Reasonable hour after which to expect relative quiet?

[olds]

You should only expect 3 things in an apartment setting:
1. Cockroaches
2. Noise
3. Lack of privacy

 

[videogames101]

never

 

[CZroe]

"20 'till 9pm" and you expect quiet? HELLO! That's called "Prime Time" for a reason. WTH, are you 80yo?

 

[Whisper]

Originally posted by: CZroe
"20 'till 9pm" and you expect quiet? HELLO! That's called "Prime Time" for a reason. WTH, are you 80yo?

I'm not expecting perfect quiet, no. It wouldn't bother me at all if I hadn't been hearing the same thing for approximately 10 hours a day, nearly every day, since mid-April. That's the only reason I'm irked right now.

As I've said before, I generally don't mind noise at all, but I also have never heard anything beyond footsteps from any previous neighbors, whether they be upstairs, downstairs, or next door. Having gone into the guys' apartment and heard the volume at which they listen to music, yes, it's too loud for an apartment building. I appreciate that I need to make concessions with respect to the level of quiet (or lack thereof) that I can come to expect at ANY hour when living near so many other people. However, in turn, I expect others to make similar concessions and have some consideration for said other people.

 

[Whisper]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
You should only expect 3 things in an apartment setting:
1. Cockroaches
2. Noise
3. Lack of privacy

Luckily for me, living on the third floor seems to get rid of the cockroaches for some reason. I do have quite a few ladybugs that like to stop by on occasion, though. I suppose I've been spoiled up to this point with regard to the other two expectations.

 

[CZroe]

Originally posted by: Whisper

Originally posted by: CZroe
"20 'till 9pm" and you expect quiet? HELLO! That's called "Prime Time" for a reason. WTH, are you 80yo?

I'm not expecting perfect quiet, no. It wouldn't bother me at all if I hadn't been hearing the same thing for approximately 10 hours a day, nearly every day, since mid-April. That's the only reason I'm irked right now.

As I've said before, I generally don't mind noise at all, but I also have never heard anything beyond footsteps from any previous neighbors, whether they be upstairs, downstairs, or next door. Having gone into the guys' apartment and heard the volume at which they listen to music, yes, it's too loud for an apartment building. I appreciate that I need to make concessions with respect to the level of quiet (or lack thereof) that I can come to expect at ANY hour when living near so many other people. However, in turn, I expect others to make similar concessions and have some consideration for said other people.

I live in an apartment with upstairs neighbors and 10PM is the earliest you could EXPECT anything, 11PM on Fri/Sat.

That said, I work a graveyard shift that requires me to get up at 10PM and work Fri/Sat/Sun, yet I have never complained once because I understand that 7-10PM, "Prime Time," is *the* time when such volume is expected... not much earlier nor later. People are too busy before then to seek entertainment, hence kid-centric programming. Video games have supplanted Prime Time for many people these days and always had in my lifestyle (when I was capable of playing them at those times).

My point its that if anyone who isn't elderly with unrealistic expectations should be irked by sound at 8:40PM, it should be me, who is losing his only hour of "after dark" sleep. I'm not. Sorry, I can't agree with you. 8:40PM is unreasonably early to complain about the noise levels equal to those in the afternoon.

 

[ja1484]

Caveat emptor.

I'm glad I live in a complex that's mostly middle aged and older. I got the stinkeye a couple times when moving in (25, but I look about 17), I think they expected problems. They got over it when they realized I'm no threat and I'm not a college student.

Also nice to live in the one apt. complex in town that isn't ghetto as hell. I actually don't have to worry about crime.

Also, FFS, get a unit on the top floor.

Around 10pm common courtesy dictates acting like a human and not a simian. Also, please keep your shit under wraps until at least 9AM on the weekends. Some of us need to catch up sleep.

Originally posted by: Regs
After sex.

Heh. Kinda makes me miss this one ex of mine. She was loud as she wanted to be in bed and lived in an apt. I noted at one point that her neightbors would hear, and I think her exact words were "I don't give a flying fuck...keep going."

 

[Whisper]

Originally posted by: CZroe

Originally posted by: Whisper

Originally posted by: CZroe
"20 'till 9pm" and you expect quiet? HELLO! That's called "Prime Time" for a reason. WTH, are you 80yo?

I'm not expecting perfect quiet, no. It wouldn't bother me at all if I hadn't been hearing the same thing for approximately 10 hours a day, nearly every day, since mid-April. That's the only reason I'm irked right now.

As I've said before, I generally don't mind noise at all, but I also have never heard anything beyond footsteps from any previous neighbors, whether they be upstairs, downstairs, or next door. Having gone into the guys' apartment and heard the volume at which they listen to music, yes, it's too loud for an apartment building. I appreciate that I need to make concessions with respect to the level of quiet (or lack thereof) that I can come to expect at ANY hour when living near so many other people. However, in turn, I expect others to make similar concessions and have some consideration for said other people.

I live in an apartment with upstairs neighbors and 10PM is the earliest you could EXPECT anything, 11PM on Fri/Sat.

That said, I work a graveyard shift that requires me to get up at 10PM and work Fri/Sat/Sun, yet I have never complained once because I understand that 7-10PM, "Prime Time," is *the* time when such volume is expected... not much earlier nor later. People are too busy before then to seek entertainment, hence kid-centric programming. Video games have supplanted Prime Time for many people these days and always had in my lifestyle (when I was capable of playing them at those times).

My point its that if anyone who isn't elderly with unrealistic expectations should be irked by sound at 8:40PM, it should be me, who is losing his only hour of "after dark" sleep. I'm not. Sorry, I can't agree with you. 8:40PM is unreasonably early to complain about the noise levels equal to those in the afternoon.

I definitely see your point, and yes, I realize that 8:40pm is too early to expect anything resembling quiet. I explained the reason why at this moment I'm irritated while also understanding that it's unreasonable to be irritated.

10pm - 7am is the "window" I've generally always gone by, and the only window I really thought other people would hold as well (which was the reason for starting this thread). The issue I have with my downstairs neighbors is that they have, on multiple occasions (including last night after I spoke with them earlier in the day) had the volume cranked up well past 11pm.

And when I say "cranked up," I don't necessarily mean loud enough to shake books of my shelves, but definitely loud enough to cause me to have to turn my own TV up to actually be able to hear it.

So all in all, yes, 8:40pm is far and away too early to "expect" quiet, and it's not what I would expect of any neighbor in general. But after 10 is, in my opinion, too late to be watching or listening to anything loudly enough to be heard clearly by someone living around you.

 

[Whisper]

Originally posted by: ja1484
Caveat emptor.

I'm glad I live in a complex that's mostly middle aged and older. I got the stinkeye a couple times when moving in (25, but I look about 17), I think they expected problems. They got over it when they realized I'm no threat and I'm not a college student.

Also nice to live in the one apt. complex in town that isn't ghetto as hell. I actually don't have to worry about crime.

Also, FFS, get a unit on the top floor.

Around 10pm common courtesy dictates acting like a human and not a simian. Also, please keep your shit under wraps until at least 9AM on the weekends. Some of us need to catch up sleep.

Originally posted by: Regs
After sex.

Heh. Kinda makes me miss this one ex of mine. She was loud as she wanted to be in bed and lived in an apt. I noted at one point that her neightbors would hear, and I think her exact words were "I don't give a flying fuck...keep going."

Haha sadly, it's actually my downstairs neighbors causing the slight disturbance, not the person who lives above me.

I think the biggest problem is that while the walls in this place are pretty solid concrete (or something similar), the ceilings and floors aren't. Thus, the walls might actually be causing the sound from downstairs to basically bounce--fairly unrestricted--straight up into my living/dining room.

Although as I've said, the guys are actually both very nice, and I have a fan I can turn on to drown out most of the sound, so I'll likely just start turning that on a bit more often. Can't fault them for the most part, as they responded to multiple complaints when they first moved in by unplugging their subwoofer.

 

[JDawg1536]

At what point should you hear people through the walls and floors? Never.

 

[Balt]

10pm - 8am = quiet time for weeknights. If you have courteous neighbors you might get more than that, but with apartment living you can't really expect it.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

I generally say 9-9 is quiet time. Though you can't really expect people to be quiet until a bit after that.

 

[Red Squirrel]

11pm in week no time on weekends, imo.

But buy a house and you don't have to worry about this problem.

 

[lxskllr]

At 9PM things should be winding down(I don't call people after this time either), and by 10PM there should be virtual silence. These rules can be bent for special circumstances(the occasional party), but I think it's a good standard to live by.