What can loud noise do a child? Like noise from a broom that hits the ceiling?  

yes,This man surely has some serious mental problems...

I dont see why he has issues for banging on the ceiling when there are what 4 kids screaming 24/7 above his house.......imagine how you would feel.

Well steph, she did say that her kids are wild from this guy banging on the ceiling...So if this guy is the cause of her wild kids, then he shouldn't complain..

If you read her other posts on this, you will see that her children are usually quiet, but this situation had gotten out of control.

In this post she says the kids scream at her and throw tantrums, whether this is his fault or not, she needs to deal with the children and not the man- screw him and his problem, but it cannto be nice for HER either!!!

But, I know how annoying it is to have someone runnign aruond upstairs in an un-soundproofed appartment so I can see where he is coming from.

Yes, she should have entered about how her children acted before this, but I guess will all the posts she put up, she assumed that everyone reading this will know the whole story...

Also, noise from a broom on a ceiling will do no harm whatsoever to a child. If it makes them "mad" then they have anger issues which need to be addressed. Noise would only be dangerous to a child if it physically "HURT" their ears, and the only damage really would be tinitus (ringing in the ear) or a burst ear drum, but this would be at a HUGE amount of decibels, somehting like standing next to a jet engine of an airbus airplane.

You big dummy! You have no reason to comment on this discussion! My kids are not loud and screaming all of the time. They have never behaved in this manner until this man has started hitting on the ceiling. Before he moved here it was very quiet. My kids were not as aggravated as they are now. All of this ceiling bumping has caused them to react in havoc. Their attitudes have changed. The only one that I see that needs to be seeing a psychologist, would be you. You need to see one because you don't seem to know a damn thing about my stress! A broom that hits the ceiling can frighten a child. When he hits it, it is very loud and it is mean... Come and hear it for yourself and after you hear it then tell me if you can take hearing this every time you make a movement in my apartment. You talk about how he does not want to hear any noise in my apartment, then how about how I don't want to hear him bumping his ceiling all of the time. I can see that you are just as disturbed as he is.. You both need to be seeing a psychologist.


Since you don't seem to interpret understanding a situation well, don't bother commenting back to this discussion or any of my other discussions. I will not bother to read or comment on your response. You will be wasting your time.

oh what a prat of an American. Typically taking things out of control. Your kids are screaming, whether it is down to his banging or not, your kids need dealing with. If my kids were doing that all day, and an 8 year old was screaming down at him that he was going to beat him...I would discipline them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW by going back and reading the comments you have posted to people that did NOT agree with you and blame the guy downstairs explains a lot about the childrens attitude. You blasted Stephbond calling them stupid and blah blah. Steph am American as well and lets say we are not nor do we get out of control ....lol I have to agree with you on this where the kids need discipline. When mine were growing up well if they disrespected me or any adult for that matter it was dealt with. They have grown up to be nice young adults. It's whats wrong with kids now days it is always someone elses fault. Is like I said in another comment on here I would like to hear the neighbors side of the story am sure would clear up a lot of stuff especially since the comment she hit you with says and explains A LOT!!!!!

Hi, lilybug. No, he is really bothered by any noise. We all have had conversations with him.. He just refuses to accept the fact that there will be noise in the apartment. Believe me, it is not all that noisy in here. He wants it to be peaceful like he is living on a beach or something. It is always noise at this apartment complex.

I also agree that you should talk to the guy downstairs and make him aware that the kids are reacting to the banging on the ceiling, and after all what would he have them to do, kids are doing what is natural, you can keep them quiet all the time just because he knocks on the ceiling. He needs to be more understanding of situation.

Agrees with you, bdalexr.. let's wait for what cream has to say..
Maybe this guy beats talking.. I mean, if he still does it after talking to him not to do that, then perhaps the police can do something about it??

Hi, zed and bdalexr. I have called the police on him twice for this. I believe that he is drinking when he hits the ceiling. My husband seems to think so too. I don't understand him and why he continues to do this. There is not that much noise in my apartment. I am sitting here typing and my two girls are quiet as a mouse. My son is in school. And my downstairs neighbors is home. Kids will make noise period. I don't care how strict of a parent can be, a child will move around. It looks so odd for a child to just sit around all day while doing nothing. I have read all of the comments here and a few think that we are the cause of this mans issue. Really we are not. He just can't stand to hear any noise. One day my son walked to put something in the trash can and he just hit his ceiling with a broom. It did not sound like he is always using a broom because it is very loud. I am very frustrated because the noise is not really the issue here. It is just the fact that he can't stand living around someone that will make any noise of any kind. What do he expect???

I'm definitely with you on this one..
It's very impossible to obtain peace and quiet 24/7...especially when living in an apartment.. this guy's really strange..

So what are you going to do? Does talking to this guy helps by any chance?

Been there and done that zed_k4. This guy just does not get it.. He will knock loudly on our door. Then he will go back to his apartment and then moments later, he will hit the ceiling.

Dang.. no wonder you are so frustrated, this dude is really ugh..

He does not care how he is frustrating me and my family. I wonder if he has done this to someone else..

Can the authorities meddle in matters like this?

They may have to. I called the police on this guy twice. The second time the police said that they would talk to him and get this straightened out. Since then I have not heard a word from him. He did knock at our door, last week, because he heard noise from our apartment. The pole rod from our front room closet fell to the floor. It felled inside of the closet. The sound made a very loud noise. It was an accident. I was getting a small container off of the shelf. I guess with me reaching for it, disturbed the pole's vibration. And it fell to the floor. So the man from downstairs knocked on our door. He wanted to know if we was alright and if we needed help. My husband told him no. This guy is just too weird. He was not so concerned if we needed help, he was more worried about the noise that irritated him from our apartment. He just can't take noise and that is bad. As long as he lives in this world, he is going to hear some kind of noise. I will be glad when we move to another location. I have had it with staying out here.

Oh my! Is there a certain form of disorder for these types of erratic behavior. That's really weird, I must say. Even in the place where I am, there has to be some noises here and there all the time.. we just have to make do with it. He should live in a jungle, LOL!! Just kidding.....

It is not good to be so disturbed by any noise that he may have to hear. It is just crazy for me to promise him that it will be quiet all day long. I would be lying if I told him that it would be. I think that he is gone as of now. Last weekend, I heard him and his lady friend fussing. I believe that they were hitting each other. I heard a lot of rustling coming from downstairs. Then I heard whining like it was coming from a woman. Then I heard their front door open and then close over and over. My husband says that when him and his girl usually fights, he will be gone for a week or two then he will come right back to her. He goes and stays with his mom that lives up the street from here. I just wished that these two would just stop all of this fighting and just depart from each other. Since they have moved out here they have fought about 8 or 9 different times. It is just crazy!!

That's really bad.. it's like inconsiderate to a whole new level. 8 or 9 different times? Shaks...

I hope the situation improves for you too. No point reporting to the police.. unless they move out.. hmmmmp...I'd go bonkers too if I were you..

I feel like this. He can't complain about any noise that is coming from our apartment. If anything, he makes the noise much more than we do. Him and his girl stay fighting and that right there is noise..

Not much you can do, it seems.. I really feel for your situation.
I think you can try to make a bargain with him? Like if you don't make noise, I'll try my best not to as well..but then again, I think that might not work..oh shaks..

This is something I notice with kids sometimes where if a bad situation is going on they will do their best to add to the problem. I guess they have it in their little heads that we are suppose to be super heros and have everything under control and then they find out we are only human. .

Plus if the parent or parents are complaining about it in a disrespectful manner will kids pick things up. Proper thing would be keep filing complaints to the landlord. Anyone have probs with him? If enough people complain and not just one family then something probably can be done. I agree with you about when kids see a bad situation is going on they seem to want to add to it and see how far they can get away with it. When the kids are disrespectful like u said they need the record set straight.