Noise

Right this is my 2nd attmept at this, as i had to stop because the fire alarm just went off. Anyway this is the situation:

The girl in the room next to mine (in halls) is constantly (pretty much every other night) having lots of people over. They talk very loudly, shout, scream, slam doors, play loud music - all until the early hours: Once from 7:00pm - 5:00am!!! (Also her friends seem to be able to get past the card key door without having the correct one (god knows how!)) I've complained about her before, but she hasn't changed at all.

I'm wondering whether i should just be asked to be moved to a different room - this would be the easier solution probably.
But part of me wants to complain again and try and get her moved/kicked out, because i pay a lot for this room and she is breaking the tenancy agreement.

It's got to the point now that even on the rare occasions when there is no noise, i just lay awake for hours, unable to sleep - i've never been like this before. I actually missed my lectures this morning because i was too tired to get up because of them and their noise. And it's really starting to affect me - i started feeling ill and got a throbbing headache last night because of it.

I have not tried earplugs yet (i will be as soon as i get some), but i know it won't drown out all of their noise.

Any thoughts, suggestions...?

Reply 1

20083

Have you spoke to her about it? Going behind her back and reporting her really isn't the way to go. Maybe it's time to face facts, you are in halls - it's noisy.

Reply 2

username93972

It's noisy here which annoys me, as I am a very deep sleeper so when I get woken up you KNOW it's noisy. Hell, I slept through 30 seconds of a fire drill last week so I was late out, that is how deep a sleeper I am. It's annoying.

Reply 3

randomgirl

Speak to her. If she refuses to change or tell her mates to shut the hell up, go complain about her again. If it is affecting your health and your work then you need to make sure something is done.

Sucks to be in that situation. What do your other hall mates have to say? Do they feel the same? Or are you worse off as your room is neighbouring hers?

Reply 4

Gymnosopher

If you were going to buy earplugs don't just get the bog standard ones at boots - as it can be dangerous to sleep in certain earplugs, they could go further down and get stuck etc.

Reply 5

bradburyj

make friends with her and join in the fun, stop being a party pooper

Reply 6

Bluestar87

randomgirl

What do your other hall mates have to say? Do they feel the same? Or are you worse off as your room is neighbouring hers?

I'm in a 3 bedroomed one, and the other girl is very rarely even in - i think she spends most of her time at her boyfriend's place. So it doesn't really affect her.

Reply 7

Bluestar87

bradburyj

make friends with her and join in the fun, stop being a party pooper

I don't mind people having fun and having friends round. I wasn't expecting silence every night. But it's nearly every night that's they do it and it's affecting my lectures, etc... And having paid a lot to come to university, i would rather not fail my course because i'm too tired to pay attention or even go!

Reply 8

username47781

I would go and speak to her and if she ignores you, go and complain about her again.

Reply 9

punktopia

Is she hot?

Reply 10

*Joanna*

I'd say try and talk to her- it's reasonable to expect her to keep the noise down after about 11pm I reckon. You're not telling her she can't play music or have friends round, but she's being really selfish. Does she never sleep herself?! If she still doesn't change things or gets arsey, tell the wardens or whoever, or ask to be moved if possible.

Reply 11

Lara C.

id go in there and bang their silly little heads together!

Reply 12

randdom

You need to have a serious and sensible talk to her about what is going on and if nothing changes then you have going to have to go to your residential advisor who will hopefully do something about it. If this is affecting your health you really have to do something about it.

Reply 13

Zoecb

Look, if talking to her doesn't work then she's obviously anti-social and you should report her. Or at least, just request to be moved to another room because of the noise (that way you're not directly reporting her, it's just a side effect).

Reply 14

Bluestar87

Okay thanks for the help. I've decided to just ask for a room change as it's the simplest option, and i seriously doubt that she or her friends would listen to a reasonable request to be quiet, since she has already ignored the 1st complaint i made.