to enforce this. Perhaps it doesn't bother them, but they need to instill in their children, respect for others.

[Kirsten]

It's the neighbors' house which belongs to my landlord's son. Calling the police wouldn't help, kids have all the rights in the world here in Germany to make noise. I think I will talk to his mother if this continues. I'm coping with a lot of noise here; kids screaming, kids yelling at their dog when he is barking, kids playing ball in the street (next to the cars, btw), I'm dealing with all that, but it cannot be that Luna and Lily are suffering and do no longer feel safe in their home!

[Kirsten]

Luna is still in shock, she's crawling on the floor, she won't let me touch her, and she doesn't respond to me!!! I'm so mad at that stupid brat!!

[pomtzu]

Kirsten, I certainly would talk to somebody about it. You shouldn't have to put up with that. Fortunately, I never lived in an apartment, tho I did live in housing that had neighbors very close by, but never had to deal what you're dealing with. For the past 40 years tho, I have lived where I am now, on a 2 acre lot. I guess the worst I had to put up with, was the teenager next door, playing his car stereo full blast. I wouldn't have tolerated that if they had been in closer range tho. But the bank took their house back and they are gone now anyway. Hopefully some old retired couple will buy the vacant house!

Hopefully the girls will come around soon. They certainly were traumatized tho. That's a darn shame!

[phesina]

Oh, how awful.

[Randi]

Kirsten, you have my sympathy. I'm dealing with noise, too. I have 8 young people living upstairs, one is 1 year old, so you can imagine what that is like. I have a corner flat with 7 windows facing the street, and people like to stop and chat on their way home at night, right on the corner, of course. Other than that, there's quite a few barking dogs in the street. Oh man, if I had the money, I'd get a house in the countryside!

Good luck!