Tips on dealing with noisy neighbors? →[More:]We moved to this nice new apartment a few months ago, and most things have gone well. The only downside is that our neighbors next to us on our floor can be pretty loud. Not all the time, but it seems about once every 3 weeks, they have a bunch of people over, and by 11 PM commences the swearin', shoutin', wrestling (apparently, by the sounds of bodies slamming into the walls and floors...?), drunk-girl crying, and so on. It goes pretty late on these occasions...2:30, 3:00. I hate to think of having my parents come to stay, or anyone really, during one of these extravaganzas.
We don't have much of a big rapport with them - they are significantly younger than we are, in their early 20s probably. The main occupants are two male roommates, but a lot of friends come and go. I suppose we will have to go talk to them in the light of day, but we will definitely be starting on a bad foot.
What makes this most irritating is that their activities are totally incongruous for this neighborhood, which is a mix of people in their 30s and 40s who, at most, have some evening barbecues, and older retiree types. It's a nice section of town, and the frat-boy lifestyle just doesn't seem to belong.
Have any of you had success dealing with loud neighbors? How did you approach it? Recommendations?