david99, I am sorry to hear it. I understand, you cannot really move. People are different. I used to have a neighbour below who was a nice man playing bass guitar from time to time. When he was doing it more than, say, two hours straight, I knocked on his door and said that that was enough for today. But next day I could blast the damn building with Mahavishnu Orchestra and he was silent. But I never play loud music longer than one record at a time, and I mean at a daytime and early evening. When he recently moved, not because of me, some quiet people moved in. Well, sometimes they make some noise by jumping or whatever, I don't care because it doesn't last long. But yeah these modern apartments are built like shacks in this respect, many old ones too, by the way.
Apartment Drama
Hi- I recently moved from my house to a 2nd floor apt with 1 apt on each side and 1 below. 3pm today I turned my stereo on for the 1st time. Low volume IMO. Hard to describe but no problem having a conversation without even raising my voice. within 10 minutes my neighbor knocked on my door acting irratated demanding I turn the volume down. WTF? Now what. Do I have any rights or do I have to obey this jerk?