The story of the Instant Karma Machine; Noisy Neighbor Retraining Device

[@mariarohmer2374]

I wish we lived in a world where bad neighbors were sent to live with bad neighbors. Bad neighbors always have the luxury of living around good neighbors. That needs to change.

[@BrettHoustonTube]

I hear they go to a special section of Hell. :)

[@-sensibleChris]

They only take liberties around people that are decent.

[@maverickpaul6571]

You ever been to Compton?

[@plushypuppy2024]

I had the neighbour at my door after I drilled my wall for 3 whole minutes!!, the neighbour who had to wait for 18 months for me to make any noise whatsoever in order to complain after I complained about their outdoor party that didn't end until 1:45 the following morning...they literally had to wait THAT long for some kind of revenge?...total idiots. They are down there now having a sing-along-a-party and basey music! Once they go to bed I'm going to play 'baby shark' on a loop

[@LonerBecause]

I agree! I hate trash neigbors

[@neonnerd1364]

I've learned with bad neighbors you can't ask them politely to stop doing something because then they're just gonna do it ten fold just to irritate you for asking. I had a neighbor that loved his system in his car a little too much. He'd come home at 3am shaking everyone's houses and then he'd sit in his car like that until the song ended before he shut it off and went inside leaving me and my wife the task of getting a 2 year old and a newborn at the time back to sleep. Luckily he's gone now and our kids can get their sleep.

[@BillyMinnow]

I had a similar experience with neighbors. There were, at least 8 people, including 2 toddlers, living above me, in a 2 bedroom apartment. The landlord was awful and did nothing. The children would regularly be up and running until 3-4am. The adults would have regular gambling sessions. Anytime I went up to talk with them they acted as if they didn't speak english (literally). This was happening within the first month of me living there. I would spend my sleeping hours online looking for ways out of my lease. Turns out, it's far more simple than you might think, despite what your landlord might tell you. I would first suggest buying a security camera that that also records sound and is backed by an online database of some sort. Every time you hear noises that are "out of control" be sure to WRITE AN EMAIL to your landlord. Not call. Not text. EMAIL. If your landlord calls you, let it go to voicemail. My landlord took me to court after I broke my lease. He didn't know I had been documenting everything for around 5 months. I had literal days worth of footage with near non-stop noise. Accompanied by emails letting him know about the problem and voicemails with his response, all with the clause in the lease agreement that had a rule against excessive noise, which was grounds for eviction if it was recurrent. My lawyer suggested we counter-sue. I ended up getting 2 months rent back, plus the security deposit.

[@justiceneeded01]

This is such a satisfying story. I know this comment is old, but I wanted to thank you for posting, bc I needed to see something like this. Have been starting to feel hopeless:(

[@mamaimaia]

thank you needed this!

[@lifewithg0lden]

thank you for sharing this, i may take the same route!!!

[@newhorizonsforfifty2833]

Find out what language they do speak next time and then learn how to cuss them out in said language.

[@LEOUSA4881]

BRAVO!!!

[@lucindagaskill7137]

After living in apartments for years, I bought a small house and vowed to NEVER live in an apartment again in EVER. After months of harassment (like in your situation) I got so stressed out, that I developed shingles & had to be hospitalized. RENTERS have no rights !

[@C0deH0wler]

These high tax revenue areas are subsidusing insolvent suburbia. Instead of generalisation and 'it has always been this way, thus it is a force of nature', they deserve stuff that is actually pretty simple to do: soundprooding, and better regulation to kick out tenants/confiscate sound systems. And local governments do these areas a disservice by pushing traffic through them, creating a bunch of noise and polution. Need traffic circulation plans, for suburbia too, to limit through-traffic. If you've ever been to a Dutch city or town, it's bloody quiet. For both types of areas, there also the assholes in loud cars. It plagues the suburb I live in right now. Need sound cameras like what the French are installing right now.

[@sunflower8035]

Yep! And trust me being a condo owner is not any better.

[@jtfoog5220]

Lol this country…. Noisy neighbors sent you to the hospital 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Sparrow-76]

I have developed shingles to on my back, chest and shoulders due to the stress and have fallen asleep in work a few times because of the lack of sleep sometimes none at all, this is only my first month in this apartment.

[@staciemorelli384]

@Sparrow-76 you need to get a sound system when they are loud you put in your sound system to music you enjoy to drown out their noise download a noise blocker from you tube out that on if you don’t want to listen to music they gave cool noise blockers on you tube good luck

[@boxingphysique]

The same story with me- I asked them to stop stomping her feet and she answered that this is how she walks normally.... After I asked I regret for asking.... they started jumping with full force while screaming simultaneously, moving the fridge and furniture in 2 am with insane noise..... now I play 10 hour of drilling machine sound effect and its all good :)

[@mariadesousa1353]

.he he he he ... and I play static radio - speaker on the highest cupboard towards ceiling... and I can still enjoy my house.... BRILLIANT!!

[@blakepiesse4466]

Awesome! Im doing the exact same thing with drilling machine video and it drives them crazy!

[@peterpengproductions920]

@@blakepiesse4466 Good job boy. I do the same. Some people say "oh it's passive aggressive and petty" To them, Shut your ****. What's fcked up is how we are having to resort to this.

[@DumanBritishShortHair]

I am going through the exact problem at the moment, I had a friendly chat but this was ignored as the noise got worse.

[@weimingw3056]

Same story here and I had to move out my own place.

[@letsbuilda4ort]

People definitely lose it. I know I did when this was happening to me. Noise is in fact a torture tecnique that has been used by the military for decades.

[@shadowling77777]

No More Blue Skies Holy shit Who is your neighbor?

[@summerbreeze1955]

Too right i lost it twice last week.

[@chadcrawford1502]

You need to watch my vids from 2019 last week of feb into 3 days now of march of after a 2 week nearly constant booms and children running wild bringing boxing match front row sound effects to the couch near me. I did a 46min electric guitar scream with insane sound effects it rang my ears. I did airplane motor sound effects treatment bass so deep it made my model airplanes do 360s on the night stand. Tsunami sirens sound effects air raid siren power chord treatment. Guitar tapping treatment this was after 2 weeks of slamming doors under my bedroom at 2am! I blew my top on 3-3-19 stomping in steel toe boots it knocked all the pictures off the wall it only took a second to get a knock at my door on that gialee that was a mega quake i was pissed to my inner core with children jumping up n down 10-14 hours a day. These vids can be watched on my channel guitar treatment remember that on a 100 watt amp 2 speakers.

[@chadcrawford1502]

@@summerbreeze1955 you need to see my stuff from last February week 2019 and now 1st 3 days of march it turned into sledgehammers n things Guitar full bass and 46min video from 3-2-2019 check it out you'll like it its on this same channel.

[@benitocamelo2489]

@@chadcrawford1502 are they still being loud asf

[@miaofearth]

I enjoyed this video purely because of how much he enjoyed telling it

[@AppleSlicesUnite]

+mia Bevilacqua yeah lol he sure did enjoy telling it. I wish he had footage of the Karma Machine at work.

[@randymcdonald1419]

I also enjoyed this video because of his resemblance to Walter White and roughly the same deviousness. If thats a word.

[@Renew3D-Art]

Same. He can really deliver a story.

[@cpmow831]

some people are just really good storytellers. I love that quality in people.

[@chadgoings6336]

lol

[@dnsmithnc]

The clearest indication of class is the level of noise they produce.

[@thedativecase9733]

Nonsense. I worked with a woman who formerly lived in one of the most expensive parts of Surrey - and she and her husband were plagued by the worst noisy neighbours anyone could imagine. Believe me no-one who was "lower class" could afford to breathe the air in that part of the South East let alone live there. Moreover the arseholes with money always have influential friends who can make life difficult for anyone who complains.

[@timm9769]

@@thedativecase9733 You're mistaking the possession of money with the possession of class.

[@xlaythe]

@@timm9769 What this guy said

[@eege742]

Being classy surely doesn't have to be rich/wealthy too. It does have to do with class.

[@VictoriaWonders]

exactly the things I needed confirmed

[@Fatherlake]

"I thought the earthquake was her" 😂😂😂

[@equisequis.55]

she must have been fat

[@prb25001]

Another one of the worst effects of going through this is when you mention this to your family, friend, therapist, etc. and they automatically have to assume you’re being petty or don’t get why this bothers me. But this is torturous. And watching the videos and reading stories of others going through this resonates with me deeply. I can feel their anxiety and astonishment and the psychological impact it has on them - just like it does on me. Others will never know what you’re going through. In every case, it wasn’t until they came over to my place and experienced it first-hand that they reacted just like me and were shocked. And then I get mad inside for them not believing me in the first place. And I’m not even one with a reputation of being irrational for them not to believe me! Have been going through this for three years. There’s some improvement, but work has to be constantly done to control and remind the neighbors (who happens to be the LANDLORD) that NOTHING CHANGES!

[@Slicef]

15 years I had this neighbours doing it to me I moved 5 years ago from this person, and to my shock, the same week I moved ,he moved to the same neighbourhood and next door, what are the chances of that.and he still doing it , last night only 1-2 hours sleep. ,Will be moving again by end of this year.because it's affected my health,

[@DunderHead.5000]

That's not chances, that's on purpose. Sounds like a narcissist or possible malignant narcissist but I'm not a psych doctor.

[@darleneparry621]

​​@@Slicefget a recorder and record the noise and play it back to him through a loud speaker, I downloaded a sound clip of Arnold S from the movie kindergarten Cop yelling shut up shut up shut up and played it through a loud speaker at my neighbour and his barking dog that was waking me in the early hours, he now keeps the dog indoors until later in the morning

[@Lululila67]

Its ridiculous how these managers allow the bad tenants to stay and the good usually leave because they just will not evict these people. I'm going through a similar situation (however not as bad as yours).

[@Lululila67]

of course

[@pquijal]

Unfortunately, the shit kids shit out by shit parents who become managers don't take pride in their work or have any kind of standards or values of their own.

[@awesomesauce2935]

Its also incredibly hard to kick out tenants who suck, but aren't doing property damage after a 3 day notice of inspection (which gives them time to clean up). It's a double edged sword.

[@Ddrhl]

It took 4 YEARS and THOUSANDS of dollars for us to get a squatter out of our town home. It's not as easy as you think.

[@lepalove6787]

Lululila67 ::: omg our so so right !

[@BlackStarEOP]

The joy you still get while telling this story is extremely contagious :)

[@BrettHoustonTube]

Ahw thank you. Lovely comments like this bring me joy.

[@Phelper99]

I'd much rather lug groceries to the top floor than live with people above me.

[@dm5129]

Yep, for sure, but these neighbors from hell live downstairs and their kid is making such a ruckus the floor is shaking in my unit and the pots in the kitchen and dishes are clanking. You can also literally hear how the male kid tortures the sister, screeching, not a single interference from the prostitute mom.

[@chand.4401]

@@dm5129 so are you saying that loud downstairs neightbors can cause just as much misery? Im just curious

[@gee-wizz.5050]

There speaks the voice of experience! I'm going on for 70, looking for somewhere else to live, as I can't stand or stop my neighbours for being so inconsiderate, and I am definitely, definitely, looking for a top floor flat - and hoping the exercise will be good for me, because listening to them all the time will kill me off sooner!

[@tiffanysanchez9799]

@@dm5129 lmao @ Prostitute mom Jesus, im here searching how to minimize the noise, because i have a toddler and 6 year old boy and SOMEONE KEEPS complaining, i assume its the downstairs neighbor because my apt is keeping both bedrooms divided by the kitchen and living room, the two areas where there is no rug, my kids are in bed whined down by 7:45 - 8:30 everyday, but these ppl wanna complain about DAY TIME LIVING NOISE? My kids can run about excitement because they wanna complain, i cant play with them, they can't drop anything (mind u i have boys, who BOYS USUALLY are wild and stuff, just plane ole boys)... its just annoying ive been here 3 weeks and ive had two complaints. I need advise on how to better the damn sound for the downstairs neighbor, and no im not a proustite lmfao...

[@it_is_thatboy]

@@tiffanysanchez9799 Probably not much you can do outside of teach them how to walk on the front of their feet, and not their heels. The heels make the most noise when walking. Also make sure they aren't doing crazy things in the middle of the night. Outside of that, I'd suggest moving. There have been grown women living above me that kept me up all night. So you're definitely not gonna have a perfect situation with kids.

[@bmell1252]

He’s so proud. He’s a genius. I know his pain.

[@JuliahistoryLover]

That’s brilliant, you’re not creating any noise you’re simply giving it back to them

[@lavette916]

i use the power of suggestion ... i had bad neighbors too so one day while they were all outside i took a box of salt and some chicken bones into the street in front of their house ( i am native american ) so i took the salt made a circle cast the bones and started my own ghost dance around the circle singing gibberish to them while spitting in the circle .... they watched in amusement and when i finished i turned to them and told them from this day forward all the evil hateful things the do to others will come back on them with no mercy and their children until they learn respect for others . i told them ... every time evil comes your way know that you have brought it upon your selves and to remember the circle it turns two ways , if they do good to others it will return good to them ... they laughed but a few days later i got an apology and from then on i had no problems with them ....hocus pocus .... works every time

[@BrettHoustonTube]

That is the most awesome story I have heard yet.

[@johnfreeman3956]

Step 1: Become Native American

[@SteleCat]

John Freeman who says you have to do that? Native American doing a circle dance? Weird here in the parking lot, but okay...random plebian white guy doing some chanting circle dance with bones and shit? People are gonna get seriously weirded out. Just dedicate yourself to the role like an actor. People will fall for it. Or be weirded out to the point of being afraid. Or you'll get called racist and a mob will form and pull you apart limb from limb in a brutal and agonizing death. Either way, probably no more dealing with noisy neighbors.

[@bikinggal1]

you are awesome!!! I need more people like you in my life!!

[@DavidBruceAllen1]

You just explained to them how life works. The theatrics may have helped you get your point across. The point is that it worked and you touched their lives in a profound way! Good job! :-D

[@tcotton9370]

A few years back my former wife and I moved into an upstairs apartment and shortly after these little 20 year old punks moved in downstairs. They would party evvvvery single night. Loud music, yelling etc. I had asked them to quiet down several times and even went as far as having to call the police on them a lot. The landlord refused to do anything about it. One night they were blasting music at 11pm and I had just about had enough. Everyone in the entire building had had enough of this too. I made a few calls to some friends who compete in car audio bass competitions (whatever they’re called lol) and they called their friends, their friends called their friends. Before I knew it we had four or five car audio subwoofer boxes in every single room all facing the floor, amps, and everything. I think they were powered by car battery chargers? Anyways every night they were blasting their music, I would play the most obnoxious stuff I could find and would literally shake the entire building. Pictures were rattling off the walls, things were falling and breaking and it was just great lol. A few nights later and after about the 10th time of listening to Limp Bizkit “The Nookie” on repeat a couple of them actually came upstairs to ask ME to turn it down and words were exchanged and I thought we had a truce.... so everything was dismantled and the audio equipment went back to its individual owners. I had won! It was finally over!!! Until one night a few days later. I had come home from a 15hr shift working on the hot sun to a car in every parking space (they even took my spot and I was forced to park on the street) and this HUGE rager going on in the downstairs apartment. They were louder than ever, there was more people than ever and their music was bumping louder than ever as well. I walked into my apartment with my heavy steel toe boots on and could hear the loud music and the majority of the noice coming from the kitchen area. All 220lbs of me walked into my kitchen and proceeded to jump up and down as hard as I could BOOM BOOM BOOM!!! All I could hear was screaming lol. That’s when this heffapotamus stomped up the stairs banging my door down and screaming “you wanna come down here and clean up all the glass you just broke!?!?” And that’s when I realized we all have huge hanging glass chandeliers in our kitchens lol. According to the police that came shortly after, I had broken their chandelier and sent shards of broken glass raining down on everyone in their kitchen. HA! Nothing ever came of it except for a mail out from the landlord about being respectful to your neighbors and blah blah blah. Shortly after they moved out and so did we as we were already looking at a house. Just the image of broken glass raining down on everyone still makes me giggle a little bit to this day. Since then I’ve only had my one recent sucky neighbor I share a wall with. Every night he has his sound system blasting. So I bought a saxophone... I have no freakin idea how to play one but it’s still fun to “practice” as loud as I can while facing his bedroom wall every night he pulls that crap.

[@thomashunt9012]

These comments are like a support group for me. Good to know I'm not alone !

[@marianionita3282]

Same here!

[@alexjones2445]

Glad it worked out for you I've been in those situations and it really takes a toll on you mentally and physically.

[@zykonot]

"you just kinda loose it.. I've been there" lol I know that that feeling all too well. Had noisy neighbors under me who left their TV on 24/7 with the bass turned wayyy up. After many polite notes, calls to management and the cops with no avail I just lost it... I managed to find the breaker box for their specific apartment. Every night before I went to bed I would shut their power off and laugh my ass off listening to them trying to figure out what happened

[@shadowling77777]

Rekt

[@Leprykan1]

That is too fucking funny and absolutely AWESOME!!! LMFAO!!! :o)~

[@summerbreeze1955]

LOL LOL LOL well done!

[@thedativecase9733]

I had a next door neighbour who had been in the Navy whose wife was quite sick and needed quiet. They were a lovely couple and we got on well. However a young mother with a scumbag boyfriend moved in above them. Saturday nights the scumbag couple would come home drunk put some music on full blast eventually Navy guy got sick of asking politely to keep the noise down and totally lost it. He went from nice polite man to the Hulk and went upstairs and kicked their front door in and smashed the stereo to pieces. They were a lot quieter after that.

[@ric112]

beautiful haha

[@dmsdmullins]

Had the same problem with a neighbor when I was in the service. After many failed attempts at some civil conversation and about 10 complaints to the building manager I decided to do something about it. Unbeknownst to my neighbor I know a thing or two about electricity and the service panel for his unit was on the outside of the building. So one night after knocking to discuss the noise with no answer I removed the 200 amp service cut-off breaker for his unit and threw it in the woods. Next night, new breaker lots of noise and the same result, another breaker in the woods. Few days later new breaker, loud noise, same result, another expensive service breaker in the woods. The third time was the charm as the apartment manager was tired of replacing breakers and I denied any involvement, which of course they knew what I was doing. August in Texas with no air-conditioning can be a powerful motivational tool. Last time I had problems with noise from the neighbor.

[@summerbreeze1955]

LOL!

[@KL2010]

I did this to a noisy neighbor living directly beneath me, every time they went away for the weekend or longer I'd trip their circuits as they were pulling out of the car park. Several days (or weeks) later they'd return to a fridge and freezer full of spoiled food, none of their favorite TV shows recorded, no phone messages and no security surveillance.

[@bikinggal1]

you are brilliant!!!! High five

[@vinnycarrocia7511]

With the "service" comment there, were you fishing for some soldier worship? Maybe a few "thank you for your service" posts?

[@JanicekTrnecka]

Cyanocrylate into the breaker slit is quicker..

[@Tabletop_Epics]

I left apartment living for a house because I dealt with this so often. I have high anxiety and am on the autism spectrum, so noise sensitivity is a major issue for me. Unfortunately, a year after the move into my new home the house next door became a rental property and was rented out to a group of stereotypes. Do you know how garbage someone has to be to be so loud you can hear them in your house, a completely separate building over thirty feet away?

[@thefrozengargon338]

I fired a trident missle into my neighbors house and it worked just fine.

[@thefrozengargon338]

***** Well she always had a thing for transsexuals.

[@thefrozengargon338]

***** Hard to believe it ! When you see it I bet it feels like you're peering into a mirror!

[@thefrozengargon338]

***** We all have that one - angry, pent up, closeted homosexual neighbor.

[@thefrozengargon338]

***** Nothing at all. But something tells me the guy responding would lose his shit at that accusation. Seems like the type of guy.

[@thefrozengargon338]

***** BUT I LOVE HOMOSEXUALS!

[@AdelleRamcharan]

Years later, I came back for another laugh today and this did not disappoint lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@SkilledEddie]

Going through the same hell myself with my upstairs neighbors stomping and actually brawling. They get into severe fights that they actually body slam each other. I live in a basement apartment with drop ceilings you can imagine what that sounds like. To top it off they threaten me with violence when i confront them about it. Cops been out like 5 times and they say they can't do anything without proof. Landlord called like 20 times in 3 months and FINALLY FINALLY i am moving october 1st to another apartment that is UPSTAIRS. It got close to me being locked up. Honestly i don't believe humans are supposed to live that close to each other unless they are related or married. You know what is crazy...even in a prison you wouldn't hear this noise going on. You deserve peace where you live. This will be the last apartment i rent because im saving up for my own property in the country.

[@magnusriverman6975]

+SkilledEddie You are right about the fact that no human should have to suffer anything bad in their own homes. As you can guess, my lovely friends don't live in an apartment, they live in a house, but have had to share a wall with the "home" next door people. Believe me, I have known the victims for decades and they are truly liked by so many people and have never been a bother to anyone. I dare not go into some of the things these friends of mine have had to endure *for over two years*, without any justice, or I would seek out that kid and would not be responsible for my actions. He has left, but he even kept returning until recently, just to make sure he wouldn't get forgotten - the sick * * * * .

[@kirkf4crewdawg604]

+SkilledEddie Hey Skilled, prisons are very loud.

[@TMS5100]

+SkilledEddie one of the reasons youtube exists. to name and shame asshats like that. i bet they'd change their tune real quick when they're showcased on the TV news as the latest youtube video going around.

[@camelliac1481]

+SkilledEddie So true. People who walk and move like elephants belong in the wilderness with other animals, not in shelters meant for other humans.

[@dm5129]

That is exactly what will happen with this kid as he gets older. He is already slamming into shit in their downstairs apartment, just out of sheer destruction joy. Looking for something or someone to beat up on.

[@Queen-of-Swords]

Years ago, I knew a family whose neighbours were like that. Their speciality was door slamming. No just going in and out of their apartment, but the interior doors, too. 😦

[@JohnSmith-ki2eq]

So about five years ago I had some really shitty neighbors who were always making noise at ungodly hours. I'm the quiet type and these people really set my teeth on edge. one day I bought a cheap USB powered mini vacuum cleaner for my computer keyboard, it turned out to be the worst pile of cheap Chinese crap ever but it was also the greatest revenge machine I've ever seen. When you used the vacuum cleaner it would cause every other electrical device in a ten yard radius to lose signal or put so much interference in the signal stream that they became horrible to watch or listen to. A few days passed and my horrible neighbors decided to make noise all day Friday, bad luck for them because I was leaving that afternoon to go visit family for the weekend and I had devilish plan in mind. I found some USB extension cables and a USB power adapter, I taped the vacuum cleaner to the ceiling of my apartment (they lived above me) and turned it on. Almost instantly I heard them shouting at each other from different rooms because their cell phones/TV/PC/radio you name it had developed problems. Three days later when I came home all was deathly quiet, I later found out that after tearing their place apart looking for the cause of the problem and discovering nothing they were forced to sit and talk to each other like humans for a change, they soon discovered that they didn't like each other and broke up, the jerkface boyfriend moved out first and the work shy girl moved out a short while later.

[@Sarahizahhsum]

​@@SatanenPerkeleI need this thing so badly. Please update where you got this horrific device of mass destruction! Thanks.

[@bd8855]

I’ve always wanted to record the noise from my next door neighbours and play it back when THEY were trying to sleep. Awesome.

[@antonburkov4305]

Man, you are an inspiration! Had the exact same idea, but it was way beyond my technical abilities to implement it. Good to know you got some payback.

[@flexiveganc7441]

i tried today but now my soundlink falls down to the ground and is broken :-(... okay its better to have isoaltion because this demon freacks will never stop. they are also all day n theree home like fat olifants

[@leilassou]

I lost my mind so many times that I can’t even count. It comes to a point in which you start questioning if people are complete jerks or if you are the jerk yourself. I also believe that I am so afraid of this happening that I end up attracting these nasty people. I have had so many of this kind as my upstairs neighbours that I got to a point that I am in complete despair. Maybe I should go live in a cave.

[@annaozola5689]

I also have the same. My neighbours decide how much i will sleep, read, work and learn. I hate coming home, and i bought apartment year ago, so i cannot change it without loosing lot of money and i cannot rent - they will also complain about the noise. Its upper neighbour so i cannot make noise myself - because it will disturb other neighbours around me and i cannot do it, because i care. I checked all internet and i finally ordered some special ceiling vibrator/stumper made specifically for such cases. It comes with remote control :D Not easy to find, but i did it. It will arrive after some 3 weeks and im so excited, almost praying that the neighbours dont stop making noise otherwise it will be waste :D:D watching videos like that and reading some comments makes me a bit happy, i know im not the only crazy one, because people always think only old unsatisfied grandmas are complaining about noise.

[@flexiveganc7441]

@@annaozola5689 i dont think so, they the demons make us like old grandma's because there noise. and does it helps what you bought?

[@Infinity-Journy]

​@@annaozola5689same

[@DoctorRobertNeville]

I had the same problem with an upstairs neighbor years ago. My solution was quite simple. I took an old broom handle, 1 large unused toilet plunger, 1 home style fire alarm the round type, a spring loaded button, a nine volt battery, and some wire. When assembled you have a portable noise machine. It was a very handy device when you want to sleep. So your idiot neighbor is running a marathon in their apartment at 0300? Place the pole on the ceiling and, just give them a nice long loud BEEEEEEEEPPPP!!!!!

[@rman5001]

"I thought the earthquake was her" I'M DEAD LMAOOOO

[@imnotdavidxnsx]

plot twist, it WAS her

[@JohnSmith-hh4id]

Great solution. When I had the same problem from some people.... From south of the U.S. who were music lovers... My solution was similar. I took a steel 55 gallon drum and wrapped the bottom and around it with a very heavy tarp. I strapped it to a metal cart, on it's side... On the inside I hung a one foot square, steel plate on a chain, so it rang nicely when hit with metal. Then I welded a steel hub, with chains and 1/2" nuts, that I fastened to an electric motor. One morning, very early, after my 'neighbors' had a very late night party with loud fucking, annoying music, I turned the beast on.... It was perfect! In front of the open barrel, your fucking ears would bleed! They begged me to turn it off! No fucking way! It was my music, and my turn to listen to my music. I only really had to use it twice.... But I used it a fucking bunch out of angry retaliation and revenge... Fuck 'em!

[@JohnSmith-hh4id]

+John Smith Of course, this was out in an urban area, not an apartment...

[@null2846]

lmao

[@Celestialtarotreadings]

I f'ing love you.

[@pquijal]

"My solution was similar." lmao

[@carlosmatos9848]

The Beast! That is diabolically clever and hilarious xD

[@josephk6907]

This is hilarious! I did the same thing, years ago, when I got sick of my neighbour's barking dog. I was playing my guitar while it was barking and could hear the bark through my delay... and that's when I got the idea to mic the dog and run it's bark through a P.A. on my deck at like volume 11. The dog went absolute apeshit and every neighbour on the block laid a complaint to animal control. Solved the problem in 2 days.

[@LynnePriceStudio]

Too funny

[@mjc42701]

Joseph K , I'm not a dog person myself but it was your neighbor's fault for not taking care of the dog, I hope it turned out ok for him too.

[@SherLizz]

Brilliant!

[@holly7869]

11...

[@geoh7777]

I knew a guy whose neighbor's dog barked a lot. (Really. Not kidding.) So he bought an aquarium pump, a dog whistle (the kinds humans can't hear), and a long length of plastic tube to hook the two together. He placed the dog whistle in some weeds on his property as close to the neighbor's house as possible. He turned on the dog whistle and the dog went nuts. The neighbor eventually got rid of the dog.

[@chloenkitty]

My neighbors has 7 kids who constantly scream and cry. I'm on the verge of jumping off the bridge. I have a very stressful job and need peace and quiet but get none.

[@radiofrog]

How do you think the parents probably feel? You might be neighbors with 7 noisy shits, but there's someone that has to actually live with them

[@hudsonjaxson8877]

Try not to stress. If you can talk to someone do that. Otherwise, look tk move out if youre leasing or if you have paid for the place than look to engage with environmental pollution authorities or council. Itll will end sooner or later. Dont let them ruin your life for good over a couple of years of distress, itll get better. All the best.

[@TheStaggaz32]

@@radiofrog I'm in the same situation as this person and I can honestly say I could not give a fuck about the parents. It was their choice to have children. Why should others have to suffer through their misery?

[@tiffanysanchez9799]

@@radiofrog EXACTLY. I think it's so unfair when ppl complain about children under 3-4, they are still toddlers and stuff, and are excited about half the the stuff they do, now anything older, they should know the difference, but still like don't be an OGRE. Everyone was a fkn kid ONE DAY. Sheesh

[@tiffanysanchez9799]

@@TheStaggaz32 M You don't, move :)

[@allentig]

i was in a duplex with idiots like that, car alarm going off all day and constant wall thumping. I stopped it by simply using an emergency air horn in the attic, aimed at their bedroom. .... using that to wake them up in the middle of their sleep was far more effective than any arguing or begging

[@SitesThatSuck]

Love it!

[@dm5129]

Yep, I am going to make noise from now on too. I often stay up late. No problem. Years and years of their abuse is not going to go unanswered from now on.

[@J.A.Madventures]

@@dm5129how did it go?

[@RLdreamcatcher]

I need that for the annoying people above me, it's 11:29 and she is pounding around like she's at a rick concert.... I have a small child and a husband with a bad back who has a hard enough time sleeping with his pain. i dont understand how people can be so rude.

[@lanechange1063]

anna adams Shit parents shit out shit kids. Lather, rinse, repeat.

[@geoffdundee]

CrystalCritter......its not the floor thats garbage - its the neighbors

[@hootinouts]

Brett, I am so happy to have found your video. Although I have not lived in an apartment for well over 35 years my suburban neighborhood has become a horrible place to live since the college in town as expanded exponentially. As more and more of the houses become college rentals, the noise just increase with partying, loud exhausts, and sub woofers in cars. I have already had one heart attack and I fear for my health as my existence is bombarded 24/7 with noise. My wife and i are seriously considering moving far out of this wretched area. At 63, I am sick and tired of BS. In the mean time, I would love to fight back some and blast these offender with noise as you have here. I was reading about a device called an LRAD but that would be way out of my price range. I wish I could buy or make something similar to this device.

[@Pinklepuff]

During this 6 years i've lived in this apartment there's been 5 people moving in and out of the second floor. I don't know how people manage to move out so quickly of this house but i will happily smile every time i see the moving trucks. For all these years i've had extreme neighbors. Drug addicts, families, drug dealers, and horrible horrible false old people which turned out to be thieves. The floors and ceilings here are so paper thin that it's insane. These latest neighbors are for sure the most insane and immature kind of people i've ever experienced. They, as adult people hang out with youngsters in the age range of 16-17 years old teenager. The neighbors has kids too. Every day (Except for babysitting days thank god) i will hear the stomping, the playing, the screaming, the music, the running up and down stairs. They will play with skateboards,bikes,balls, everything and the little ones are hanging and slamming on closets and they'll do it INSIDE, ON TOP OF MY BEDROOM but never do i see them spend their days outside in this perfect garden we're trying to maintain. They will fall asleep with the tv on as loud as possible so that even i know what kind of show they are watching. Sometimes they will think it's hilarous to put the volume on 100 as they watch their kids shows. The neighbors will stay up and invite people even at 3 in the night. The kids will stay up too. I have an entire folder of recordings and documentation of them and showed it to the landlady. I just hope that she will manage to do something about this. It's a neverending feeling of stress in this house. Not being able to sleep at 1-3 sometimes because of the noise and then waking up at 8-9 in the morning because of even more sound. When i saw this video, with the mic, i could only empathize with you. thinking of the situation when i myself had to climb the tables and the bed in order to reach out my mic near the ceiling just to document all this crap that's been happening in this house. I hope that I too will get rewarded some day in the future with "the sound of silence".

[@dm5129]

I feel for you, that slamming the doors, running up and down the hallway stairs, bikes, balls, yep. And believe me if they are hanging out with teens that is a huge red flag to begin with. The 30 and 40 somethings, I think they call themselves ladies, drag little boys into their apartment at night, teens. Total loosers

[@justiceneeded01]

Dealing with almost the same thing, but bottom neighbor in a duplex. This really, really takes a toll on a person mentally and physically. I see your comment is a bit old so I sure hope things are better for you now!!!

[@MISTERKIC]

LMFAO. Its 2024 and I STILL LOVE this video. And your "machine" 😂

[@MusicMan4u]

For the fact that I'm actually watching a video on noisy neighbors is pathetic to me. I don't know how I seem to always have this type of problem. It's always something. So bad. I really don't understand how people can move into a place and have such blatant disrespect for such a long period of time. I'm planning my revenge and it's going to be sweet, though....thanks for generating some ideas.

[@GaryJust]

Dude, make a video! We also have freakin noisy neighbours downstairs, it's just horrible. Give me some ideas if you have any!

[@ChoctawNawtic4]

The word "entitled" comes to mind, as to why people are soooo irreverent about being considerate toward their neighbors...also LOW awareness.

[@MusicMan4u]

I've always liked the, ' Fill a manila envelope with flour, slide under the door slightly, ring the bell, and smack the envelope exploding the flour inside of their place' idea but needed something better

[@Leanne.Rivers]

I'm going through the same thing. The woman above me is a nightmare and she doesn't give a shit. We complained and she told the landlord we're lying basically. She's going for it now. We tried to fight back with noise, but we don't want to piss off the people under us. So I've started taking video with a good enough mic to pick it up, next week we're going to get legal advice. It drives me crazy, some people are such fucking arseholes.

[@MusicMan4u]

I feel ya...although mine seemed to quiet down a little, last night actually, 230 am and I can still hear his crying dog from my bedroom with the door closed. Its partly the cheapness of the structure but many are unaware.

[@ArtemisKitty]

When I was in college I had a few neighbors like this - party every night, walls shaking until 4-5am, and I worked 2 jobs so I NEEDED my sleep to make it through those plus classes. Fortunately one of my jobs was at Sound Advice, and well... I've always been somewhat of a hi-fidelity nut. (Test speakers with classical and Jazz, because if they can handle THAT they can play anything well.) My solution? Lean 2x 15" speakers and 4x 12"/6" paired mains against their wall, set the volume to about -7 on a 2500w amp and start a playlist beginning with 2 minutes silence followed by the 1812 overture. If you were halfway down the stairs (3rd floor) you could still feel the cannons firing through your bones vibrating. (I'd tried several times to handle it politely but that was the only method that seemed to work.) I also set it up with a sound sensor so it'd do it again every time they broke 70db on my side of the wall in the middle of the room while my system was in "waiting" mode. That way I wouldn't accidentally trigger it during the payback. Basically just used a 5min delay after activation. (The legal limit was 55 or 60 depending on what day/time so that was double the limit already.) Had THEM call the cops once out of anger because I was spoiling their partying (on a Tuesday nonetheless) and explained my side, showed them my equipment, had THEM call in their own techs and measure the sound levels, showing that my system only triggered when theirs was extreme and mine was short-lived (about 2-3 minutes when triggered) and would go silent again afterwards. It worked. They started partying elsewhere after about 3 months of this. Oh and I have NO PROBLEM sleeping with earplugs in if that's what it takes. And sometimes it did. But... we're talking a system that at -5 was almost breaking windows, so... no real contest. New neighbors just moved in 2 months ago where my wife and I currently live, and I've been thinking about this possibly being necessary again. My wife works from home and speaks to a lot of clients of Limo companies and other luxury services, and the neighbors have been so loud lately (getting drunk and playing country music while skipping song to song) that the clients have been asking what the noise is. That's at the opposite end of the house, too. May have to drop something like an EON15 or other "lesser" speaker in the attic pointing out the side vent this time. (Already got a subwoofer in the room closest to them.) Hmm... do I have a long enough speakon cable? Might have to wire a new one...

[@MaharlikaAWA]

I need this. I havnt slept well for 2 months in this apartment we moved into. I HATE IT!!

[@reviewatrandom]

I believe we had the same neighbors. My landlord walked me through and every room had multiple holes in the wall, scribbled graffiti everywhere (not just from children either), all the doors ripped off hinges (kitchen cabinets, closets, bathroom), cabinet drawer pulled out. The only door in place was the entrance. They even made the attic a living space and, oddly, pulled out much of the insulation. I was about to go nuts. I did call the police several times with the only relief being the moments the police were there. What helped me was going to a friend's house. He was playing games through his stereo - all the loud noises practically shook his house. I went home, put my studio monitors on the floor, facing up, and shook the building for about thirty minutes looping a loud video game demo on a Saturday night. Their kids were crying (which I didn't feel great about) but they suddenly stopped and each time they would get loud again I would repeat the process, matching their decibel level.

[@Sarahizahhsum]

You taught those kids to be quiet when they grow up too, also probably validated their anger towards their parents (I'm sure the parents were awful to them if they're that callous to a total stranger like you!).

[@BellefontePerson]

I have a noisy neighbor below me. Nothing but constant thumps and slams and something that makes my floor shake. Loud voices etc. I've been complaining to the property manager and was told if it continues they will start eviction proceedings. I live in a building with about 15 apartments and I always cringe when a new tenant moves in because you don't know if they are going to be quiet like they should be (living in an old building that isn't insulated should be their first clue), or if they are going to be playing loud music or yelling and partying all the time. The guy below me doesn't work because he gets benefits from the state (yep), so I have decided that if he isn't evicted and I keep going to work tired, I have an old box fan. I am going to remove the motor and mount it to a board, remove the fan blade and attach a leather strap. I will then plug it into a timer so that it will come on 1/2 hour after I leave for work. The strap will be slapping my floor/his ceiling over his bedroom. It will be on for 30 minutes, then off for 30 minutes, etc. Until I get home from work. In effect, I am going to train him to stay awake during the day and sleep during the night like it should be.

[@XiloChannel]

BellefontePerson Because that's mature and the way to deal with it. What are you some kind of sick maniac? YOU should be evicted because you don't even have the balls to knock on their door and handle the situation like an adult.

[@XiloChannel]

BellefontePerson Listen jackass, you never made it clear you did any of what you just listed. If its true that you did what you said then I retract my earlier comment and I was in the wrong.

[@djsquid1648]

Why do you like it so quite? Are you 100 years old? I like playing loud music or yelling and partying all the time. Then I go to work early

[@dm5129]

That is exactly how my downstairs neighbors are. The floors are shaking, balls are being bounced off walls, doors slamming. But it would be very unwise to complain about a prostitute that services some of the workers at this apartment complex. I really don't care what these people do, but when they start getting worse disturbing my peace I will get worse too.

[@johnware5312]

When I lived in a thinwall duplex the neighbor would blast thier crappy sterio set on a radio station that sounded like it had tin cans for speakers so loud you could hear it at an annoying loud level anywhere in my place. The solution...... There use to be a kids toy called "mr microphone" that was a low power FM transmitter built into a housing that looked like a crappy knock off of of the classic ball mike with a real sorry mike. As I was doing electronics stuff in those days I took it apart and "tuned" it to radio station they always had going and put a pot between the mike and transmitter, and added a small relay that would turn on the transmitter. There was just enough gain in the audio amp part to drive the relay when the level got high enough. I just hooked up a wall wart as a power supply and securely attached the mike to my wall directly behind that sterio. I waited until they were gone one time ( with that radio still blasting) and just cranked up the audio gain until I got a nice case of audio feedback going. I waited until they turned it way down and lowered the gain until it wouldn't trip the transmitter on. EVERY time they cranked up that stereo you got this horrendous case of feedback going. The sound was a mix of crappy speakers, some distortion due to the wall and that cheap ass mike in it that looked like it was some sort of a pizo. . Over the next couple months they took that stereo to a shop 5 times I know of. Nothing wrong with it as far as how it worked. They never did find out why it started the horrible squealing at their "favorite" listening level but sounded somewhat decent at a normal level. They finally moved after a couple months.. :) They never did figure it out... lolol

[@ManofCulture]

Nice Idea

[@speedyblacksheriff]

Heh, classic.

[@adeled8833]

Does anyone have a detailed manual?

[@17teacmrocks]

i haven't lived in apt much but for school away for awhile, i finally encountered one of those horrid neighbors. they kept jumping on my ceiling to the pt where bulbs would flicker and die out. there's even a crack in the ceiling. that's how often and hard they landed. i was getting headaches and nausea bc of the constant shaking which i believe is from disorientation and the eardrums ringing. when i went to talk to them, they claimed "we can't control it playing with small kids". i finally came up with a counter that actually works. whenever they start stomping, i play loud gangster rap with as many curses as possible. "magically" it stops every time. ofc this was for my specific case. i kept thinking of the IK system but luckily found a cheap solution

[@Nocturnal2990]

had some 'religeous' neighbors who's kids would go outside and scream at each other all the time, I would usually let it slide, but when it went on too long I would just open a window and put on some Deep Purple or similar and soon enough they went inside :-)

[@ParentingIsPlanning]

You’re so capable and patient. I loved your story.

[@BrettHoustonTube]

Ahw, you are sweet! Thanks for the kind words.

[@Forch100]

Love this vid: Nightmare neighbours who stomp & make a load of noise are the worst type of people ever. In my experience the only option you have is to move. Landlords do nothing ( wheather it be private or a housing association) I`m from the uk & landlords only care about one thing....`The Rent`. Environmental health will do nothing, police will do nothing, keep telling the neighbour to sort it out does nothing. Landords also don`t care if the neighbour is a crack addict, trash their properties or treat it like a squat, they are only interested in....THE RENT. After watching this you now have only two options 1. Move. 2: build an instant karma machine

[@jaggirl]

The noise they were complaining about was only their noise, put back on them.. If they are quiet, no noise. Damn brilliant. One of the best retaliations I've seen yet. 🤣🤣

[@BrettHoustonTube]

One of the best comments yet. So many failed to comprehend that simple point.

[@jaggirl]

Brett Houston Tube Relly? Hahaha

[@lovefitch]

If only I could do this to the upstairs nightmares I deal with. 3 very heavy set (All at least 280+ pounds) oafs just moved in a few months ago and they barely work and hardly ever leave their apartment. Even though it's a 2 bedroom apartment, they ALL sleep in the bedroom above mine and would wake me up so much throughout the night with their belligerent stomping and lapping the bedroom and attached bathroom at 4:30 am that I had to start sleeping with ear plugs--and sometimes I even hear them over the ear plugs. Funny thing is, whenever I even make the slightest bit of noise, they get all pissy, yet they literally sound like a herd of wild African elephants, especially when the women wear high heels. The lightbulb in my chandelier shakes and management says it's normal apartment noise..yeah, right.

[@adeled8833]

Jaded Mermaid dude, I think we two live in the parallel universes, though mine are located on the same floor

[@dm5129]

Try the utube videos with the 8 box fans for 8 hours. I feel for you, love the word oafs. The prostitutes that live in my building are all a lazy looser bunch too, dont work and the pimps they have dont work much either, if at all. I think they just pretend to work.

[@annhaefner2180]

This is my favorite youtube video of all time.

[@BrettHoustonTube]

Ahw, you are sweet Ann, thanks. This is my favorite KZbin comment of all time

[@dizzydoe33]

God I can sympathize with this. Got a terribly nasty horrible neighbor who keeps me up at night as well.

[@luchosmith]

please post links to all the gear and setup instructions!

[@pirobot668beta]

Made a similar thing years ago for a neighbor that would sick their dogs on my kids. To be fair, there was a tall fence, but it was pretty mean to scare 6 & 7 year old kids like that. 180 watts of ultrasound, ceramic-tweeters, big red button for the kids to push. When they let the dogs out, my kids would hit the button, and for 8 seconds the dogs howled and tried to claw their way back inside. Not the dogs fault, I know, and I know it was cruel. City cited the dogs owner with cruelty after other neighbors complained of the howling. Only had to use the thing four times and the dogs wised up: attack kids = pain.

[@Beergut222]

Gotta protect your kids.

[@graceyjones321]

Greg Gallacci How did you do it?

[@TimpBizkit]

Greg Gallacci so did the dogs puke over the fence on your kids?

[@pirobot668beta]

Too busy trying to get back into their house. Owner should have let them in...

[@pirobot668beta]

The kids were given a "Keep the scary dogs from attacking you" button, not a "inflict non-damaging pain on poor helpless dog" button. . Would getting Animal Control [which has a 'destroy nuisance dog' policy] involved been more to your liking? Yeah, have the dogs removed form their home, possibly put down, while the alcoholic owner of the dogs just gets some more dogs. We were not the first neighbors run off by this guy. It is cruel to set a dog a kids for the purpose of entertainment. This is what our neighbor did, and I took non-lethal action. Set. Point. Match.

[@Gucci_Membrane]

I’m at war with my upstairs neighbor right now and put a large Bluetooth speaker on the top of a ladder playing “STFU” by pink guy on repeat

[@xxmyspac]

HOW COME YOU HAVENT MADE A VIDEO ON A STEP BT STEP ON HOW TO MAKE THAT SYSTEM?

[@BrettHoustonTube]

+xxmyspac It's not something I recommend... It didn't solve my problem. Besides unless you already have thousands of dollars of pro audio gear it isn't feasible to go out and invest in the gear one would need to pull it off.

[@xxmyspac]

oh ok

[@MrUltraDreamz]

+BrettHoustonTube You should of recorded it one night xD Stuff like that would be grade A stuff on youtube lmao

[@BlackBlok]

+xxmyspac nice mask

[@xxmyspac]

thank you like wise

[@LM-ux2uc]

I feel you. I am going through war right now with my upstairs neighbors. They love to drop bowling balls at all hours of the day and I think they both weigh 900 lbs each because they stomp like giants. I've officially gone crazy.

[@dm5129]

Neighbor from hell downstairs is doing it on purpose to somehow get in contact with me. She has sought that out ever since I got here, because she needs to get close to someone to leach onto for money. The only one she would be talking to would be police next time she tries that shit.

[@PumpkinSpicePretzels]

@@dm5129 I had someone upstairs who lost their boyfriend and child because of her very noisy insanity. After harassing me and getting evicted, I realized she later that she was looking for attention because she was alone, but using the same methods that pushed everyone away.

[@abeautifulheart]

For me, its been going on for 3 years and am a different woman. I am no longer soft let me tell you

[@nik1128]

This is the best invention i've ever seen. My god i need one ASAP. I have demon children above me that have quite literally raised my blood pressure

[@Boogeyman1435]

I often wonder why there are so many crazy people these days. Drugs? And you're so right...you end up kind of losing it with noisy neighbors

[@Marty933]

Our neighborhood of single family houses was invaded by new neighbors who made their house into a boarding house. They had 15 men living in the basement on beds made of old stacked tires and plywood. There was bunkbeds in the garage and 4 more guys lived there. This was a 3 bedroom 1 bathroom house built in 1950. So they had 19 renters, a dad, a grandpa, a mom, 2 small kids, a great dane and 2 yorkshire terriers living there. Every weekend they partied in their front yard until 3 or 4am, drunk as skunks, hooting and screaming obscenities. All the neighbors had asked them nicely to be quiet, many of us had to work on Saturdays, and they were waking up our kids. No reply or stopping the noise. So one Saturday about 6 am we all took our lawnmowers out and slowly mowed our lawns. Same thing on Sunday, and every other weekend for the next 4 weeks. Our lawns looked great and the noise all weekend stopped (for the most part).

[@hughjanus6209]

+Marty933 This story is straight out of king of the hill :P

[@Marty933]

+Thure Christensen Another side problem from these people was that every time we had a snow alert, they would park in our driveways so none of us could. We had to risk having our cars ticketed and towed because they were using all our driveways. One day I put up a sign that said "unauthorized vehicles will be towed at the owner's expense". The next snow alert I came home from work to find 4 cars in my driveway and one in my front yard. I called a tow company to drag the cars out. You should have seen the stampede of guys racing out of that house to move their cars while cussing me out. Within 20 or 30 minutes, more tow trucks showed up at my neighbors houses ready to tow the offending cars out of their driveways too. Now when any of us go outside, we get cursed at for being racists and unneighborly.

[@billybobthornton8122]

The level of animalistic absurdity of neighbours is astonishing. How do these people function in normal life?

[@collectorofcats294]

Marty933 WTF is wrong with these people... geeze!!!

[@debrahowe3799]

Hence, I live in the country, neighbors far away, noise comes from birds and crickets.

[@yearginclarke]

I'm originally from the country but currently live in a small town in a duplex studio apartment. I've lived in 3 different apartments over the last 8 years and every single place I've lived has paper thin walls and absolutely NO privacy. I sure miss living in the woods in peace and quiet but it's not an option for me right now.

[@neofoxboi]

Ho-ly Jebus, my last upstairs neighbors drove me to visualizing this exact system and I thought I had gone over the deep end, it's incredibly satisfying to see it actually brought to life.

[@sugarcane7150]

My neighbour do their laundry throughout the day and night. I could hear the tumbling sound of the washer, its rhythmic sounds, occasional gushing of water through squeaking pipes all day. I suspect that they are running their washers doing laundry as a commercial activity in their residential apartment. The washer was just above my bedroom and this badly disturb my sleep. During the day, the same washer sound was heard, sometimes in another part of the house. Besides the machine sound, they also drag chairs at 3am and I could hear wheels being pushed from the living room to room where they run the washer. That room was at near the kitchen and toilet at the back of the house, so when the cops went to their unit, the cops couldn't hear the noise at the main door. Any good suggestion on how to deal with them ?

[@Shamballa432]

I'm a simpleton. Every time i heard loud music and they wouldn't stop i'd go and steal their electric fuse 😂

[@999fieldsie]

How do you do that

[@chriscunningham6362]

I've done the speaker on the ceiling think but I never thought of the mics and the delay. That is brilliant! Great job mate!

[@bravo075]

I need this, my upstairs neighbor is a despicable human being. I've also tried to go through the normal legal process but since she is the daughter of the landlord she's "untouchable".

[@persiathiest1963]

"Living inside a drum" was exactly the words repeating in my mind a year ago before even watching this video.

[@supermonkey3028]

this is why im happy that my closest neighbour is about a mile away (i live in the finnish countryside)

[@malcolmdean9845]

Oh that makes me feel better.

[@Echo-o-o]

This is a horrifying neighbor story hilariously recounted with the most perfect justice. You deserve some kind of award for several reasons.

[@badnewswade]

That's the best noisy neighbour payback device I've heard of so far! :-)

[@zachmatt3]

I moved into a 55+ senior apartment complex near Houston about two months ago. Until last week, I had no one above me. I love my apartment so have been really upset about the resident who now lives above me. She stomps, slams doors and drawers, at all hours. Turns out, and this is the twist in the story, she is one of the front desk staff. She told me when she moved into the apartment above me that if noise bothers me, I should have gotten a top floor apartment. She also warned me that she's a heavy walker. That's an understatement. Right at the moment my floor and couch are shaking from her stomping. She never just sits down anywhere. I doubt I can get out of my lease, but I'm going to start documenting everything.

[@carolldelmuro3583]

Reading this after having been woken up 3x tonight. Glad someone is sleeping now.

[@Ac-pr7wr]

Hi Brett, Thanks for the video.I have one upstairs who use to prepare her spice in irom mortar and castle whenever she wakes in night.probably to eat. she moves furniture and do it daily. she do this in entire day and night , when we complained they completely refused. she is insane lady, Many days my toddler waked because of er hammering sound.after watching your video i got some idea how to deal with it.

[@adoris864]

Just when I thought I was the only one going through living with loud, inconsiderate neighbors!

[@MelissaServicePack7Lucky7]

I'm going through the same crap with my upstairs neighbors. They're very large people and I"m terrified that one day they're gonna come crashing through the floor and land on me in my sleep and kill me.

[@HabibaDiva]

I feel your pain, I live next to two horrible people...they dedicate 8h on making noise just to annoy us, late at night and early in the morning. They live off government benefits, so they really have nothing better to do :/ Some people are just horrible. Two weeks ago I almost had a mental breakdown brought on by sleep deprivation.

[@crate2819]

Shit is no joke.

[@JeffinBville]

I've been there myself, several times. And your instant karma machine is exactly what I need - and have thought about! I just don't have the technical knowledge to put it together especially in that I would need directional mics and directional speakers. (it's across the road where the problem is) But yeah, being woken up all the time sucks especially when it's intentional.

[@techtinkerin]

They should be glad you're not a psychopath 😂

[@RealMTBAddict]

My previous neighbor is sad he made me mad lol. I turned off his main breaker when I moved out during a wind storm haha. He was probably sitting there for 4 days before realizing he was the only one without power. And I'm going to keep doing it until he moves out, just like he made me do when he lied to my LL

[@randystuartjr.4217]

Hey Brett, I was wondering if I could ask you a question. I currently live in the Bronx, NY, and am dealing with a real nuisance of a neighbor because they play music at all hours of the day/night/morning, and it's extremely frustrating. Would there be any possibility of me being able to pay you in order to create this device for me? I'm at my breaking point, and I don't want to end up on the news =/

[@BrettHoustonTube]

Sorry to hear that Randy. Well, it's rather expensive to do if you don't already have the gear. I can't say that it would solve any problems, but most likely escalate further neighborly warfare. I don't want to end up on the news either... :)

[@adrianourfer6536]

You're my Hero. I'm dealing with the same kind of upstairs neighbours. My Subwoofer System on the roof is now running. #karma

[@dairymilkooarr3064]

Excellent execution Brett, I've had idle ideas about doing something similar myself to my own upstairs horrors via an IK Machine, so it's good to see it worked.

[@Slypilotguy]

Too bad we didn't see a demonstration. The thought of it is a priceless work of fuck you ingenuity.

[@BrettHoustonTube]

Yes, that would have been priceless. I wish I had thought of it at the time. I at least remembered to get some photos as I was packing everything to move.

[@monie948]

+1

[@berzurker]

I literally just did this to noisey neighbors. I took a Bose Soundlink II and directed it at the floor(the were on the floor below me) and used an old iPod to play Vulgar Display of Power on a loop for about 4 months. They moved last month. This was after complaining to my complex many times about being woken up by their noise at 3am for nearly 3 months straight. After doing this, they actually quieted down. . . but I wanted them gone, so the music was on anytime I wasn't in the apt and I'd play it right up to the noise curfew every night(12 midnight). It wasn't overly loud, just loud enough to hear, but not loud enough to elicit an actionable complaint against me. I'd locate the speaker in another room, cover it with pillows/blankets and close the door. One of the side outcomes of this social experiment is that I am now a big thrash and djent fan.

[@Monster33336]

What does this IKM sound like? Does it sound like actual banging on the ceiling? I have tried putting my loudest bass box next to the ceiling and blasting music, their darn kids just won't stop.

[@shampootrueblue]

Brett I need your help, My upstairs neighbors are driving me mad. I have developed PTSD from their constant banging and thudding. Please help because I don't know where else to turn. Cops are not helping, building managers are not helping.

[@BrettHoustonTube]

Sorry. I have been there. I know how bad that can be. Soniscape helped me get through it. There's really no legal remedy. If there's anyway to get them to behave considerately, aim for that.

[@queenwacrown1073]

I feel the same way. I feel that my blood pressure is being affected.

[@MRMILO57]

Thanks for sharing Brett. You're a good man.

[@mattster303]

Excellent, poetry in motion. Did the same thing with my studio setup once :)

[@tamemomar5724]

quarantine and noisy neighbors. What could be worse!

[@wildboar916]

I can say if they have an eight year old kid with them is even worse. I am in one right now.

[@gregorybrian]

Great idea. I did this back in 1991 but not as sophisticated. Like you, I'm a recording artist. When the neighbors started their noise, I turned on my equipment to record and left the apartment for a couple hours. Came home and while they were making the noise the next time, I played it back to them.

[@aprilnelly]

I'm so glad you made this video, because I've been in a similar situation. And I felt so marginal, like that I must be the crazy one. Hearing you sound so reasonable intelligent and collected its validating, thank you

[@davidwootton683]

Many thanks for sharing this with us. I use to rent, and went through all of this. I know of one lady who worked night shifts at a lab in a hospital. This was out in the suburbs. The local dogs barking in the day use to wake her up. Di-spite asking, nothing happened. So she would go on a walk round in the morning and drop special liver over the wall of each house that had a barking dog. After that it would be quiet as the grave. After a while people started to notice how sleepy their pets were in the day, and she had to stop. Another friend of mine had the same problem. He bought a few ultrasonic dog training electronic devices. These he set up to face all the directions of the local barking dog's houses. He put these on different timers. The results caused pandemonium. The best device I have ever come across to train any dog is "The Electro Collar". It has different features. But max shock to the neck will produce instant attention. So barking for nothing will get you zapped. And after a few sessions no more barking.

[@basketball3289]

What i don't understand is that was probably them walking around to make all that noise( apart from slamming doors and yelling). But how people can walk and be so noisy. i'm 6'5 and 265 pounds and i don't make a god damn sound when i walk. my old upstairs neighbor was 5'0 and maybe 120 lbs. it sounded like a heard of elephants walking above me.

[@BellefontePerson]

I have the same problem with the tenant below me. Someone down there likes to walk in their bare feet on hardwood floors and all I hear is THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP. Even though they are below me it sounds like it is right inside my apartment. I'm six feet and 220 pounds and I walk quietly. The only thing they would hear is the floor boards creaking when I walk.

[@ordosmontalbon2446]

BellefontePerson Many people don't know how to walk. They walk with their heels hitting the floor first, unlike most sane people. Many a heel stomper has met with unusual consequences for their unnecessary noise, which I must decline to elaborate on.

[@angeltull791]

Anxiety. It's anxious people

[@cipher2]

This video helped me to calm down and realize my neighbor really isn't that bad. ;) THANK YOU MAN!

[@russellalbrecht4541]

I had a family with 4 kids and 2 parents above me, and i worked nights at the time, I was sleeping in my garage needless to say I closed off my apt to a joining apts and got back with a dirty video at 200watts and needless to say they were quiet for about a week, soon they were evicted and during their time sleeping i was getting ready for work, i would pound the walls enough to wake them, give it time for them to fall back asleep, and a quick rap on the walls again... just as pay back, I was lucky the super was around one day and caught them at their best which I'm sure that was what got them evicted, i was paying 2200.00 a month and could literally not sleep in my apt, soon after I started renting a house and thats the best way to rent

[@maxhauler]

good story. good job! technology can often be useful in dealing with the all-too-common horrible neighbor. I know many of you can relate. I sure can.

[@SnailMan63]

This guy is like the God of karma

[@LonerBecause]

That sounds crazy! Bad neighbors are evil.

[@tooniemama6959]

Instant Karma Machine!! I LOVE IT!! I have a rude neighbor who lives upstairs from me. He walks heavy and the floor creaks and he wakes me up at 5AM and bangs shit and makes so much damn noise. He's so rude and inconsiderate!!

[@EihtishamKhan-t9n]

This video should never be removed from internet. It is the knockout blow.