Today, and for the 4 months preceding it, my neighbors had been remodeling their house, which meant jackhammer noises every morning. The one day they take a break, my other neighbor decides to start a remodeling project. It'll only be two more months of this. FML
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Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
Today, it's been three days since I started working 12-hour night shifts. My neighbors have now decided to renovate their house. They're focusing on the rooms sharing my wall. FML
Today, it's the third day I've been at home recuperating from ear surgery. My surgery was on the same day my neighbor started renovating. There's been hours of jack-hammering every day I've been home. FML
Today, just like every workday for the last 6 months, the construction workers in my building made loud noises in the morning and woke me up almost 2 hours before I would otherwise have to get up. This will continue for one more year. I'm not a morning person, and I live in a protected historical building. FML
Today, they're jackhammering through concrete walls at my workplace in order to build an addition. I'm allowed to work from home… but I live right next to where they're jackhammering down a concrete garage. FML
Today, like every other day since I moved into this apartment a year ago, the construction crew started their noisy work at 5:30 in the morning. When I moved in I was promised it was a quiet neighborhood; only offices. What have they been building in the meantime? Three nightclubs. FML
Today, I remembered my landlord telling me that the renovation of our apartment would cause some "minor inconvenience during 3-5 days". We actually spent 5 WEEKS with no windows, no kitchen, and no bathroom, with construction workers appearing in my bedroom and telling me to get out at 7 a.m. FML
Today, I'm at home sick and someone is moving into the apartment above ours. Judging by the sounds and level of noise, they seem to be opening some sort of woodworking shop. FML
Today, and for the past two weeks, the people living directly above me have decided to add rearranging their furniture to their daily routines. Not only that but apparently, 6 a.m. is the most optimal time for them. FML
Today, I came home from work early due to a massive headache. A half hour later, the jackhammering started. FML
Today, after months of peace and quiet since January, a new family moved into the apartment below me ten minutes before I was about to go to sleep. They've been here for 30 minutes and already they're stomping and banging doors all over the place. FML
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karankaria 17
And another two months later you decide to remodel!! FYL!
fazzems 21
Soundproof walls and windows might be a nice project for you guys to invest in
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Comments (25)
RedCronos 17
That would make me grumpy.
stormy0307 16
4 months of jackhammering sounds excessive for housework. Perhaps they jackhammered for a day or two to remove their driveway and the remaining time was likely regular carpentry hammers.
Tomryan279 10
Not to be a hard ass. But if your at your office during the day wouldn't the construction noise that you hear be very minimal unless they start at 6am and go really late in the day.
soullyfe 33
Maybe they don't work, or work from home, or work part time, or work night shifts, or it all depends on the hours that they work. They never stated anything about working day time in an office.
Eleora 19
Aww, you can handle OP! You're a trooper. Perhaps invest in a pair of earmuffs? Lol
goodread2200 10
It sucks but it means you're in a good place - the area you live in has enough wealth for people to afford big renovations. Hope you own the house you live in.
mjlocat 3
Could be worse. My freshman year in college they started construction on a new library. 8 solid months of pile drivers starting at 7 am right outside my window. I didn't sign up for morning classes because I was a night owl at the time.
LyingBlood 8
deal with it, it isn't that bad
KVKdragon 26
I suggest you invest in a white noise app on your smart devices
RisingManes 2
I'm the OP! Cheers. I live in Puerto Rico, and typically, houses are made of cinderblocks; wooden houses are very rare in a country with a historical fear of hurricanes... despite what you might expect. So, yeah, the area I'm in is almost entirely cinderblocks. I'm unemployed, and have been for several years for personal reasons. I'm also a night owl, and construction always started early. Not a great combination. Fortunately for my sensitive ears, construction stopped a while after I posted this. They seem to have some things missing, but the contractors haven't come back to finish it.