Sleepless Everywhere Writes....what do you think about nasty neighbors?

The Advice Sisters Bulletin Boards have moved to: http://advicesisters.net/simplemachinesforum/index.php

The board is so new, it only has three posts and two forums (one for relationships, one for beauty/fashion/style). There will be more, but for now, I'm hoping that I can entice you to help kick-start this new board off.

The following letter is real. and I'm hoping it will strike a chord with you, my readers. Won't you kindly go to the new Bulletin Board area, sign in, sound off, and give some advice to "Sleepless Everywhere?"

I'm not going to give you the entire letter...you'll have to go to the new bulletin boards first (smile): http://advicesisters.net/simplemachinesforum/index.php

Dear ASA (Advice Sister Alison)

My partner and I have lived in the same apartment building for nearly four decades. About five years ago,a (20-something) couple came to be interviewed to purchase not one, but two apartments in our building. Their plan was to combine them at a (then impressive) cost of over a million dollars. --------The couple stressed to our entrance committee that they were very concerned about noise in the building. They kept saying how they required peace and quiet, and how they were quiet people. Since their purchased apartments were directly next to mine, I assured them that we were quiet adults who didn't even play loud music at home. We were happy to know that they were going to be quiet, too.

Wow, were we mistaken!

The work required to create their new "home" was supposed to take two or three weeks. It took more like three months. We had to endure jackhammers, screaming, banging and other noises for hours on end every day until the work was finally completed. ----About a year later, this woman became pregnant. The minute the baby was born, it screamed with such an impressive set of lungs that we thought the baby might be abused ----We are so discouraged that we are considering leaving our home, even though we have loved it here for a long, long time. ----- We wonder what you think of this situation? Is it more common than we think, or are we alone in this problem? Any advice would be welcome.


*all the details have been removed. If you think you're having a bad day, you've got to read this letter (and then please comment)!