Many of us are or had been plagued with noisy neighbors that not only impact how we see our home but most often influence the way we rest or if we do so at all. I myself have encountered problematic neighbors.

Here is the best way to deal with them that i have found over the years, ranging from direct confrontation to more indirect methods of letting them know they bother you and they should stop.

Speaking with your noisy neighbor

In the past I had the opportunity to live amongst more that a handful of noisy neighbors. What I have found by dealing with them is that speaking directly with your noisy neighbors resolve the problem in about 80% of the cases. In most cases they don't even know they bother you and are more than happy to comply with your noise levels.

Here is how to speak with your noisy neighbor:

1. Go directly to their door. As dreadful it might seem for you, going directly to their door and speaking your mind is the best way to resolve a noisy neighbor problem, as long as you do it politely and in a friendly neighborly manner.

2. Choose a good hour. Don't go to them to early in the morning or late at night. Choose a respectful hour even if they bother you late at night. This will help you calm down and have a more friendly approach.

3. Bring a gift. Nothing says you come in peace more that a small gift. A cooked treat or a small bottle of something - if it's appropriate - should disarm even the most stubborn of minds and set them in a friendlier more open matter.

4. If they do not respond or are not home you could leave them a written note or directly message them on WhatsApp.

In any case, remember to be as respectfully as possible. In most cases you will have to live with that neighbor for a long time, and is best to set a nice neighborly foundation for future talks and even collaborations.

Invest in noise cancelling tech

Unfortunately speaking with your noisy neighbor won't resolve the problem 100% of the times. Fortunately there are still things you can do before going to war with them. In my dealing with noisy neighbors I have found that not the constant noise is the most problematic but the sudden noises that perturbs the silence are. This is were a white noise machine came into being.

A noise machine or sound machine is a piece of simple tech that produces a white noise in order to mask the sounds that come from your noisy neighbors.

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The Hatch Baby is an alarm clock that connects to your phone and even has a noise machine integrated into it, making it very easy to block the sound coming from your noisy neighbors and have a good rejuvenating sleep.

Fight noise with noise

Giving your neighbors a taste of their own medicine is sometimes the only way they can learn how annoying the noise they make can be. Fighting fire with fire should always be avoided if possible since it can empower your neighbor to be even more noisier or even start a fight. You should always aim for a peaceful solution even is you have to announce the authorities or your home owners association.

Invest in noise insulation

If you can and have the budget you can invest in good quality phonic insulation. If you do not have the budget for a professional home phonic insulation, you can buy sound proof foam panels and do it cheaper.

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Sound proofing your home with sound proof foam panels can be the best solution for a more calmer environment in which you can get that soothing and rejuvenating night sleep.